Trump Lies

Bill Barr: Trump Doesn’t Have First Amendment Defense

“I really don’t think that’s a valid argument. As the indictment says, you know, they’re not attacking his First Amendment right. He can say whatever he wants. He can even lie. He can even tell people that the election was stolen when he knew better. But that does not protect you from entering into a conspiracy. All conspiracies involve speech, …

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Giuliani: I’ve Seen Evidence, The Election Was Stolen

“They are operating on principles that are used in communist and Nazi countries. They really are. Even the way they went and arrested these people on January 6th, with stormtroopers. Just regular people. I mean, a lot of them were just there, they didn’t even know why, they were there to protest an election, and I’m gonna tell you something …

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Trump To Be Fingerprinted At Today’s DC Arraignment

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump is expected to appear at 4 p.m. on Thursday in the U.S. federal courthouse at the foot of Capitol Hill, the site of a yearslong government effort to hold accountable those who tried to subvert democracy. The former president will fly down on his private jet from his golf club …

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NYT: Boris Epshteyn Is Likely Trump Co-Conspirator 6

The New York Times reports: The indictment of former President Donald J. Trump in connection with his efforts to retain power after his 2020 election loss left a number of unanswered questions, among them: Who is Co-Conspirator 6? But a close look at the indictment and a review of messages among people working with Mr. Trump’s team provides a strong …

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Trump May Attempt To Move DC Trial To West Virginia

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump’s attorney, John Lauro, has been making the rounds hoping to bolster the idea that the latest indictment against the former president is fundamentally a political charge, telling CBS on Wednesday that Trump’s team would seek a change of venue — potentially West Virginia, which he argued is “much more diverse” than D.C. Trump’s efforts …

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Trump Attacks Pence: “He Didn’t Fight Election Fraud”

Posted this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: I feel badly for Mike Pence, who is attracting no crowds, enthusiasm, or loyalty from people who, as a member of the Trump Administration, should be loving him. He didn’t fight against Election Fraud, which we will now be easily able to prove based on the most recent Fake Indictment & information …

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Trump Lawyer: Yes, Indictment Is Like Nazi Germany

Mediaite has the transcript: ED O’KEEFE: Real quick, the Trump campaign yesterday called this reminiscent of Nazi Germany in the 1930s, the former Soviet Union and other authoritarian dictatorial regimes. JOHN LAURO: I think that’s what all Americans are concerned about. ED O’KEEFE: But comparing this to the Nazis! JOHN LAURO: All Americans are concerned about this, the criminalization of …

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WSJ Editorial Board Blasts Latest Trump Indictment

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: Donald Trump’s post-election behavior in 2020 was deceitful and destructive, and his malfeasance on Jan. 6, 2021, was disgraceful, but was it criminal? That’s the claim in the extraordinary indictment issued Tuesday by a federal grand jury established by special counsel Jack Smith. This is a remarkably broad theory of “conspiracy to defraud …

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Trump Money Beg: I’m Facing “Six Lifetimes” In Prison

Today’s money beg from Hair Furor: Patriot, With Crooked Joe’s corrupt DOJ having unlawfully INDICTED yours truly yet again, reports indicate that I could now face a combined 561 YEARS in prison from the Left’s witch hunts. 6 LIFETIMES…There’s only ONE MESSAGE someone can send by trying to throw you in jail for 6 lifetimes, and that’s FEAR. The fear …

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Navarro: Trump Should Lock Up Jack Smith For Sedition

“I still want to know why Nancy Pelosi did not provide the tens of thousands of troops that Donald Trump asked for because he himself saw possible trouble. I also want to know why there were FBI informants, allegedly or apparently, in that crowd waving people into the grounds. And there’s so many unanswered questions. “This is a seditious conspiracy …

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Tough-On-Rioters Federal Judge Gets Trump’s Case

The Associated Press reports: The federal judge assigned to the election fraud case against former President Donald Trump has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attack fueled by Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen election. She has also ruled against him before. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, a former …

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Trump Expected To Appear In DC Court Tomorrow

CNN reports: Following Tuesday’s indictment of Donald Trump, Washington, DC, metro police said they are working with federal law enforcement partners to plan for the former president’s initial court appearance on Thursday. “The Metropolitan Police Department is working closely with our federal law enforcement partners to monitor the situation and plan accordingly to ensure the safety of DC residents and …

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Media Identifies Co-Conspirators Cited In Indictment

Axios reports: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was identified by multiple media outlets as matching prosecutors’ description of “Co- conspirator 1,” who is accused of spreading “knowingly false claims.” He pursued legal strategies that official Trump campaign lawyers would not. The indictment’s description of “co-conspirator 2” appears to match that of John Eastman, an attorney and former law …

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New York AG: Our Trump Org Case Is “Ready For Trial”

CBS News reports: New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office says it is ready to proceed with a trial stemming from its $250 million lawsuit claiming former President Donald Trump, two of his children and his company engaged in widespread fraud. “The case is ready for trial,” wrote Kevin Wallace, senior enforcement counsel for the office, in a filing Monday. …

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Indictment: Trump Told Pence “You’re Too Honest”

Rolling Stone reports: Trump’s tortured relationship with the truth is highlighted in an exchange he allegedly had with Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 1, 2021. Trump, the indictment says, called Pence and “berated him” because Pence opposed efforts to claim that he alone had the power, in his ceremonial role presiding over the counting of the votes of the …

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Trump Compares Latest Indictment To “Nazi Germany”

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump predictably cried “election interference” on Tuesday—while also likening his prosecutors to Nazis—just after a grand jury returned a third indictment against the former president. “Why did they wait two and a half years to bring these fake charges, right in the middle of President Trump’s winning campaign for 2024?” the statement rhetorically asks. “The …

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Special Counsel To Make Announcement Tonight

CNN reports:  The federal grand jury hearing evidence in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election handed up an indictment on Tuesday in the federal courthouse in Washington, DC. The foreperson of the grand jury along with a Justice Department prosecutor were present in the courtroom when the indictment was returned. A judge agreed to …

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Trump Claims He’s Being Indicted Today At 5PM

Posted just now to Trump’s Truth Social account: I hear that Deranged Jack Smith, in order to interfere with the Presidential Election of 2024, will be putting out yet another Fake Indictment of your favorite President, me, at 5:00 P.M. Why didn’t they do this 2.5 years ago? Why did they wait so long? Because they wanted to put it …

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Trump Gets Partial Immunity In Election Worker’s Suit

Bloomberg News reports: A Pennsylvania state court judge ruled that presidential immunity is broad enough to protect Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was rigged, even if he didn’t really believe the conspiracy. Judge Michael Erdos in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on Monday granted Trump immunity on two claims made in a 2021 lawsuit by …

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Trump Grand Jury Seen Arriving At DC Courthouse

NBC News reports: Members of the D.C. grand jury hearing evidence and testimony in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into 2020 election interference are arriving at the courthouse and heading up to the 3rd floor grand jury area. A new indictment was filed last week in a separate special counsel investigation of Trump involving his alleged mishandling of classified records. …

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