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The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump improperly removed multiple boxes from the White House that were retrieved by the National Archives and Records Administration last month from his Mar-a-Lago residence because they contained documents and other items that should have been turned over to the agency. The recovery of the boxes from Trump’s Florida resort raises new concerns about …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and two of his adult children argued Tuesday that the New York state attorney general’s office had targeted them unfairly in its civil-fraud investigation and subpoenaed information that could be improperly used in a separate criminal probe. The arguments came in a dispute over subpoenas New York Attorney General …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump Jr released a seemingly odd rant against Joe Biden, leading to a pushback from critics. A nearly 5-minute video was uploaded by the businessman titled “Pathetic: Biden can’t read a teleprompter!” on Facebook on Friday. It has been viewed more than 380,000 times. “​​This is why you don’t do drugs kids. Slurred speech, lack of …

The Insider reports: Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen claimed Trump said that if one of his kids had to go to prison over the family business to “make sure” it was Donald Jr., not Ivanka. Speaking to MSNBC on Saturday, Cohen said Trump gave him the instruction when his children were on the verge of being indicted …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is requesting a special grand jury to aid in her investigation of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. In a Thursday letter to Christopher S. Brasher, chief judge of Fulton County’s Superior Court, Willis said the move was needed because a “significant number …

Raw Story reports: Every American has the right to not incriminate themselves in court or in a deposition. According to the court documents for New York Attorney General Letitia James’ probe of the Trump Organization, Eric Trump spent six hours doing exactly that. Showing screen captures of the court documents, lawyer Luppe B. Luppen quoted a revealing piece in the …

The New York Times reports: The New York State attorney general, Letitia James, accused Donald J. Trump’s family business late Tuesday of repeatedly misrepresenting the value of its assets to bolster its bottom line, saying in court papers that the company had engaged in “fraudulent or misleading” practices. The filing came in response to Mr. Trump’s recent effort to block …

CNN reports: The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol has subpoenaed and obtained records of phone numbers associated with one of former President Donald Trump’s children, Eric Trump, as well as Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is engaged to Donald Trump Jr., sources tell CNN. It appears to be the first time the select committee has issued …

ABC New reports: Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal judge in New York to halt a civil investigation into his business practices by New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her in a new court filing of weaponizing her office to carry out a “targeted attack against a political adversary.” Trump sued James last month in federal court …

Mediaite reports: First, before Trump jumped on board with the idea that the Capitol riot was a setup by the feds, he repeatedly defended his mob of supporters as “patriots” and “great people.” Second, the storming of the Capitol happened on January 6th, 2021, meaning Trump was still the president. If this was a “Fedsurrection” as Trump and Revolver claim, …

CNN reports: Melania Trump announced Tuesday morning that she is holding an auction of the white hat she wore during the visit of the French first family, the Macrons, to the White House in 2018. In a statement from her office, Trump said that, in addition to the hat, the auction lot will include a watercolor by Marc-Antoine Coulon — …

Newsweek reports: Both of the former president’s resorts in the country—Trump Turnberry in Ayrshire and Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire—suffered substantial losses last year despite receiving millions in government grants, according to financial reports their operating companies filed with the U.K. government this week. Trump Turnberry saw turnover plummet from $26.37 million (£19.7million) in 2019 to $8.97 million (£6.7 …

Reuters reports: Jared Kushner’s global investment firm, Affinity Partners, has raised more than $3 billion in committed funding from international investors, a person familiar with the fund-raising effort told Reuters on Thursday. Kushner plans to invest in American and Israeli companies that are looking for international expansion opportunities in India, Africa, the Middle East and other parts of Asia. He …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump announced he would hold a news conference from Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 6, the one-year anniversary of the riot at the U.S. Capitol that the former president himself was accused of inciting. “Why isn’t the Unselect Committee of highly partisan political hacks investigating the CAUSE of the January 6th protest, which was the rigged Presidential …

Raw Story reports: Donald Trump Jr. told a group of young conservatives on Sunday that following the peaceful rules of the Christian Bible has “gotten us nothing.” According to Trump, conservatives have been playing tee-ball while liberals played “hardball.” He suggested that conservatives should not “turn the other cheek” despite the biblical instructions of Jesus Christ. “We’ve turned the other …

The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the New York State attorney general, Letitia James, seeking to halt her long-running civil investigation into his business practices. The suit, filed in federal court in upstate New York by Mr. Trump and his family real estate business, argues that Ms. James’s inquiry, which has lasted …

The Insider reports: Eric Trump threatened to sue a website for defamation after it suggested that he had used burner phones to communicate with pro-Donald Trump rally organizers in the run-up to January 6. Trump, the second son of former President Donald Trump, threatened The Palmer Report with legal action after over a claim it made in the aftermath of …

The Daily Beast reports: After more than a year of delays, a team of attorneys will finally make a trip to Los Angeles next month to review highly guarded, never-before-seen outtakes of Celebrity Apprentice—seeking any evidence that the Trump family knew they were suckering people into investing in a scam. On Tuesday, a federal judge in New York City ordered …

The Daily Beast reports: A few days before Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building, one of the top organizers for the rally that preceded the riot reportedly issued an unusual request to some underlings. According to Rolling Stone, Jan. 6 planners were ordered to use cash to purchase burner phones that were used to communicate directly with the Trump family …

The Washington Post reports: The Republican National Committee is paying some personal legal bills for former president Donald Trump, spending party funds to pay a lawyer representing Trump in investigations into his financial practices in New York, a party spokeswoman said Monday. In October, the RNC made two payments totaling $121,670 to the law firm of Ronald Fischetti, a veteran …