Tag Archives: Trump corruption

“I’m not allowed to testify. I’m under gag order I guess, right? I can’t even testify. We’re gonna be appealing the gag order. I’d love to answer their questions. They’re very easy questions. The easiest questions so far. But I’m not allowed to testify because this judge, who’s totally conflicted, has me under an unconstitutional gag order Nobody’s ever had …

Reuters reports: A lawyer for Donald Trump sought on Thursday to portray the hush money payment at the center of his criminal trial as extortion, questioning a lawyer involved in the deal about his cash-for-dirt negotiations with other celebrities. Defense attorney Emil Bove’s questioning of the lawyer Keith Davidson hinted at a strategy by Trump’s legal team to undermine the …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump hit back Thursday at media reports that he has been sleeping during his New York hush money trial. Various reporters from across the political spectrum have documented Trump asleep in court. On Thursday, Trump decided to push back on those reporters and wrote on his Truth Social, “Contrary to the FAKE NEWS MEDIA, I …

NBC News reports: In the first two weeks of his hush money criminal trial, Trump largely sat alone, without allies, in a drab Manhattan courtroom. He listened to strangers deliver stinging criticism and former friends reveal unflattering details. And he grew frustrated, convinced his supporters could be doing more to help him. He complained that “no one is defending me,” …

Politico reports: A judge in California turned down an urgent plea Wednesday from John Eastman — an architect of Donald Trump’s bid to subvert the 2020 election — to allow him to keep practicing law while he fights an effort to permanently revoke his license. Judge Yvette Roland recommended Eastman’s disbarment in March after finding he repeatedly breached legal ethics …

Politico reports: More than a third of surveyed local election officials have experienced threats, harassment or abuse due to their jobs, according to a new poll released Wednesday. The 38 percent of local election officials who reported mistreatment in the poll from the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law marks an 8 percentage point …

ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump is playing down but not ruling out the possibility of political violence if he loses the November election. “I don’t think we’re going to have that. I think we’re going to win,” Trump told Time magazine in a cover story published on Tuesday. He had been asked about an earlier comment to Time …

“I’m watching Jewish politicians abandon Israel. And I have seen it and you have seen it. Where is Schumer? Why isn’t Schumer speaking up? He was always out there in front. Because he’s looking at votes, I guess. “And I guess he’s looking at maybe more votes than represent Israel, but that has nothing to do with it. You have …

Law & Crime reports: Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have once again failed to convince a New York appeals court to pause his hush-money trial. Though well past the 11th hour, or even the 12th hour, the 45th president’s defense team sought to pump the brakes on his by-now in-progress criminal trial over a series of allegations against New …

Detroit’s Fox affiliate reports: The former President said current President Joe Biden is allowing criminals into the country, particularly from Venezuela. “One stat before we go. Venezuela was very crime-ridden. They announced the other day 72% reduction in crime in the last year. You know why? They moved all their criminals from Venezuela right into the good old USA. And …

The New York Times reports: A law firm that has long defended Donald J. Trump’s campaign and businesses from employment lawsuits has abruptly asked to withdraw from a yearslong case over what it calls an “irreparable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship.” The firm has represented Mr. Trump’s political operation in numerous suits dating to his first presidential run, helping secure …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump deleted social media posts that a judge determined violated a gag order in his criminal hush money trial, just before a Tuesday deadline. Judge Juan Merchan fined Trump $9,000 and held him in contempt nine times early Tuesday over the posts on Truth Social and his campaign website, which included attacks on prospective jurors …

Politico reports: Donald Trump’s campaign immediately sought to capitalize after the judge in his New York criminal trial ruled him in contempt of court — the latest example of how the former president’s campaign has flipped negative legal developments into a financial boost for his reelection bid. “A Democrat judge JUST HELD ME IN CONTEMPT OF COURT!” read a Tuesday …

The Meidas Touch reports: A witness for the prosecution was Robert Browning, who is the custodian of records for the C-Span archives. Normally testimony from a witness like this, who is just here to authenticate a videotape, is not necessary because the defense would stipulate that the video is authentic. But Trump’s lawyers would not agree to do that so …

Time Magazine reports: If elected to a second term in the White House, Donald Trump intends to pursue policies that would address what he says is a “definite anti-white feeling” in America. “If you look at the Biden Administration, they’re sort of against anybody depending on certain views,” Trump tells TIME in an interview when asked about his supporters who …

CNN reports: The third week of the Donald Trump criminal hush money business fraud trial will resume Tuesday with the Manhattan district attorney’s office continuing to be secretive about it its plan of attack. Prosecutors are expected to pick up questioning of Michael Cohen’s former banker Tuesday morning. It’s unclear what other witnesses will take the stand this week – …

“He’s going all over the place. And his stamina, Maria, I have never seen anything like it in my life. I mean, I have just never seen it. “He will be in trial all day long only to step out and go to events at bodegas and wake up and speak to union workers and go to Michigan and go …

Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump is turning up the heat on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the reality sets in that Kennedy’s quixotic White House bid could siphon Republican support away from him. Kennedy is “far more LIBERAL than anyone running as a Democrat, including West and Stein,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday morning, referencing third-party candidates …

The Washington Post reports: There were some 2,600 people at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. But, really, it came down to only two men: Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “The 2024 election is in full swing and, yes, age is an issue,” President Biden told the black-tie crowd. “I’m a grown man running against a 6-year-old.” “Can we just …

The Christian Post reports: A North Carolina pastor has gone viral after urging his congregants not to embrace the “God Bless the USA Bible” endorsed by former President Donald Trump, which includes documents central to the founding of the United States. Pastor Loran Livingston of Central Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, condemned the “God Bless the USA Bible” in a …