Trump Lies

Mediaite reports: An email message sent early Wednesday morning landed in inboxes nationwide. The subject line read, “Haul out the Guillotine!” Talk of Trump exacting revenge on his political rivals and media critics has become a narrative, and this sort of messaging will do little to disabuse that notion. “Remember when that Sicko Kathy Griffin made the rounds parading my …

Law & Crime reports: Rudy Giuliani on Monday resisted demands of creditors to appoint a trustee that would take control of his finances during the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, claiming that he “does not intend to hide assets or mislead anyone” and denying that he has committed “bankruptcy crimes.” The filing in opposition to the appointment of a trustee, submitted …

Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump’s campaign cast Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict on felony gun charges Tuesday as a “distraction from the real crimes of the Biden Crime Family,” while not mentioning President Joe Biden’s son by name. “This trial has been nothing more than a distraction from the real crimes of the Biden Crime Family, which has raked in …

“All they hear from Donald Trump is a whole bunch of whining about this country. And I think Donald Trump’s got to quit whining, go to quit trying to divide us. I mean, consider this, Jen. “We’re producing more energy than anyone before in this nation. We have the strongest economy in the world and we are beating China for …

ABC News reports: The New Jersey Attorney General’s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) is reviewing the liquor licenses held by former President Donald Trump’s golf courses in the state following his criminal conviction in New York, the agency confirmed. Trump holds three active licenses for Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck, Lamington Farm Club and Trump National Golf Club …

CBS News reports: The federal judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against Donald Trump once again rejected requests by the former president’s legal team to dismiss the charges against him, according to an order filed Monday evening. Judge Aileen Cannon denied numerous claims by Trump’s defense attorneys and his co-defendants arguing the 2023 indictment was technically flawed, …

From Rachel Maddow’s interview with CNN’s’ Oliver Darcy. I think there’s a little bit of head-in-the-sand complacency that Trump only intends to go after individual people he has already singled out. Do you really think he plans to stop at well-known liberals? It also seems pretty clear that some people in politics might think they’ll be on the safe side …

Phoenix’s NBC affiliate reports: “This is a complete misuse of the criminal process to interfere with the 2024 election,” Giuliani said. Asked whether he had any regrets about his actions related to the election interference case, Giuliani said, “Oh, my goodness, no,” adding, “I’m very, very proud of it.” “But you don’t seem to be presuming me innocent. You seem …

The Associated Press reports: Weeks after being served with a notice of his indictment, former New York Mayor and ex-president Donald Trump Rudy Giuliani was processed on Monday in the so-called fake electors case. His mugshot was released just after 2 p.m. On May 21, Giuliani and 10 others pleaded not guilty to nine felony charges of conspiracy, forgery, and …

“DC has requested the National Guard, and it’s been denied by DoD. I’d like to know a good fucking reason why it’s been denied. We need them fast. We’ve all had to, I’ve never seen anything like this. We’re like a third-world country here. We had to run and evacuate the Capitol. All right. I spoke to the secretary of …

Variety reports: The former president muses about pop princess Taylor Swift in a new book about his years as a reality star, “Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass,” written by Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh. When Setoodeh asked Trump his thoughts on the musical mastermind in November 2023, he was effusive in …

The Hill reports: President Biden’s reelection campaign seized on former President Trump saying he doesn’t care about people but just needs their vote with a new video Monday. The former president held a rally Sunday in Las Vegas, where temperatures climbed to more than 100 degrees and he fumed over technical difficulties, threatening not to pay the crew. “I don’t …

Yahoo News reports: In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s felony conviction last week for falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment to a porn star, President Biden (46%) now leads his Republican rival (44%) in a two-way race for the White House for the first time since October 2023, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. …

Law & Crime reports: A Minnesota pillow magnate has been barred from enforcing subpoenas against two government-affiliated individuals he hoped to use for the basis of his defense against defamation claims. The underlying controversy would be familiar to readers as the $1.3 billion lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against MyPillow and their CEO Mike Lindell. In November 2022, the …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump defended his supporters who rioted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and called them “warriors” at a Nevada rally on Sunday. “Those J6 warriors – they were warriors – but they were really, more than anything else, they’re victims of what happened,” Trump said at the rally, speaking to a crowd of supporters. …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: Crooked Joe Biden Biden, the WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, just confused Ukraine with Iraq. He actually doesn’t know the difference, probably gets money from both, a Manchurian Candidate! He also said, in another Democrat Disinformation “hit job” like Russia, Russia, Russia, the “51 Intel Agents,” or the Fake FISA …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to sit for a virtual interview on Monday with a New York City probation officer from his home at Mar-a-Lago with his attorney Todd Blanche at his side after he was found guilty on all counts in the hush money trial. The pre-sentencing probation interview will be done over a special …

“Tell them to make the microphone louder! It’s terrible! Are the teleprompters not working? Not even a little bit. Great job! And then I don’t pay the company that does it, right? And then I end up with a story, ‘Trump doesn’t pay.’ “I don’t pay contractors that do a shitty job. And that’s a shitty job! That’s a shitty …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump is no stranger to accusations that he has little regard for the well-being of his rallygoers. On Sunday, he added fuel to that fire. “Do you feel the breeze? I don’t want anybody going on me. We need every voter,” he said. “I don’t care about you. I just want your vote. I don’t care.” …

Law & Crime reports: Attorneys representing creditors of Rudy Giuliani on Friday said they plan to subpoena the former New York City mayor’s spokesperson in order to ascertain a bevy of financial details – including certain potential assets and liabilities – as his bankruptcy case moves on. The subpoena aims to obtain all documents or communications related to “expenses, fees, …