Trump has been 'quietly diverting' money away from his 2024 re-election campaign: report

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Trump has been 'quietly diverting' money away from his 2024 re-election campaign: report

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RNC could rescind Trump's nomination if he gets convicted of a felony: experts

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2024-2662283768/

RNC could rescind Trump's nomination if he get convicted of a felony: experts

Would the Republican Party stick with former President Donald Trump in 2024 even if he gets convicted on felony charges?Experts who spoke with The Guardian suggested that it's possible the GOP would find a way to back out of making Trump its nominee if he becomes a convicted felony ahead of the 2024...

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Donald Trump dinged by federal regulators for accepting 'apparently excessive contributions'

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Donald Trump dinged by federal regulators for accepting ‘apparently excessive contributions’

A few of Trump's donors gave his campaign money almost every day.

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Maybe he's less sleepy than we thought': Trump says he underestimated Biden

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-biden-not-so-sleepy/

'Maybe he's less sleepy than we thought': Trump says he underestimated Biden

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'I'd have them taken down': #Trump says he removed #homeless people's tents

"I kept it beautiful," he said. "If I saw one tent or two tents or three tents as I was coming in from the airport, I'd have them taken down immediately because I knew that you'd have 100 tents and 1,000 tents if you don't do it."

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-says-he-removed-homeless-tents/

'I'd have them taken down': Trump says he removed homeless people's tents

Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that he had homeless encampment "tents" removed regularly when he was in office, as the former president called for a full federal government takeover of Washington, D.C.Trump, who was speaking at a Turning Point USA event, earlier said he had underestimated Joe Bide...

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#BobWoodward's new #tapes reveal #Trump told his son #Barron that #COVID was 'very bad' and he screwed up not revealing it 'months earlier'

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New Woodward tape: Trump told young son COVID was 'very bad' and should have been revealed 'months earlier'

New tapes from Bob Woodward's conversations with Donald Trump reveal what the former president was telling his own family behind the scenes. Previously, recordings showed that Trump always wanted to play down the pandemic because, "I don't want to create a panic."In newly revealed recordings shared ...

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Trump Roasted For Making Up A Law 'Out Of Thin Air' About Classified Documents

"This was a law that was passed and signed," the former president said of the nonexistent legislation.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-classified-documents-absolute-right_n_64b4f477e4b0ad7b75f3d42e

Trump Roasted For Making Up A Law 'Out Of Thin Air' About Classified Documents

"This was a law that was passed and signed," the former president said of the nonexistent legislation.

HuffPost

‘Authoritarianism will be on the ballot’: experts sound alarm over NYT bombshell detailing Trump's plans

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‘Authoritarianism will be on the ballot’: experts sound alarm over NYT bombshell detailing Trump’s plans

Political and legal experts are sounding the alarm after a New York Times deep dive details how Donald Trump and his top allies are planning to massively reorganize the entire executive branch to hand him unprecedented power and decimate the constitutional basis of checks and balances should he win ...

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Trump pushed 'incandescently stupid' plan to send cattle over his border wall: former staffer

"Give the ranchers ladders," Trump floated at one point.

"They can use ladders to get to the other side, but not doors. You could use small fire trucks. Call the local fire stations, and use the ladders on their trucks to help them get over."

Miles Taylor found Trump's plan "incandescently stupid" but he nonetheless managed to avoid laughing in the former president's face.

https://www.rawstory.com/trumps-border-wall-2662290051/

Trump pushed 'incandescently stupid' plan to send cattle over his border wall: former staffer

Former Trump White House staffer Miles Taylor claims in his new book that the former president was willing to go to extreme lengths to make sure that his beloved wall on the U.S.-Mexico border had no doors.As Newsweek reports, Taylor writes that Trump in 2019 was upset at reports that Texas ranchers...

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Georgia Supreme Court denies Trump bid to derail Fulton County election probe

The former president had asked the high court to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis from the probe and ban a grand jury report that recommends indictments.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/georgia-supreme-court-denies-trump-bid-derail-fulton-county-election-p-rcna94772

Georgia Supreme Court denies Trump bid to derail Fulton County election probe

The former president had asked the high court to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis from the probe and ban a grand jury report that recommends indictments in the case.

NBC News

Israel struggles to get Trump to return ancient artifacts stashed at Mar-a-Lago

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Israel struggles to get Trump to return ancient artifacts stashed at Mar-a-Lago

It seems that former President Donald Trump wasn't just stashing nuclear secrets at his Mar-a-Lago resort.Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that Israeli officials have been trying without success to get the former president to return government-owned antiquities that were sent to the White House in ...

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Trump hires GOP consultant he previously pardoned for bribery scheme

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Trump hires GOP consultant he previously pardoned for bribery scheme

Donald Trump's campaign hired a strategist who was previously convicted of campaign finance crimes and then pardoned by the former president.The ex-president's political operation paid JFT Consulting, Inc. -- which is operated by GOP strategist John Tate -- about $13,000 in June, despite the politic...

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Georgia GOP's legal bills for 'alternate' Trump electors top $500K: report

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Georgia GOP’s legal bills for 'alternate' Trump electors top $500K: report

The Georgia Republican Party spent more than $500,000 in the first half of this year representing “alternate” electors under investigation by local authorities in connection with Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The party has spent more ...

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Trump's fitness to serve called into question amid looming indictment: report

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Trump's fitness to serve called into question amid looming indictment: report

As Donald Trump appears to be poised to be hit with yet another indictment, some are wondering if the former president is fit to serve.Trump, who told the world he received a "target letter" on social media, should be bracing for what could be a crucial indictment, Adam Wren and Natalie Allison of P...

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Trump furious at Sarah Huckabee Sanders over lack of endorsement

https://www.axios.com/2023/07/19/huckabee-sanders-2024-neutrality-frustrates-trump

Huckabee Sanders' 2024 neutrality frustrates Trump

Sanders' political calculation is complicated by her tenure as the voice of Trump's White House.

Axios

Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect linked to Trump Organization: report

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Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect linked to Trump Organization: report

Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann was once hired by the Trump Organization to do architecture work, The New York Post reported. The work was related to plumbing on the 17th floor of the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street, according to a 2018 filing Department of Buildings, which keeps track of ...

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Fraudster who was granted clemency by Trump is accused of running massive Ponzi scheme: Feds

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Fraudster who was granted clemency by Trump is accused of running massive Ponzi scheme: Feds

Eliyahu Weinstein has been charged with fraud again, just two years after he had the remainder of a 24-year prison sentence commuted by Trump.The case comes from the SEC Securities and Exchange Commission, which charged six people for a multi-million dollar scheme similar to a Ponzi scheme. The dep...

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'The president made this decision': Inside Donald Trump's 'carefully planned' fake elector scheme

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‘The president made this decision’: Inside Donald Trump’s ‘carefully planned’ fake elector scheme

Donald Trump’s announcement earlier this week that he received a target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith set in motion an indictment watch for new criminal charges that will likely center on a scheme to install fake electors to cast fake electoral votes on his behalf. And buried deep in the U....

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#Trump promotes threatening video: 'We are going to do things to you that have never been done before'

Trump did originally say those words and did make that threat, but under different circumstances than today's.

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Trump promotes threatening video: ‘We are going to do things to you that have never been done before’

Overnight Donald Trump promoted a video featuring an extreme close-up photo of his face in black and white, and audio of him making an obvious threat: “If you f— around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before.” Trump “retruthed” t...

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New book by Miles Taylor claims Trump ordered an official to break the law — and that he promised to pardon him afterwards

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New book claims Trump ordered an official to break the law — and that he promised to pardon him afterwards

Among the many presidential meltdowns included in Miles Taylor's new book "Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump," is an incident in which Donald Trump told a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol leader to break the law. The story begins when the Homeland Security Secretary was ordered...

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Roger Stone may employ blackmail to get Trump on Joe Rogan's show

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Roger Stone may employ blackmail to get Trump on Joe Rogan's show

Donald Trump badly wants to appear on Joe Rogan's popular podcast, and his longtime pal Roger Stone is willing to go to extremes to make that happen.Rogan averages 11 million listeners for each episode, and Trump would likely draw even more, but the podcaster has insisted he's not a supporter "in an...

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Rep. Ted Lieu took to the House floor to submit Judge Kaplan's finding that Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll into the congressional record.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5079378/ted-lieu-reads-judges-ruling-rejecting-fmr-pres-trumps-request-trial-e-jean-carroll-case

Ted Lieu Reads Judge's Ruling Rejecting Fmr. Pres. Trump's Request for New Trial in E. Jean Carroll Case

Rep. Ted Lieu reads a judge's ruling rejecting former President Trump's request for a new trial in the E. Jean Carroll civil defamation case.

C-SPAN.org

Top election security expert fired by Trump confirms he spoke with special counsel

Chris Krebs confirmed to CNN publicly for the first time Tuesday that he has spoken with investigators.

As the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Krebs rejected Trump's claims of widespread fraud and said there "is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised."

That statement soon led to his firing.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/25/politics/chris-krebs-special-counsel/index.html

Donald Trump made nearly $10 million from the Middle East as president — and possibly much more

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/trump-made-9-6-million-middle-east-income-while-president/

Trump made at least $9.6 million from the Middle East while president - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Donald Trump made at least $9.6 million in income from countries in the Middle East during his presidency.

CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Trump reacts to DOJ meeting: Don't indict me again or it will 'further destroy our country'

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Trump reacts to DOJ meeting: Don't indict me again or it will 'further destroy our country'

Taking to his Truth Social media platform, former President Donald Trump addressed reports that his lawyers were meeting with Department of Justice officials on Thursday morning where they were reportedly informed he was definitely going to be indicted.All morning reports have been rolling in as a W...

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Trump wants to be able to discuss classified discovery outside of a classified setting.

Clearly baffled, prosecutors from the special counsel's team write in the latest court filing:

"There is no basis for the defendant's request."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-grand-jury-indictment-rcna96233#rcrd15971

New indictment forces Judge Cannon to let Trump tape into evidence

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New indictment forces Judge Cannon to let Trump tape into evidence

The new charges against Donald Trump will likely force federal judge Aileen Cannon to allow a damning audio recording into the evidence against the former president, a legal expert told MSNBC's "Morning Joe."Special counsel Jack Smith secured a superseding indictment charging Trump with three new co...

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Melania Trump was reportedly poised to dump Donald as aides pondered mass resignation: former official

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Melania Trump was reportedly poised to dump Donald as aides pondered mass resignation: former official

According to Miles Taylor who served in Donald Trump's administration as chief of staff in the Department of Homeland Security, a "surprising" name popped up in 2018 as some close aides to the now-former president were giving thought to resigning en masse.Based on Taylor's recently published tell-al...

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Mar-A-Lago 'Trump Employee 4' named by CNN

The network said Friday two sources had named the worker as Yuscol Taveras, an information technology employee. He has not been charged with any crime.

Taveras, who was previously known just as "Trump Employee 4," is central to new details unveiled in the indictment, including an apparent conversation he had with De Oliveria in which it was discussed how long security tape footage lasted and if it could be deleted.

https://www.rawstory.com/mar-a-lago-2662515993/

Mar-a-Lago worker identified in indictment as ‘Trump Employee 4’ named by CNN

A Mar-a-Lago worker referenced in a superseding indictment filed against Donald Trump Thursday has been identified by CNN as a man who oversaw the estate’s surveillance camera footage.The network said Friday two sources had named the worker as Yuscol Taveras, an information technology employee. He h...

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Judge dismisses Donald Trump's 'Big Lie' lawsuit against CNN

A federal judge has thrown out a $475m (£369m) defamation lawsuit brought by Donald Trump against CNN for allegedly likening him to Adolf Hitler.

The US cable network described Mr Trump's unsubstantiated claim that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from him as the "Big Lie".

Mr Trump argued the phrase referred to a Nazi propaganda campaign used to justify the persecution of Jews.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66349078

Judge dismisses Donald Trump's 'Big Lie' lawsuit against CNN

Mr Trump alleged that the US cable network's use of the phrase likened him to Adolf Hitler.

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'Ready to go': #FaniWillis says her investigation into #Trump is complete

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is ready to announce the outcome of her investigation into Donald Trump's involvement in the effort to overturn the 2020 election result in #Georgia.

"The work is accomplished," she told CNN affiliate WXIA. "We've been working for two and a half years. We're ready to go."

#Election2020
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'Ready to go': Fani Willis says her investigation into Trump is complete

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is ready to announce the outcome of her investigation into Donald Trump’s involvement in the effort to overturn the 2020 election result in Georgia.“The work is accomplished,” she told CNN affiliate WXIA. “We’ve been working for two and a half years. We’re...

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Dozens of former Trump Cabinet officials won't publicly support his 2024 reelection bid

NBC News reached out to 44 people who previously served in Trump's Cabinet during his four years in office to gauge whether they would support the former president during the 2024 presidential election. The outlet reported that most of the people declined to comment or ignored the requests and that only four said publicly they would support Trump for the presidency.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4127964-dozens-of-former-trump-cabinet-officials-wont-publicly-support-his-2024-reelection-bid/

Dozens of former Trump Cabinet officials won’t publicly support his 2024 reelection bid 

Dozens of former Cabinet officials under former President Trump’s administration declined to publicly support the former president’s third bid for the White House, NBC News reported. NBC News reached out to 44 people who previously served in Trump’s Cabinet during his four years in office to gauge whether they would support the former president during the…

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Trump PAC Spent $40 Million On Legal Fees In First Half Of 2023: Reports

The Save America political action committee not only paid for the former president's massive legal fees but also those of former aides and advisers.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-save-america-pac-legal-fees-40-million_n_64c7275ae4b044bf98f5e573

Early news reports of former President Donald Trump’s astronomical $40.2 million in legal expenses now appear to have been off by about $20.1 million, or exactly half, according to a new Federal Election Commission filing.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-legal-expenses-are-nowhere-close-to-reports-according-to-federal-election-commission-filing

Trump PAC Spent $40 Million On Legal Fees In First Half Of 2023: Reports

The Save America political action committee not only paid for the former president's massive legal fees but also those of former aides and advisers.

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Trump co-defendant Carlos De Oliveira released on $100K bond

De Oliveira was named as a co-conspirator in the case in a Thursday superseding indictment that accused the Mar-a-Lago property manager of coordinating with Trump to attempt to delete security camera footage that showed him and another defendant in the case, Walt Nauta, moving boxes in and out of a storage room.

De Oliveira has not secured a Florida attorney in the case and did not enter a formal plea.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4128850-trump-co-defendant-carlos-de-oliveira-released-on-100k-bond/

Trump co-defendant Carlos De Oliveira released on $100K bond

Carlos De Oliveira, former President Trump’s newest co-defendant in the Mar-a-Lago case, was released on a $100,000 bond after an initial court appearance Monday.  De Oliveira was named as a co-conspirator in the case in a Thursday superseding indictment that accused the Mar-a-Lago property manager of coordinating with Trump to attempt to delete security camera…

The Hill

"Despite having lost, the defendant was determined to remain in power. So for more than two months following election day on November 3, 2020, the defendant spread lies that there had been outcome-determinative fraud in the election and that he had actually won."

"These claims were false, and the defendant knew that they were false," to "create an intense national atmosphere of mistrust and anger, and erode public faith in the administration of the election."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/read-the-damning-45-page-indictment-against-donald-trump-for-trying-to-overturn-2020-election

Read the Damning 45-Page Indictment Against Donald Trump for Trying to Overturn 2020 Election

The indictment, unsealed Tuesday, charged Trump in relation to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

The Daily Beast

NBC News:

Co-Conspirator 1 appears to be Rudy Giuliani.

Co-Conspirator 2 appears to be John Eastman.

Co-Conspirator 3 appears to be Sidney Powell.

Co-Conspirator 4 appears to be Jeffrey Clark.

Co-Conspirator 5 appears to be Kenneth Chesebro.

https://nitter.poast.org/kylegriffin1/status/1686493667282898944#m

Who Are The Co-Conspirators In Trump's Jan. 6 Indictment?

Co-Conspirator 6: Unclear

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-indictment-conspirators_n_64c9975de4b03ad2b89b7e86

Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1)

SIX UNNAMED CO-CONSPIRATORS: a. Co-Conspirator 1, an attorney who was willing to spread knowingly false claims and pursue strategies that the Defendant's 2020 re-election campaign attorneys would not

Nitter

Shortly after learning he was being indicted a third time, former President Donald J. Trump had a private dinner with the top leadership at Fox News as they lobbied him to attend the first GOP presidential primary debate this month.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/us/politics/trump-fox-news-indictment.html

Trump Dines With Fox News Executives After Learning of Third Indictment

The Fox leaders appealed to the former president to participate in the first G.O.P. debate, which is being hosted by the network.

The New York Times

Trump's suspected sixth co-conspirator named by the New York Times

Boris Epshteyn

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Trump's suspected sixth co-conspirator named by the New York Times

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Trump claims Jan. 6 indictment means he'll be 'easily able to prove' 2020 election was a fraud

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Trump claims Jan. 6 indictment means he'll be 'easily able to prove' 2020 election was a fraud

Donald Trump offered an unusual spin on his latest indictment Wednesday, suggesting the third criminal case he’s facing will make it easier for him to prove his claims of election interference. The former president also belittled his former vice president and current GOP presidential rival Mike Penc...

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'Skating on thin ice': Trump risks new Georgia indictment if he holds press conference

With attorneys for Donald Trump reportedly attempting to get him to cancel a press conference scheduled for next week at which he claims he'll present "irrefutable" evidence the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia were rife with fraud, one legal expert agreed the former president needs to call it all off.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-georgia-indictment-2664001372/

'Skating on thin ice': Trump risks new Georgia indictment if he holds press conference

With attorneys for Donald Trump reportedly attempting to get him to cancel a press conference scheduled for next week at which he claims he'll present 'irrefutable" evidence the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia were rife with fraud, one legal expert agreed the former president needs to ...

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@ne1for23 What a wonderful opportunity for some of his favorite people—Hillary Clinton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kamala Harris, everyone who seems to live rent-free in his skull—to get in front of any available TV camera and talk loudly about how a cancellation would be a sure sign of his weakness, cowardice—nay his *impotence*—in the face of a strong woman like Fani Willis.

They could probably goad him right into a treason conviction.

#USPOL #Trump