MufasaDec 12, 2022

GOP's biggest donor funneled $20M to nationwide election denial network

#GOP #ElectionDenial #Election2020 #MoneyInPolitics #DickUihlein #RestorationActionInc #Trump #TheBigLie
https://www.rawstory.com/dick-uihlein-2658789982/

GOP’s biggest donor funneled $20M to nationwide election denial network

The Republican Party's single biggest donor in the 2022 midterm election cycle also teamed up with a nationwide network aimed at overturning GOP election losses.Right-wing megadonor Dick Uihlein funneled tens of millions of dollars to the nonprofit Restoration Action Inc., which hired former Donald ...

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Show threadMufasaDec 24, 2022

#FoxNews' #SeanHannity says he knew all along Trump lost the election

Fox News star Sean Hannity – one of former President Donald Trump's strongest allies on the air and one of his closest advisers off it – admitted under oath that he never believed the lie that Trump was cheated of victory in the 2020 presidential election by a voting tech company.

Hannity gave airtime to election falsehoods he says he didn't believe.

#Trump #TheBigLie #DominionVotingSystems
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/22/1144926308/fox-news-sean-hannity-dominion-lawsuit-trump

Fox News' Sean Hannity says he knew all along Trump lost the election

"I did not believe it for one second," Hannity said under oath about former President Trump's false claims that Dominion Voting Systems cheated him of votes in 2020. Dominion is suing Fox News.

NPR
Show threadMufasaDec 27, 2022

New transcripts of closed-door testimony to the Jan. 6 committee show Donald Trump and his allies had a direct hand in the Nevada GOP's scheme to send a phony electoral certificate to Congress in a last-ditch attempt to keep the former president in power.

#Trump #FakeElectors #Nevada #GOP #TheBigLie
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-committee-trump-nevada-election-transcripts-7aa0f2e582778b7beb0f5172c91d7fa9

Transcripts reveal link between Trump, Nevada fake electors

LAS VEGAS (AP) — New transcripts of closed-door testimony to the Jan. 6 House committee show Donald Trump and his allies had a direct hand in the Nevada Republican Party’s scheme to send a phony electoral certificate to Congress in 2020 in a last-ditch attempt to keep the former president in power.

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Show threadMufasaJan 10, 2023

Michigan attorney general re-opens criminal probe into fake electors for Trump

#Election2020 #Michigan #FakeElectors #Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/politics/michigan-fake-electors-attorney-general-dana-nessel-investigation

Show threadMufasaJan 17, 2023

16 Michigan GOP electors sued over documents claiming Trump won 2020 election

#Election2020 #Michigan #FakeElectors #Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/3812384-16-michigan-gop-electors-sued-over-documents-claiming-trump-won-2020-election/

16 Michigan GOP electors sued over documents claiming Trump won 2020 election

A number of Michigan GOP electors were named in a lawsuit after they falsely declared in official documents that former President Trump won the 2020 presidential election. In the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Kent County Circuit Court, three Democratic presidential electors accused the 16 Republicans of submitting fraudulent election certificates in a scheme “to steal…

The Hill
Show threadMufasaFeb 18, 2023

Fox News got election fraud info from woman who claims she got it through 'time travel': lawsuit

https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-lawsuit-2659431124/

Fox News got election fraud info from woman who claims she got it through 'time travel': lawsuit

Fox News got some of its information on "election fraud" allegations against Dominion Voting Systems from a woman who claims she got the information through a form of "time travel," the election equipment company's lawsuit alleges.This detail of the Dominion lawsuit was first flagged by NBC News' Be...

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Show threadMufasaFeb 18, 2023

'Like a coup': Michigan Republicans raise alarms at militant far-right takeover of their party

https://www.rawstory.com/micvigan-gop-extremists/

'Like a coup': Michigan Republicans raise alarms at militant far-right takeover of their party

Moderate Republicans in Michigan are growing increasingly alarmed at the antics of far-right members of their party who are making major inroads at taking over the party using methods including armed intimidation at GOP events.According to a report from Reuters, the extremist members of America Firs...

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Show threadMufasaFeb 28, 2023

Sean Hannity 'had been privately disgusted by Trump for weeks': court docs

https://www.rawstory.com/sean-hannity-disgusted-by-trump/

Sean Hannity 'had been privately disgusted by Trump for weeks': court docs

Behind the scenes at Fox News after the 2020 election, it was becoming clear that conservative prime-time hosts were saying one thing to viewers and another thing privately. According to court filings by Dominion Voting Systems in their lawsuit against Fox News, the hosts of the network knew ver...

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Show threadMufasaMar 1, 2023

Trump mocks Fox News' Dominion lawsuit woes: 'They look scared and frightened'

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Trump mocks Fox News' Dominion lawsuit woes: 'They look scared and frightened'

Former President Donald Trump slammed Fox News for not doing more to stand up for the validity of its false "voter fraud" claims in the $1.6 billion Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit, in a furious rant on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday."There was so much Voter Fraud & Irregularities in the 2020 ...

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Show threadMufasaMar 1, 2023

Feds Inadvertently Reveal They’re Looking Into #Trump's Shady 'Recount' Campaign

It started with a FOIA looking for answers about Trump's recount efforts. It revealed that the #FEC is looking into these questions itself.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/feds-inadvertently-reveal-theyre-looking-into-donald-trumps-shady-recount-campaign

Feds Inadvertently Reveal They’re Looking Into Donald Trump’s Shady ‘Recount’ Campaign

It started with a FOIA looking for answers about Trump’s recount efforts. It revealed that the FEC is looking into these questions itself.

The Daily Beast
Show threadMufasaMar 3, 2023

Donald #Trump can be sued by injured #CapitolPolice officers and Democratic lawmakers over the #January6th, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the #JusticeDepartment said Thursday in a federal court case testing Trump's legal vulnerability for his speech before the riot.

The Justice Department told a Washington federal appeals court in a legal filing that it should allow the lawsuits to move forward, rejecting Trump's argument that he is immune from the claims.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-jan-6-capitol-police-congress-immunity-d18d0c6369837c725578cf6e13c18883

Trump can be sued for Jan. 6 riot harm, Justice Dept. says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S.

Associated Press
Show threadMufasaMar 11, 2023

'Racist' Trump is blowing up because he can't stand being prosecuted by Black lawyers: Former GOP strategist

https://www.rawstory.com/manhattan-da-trump-2659568185/

'Racist' Trump is blowing up because he can't stand being prosecuted by Black lawyers: Former GOP strategist

Upon learning that he could be facing indictment in New York over hush payments to an adult film star, former President Donald Trump immediately attacked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis — all o...

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Show threadMufasaMar 11, 2023

#Trump publishing private letters from #OprahWinfrey, other celebrities

Winfrey wrote to Trump after he sent her a book excerpt, from his 2000 book, "The America We Deserve," in which he wrote that his "first choice for vice president would be Oprah Winfrey."

Letters from #RichardNixon #RonaldReagan #BillClinton #PrincessDiana #HillaryClinton #TedKennedy #NorthKorea's #KimJongUn #MarioCuomo #ArnoldPalmer #JayLeno #LizaMinnelli #RegisPhilbin and many more are included.
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/09/trump-book-oprah-private-letters-celebrities

Exclusive: Trump publishing private letters from Oprah, other celebrities

"Sadly, once I announced for President, she never spoke to me again," Trump writes.

Axios
Show threadMufasaMar 11, 2023

Jay Leno Says He Never Gave Donald Trump Permission to Use His Letter

https://www.newsweek.com/jay-leno-never-gave-donald-trump-permission-use-his-letter-1786926

Exclusive: Jay Leno Says He Never Gave Donald Trump Permission to Use His Letter

The new book, "Letters to Trump," will share correspondence of celebrities' writing to the former president.

Newsweek
Show threadMufasaMar 12, 2023

#Trump Gets Caught Trying to Play Judges to Manufacture Trial Delays

#DonaldTrump is in so much trouble that his trials are starting to run into one another, and now his lawyers might get in trouble for fooling judges into delaying them all.

Faced with an onslaught of expensive lawsuits ranging from fraud to racketeering, Trump is desperately trying to delay several trials well into the 2024 presidential election season—and he was just called out for the scheme.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-gets-caught-trying-to-play-judges-to-manufacture-trial-delays

Donald Trump Gets Caught Trying to Play Judges to Manufacture Trial Delays

Donald Trump is in so much trouble that his trials are starting to run into one another, and now his lawyers might get in trouble for fooling judges into delaying them all.

The Daily Beast
Show threadMufasaMar 15, 2023

Combative Trump attorney refuses to answer question if Trump authorized Stormy Daniels payoff

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-stormy-daniels-2659588001/

Combative Trump attorney refuses to answer question if Trump authorized Stormy Daniels payoff

Appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America," an attorney for Donald Trump was asked whether the former president would accept an invitation to testify before a Manhattan grand jury as part of an investigation into paying hush money to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. However,...

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Show threadMufasaMar 15, 2023

Trump: 'World War III is looming' and we are 'doomed' if you don't put me back in the White House

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-world-war-iii-is-looming-and-we-are-doomed-if-you-dont-out-me-back-in-the-white-house/

Trump: ‘World War III is looming’ and we are ‘doomed’ if you don’t put me back in the White House

Donald Trump is warning if Republicans don’t elect him President again we will have a third World War.“This is the most dangerous time in the history of our country,” Trump claims in a short video (below). “World War III is looming like never before in the very dark and murky background. Lack of lea...

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Show threadMufasaMar 15, 2023

Trump fires back at Oprah over Raw Story report that she’s soured on ex-president

Oprah in an interview Tuesday said, "I might have thought it back then. I might have thought it 23 years ago," she said. "I'm not thinking it today."

The feeling is apparently mutual.

"Neither am I!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social website Tuesday, which included a link to the Raw Story's coverage titled “Oprah on letter she wrote praising Trump: 'I'm not thinking it today'"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fires-back-at-oprah-over-raw-story-report-that-shes-soured-on-ex-president/

Trump fires back at Oprah over Raw Story report that she’s soured on ex-president

Trump plans to publish Oprah’s letter in an upcoming coffee table book of letters he’s received from dignitaries and celebrities including Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, Princess Diana and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. It’s expected to hit the stores priced at $99.

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Show threadMufasaMar 16, 2023

Melania Trump's ex-friend says former First Lady knew about Trump's affair with Stormy Daniels

https://www.rawstory.com/melania-trump-s-ex-friend-says-former-first-lady-knew-about-trump-s-affair-with-stormy-daniels/

Melania Trump's ex-friend says former First Lady knew about Trump's affair with Stormy Daniels

A former friend of Melania Trump said this Tuesday that the former First Lady was aware of Donald Trump's alleged 2006 sexual encounter with porn star Stormy Daniels before his then-personal lawyer Michael Cohen sent her a $130,000 hush money payment just before the 2016 election. "‘Melania Defense’...

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Show threadMufasaMar 18, 2023

The Manhattan District Attorney offered to let Donald #Trump speak to a grand jury—but only if he waived the immunity that would come with his testimony. That’s bad news for Trump.

#Manhattan #StormyDaniels
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-offer-to-testify-before-a-new-york-grand-jury-signals-trouble-for-trump

How an Offer to Testify Before a New York Grand Jury Signals Trouble for Trump

The Manhattan District Attorney offered to let Donald Trump speak to a grand jury—but only if he waived the immunity that would come with his testimony. That’s bad news for Trump.

The Daily Beast
Show threadMufasaMar 22, 2023

Trump fundraises off possible indictment

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3911468-trump-fundraises-off-possible-indictment/

Trump fundraises off possible indictment 

Former President Trump is taking advantage of his possible indictment coming this week by sending out numerous fundraising emails asking his supporters to donate to his third presidential campaign. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has signaled that he is prepared to bring charges against the former president in connection to a hush-money payment made to adult film…

The Hill
Show threadMufasaMar 22, 2023

CNN Exclusive: Communications between #StormyDaniels and #Trump attorney #JoeTacopina turned over to Manhattan DA

The exchanges – said to date back to 2018, when Daniels was seeking representation – raise the possibility that attorney Joe Tacopina, could be sidelined from his defense of the former president in a case pertaining to Trump's alleged role in a scheme to pay hush money to Daniels.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/politics/joe-tacopina-trump-lawyer-stormy-daniels

Show threadMufasaMar 23, 2023

Trump mocked over his newly unveiled 'grand plan' to dismantle the 'deep state'

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-has-a-grand-plan-to-dismantle-the-deep-state-in-2024-why-didn-t-do-that-in-his-first-term/

Trump mocked over his newly unveiled 'grand plan' to dismantle the 'deep state'

In the wake of the recent launch of his 2024 campaign, Donald Trump has shared his plan to “shatter the deep state and restore government that is controlled by the people.” But in an op-ed for the conservative Washington Examiner this Wednesday, columnist Zachary Faria asks why Trump didn't do that ...

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Show threadMufasaMar 26, 2023

Trump Claims Without Evidence That District Attorney 'Already Dropped' the Stormy Daniels Case

The former president has also started denying the affair with the adult actress ever occurred

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-false-claim-dropped-case-stormy-daniels-1234703907/

Trump Falsely Claims DA 'Already Dropped' Stormy Daniels Case

The former president has also started denying the affair with the adult actress ever occurred

Rolling Stone
Show threadMufasaMar 30, 2023

Donald #Trump #indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime

Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, his lawyers said Thursday, making him the first former U.S. president to face a criminal charge and jolting his bid to retake the White House next year.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-hush-money-new-york-indictment-election-027d0e5ac1881a4c55c6379deae75faa

Donald Trump indicted; expected to surrender early next week

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, a historic reckoning after years of investigations into his personal, political and business dealings and an abrupt jolt to his bid to retake the White House.

Associated Press
Show threadMufasaApr 1, 2023

AP sources: #Trump facing at least 1 felony charge in NY case

Former President #DonaldTrump is facing multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offense, in the indictment handed down by a Manhattan grand jury, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday.

Trump will officially be arraigned at a court in Manhattan next Tuesday.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-new-york-hush-money-election-488c76cf92269e2c258d5203a6e981a1

AP sources: Trump facing at least 1 felony charge in NY case

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is facing multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offense, in the indictment handed down by a Manhattan grand jury, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday.

Associated Press
Show threadMufasaApr 1, 2023

Right-wing Trump supporters demand 'civil war' after indictment

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-indictment-2659709474/

Right-wing Trump supporters demand 'civil war' after indictment

In the wake of Donald Trump's indictment, some of his supporters took to extremist message boards to threaten the former president's opponents and warn of a coming civil war, Vice News reported. In a post on The Donald, one member wrote, “This cannot go unpunished,” adding that Manhattan D.A. Alvin ...

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Show threadMufasaApr 2, 2023

Trump makes it embarrassingly clear he doesn't know the difference between NATO and NAFTA

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-makes-it-embarrassingly-clear-he-doesn-t-know-the-difference-between-nato-and-nafta-2659677686/

Trump makes it embarrassingly clear he doesn't know the difference between NATO and NAFTA

Former President Donald Trump recently conducted a television interview where he appeared to not know the difference between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).During a recent appearance on Fox News, Trump spoke with conservative host Se...

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Show threadMufasaApr 3, 2023

Donald Trump set to speak from Florida after arraignment

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-set-to-speak-from-florida-after-arraignment/

Donald Trump set to speak from Florida after arraignment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump will speak in Florida on Tuesday evening, his office said, after his arraignment in New York City on historic charges brought after an investigation into a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump is expected to be arraigned...

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Show threadMufasaApr 4, 2023

Trump hires new lawyer in Stormy Daniels case – with Joe Tacopina expected to take a back seat

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-attorney-new-york/

Trump hires new lawyer in Stormy Daniels case – with Joe Tacopina expected to take a back seat

Donald Trump has hired a new lawyer to assist in his defense on criminal charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney.The former president brought on former federal prosecutor Todd Blanche, who was until recently a partner at law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, as part of his defense team ...

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Show threadMufasaApr 4, 2023

Judge warns Trump not to incite violence — and leaves door open for gag order

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-dodges-gag-order/

Judge warns Trump not to incite violence — and leaves door open for gag order

New York Judge Juan Merchan warned former President Donald Trump to tamp down his violent rhetoric in preparation for a criminal fraud trial.During an arraignment on Tuesday, Merchan reportedly declined to impose a gag order after the former president pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying bu...

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Show threadMufasaApr 4, 2023

Donald #Trump's historic court appearance in 60 seconds

Donald Trump made history on Tuesday, becoming the first #UnitedStates president to ever be criminally #indicted

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-65183466

Donald Trump's historic arraignment in 60 seconds

Donald Trump had an unprecedented day in New York City, pleading not guilty to 34 felony charges.

BBC News
Show threadMufasaApr 5, 2023

CNN reporter Manu Raju tweets:

Prosecutors said they expect to produce discovery in next 65 days. Trump team has until August 8 to file any motions.
Prosecutors have until Sept. 19 to respond
Judge will rule on motions at Dec. 4 hearing.
Schedule could change.
- @Lauren_delvalle reporting

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1643381955512221696

Manu Raju on Twitter

“Prosecutors said they expect to produce discovery in next 65 days. Trump team has until August 8 to file any motions. Prosecutors have until Sept. 19 to respond Judge will rule on motions at Dec. 4 hearing. Schedule could change. - @Lauren_delvalle reporting”

Twitter
Show threadMufasaApr 7, 2023

Trump holds 'emergency prayer call' to boost 'supernatural wisdom'

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Trump holds 'emergency prayer call' to boost 'supernatural wisdom'

Former President Donald Trump participated in an "emergency prayer call" after he was arraigned over hush money payments to cover up an affair with a porn star.In a call-in event with Intercessors for America on Tuesday, Trump began by thanking spiritual adviser Paula White."We've had a long time fr...

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#StormyDaniels says #Trump should not go to prison in hush money case

https://www.rawstory.com/stormy-daniels-says-trump-should-not-go-to-prison-in-hush-money-case/

Stormy Daniels says Trump should not go to prison in hush money case

By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) - Stormy Daniels, the adult film star at the center of the criminal case against Donald Trump, said she does not think the former president should go to prison if convicted of concealing hush money payments he made to her. "I don’t think that his crimes against me are ...

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Show threadMufasaMay 6, 2023

NYC judge signals he’ll sign protective order against Trump, as former president’s lawyers ask to move Stormy Daniels hush money case to federal court

https://www.rawstory.com/nyc-judge-signals-hell-sign-protective-order-against-trump-as-former-presidents-lawyers-ask-to-move-stormy-daniels-hush-money-case-to-federal-court/

NYC judge signals he’ll sign protective order against Trump, as former president’s lawyers ask to move...

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers in his criminal hush money case on Thursday said they would request to move his case to federal court — as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asked a judge to bar him from publicly discussing evidence in the case. Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche, told Manhattan ...

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