Tag Archives: Donald Trump

The Insider reports: The Justice Department is investigating if former President Donald Trump violated three federal laws involving the handling of national security information when he moved government records from the White House to Mar-a-Lago upon leaving office. That’s according to the right-wing news website Breitbart, which appeared to have obtained the warrant the FBI got to search Trump’s Mar-a-Lago …

CBS News reports: A New York State judge ruled Friday that a criminal fraud and tax evasion prosecution against the Trump Organization and its former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, can proceed. Weisselberg and the company asked a judge in February to dismiss all 15 counts charged against them. Judge Juan Merchan dismissed one of several tax fraud counts against the Trump …

The Hill reports: FBI agents found dozens of classified documents during their search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago on Monday, sources confirmed to NewsNation. Investigators discovered classified documents in two areas: Trump’s personal office above a ballroom and in a storage room near the pool. Sources say there were “boxes everywhere,” with some containing Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI). Those are …

The Washington Post reports: Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday, according to people familiar with the investigation. Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located …

Raw Story reports: Federal Magistrate Judge William Matthewman has set an expedited schedule after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Department of Justice moved to unseal the Mar-a-Lago search warrant and property receipt. Matthewman instructed DOJ to “immediately serve a copy of its Motion on counsel for former President Donald Trump.” “On or before 3.:00 p.m. Eastern time on August …

The Associated Press reports: The Justice Department has asked a court to unseal the search warrant the FBI received before searching the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday. Garland cited the “substantial public interest in this matter” in announcing the request at a hastily scheduled Justice Department news conference. “Faithful adherence to the …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment right more than 440 times Wednesday in refusing to answer questions at a deposition by lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is investigating the Trump Organization’s business practices, a source with knowledge of the session told NBC News. Shortly after arriving at that court-ordered interview under …

The New York Times reports: The New York State attorney general, Letitia James, sat across from Donald J. Trump as he repeatedly declined to answer questions, invoking his right against self-incrimination during a deposition on Wednesday, according to one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers. The lawyer, Ronald P. Fischetti, said that over the course of about four hours, with several breaks, …

Media Matter reports: On August 9, Trump posted a video on his social media platform Truth Social featuring footage of himself speaking at his rallies and criticizing President Joe Biden. The video featured background audio and visual imagery of rain and thunderstorms before switching to a rising instrumental musical track. The music in Trump’s video is a song titled Wwg1wga, …

The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump will face questioning under oath from the New York attorney general’s office on Wednesday, a crucial turning point in a long-running civil investigation into his business practices. The stakes for Mr. Trump are uncommonly high. While he has sat for numerous depositions over the years, he fought for months to avoid the …

Reuters reports: Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday tried to turn the news of an FBI search of his Florida estate to his benefit, citing the investigation in text messages and emails soliciting political donations from his supporters. Trump tried to paint the search of his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach as a politically motivated move by President Joe …

The Daily Beast reports: The FBI executed a search warrant on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on Monday. Trump confirmed the raid in a statement posted to his Truth Social platform. Trump said his Florida residence was “currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents” who, among other things, “broke into” a safe belonging …

The Hill reports: Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, chose not to resign after growing increasingly disillusioned with then-President Trump in 2020, according to an upcoming book, instead vowing to “fight from the inside” against what he perceived as an erratic and dangerous commander in chief. The revelations were revealed in an excerpt of “The …

Axios reports: Maggie Haberman’s forthcoming book about former President Trump will report that White House residence staff periodically found wads of paper clogging a toilet — and believed the former president, a notorious destroyer of Oval Office documents, was the flusher. Destroying records that should be preserved is potentially illegal. Trump denied it and called Haberman, whose New York Times …

Yahoo News reports: A Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll conducted in Dallas on Saturday found that attendees favored former president Donald Trump — who garnered the support of 69 percent of the audience — to be the GOP’s 2024 presidential nominee. At a February CPAC event held in Orlando, 59 percent of voters said they hoped Trump would reprise …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump held a rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin on Friday night, where he deemed himself “the most persecuted person” in United States history. Yep, he did. “We are standing up against some of the most menacing forces, entrenched interests, and vicious opponents our people have ever seen,” Trump told the crowd. “A friend of mine recently …

Every day it’s another new scam: Former President Donald Trump is asking supporters for help — and donations — in an email promising they’ll be included somehow in the lawsuit he promises to file against CNN and other media outlets. “I’m calling on my best and most dedicated supporters to add their names to stand with me in my impending …

Courthouse News reports: A federal judge on Wednesday stayed former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit demanding YouTube reinstate his social media account pending Trump’s appeal of the dismissal of his case against Twitter. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White ordered the stay and denied YouTube’s motion to dismiss the case. He also denied Trump’s motion for a preliminary injunction against YouTube …

“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump. “He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. “He is a coward. A real man wouldn’t lie to his supporters. He lost his election …

Bloomberg News reports: Former President Donald Trump welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to one of his luxury golf resorts barely a week after the Central European leader made remarks that have been compared to Nazi rhetoric. Trump released a statement saying it was “great spending time with my friend” and that the two were also celebrating Orban’s April electoral …