Tag Archives: Trump corruption

Trump Still Owes El Paso $569,000 For His 2019 Rally

The Houston Chronicle reports: As former President Donald Trump hosted a MAGA-palooza near Corpus Christi this weekend, he still hasn’t paid back the city of El Paso the more than $500,000 he owes for hosting his 2019 rally there, a city spokeswoman confirmed. Shortly after the Walmart mass shooting that left 22 dead in El Paso, Trump scheduled a large …

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Liz Cheney: We Won’t Let Trump Turn His January 6th Testimony “Into A Circus,” Issues Are “Far Too Serious”

“We are going to proceed in terms of the questioning of the former president under oath. It may take multiple days, and it will be done with a level of rigor and discipline and seriousness that it deserves. “He’s not going to turn this into a circus. This isn’t going to be first debate against Biden and the circus and …

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Trump Threatens Journalists With Prison Rape [VIDEO]

“They don’t want to mention this because I think it’s so terrible. You take the writer because you’re never gonna find another, going through phone records. “It’s been a long time. You take the writer and/or the publisher of the paper, and you say ‘Who is the leaker? National security.’ And they say ‘We’re not gonna tell you.’ They say …

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Trump Was Warned Not To Sign False Voter Fraud Doc

Axios reports: A senior White House lawyer expressed concerns to President Trump’s advisers and attorneys about the president signing a sworn court statement verifying inaccurate evidence of voter fraud, according to emails from December 2020 obtained by Axios. Why it matters: The emails shed new light on a federal judge’s explosive finding Wednesday that Trump knew specific instances of voter …

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11 GOP Trump Allies Have Together Gotten 30 Years

The Washington Post reports: Eleven allies of and advisers to former president Donald Trump have been convicted or pleaded guilty in recent years to various offenses, with their total sentences nearing 30 years of imprisonment. Those convicted include three top campaign officials, two top White House officials, two former business employees, several campaign and transition advisers, and Trump’s longest-serving informal …

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Trump Warns Pence: It Would Be “Disloyal” To Run

Mediaite reports: In a Friday phone interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on The Brian Kilmeade Show, the former president avoided questions on when he would announce a run, should he choose to, but he also swiped at any potential Republican challengers from his own administration. “Mr. President, when will you decide if you’re going to run in 2024? …

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January 6 Committee Formally Subpoenas Trump

CNBC reports: Former President Donald Trump was issued a subpoena Friday by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. It is not clear whether Trump will comply with the subpoena. The committee, which voted unanimously on the move, is demanding Trump’s testimony under oath and records relevant to the probe into the attack on …

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Mar-A-Lago Docs Included Intel On Iran And China

The Washington Post reports: Some of the classified documents recovered by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and private club included highly sensitive intelligence regarding Iran and China, according to people familiar with the matter. If shared with others, the people said, such information could expose intelligence-gathering methods that the United States wants to keep hidden from the world. …

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Trump Claims He Owns Immigration And Pardon Docs

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump is claiming that nine documents seized by the F.B.I. from his Florida residence are his personal property — but the Justice Department says they are official records that should be deposited with the National Archives. The materials from the initial tranche that Mr. Trump maintains belong to him include six …

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Trump Lawyers Refuse Service Of J6 Panel’s Subpoena

ABC News reports: The Jan. 6 committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol has yet to formally subpoena former President Donald Trump, in part because investigators are still trying to find someone authorized to accept service of it. Last week, the committee took the historic step of voting to subpoena the former president, with all nine members of the …

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Trump Deposed In 2018 Videophone Fraud Lawsuit

Bloomberg News reports: Lawyers for investors who claim they were defrauded by Donald Trump more than a decade ago finally got a chance to depose the former president about his marketing of a failed videophone venture on “Celebrity Apprentice,” according to a person familiar with the matter. Trump, his company and his three oldest children were sued in 2018 by …

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Trump May “Allow Supervised Search” Of Mar-A-Lago

CNN reports: Donald Trump’s legal team is weighing whether to allow federal agents to return to the former President’s Florida residence, and potentially conduct a supervised search, to satisfy the Justice Department’s demands that all sensitive government documents are returned, sources tell CNN. In private discussions with Trump’s team as well as court filings, the Justice Department has made clear …

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Judge: Trump Knowingly Signed Election Lies Docs

Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump signed legal documents describing evidence of election fraud that he knew were false, a federal judge indicated on Wednesday. U.S. District Court Judge David Carter wrote in an 18-page opinion that emails from attorney John Eastman, an architect of Trump’s last-ditch effort to subvert the 2020 election, needed to be turned over to the …

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World Famous Liar Is All Butthurt About SNL Again

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: I once hosted Saturday Night Live, and the ratings were HUUUGE! Now, however, the ratings are lower than ever before, and the show will probably be put to “rest.” It is just not, at these levels, sustainable – A bad show that’s not funny or smart. L.M. is angry and exhausted, the …

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TODAY: Trump Gets Deposed In Rape/Defamation Suit

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump is set to answer questions under oath Wednesday as part of the defamation lawsuit brought by former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll. Last week, a federal judge cleared the way for Trump’s testimony saying the former President had already taken steps to delay the case and he “should not be able to run out …

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Another Stinging Loss For MAGA In Durham Probe

The Washington Post reports: A jury on Tuesday found Igor Danchenko — a private researcher who was a primary source for a 2016 dossier of allegations about former president Donald Trump’s ties to Russia — not guilty of lying to the FBI about where he got his information. The verdict in federal court in Alexandria, Va., is another blow for …

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Special Master Rips Trump’s Claim: “Where’s The Beef?”

The New York Times reports: The special master reviewing materials seized by the F.B.I. from former President Donald J. Trump’s compound in Florida expressed skepticism on Tuesday about early claims by Mr. Trump’s lawyers that certain documents were privileged and thus could be withheld from a Justice Department investigation. In a phone conference, the special master, Judge Raymond J. Dearie …

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Bannon Begs For Leniency And Blames His Lawyers

Mediaite reports: Steve Bannon shied away from the bombastic rhetoric for which he is so well known on Monday in a sentencing memo pleading with the court to give him probation after he was convicted over the summer of two criminal contempt charges after he refused to comply with a subpoena from the House January 6 Committee. Apparently cowed by …

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Docs Show Trump Org Lied About Rates At His Hotels

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump’s company charged the Secret Service as much as five times more than the government rate for agents to stay overnight at Trump hotels while protecting him and his family, according to expense records newly obtained by Congress. The records show that in 40 cases the Trump Organization billed the Secret Service far …

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Trump Bought Kushner’s Book Onto Bestsellers List

Forbes reports: “Breaking History: A White House Memoir” hit book shelves on Aug. 23. Two weeks later, the Save America Joint Fundraising Committee, which raises money for two Trump PACs, paid retailer Books-A-Million $131,000 for “collateral:books,” according to a campaign filing made Saturday with the Federal Election Commission. On Sept. 11, four days after that bulk purchase, Kushner’s book appeared …

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