Trump Lies

Jury Orders Giuliani To Pay $148M To Election Workers

CBS News reports: A federal jury on Friday ordered former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to pay a total of $148 million to two former Georgia election workers who were at the center of baseless claims he spread in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. The jury of eight Washington, D.C., residents deliberated for roughly 10 hours across …

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Binder Of Russian Intel “Disappeared” Under Trump

CNN reports: A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intelligence officials that some of the most closely guarded national security secrets from the US and its allies could be exposed, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Its disappearance, which has not been previously …

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Trump Lies That He Never Got Impeachment Inquiries

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: I got Impeached TWICE, was found NOT GUILTY, TWICE, but the Democrats never gave me the benefit or luxury of an Impeachment INQUIRY. Had they done so I never would have been Impeached They went straight to a Trial, before knowing anything about my complete and total innocence. WITCH HUNT! It was disgraceful. Biden …

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DOJ May Be Considering Charges For John Eastman

Politico reports: Federal prosecutors don’t appear to be done with John Eastman just yet. On Monday, a paralegal for special counsel Jack Smith’s office ordered transcripts from the recent disbarment trial of the former Donald Trump attorney. The move signals that prosecutors are still keeping tabs on Eastman, who helped orchestrate Trump’s last-ditch bid to remain in power despite his …

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Trump Loses Appeal Of New York Trial Gag Order

The Messenger reports: A New York appellate court on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn gag orders barring him from attacking the principle law clerk of the state judge presiding over his civil fraud case. In a four-page ruling, New York’s Appellate Division, First Department noted that “the gravity of potential harm is small, given that the …

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Giuliani Flakes On Testifying In Election Workers Case

CBS News reports: Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani opted not to testify at his defamation trial Thursday, his attorney told the court, even though Giuliani had told reporters a day earlier that he intended to do so. Two former Fulton County, Georgia, election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss sued Giuliani, alleging he orchestrated a smear …

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Man Whose X Post Helped Spawn Trump’s Gag Order Is Now Under Criminal Investigation For Stalking Women

The Messenger reports: “Why is Judge Engoron’s Principal Law Clerk, Allison R. Greenfield, palling around with Chuck Schumer?” @JudicialProtest wrote on Sept. 27, 2023, showing the clerk and the Senate Majority Leader posing for a picture. On Oct. 3, 2023, the second day of his civil fraud trial, Trump attached a screenshot of that post to his own social media …

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Trump Lies That Gas Prices Are As Much As $8/Gallon

The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that gasoline prices are much higher than they truly are. It was a casual lie presented as hard fact that didn’t get much play during his speech at an Iowa rally. The former president has misrepresented gas prices before to drag President Joe Biden, but Trump’s latest fuel fib merited attention for …

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Today: Giuliani To Testify In GA Election Workers Case

The Hill reports: Rudy Giuliani could face a do-or-die moment Thursday when he’s expected to take the stand to fight a defamation lawsuit brought by two former Georgia election workers, who faced a deluge of threats after he and others baselessly accused them of committing voter fraud in 2020. A Washington, D.C., jury is weighing the workers’ request for upwards …

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“The Grinch” To Get Expedited Ruling On Immunity

Bloomberg News reports: A federal appeals court in Washington has agreed to expedite a decision on whether former President Donald Trump should be immune to criminal prosecution for actions he took to allegedly overturn the results of the 2020 election. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an order late Wednesday setting a schedule under which …

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Trump’s NY Fraud Trial Adjourns Until Penalties Hearing

The Messenger reports: Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York drew to a close on Wednesday in the same manner that it began some 11 weeks earlier — with contentious recriminations about proceedings that could put the former president out of business in the Empire State. Court will now stand in recess for nearly a month, until a hearing …

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Trump Lawyers Call Jack Smith “The Grinch” In Filing

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly called special counsel Jack Smith “deranged” and a “thug.” Now his attorneys are comparing him to the Grinch. Trump’s lawyers made the comparison in a court filing Wednesday urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to rule against Smith’s request for an expedited appeal on whether …

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Trump’s Jan. 6 Case Paused Pending Immunity Appeal

The Messenger reports: A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a temporary halt to any further proceedings that would move the Washington, D.C. election-subversion case against former President Donald Trump toward trial. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said she does not have jurisdiction over the case while the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals considers Trump’s appeal of his denied motion seeking …

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Paul Ryan Blasts Trump As An “Authoritarian Narcissist”

“Look, Trump’s not a conservative. He’s an authoritarian narcissist. So I think they [Cheney and Kinzinger] basically called him out for that. He’s a populist, authoritarian narcissist. So historically speaking, all of his tendencies are basically where narcissism takes him, which is whatever makes him popular, makes him feel good at any given moment. “He doesn’t think in classical liberal-conservative …

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Trump Denied Immunity In Second E. Jean Carroll Suit

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump cannot assert presidential immunity from a defamation lawsuit by E Jean Carroll, the writer who accused him of rape, a US appeals court ruled on Wednesday, dealing him another setback in litigation she has pursued. The second US circuit court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a federal judge’s decision to reject Trump’s claim of immunity. …

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Trump Was Warned Fake Electors Scheme Was Illegal

The Daily Beast reports: New documents show that Donald Trump’s trusted advisers were warned that criminal charges could result from the “fake elector” schemes carried out in several states—part of an attempt by the Trump campaign and its allies to overturn the 2020 election that has since led to indictments in a number of states. According to communications given to …

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Trump Lied 24 Times In Five Minutes In Fox Town Hall

The Washington Post reports: A bogus claim every 12 seconds, on average. That’s what a single five-minute clip of former president Donald Trump speaking in Iowa on Dec. 5 yielded. In the clip, from a Fox News “town hall” hosted by Sean Hannity and brought to our attention by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CFRB), Trump ludicrously asserts …

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31% Of GOP Voters Wouldn’t Vote For Trump As Felon

The Messenger reports: More than 30% of Republicans who responded to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll said they would not vote for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election if a jury convicts him of a felony. Trump currently faces four criminal trials. These cases have posed a significant risk to his candidacy, especially if he receives a conviction …

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Trump Claims Gag Order Prevented Him From Testifying

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: I wanted to testify on Monday, despite the fact that I already testified successfully, answering all questions having to do with the Fake, No Victims, No Jury lawsuit, thrown at me by the Corrupt Racist A.G., Letitia James, and presided over by a Trump hating judge who suffers from a massive case of Trump …

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Giuliani Again Defames GA Workers Outside Court

Politico reports: Rudy Giuliani’s defiant public statements outside a Washington, D.C., federal courthouse — just minutes after he departed the first day of his civil trial for defaming two Georgia election workers — may have defamed them yet again, the judge presiding over the proceedings said Tuesday. “Was Mr. Giuliani just playing for the cameras?” wondered U.S. District Judge Beryl …

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