Tag Archives: Trump corruption

EXPERTS: Trump “Charity” Is Breaking Election Laws

ABC News reports: Last September, as former President Donald Trump was mounting his reelection bid, he posted a “big announcement” to his Truth Social media platform: “Introducing Border911,” he declared, promoting a tax-exempt charity led by his former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief, Tom Homan. Border911 is planning to embark on a 12-stop tour of battleground states to “convince” independent …

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Trump: “I Currently Have Almost $500 Million In Cash”

Yet another all-caps rant today on Truth Social: THROUGH HARD WORK, TALENT, AND LUCK, I CURRENTLY HAVE ALMOST FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WHICH I INTENDED TO USE IN MY CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT. THE OFTEN OVERTURNED POLITICAL HACK JUDGE ON THE RIGGED AND CORRUPT A.G. CASE, WHERE I HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG, KNEW THIS, WANTED …

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Trump’s Truth Social Windfall Won’t Come In Time

Politico reports: Donald Trump is on the verge of gaining what could be a massive windfall from his social media company. But it will likely come too late to save him from the financial peril he’s facing now. Investors on Friday are expected to sign off on a deal to allow Trump’s new venture, which operates Truth Social, to be …

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AP: Agreement Diverts RNC Funds To Trump’s Legal Bills

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump’s new joint fundraising agreement with the RNC directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former President’s legal bills before the RNC gets a cut, according to a fundraising invitation obtained by The Associated Press. The unorthodox diversion of funds to the Save America PAC makes it more likely …

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Valet Testimony: Trump Told Pence On January 6 That Certifying Election Would Be A “Political Career Killer”

The New York Times reports: “Mike, this is a political career killer if you do this,” Mr. Trump told Mr. Pence by phone on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, according to the White House valet who was with the president for much of the day and told Congress he had overheard the conversation. The testimony of Mr. Trump’s valet, …

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James May First Seize Trump’s Westchester Properties

Bloomberg News reports: New York state’s $454 million judgment against Donald Trump in a civil fraud lawsuit was formally registered in Westchester County just outside Manhattan, a sign that his properties in the area may be at risk of being seized if the former president fails to post an appeal bond. New York Attorney General Letitia James registered the judgment …

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Trump: If I Sell My Assets They Will Be “Forever Gone”

“Even though I did nothing wrong, a Radical Left New York Judge, a true Trump Hater, Arthur Engoron (Are we allowed to speak about his Unconstitutional Gag Order?), picked a number out of THIN AIR, $355,000,000, plus interest (reminiscent of John Lovitz, “The Liar,” on SNL when it was good), & wants me to bond it, which is not possible …

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Habba Refuses To Say Whether Trump Has Sought Russian Or Saudi Help In Paying $464 Million Bond

Mediaite has the transcript: MACCALLUM: Yes. Is there any effort on the part of your team to secure this money through another country, Saudi Arabia or Russia as Joy Behar seems to think? HABBA: Well, there’s rules and regulations that are public. I can’t speak about strategy, that requires certain things and we have to follow those rules. Like I …

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Trump PAC Spent $230K/Day On Legal Fees In February

The Daily Beast reports: On Wednesday night, Trump’s “Save America” leadership PAC—the political committee that now functions primarily as his legal slush fund—reported paying lawyers $5.6 million last month, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That’s well above the $5 million total the PAC raised in the same period. The PAC also deferred payment on more than half a million …

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Trump Sends Out Desperate Money Beg As Deadline Approaches: “Keep Your Filthy Hands Off Trump Tower”

Raw Story reports: Donald Trump sent out a frantic fundraising plea centered around the possibility that Trump Tower might be seized as part of the massive New York fraud judgment leveled against him. “KEEP YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF TRUMP TOWER!” reads a fundraising email sent to supporters. “Insane radical Democrat AG Letitia James wants to SEIZE my properties in New …

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Trump Asks Court To Pause Capitol Riot Civil Lawsuits

NBC News reports: Attorneys for Donald Trump asked a judge on Tuesday evening to stay proceedings in various civil cases that seek to hold the former president liable for damages stemming from the Jan. 6 riot, once again seeking to starve off the legal consequences of his actions in the aftermath of his 2020 election loss as he runs for …

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NY Post: Trump May Let New York AG Seize Assets

The New York Post reports: While some reports have raised speculation that Trump may “go nuclear” with a Chapter 11 filing to protect his prize real estate assets across Manhattan, experts said bankruptcy would create unwelcome complications as the 2024 election season comes to a head. A possibility, however, is to let the deadline pass, leaving it to New York …

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James To Court: Don’t Stay Trump’s $464M Judgement

ABC News reports: New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing back on Donald Trump’s “extraordinary” request for a stay of his $464 million civil fraud judgment, arguing the former president’s recent request was unreliable, procedurally improper and based on a flawed premise. “There is nothing unusual about even billion-dollar judgments being fully bonded on appeal,” Senior Assistant Solicitor General …

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CNN: “Panicked” Trump Is Trying To Sell His Assets

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump is in panic mode as the deadline approaches to secure a half-billion-dollar bond to appeal his civil fraud case in New York, according to multiple sources familiar with his thinking. Privately, Trump had been counting on Chubb, which underwrote his $91.6 million bond to cover the E. Jean Carroll judgment, to come through, but …

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Fox Reporter: Trump’s Billionaires Pals Aren’t Helping Him Because Of His Long History Of Stiffing Creditors

“They’re continuing to talk to banks and insurance companies to try to get that bond, to get it at a reasonable amount of money that he could put up. As of yet, none of his billionaire friends are ponying up money from what I understand. I’ve been asking them. I mean, there are a lot of them. Just generally, Donald …

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“Billionaire” Trump Wails That He May Be “Forced To Mortgage Or Sell Assets, Perhaps At Fire Sale Prices”

“Judge Engoron actually wants me to put up Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for the Right to Appeal his ridiculous decision. In other words, he is trying to take my Appellate Rights away from me when I have already won at the Appellate Division, but he refuses to accept their already made decision. “Nobody has ever heard of anything like …

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Trump Sues ABC And Stephanopoulos For Defamation

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News on Monday, arguing that the anchor George Stephanopoulos had harmed his reputation by saying multiple times on-air that Mr. Trump had been found liable for raping the writer E. Jean Carroll. A jury in a Manhattan civil case last year found Mr. Trump …

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Judge In Docs Case Slammed For “Bizarre Order” That Suggests Trump Can Claim Docs Are Personal Property

The Washington Post reports: The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified-documents case issued an unusual order late Monday regarding jury instructions at the end of the trial — even though she has not yet ruled on when the trial will be held, or a host of other issues. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen M. Cannon instructed lawyers to file proposed jury …

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Jewish Groups Blast Trump’s Latest Antisemitic Rant

USA Today reports: “Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion,” Trump said in an interview with Sebastian Gorka, a former White House aide. “They hate everything about Israel, and they should be ashamed of themselves because Israel will be destroyed.” Trump also falsely claimed Democratic lawmakers who criticize Israel are only seeking votes from people sympathizing with …

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Trump: Bonding Companies “Never Heard Of Such A Bond” And Couldn’t Help Me “Even If They Wanted To”

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: I built a Magnificent Business, which helped rebuild New York City and State, with Amazing, Unparalleled, Historic Properties and tons of CASH, which Crooked Joe Biden and his Maniac Persecutors are trying to wrongfully and illegally take from me. A bond of the size set by the Democrat Club-controlled Judge, in Corrupt, …

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