Tag Archives: Trump corruption

Trump Lies That Judge Valued Mar-A-Lago At Over $1B

Just posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: Now that it has been agreed in Court that Mar-a-Lago is WORTH 50 to 100 times the Value the Racist & Incompetent Attorney General of New York State, Letitia “Peekaboo” James, ascribed to it (18 Million Dollars), & likewise other assets that were valued crazily low by this “Monster” that has allowed Violent …

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Trump Shares Post Showing Him In Court With Jesus

The Daily Mail reports: Former President Donald Trump shared a strange court sketch on social media that showed him at his Manhattan fraud case with a person who looked like Jesus Christ sitting next him. The former president and 2024 candidate, 77, scowled and shook his head as prosecutors accused him of ‘lying year after year’ to exaggerate the value …

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Trump Calls In Huge McDonald’s Order From NY Court

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump reportedly called in a massive McDonalds order to court on Monday, with TMZ capturing staffers in dark suits carrying six large brown bags from the fast food chain into the New York courthouse where Trump is on trial. Trump’s love of the Golden Arches is well-documented, with the former president calling in an order …

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John Kelly Confirms Trump’s Rants Against US Veterans

A new statement from ex-Trump chief of staff John Kelly: What can I add that has not already been said? A person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them.’ A person …

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Trump Lies That He Was Denied Jury Trial In New York

Mediaite reports: Contrary to Trump’s complaint that he was “not even allowed” to have a jury, he absolutely did have the power to demand a jury trial, if only his attorneys had checked a single box on the front page of a standard New York court document. In a civil case, the parties all have the right to request a …

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Cohen: Trump Inflated Worth To Increase Forbes Rank

The Hill reports: Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s attorney and fixer, said in a deposition shown Monday in a New York courtroom that he and former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg were tasked with inflating assets to “obtain the number that Mr. Trump wanted.” Cohen, in a deposition to prosecutors, gave an example in which the former president might want …

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GOP Legal Analyst: Trump Knows He’s Lost NY Case

“I think that Trump has already decided he’s going to lose on the law. Last week, the judge already made all the key findings against him. So what I think President Trump has done is turn this all into a political strategy. “I would say it was the acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, because everything he said, whether …

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New York AG: No Matter How Much Money You Think You Might Have, No One Is Above The Law [VIDEO]

The Messenger reports: New York Attorney General Letitia James made public remarks Monday just minutes before the start of a trial where she could put Donald Trump out of business. “My message is simple, no matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law,” James said before a …

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Barricades Go Up Outside Manhattan Courthouse

The Associated Press reports: Trump isn’t expected to testify for several weeks. His trip to court Monday will mark a remarkable departure from his past practice. Trump didn’t go to court as either a witness or a spectator when his company and one of its top executives was convicted of tax fraud last year. He didn’t show, either, for a …

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Trump: I’d Rather Be Electrocuted Than Eaten By Shark

“If I’m sitting down and that boat’s going down and I’m on top of a battery, and the water starts flooding in, I’m getting concerned. But then I look 10 yards to my left and there’s a shark over there. So I have a choice of electrocution or a shark—you know what I’m going to take? Electrocution. I will take …

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Trump Calls New York Fraud Trial Judge A “Criminal”

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: Judge Engoron’s Valuation of Mar-a-Lago, the most spectacular property in Palm Beach, Florida, IS FRAUDULENT! He states a value of 18 Million Dollars, knowing full well that it is worth, perhaps, 50 to 100 times that amount. Engoron is working diligently to misrepresent me, and my net worth, which is substantially MORE than is …

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Trump: “Imprison” Bowman For Pulling Fire Alarm

“Will Congressman Jamal Bowman be prosecuted and imprisoned for very dangerously pulling and setting off the main fire alarm system in order to stop a Congressional vote that was going on in D.C. His egregious act is covered on tape, a horrible display of nerve and criminality. It was a very dangerous ‘Obstruction of an Official Proceeding,’ the same as …

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Lawsuit Seeks To Bar Trump From Michigan 2024 Ballot

Michigan Live reports: Former President Donald Trump should be ineligible to appear on either of Michigan’s 2024 ballots due to his involvement with the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol, according to a lawsuit filed in the Michigan Court of Claims Friday. The suit hinges on the concept that Trump, during his 2020 re-election campaign – and afterwards, …

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Feds: Trump’s Alleged Gun Purchase Is “Possible Crime”

The Washington Post reports: Federal prosecutors said in a Friday night filing that former president Donald Trump may have broken the law if he bought a handgun at a recent campaign stop in South Carolina. “The defendant either purchased a gun in violation of the law and his conditions of release, or seeks to benefit from his supporters’ mistaken belief …

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Trump Expected To Attend New York Fraud Trial

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump will travel to New York on Sunday and is planning to attend next week’s civil fraud trial against him, his business and some of his children, according to two people briefed on the matter. Trump is expected to be in the Manhattan courtroom on Monday and Tuesday before departing on Wednesday, though the …

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Trump: Wealthy Californians “Don’t Smell So Good”

Spectrum News reports: Pledging to win California in 2024, Donald Trump said he will solve the border crisis within 24 hours of taking office should he win the Republican nomination and be re-elected president. Trump spoke to a packed and rowdy ballroom at a Marriott hotel in Anaheim, Calif., the site of the California GOP Convention, surrounded by supporters waving …

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Experts: Trump’s Legal Costs Could Top $50 Million

Reuters reports: Donald Trump’s political operation has helped pay the legal expenses of more than a dozen people contacted by prosecutors investigating the former president, tying up millions of dollars that otherwise could be used for his 2024 White House bid. Reuters has identified 13 potential witnesses or co-defendants who were represented by law firms that received payments from a …

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Trump Drops Bid To Move GA Case To Federal Court

The Hill reports: Former President Trump won’t try to move his Georgia criminal prosecution to federal court, his lawyer said Thursday. The surprising turn of events comes weeks after Steve Sadow, Trump’s attorney, notified the state judge that Trump may attempt such a move. “President Trump now notifies the Court that he will NOT be seeking to remove his case …

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Trump Busted In Whopper About Mar-A-Lago’s Value

The Messenger reports: Former President Donald Trump has sought to discredit a New York judge’s blockbuster ruling threatening his business empire by arguing that Mar-a-Lago alone is worth more than a billion dollars. But fewer than three years ago, his tax representative told Palm Beach County officials that Trump “agrees” his private club in South Florida is worth just $26.6 …

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Trump Loses Appeal To Delay New York Fraud Trial

The New York Times reports: A civil trial in which Donald J. Trump is accused of fraudulently inflating the values of his properties could begin as soon as Monday, after a New York appeals court rejected the former president’s attempt to have evidence against him thrown out. The appeals court, in a terse two-page order Thursday, turned aside Mr. Trump’s …

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