Month: April 2024

A chronicle of Donald Trump's Crimes or Allegations

Two brothers plead guilty to insider trading scheme linked to Trump’s media business – The Guardian US

Michael and Gerald Shvartsman charged with trading on inside information in 2021 about Trump group’s plan to go publicTwo Florida brothers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to securities fraud over their roles in a $23m insider trading scheme when they traded on confidential information in 2021 about the planned merger between Donald Trump’s social media company…
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Trump is trying everything he can to delay this month’s hush money criminal trial – CNN

Trump is trying everything he can to delay this month’s hush money criminal trial  CNNsource

Hush Money Judge Refuses Trump’s Request To Delay Trial Again

Judge Juan Merchan said the former president’s arguments were “inadequate and not convincing.”

House Republicans seek to rename Dulles Airport after Trump – The Washington Post

House Republicans have introduced legislation to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after former president Donald Trump.The bill to name the Virginia airport after the polarizing 2024 presidential candidate faces tough odds. The House has a slim GOP majority and is consumed with pressing matters, including a national security funding package that would support Ukraine, Israel…
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Prosecutors in Trump's classified documents case sharply rebuke judge's unusual and 'flawed' order – The Associated Press

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Federal prosecutors chided the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida, warning her off potential jury instructions that they said rest on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.”Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks, Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at a rally in Green…
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Ruby Garcia's murder focus of Donald Trump immigration speech – USA TODAY

Last month it was Laken Riley in Georgia. Now it’s Ruby Garcia, a Michigan woman authorities say was killed by her undocumented partner, who is being thrust into the political spotlight by former President Donald Trump.Garcia’s case received little national publicity before Trump latched onto it this week. Yet it fits into a pattern of…
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Trump leads Biden in battleground US states, WSJ poll finds – Reuters

Trump leads Biden in battleground US states, WSJ poll finds  Reuterssource

Meghan McCain Calls Upcoming ‘Ghost Of John McCain’ Musical ‘Trash’

The project is being produced by a team that includes Max Fose, a former campaign consultant for John McCain.

Donald Trump Posts Bond to Freeze $454 Million Civil Fraud Fine During Appeal – Bloomberg

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Meet the ‘subprime auto king’ who arranged Trump’s $175 million bond

After weeks of uncertainty, former President Trump posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case Monday with the help of little-known California billionaire Don Hankey.  Hankey’s Knight Specialty Insurance Co. underwrote Trump’s bond, allowing the former president to move forward with his appeal of the case and preventing New York Attorney…
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Ruby Garcia's family disputes that Trump spoke with them after he used her name at event – ABC News

“He did not speak with me or my immediate family,” her sister said.Despite what Donald Trump said at a Michigan event on Tuesday, the family of homicide victim Ruby Garcia told ABC News that the former president has not spoken to them."I can confirm and assure you he did not speak with me or my…
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Prosecutors say Trump 'stoked and encouraged' the publicity he's citing as a reason to delay his hush money trial – NBC News

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeProsecutors in New York on Wednesday urged a judge to reject Donald Trump‘s bid to delay his impending criminal trial because of pre-trial publicity, arguing the former president “has constantly stoked and encouraged such publicity.” Trump’s “own incessant rhetoric is generating significant publicity, and…
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New poll shows Supreme Court approval rating may be on the rise

The Supreme Court’s approval rating may be on the rise, according to a new poll. The Marquette University Law School poll, released Wednesday, found that 47 percent of Americans said they either “strongly” or “somewhat” approve of “the way the Supreme Court is handling its job” in March, up from 40 percent the previous month. …
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Florida Brothers Plead Guilty To Insider Trading Related To Trump Media

The brothers made millions before the announcement that Donald Trump’s media company would be taken public.

Ex-DOJ Attorney Says Trump's Filing To Recuse Judge In Hush-Money Case A Ploy To Attack Umpire Ahead Of G – Benzinga

Get All the Market Moving News, Squawk, and Mentorship NOWGet All the Market Moving News, Squawk, and Mentorship NOWFormer president Donald Trump, the frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race, on Monday yet again filed to remove New York  County Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan from the hush money case, citing a potential conflict of interest. Former…
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Press: Top psychologist says Trump likely to fall off mental cliff – The Hill

Whoever said it first, the words of advice usually attributed to Dale Carnegie have been around since the 1940s: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” And nobody’s practicing that more today than Donald Trump. He complains about being slammed with so many lawsuits and denounces them as part of a “witch hunt,” but Trump is…
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Trump angers Ruby Garcia’s family members, who dispute he spoke to them

The sister of Ruby Garcia, a woman murdered last month in Michigan, said she was shocked to hear former President Trump claim that he spoke with her family when referencing her sister’s killing in remarks about immigration.  “He did not speak with any of us, so it was kind of shocking seeing that he had…
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Biden and Trump cruised in Tuesday's primaries. But both showed signs of weakness. – POLITICO

Biden and Trump cruised in Tuesday’s primaries. But both showed signs of weakness.  POLITICOsource

Trump and allied groups raise $65.6 million in March – CNN

Trump and allied groups raise $65.6 million in March  CNNsource

Trump pollster joins former president’s campaign

Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio joined former President Trump’s campaign as a senior adviser, Fabrizio confirmed to The Hill. The move allows the veteran pollster to directly communicate with the Trump campaign, after previously serving as a strategist for MAGA Inc., an outside group backing the former president. He was unable to before due to stipulations…
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Two plead guilty to insider trading related to Trump Media merger – Yahoo! Voices

Two plead guilty to insider trading related to Trump Media merger  Yahoo! Voicessource

The media’s ‘Main Character Syndrome’

There’s one topic members of the media care about more in 2024 than Donald Trump — “democracy.” The word “democracy” was said 34 times on MSNBC on Monday alone. Another 19 times on CNN, according to the database TV Eyes. It can often be followed by words like “itself.” Because democracy itself, you see, is…
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Jack Smith argues "not a single" Trump official has claimed he declared any records personal – CBS News

Watch CBS News By Robert Legare Updated on: April 3, 2024 / 9:17 AM EDT / CBS News Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal judge to keep a presidential recordkeeping law out of instructions that would be provided to the jury in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, according…
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How Trump’s greatest policy triumph could derail his bid to win back the White House – CNN

How Trump’s greatest policy triumph could derail his bid to win back the White House  CNNsource

Disbarment of lawyer John Eastman is bad news for Donald Trump – MSNBC

Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsLast week, the California State Bar Court recommended the disbarment of former law professor John Eastman, a primary legal architect of Donald Trump’s plot to obstruct the 2020 election. Importantly, the California case, which is technically still subject to appeal, also undermines a defense Trump has said he may want…
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