Trump Lies

Docs Show Giuliani Probe Wider Than Previously Known

CNN reports: New York federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani have seized material from a wider array of individuals than previously disclosed, including messages from email and iCloud accounts they believe belong to two former Ukrainian officials, as well as the cell phone and iPad of a pro-Trump Ukrainian businessman, according to a court document unsealed Tuesday. The court filing, which …

Read More »

NY Grand Jury Convened In Trump Criminal Probe

The Washington Post reports: Manhattan’s district attorney has convened the grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former president Donald Trump, other executives at his company or the business itself should prosecutors present the panel with criminal charges, according to two people familiar with the development. The panel was convened recently and will sit three days a …

Read More »

Trump Claims “Absolute Immunity” From Riot Lawsuit

The Hill reports: Former President Trump late on Monday argued that he possesses “absolute immunity” from a lawsuit filed against him by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) over his role in the Jan. 6 riot. In a 49-page court filing, Trump urged a federal judge to dismiss Swalwell’s March lawsuit, claiming that the statements he made as president in the run-up …

Read More »

Giuliani Pressured AZ Official To “Fix Up” Vote Result

Salon reports: Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani reportedly called up an Arizona state official to get the 2020 general election “fixed up” in Trump’s favor, according to an Arizona Republic report on Sunday. Giuliani dialed Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates, a lifelong Republican who has expressed staunch opposition to the recent trajectory of his party, on Christmas Eve and left …

Read More »

Lawsuit Seeks Probe Of Trump’s Scottish Resort Buys

Reuters reports: The Scottish government is facing a new legal challenge over its February rejection of a motion to investigate former U.S. President Donald Trump’s all-cash purchases of two golf courses, reviving an effort to force Trump to disclose how he financed the deals. Avaaz, a global human rights group, filed a petition in Scotland’s highest court seeking a judicial …

Read More »

Feds: Giuliani’s Clients Don’t Make Him Above The Law

Law & Crime reports: Federal prosecutors argued in a legal brief that Rudy Giuliani and Victoria Toensing should not be “above the law” because of their connections as attorneys, warning that the lawyers’ quest for information about their search warrants could compromise an active grand jury investigation against them and “others.” “Giuliani and Toensing’s additional requests proceed from a central …

Read More »

Albuquerque Posts Sign About $200K Trump Rally Debt

The Hill reports: The mayor of Albuquerque, N.M., has put up a joke sign given to him by “The Daily Show” refusing checks from former President Trump. “Just to clarify, we would accept one check from him for the amount of roughly $200,000 for services rendered,” Mayor Tim Keller (D) said in a tweet. The sign was sent after Keller …

Read More »

Florida Investigates Kraken Lawyer’s Lawsuits Fund

From Grant Stern’s Substack newsletter: Investigators for the state of Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) have an active investigation into Defending The Republic and defendingtherepublic.org, which is both a website and the center of a nebulous cluster of companies run by attorney Sidney Powell. Public records reveal an ongoing “Administrative Complaint” tied to Powell against Defending The …

Read More »

Trump Still Charging Secret Service For FL Workspace

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump charged the Secret Service more than $40,000 this spring for rooms that Trump’s own protective detail used while guarding him at his Mar-a-Lago Club, according to federal spending records. The records show that Trump’s club charged the Secret Service $396.15 every night starting Jan. 20, the day he left the White House …

Read More »

Blinken Confirms US Doesn’t Want To Buy Greenland

Reuters reports: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday confirmed that the United States does not seek to buy Greenland, after then-President Donald Trump had proposed buying the island, sparking diplomatic fallout. Sitting beside Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod, Greenland’s premier, Mute Egede, and Foreign Minister Pele Broberg during a news conference, Blinken confirmed to a reporter it was …

Read More »

Trump’s DOJ Spied On CNN Reporter Barbara Starr

CNN reports: The Trump administration secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of a CNN correspondent, the latest instance where federal prosecutors have taken aggressive steps targeting journalists in leak investigations. The Justice Department informed CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr, in a May 13 letter, that prosecutors had obtained her phone and email records covering two months, …

Read More »

Trump Vows “Consequences” For The “35 Wayward Republicans” Who Voted To Form DC Riot Commission

“See, 35 wayward Republicans—they just can’t help themselves. We have much better policy and are much better for the Country, but the Democrats stick together, the Republicans don’t. They don’t have the Romney’s, Little Ben Sasse’s, and Cheney’s of the world. Unfortunately, we do. Sometimes there are consequences to being ineffective and weak. The voters understand!” – Trump, posting just …

Read More »

Cohen Predicts Trump Will “Flip” On Family Members

The Hill reports: Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s ex-lawyer, said he thinks Trump will turn on his family, following news that the New York attorney general is investigating the Trump Organization in a “criminal capacity” as well as a “civil capacity.” “I think Donald Trump is going to flip on all of them. What do you think about that? Including …

Read More »

BOOK: Obama Called Trump A “Corrupt Motherfucker”

The Guardian reports: According to a new book, Barack Obama called Trump a “madman”, a “racist, sexist pig”, “that fucking lunatic” and a “corrupt motherfucker”. The remarks are reported in Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Donald Trump by Edward-Isaac Dovere, a staff writer at the Atlantic, which will be published next week. The reported remarks …

Read More »

Trump Orders Republicans To Block Riot Commission

The Daily Beast reports: Here’s a shock—Donald Trump doesn’t want to hear any more talk of an investigation into the insurrection that was carried out by his biggest fans right after he whipped them up into a frenzy on Jan. 6. On Wednesday, the House is set to vote on legislation that would set up a 9/11-style bipartisan commission to …

Read More »

Fox News Seeks Dismissal Of $1.6B Dominion Lawsuit: “Reasonable Viewers” Knew Claims Were “Hyperbole”

CBS News reports: Fox News Media on Tuesday asked a court in Delaware to dismiss a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed against it by Dominion Voting Systems over false claims about the 2020 presidential election amplified by some of its on-air personalities and guests. In a 61-page filing in the Delaware Supreme Court, lawyers for the media company argued Dominion’s …

Read More »

DOJ Scrutinizes Scam Campaign Donation “Matching”

Axios reports: A little-noticed line in a recent criminal filing suggests federal prosecutors consider a popular political fundraising tactic to be legally questionable. Fundraisers often boast of “5x” or other contribution matches to coax small-dollar donations. The Justice Department indicated in a court filing Monday this could amount to “material misrepresentations” if, as critics often contend, there’s no evidence the …

Read More »

Carlson Calls Riot Commission A “Poisonous Hoax”

“Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader in the house today did something right. He said he will not support a commission, a 9/11 style commission, to investigate the insurrection of January 6th. “Remember that? When a bunch of middle aged people deep in credit card debt and ‘white supremacists’ teamed up with a guy dressed up like Chewbacca to over throw …

Read More »

Court Tosses MI Lawsuit Hyped Last Week By Trump

The Detroit Free Press reports: An Antrim County judge dismissed an election fraud lawsuit Tuesday that has served as a vehicle to advance the unfounded conspiracy theory that tabulators manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems switched votes last fall from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Attorney General Dana Nessel said the ruling “should be the nail in the coffin for any …

Read More »

New York AG: Our Trump Org Probe Is Now Criminal

CNN reports: New York Attorney General Letitia James is joining the Manhattan district attorney’s office in a criminal investigation of the Trump Organization, James’ office said Tuesday. The attorney general office’s investigation into the Trump Organization, which has been underway since 2019, will also continue as a civil probe, but the office recently informed Trump Organization officials of the criminal …

Read More »