Espionage Act charges have been mentioned by a legal expert as prosecutors have gathered evidence that Trump sometimes showed classified documents to others and kept them in a place they were visible to others in his office.
Newt Gingrich praised Donald Trump for making the Republican Party the party of “working people” by speaking at a level 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade educations can understand.
Trump put out a Mother’s Day message that managed to put mothers together with fascists and communists.
How badly did Donald Trump’s CNN Town Hall fail? In the same format on the same network, President Biden drew more viewers than Trump.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) predicted that the 2024 presidential election won’t be close as Trump’s answers at the CNN town hall were a goldmine for Democrats.
Trump’s lawyers announced that they will not be putting on a defense case at the E. Jean Carroll civil rape trial, and Carroll’s lawyers expect to be done with their case by Thursday.
Trump is back in New York being deposed by Attorney General Letitia James in the state’s fraud lawsuit, as he arrived the crowd greeted him with chants of New York hates you.
On Late Night, Seth Meyers picked out how Lindsey Graham is starting to physically morph into Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is trying to intimidate more than just the various prosecutors who might be readying indictments against him, but also the jurors and judges, according to a former Southern District of New York Criminal Division Deputy Chief.
Truth Social is where Trump vents his feelings and thoughts, and what he has posted over the last few hours looks like the pressure of the likely indictment is getting to him.
Donald Trump’s big protest is a bust, with more reporters attending than supporters, by “probably 5:1,†according to NBC News’ senior reporter Ben Collins.
Jen Psaki urged people not to take Trump’s bait and accused the former president of trying to incite outrage against Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
Donald Trump praised the Georgia special grand jury investigating him last week when he thought he was off the hook, but now he is freaking out.
Polling shows Gov. Ron DeSantis running close to Donald Trump, but a look at who is supporting each candidate and which voters turn out in GOP primaries signals trouble ahead for the Florida governor in 2024.
House Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) sent a letter to the Secret Service demanding any documents related to people who had access to Trump and Pence’s homes.
If it is proven that Trump shared these classified documents with people or entities, he jeopardized our national security on purpose for his own self interest.
Former Pence aide Olivia Troye said that Donald Trump is so shallow that he won’t pick Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to be his VP because he will think she doesn’t look attractive enough.
Someone in Republican leadership should be willing to stand up for an election worker who was forced to flee her own home due to violent threats from their party leader. Anyone? Anyone?
The IRS did not complete a single audit of Donald Trump during his four years in office, but President Biden has already been audited twice.
Rudy Giuliani admitted to the Committee that in spite of his public claims that Dominion voting machines stole the election, “I do not think that the machines stole the election.”
The Justice Department now has access to the tens of thousands of records seized during a lawful search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and legal expert Norm Eisen says this means Trump is now back on the fast track to prosecution.
Elon Musk’s promised release of Twitter documents related to the Hunter Biden laptop story was a giant dud, but it pushed Trump to a new place.
Trump repeatedly told his White House Chief of Staff John Kelly that he wanted a number of his perceived political enemies to be investigated by the IRS.
A Putin-linked businessman bragged about meddling in our elections “Carefully, precisely, surgically.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has lost tens of thousands of dollars from investing in Trump’s media company that is under federal investigation. Business Insider reported: On October 22, 2021, the congresswoman from Georgia invested between $15,001 and $50,000 in Digital World Acquisition Corp., a “blank check” special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. One year…
If one has to guess at DeSantis’s motivation, it would likely be nothing more than setting himself apart from his fellow Floridian in Trump.
Neither Donald Trump nor Sarah Palin, nor for that matter Marjorie Taylor Greene or Lauren Boebert, want elected positions so they can govern. There is no interest in governing, therefore no need to know anything. What they want is power.
“The National Archives and Records Administration calls Trump’s claims about Obama, Clinton, Bush and Bush supposedly taking presidential documents ‘false and misleading.'”
As President Biden warns of a possible nuclear threat, we learn today that there is a strong suggestion that the classified documents Donald Trump stole were handled *post* his presidency. Some of those documents included information about foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities.
Trump has spent years laying the groundwork to stage another coup in 2024, and he is not happy that Congress looks set to pass legislation to stop him.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has found evidence of federal crimes such as bank fraud and turned the evidence over to the IRS and federal prosecutors.
NY Attorney General Letitia James has rejected Trump’s settlement offer and the stage is now set for the former president and at least one of his kids to be sued for fraud.
Donald Trump is on his failing social media platform demanding reinstatement as president, attacking the FBI, posting anti-Biden memes and conspiracy theories.
The very fact that the FBI got a search warrant for Mar-a-Lago means that a federal judge found probable cause that a crime was committed and further evidence would be found at Trump’s home in Florida.
They aren’t dumping Trumpism, just Trump. Indeed, what some pundits have termed Trumpism is really just what mainstream Republican politics have been for decades.
A few weeks before the feds came knocking Donald Trump removed himself and his son Donald Trump Jr. from the board of his social media company.
PoliticusUSA’s Sarah Jones recently summed up Donald Trump’s impact as turning the United States into a “s*ithole country.”
MAGA world has effectively split. DeSantis sees himself as prominent as Trump and as electable as Trump.
Donald Trump had a “direct and personal role” in the attempt to defraud the United States with a fake elector scheme, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said in her opening statement.
On Thursday in response to Trump’s Truth Social whinge: “I demand equal time!” the California Democrat responded,”Equal time means sitting your lying ass in a witness chair. We’ll wait.”
Donald Trump has been in full meltdown mode after night one of the 1/6 Committee hearing and has lashed out at Ivanka Trump.
Donald Trump and his crew have been banning users who post about the 1/6 Committee hearing on Truth Social.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said President Joe Biden was the “best person to have†leading the country after a mob of former President Donald Trump’s attacked the United States Capitol on the false premise that the 2020 general election was stolen.
The Lincoln Project is running a new ad targeting Trump’s eyes about how Kevin McCarthy is laughing at him behind closed doors.
McConnell was “exhilarated” by the potential damage of the January 6 insurrection on former President Donald Trump.
A New York judge has found Donald Trump in contempt due to his refusal to turn over documents to NY Attorney General Letitia James and the fine will be $10,000/day.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked for Trump to be fined $10,000 a day for not turning over documents, but Trump is trying to dodge the fine.
Frank Luntz, the prominent Republican communications consultant and pollster, says members of the Republican Party are sick of former President Donald Trump constantly “rehashing” the 2020 general election.
The 1/6 committee will seek testimony from Donald Trump about the coup plot and Capitol attack.
Democrats need to focus intensely on loudly telling the story of what life in America will really be like if Republicans rule.
NN’s John Avlon says Senator Susan Collins (D-Maine) must admit that former President Donald Trump never “learned his lesson.”
We must recognize the authoritarian threat directly and clearly, and highlight the continuities between Putin’s anti-LGBTQ politics and those in Republican America.
Trump found a couple of lawyers willing to file a RICO lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and those lawyers could be headed for trouble.
Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Marc Racicot criticized former President Donald Trump’s commentary on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, now in its third week, saying he is “not fit to lead this nation.â€
Former President Donald Trump denied he is using campaign funds to pay for a new plane, calling news coverage on the topic “incorrect” and “ridiculous.”
Trump went off on a tangent about windmills and how they don’t work when asked about Ukraine.
Steve Schmidt explains that Trump laid the groundwork for Putin’s invasion by obliterating the truth.
The Supreme Court has denied former President Donald Trump’s appeal to not comply with a records request from the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the January 6 insurrection. “The court’s move, which came in a brief unsigned order issued without comment, comes after the justices’ previous denial of Trump’s emergency request to block the…
Trump released a statement that read like a meltdown as he tried to claim that other criminals in Georgia should be investigated, instead of him.
Former President Donald Trump referred to Senator Mike Rounds as a “RINO†— Republican in name only — after Rounds, who represents South Dakota, rejected Trump’s lies about the integrity of the 2020 general election. “Is he crazy or just stupid?†Trump said in the statement. “The numbers are conclusive, and the fraudulent and irregular…
During an appearance on The TODAY Show, Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) stressed that “the threat” to American democracy continues one year after the attack on the United States Capitol continues and rebuked members of her own party for backing former President Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 general election was stolen.
Former President Donald Trump lashed out after President Joe Biden’s speech on the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, calling it “political theater” and “a distraction from the fact that Biden has completely and totally failed.” “Biden used my name today to try to further divide America,” the former President said, adding that Biden “is destroying our…
Manchin’s betrayal has created an opening, an opportunity for Democrats to spur a much broader profound and urgent reflection on which party is seeking to serve to their interests.
Trump’s comments to Pence on January 5th indicated that he was using the assembling mob to pressure his vice president.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) restored climate change considerations to its strategic planning after former President Donald Trump’s administration’s controversial decision not to include it. The agency, which focuses on disaster preparedness, posted a  new strategic plan for the years 2022 through 2026. “We must recognize that we are facing a climate crisis and educate…
Devin Nunes announced that he is leaving Congress to take a job with Trump’s new media company that is already under investigation.
The Rittenhouse verdict is one piece of this larger campaign to destroy democracy and energize white supremacy.
We are not seeing acts of revolutionary uprising. What we are seeing is the rise of terrorism and authoritarianism.
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) criticized former President Donald Trump over his refusal to accept that he lost the 2020 general election.
Former President Barack Obama made an appearance during the COP26 climate summit on Monday, warning nations around the world that “we are nowhere near where we need to be” on responding to the challenges imposed by anthropogenic climate change. “Meaningful progress has been made since Paris,†Obama said, adding, “Thanks to your efforts here in…
Former President Donald Trump hinted he would announce a presidential run after next year’s midterm elections, which will determine if Democrats manage to retain control of both chambers of the legislature. “I am certainly thinking about it and we’ll see,†Trump told Fox News. “I think a lot of people will be very happy, frankly,…
Former President Donald Trump claimed that Republican Glenn Youngkin, who was declared the winner in Virginia’s gubernatorial race, would have lost the race by a significant margin had he not leaned into support from Trump and his MAGA contingent. “I’ve heard Virginia is blue, but I’ve never believed it was blue,” Trump said during an…
We see the media and many Americans giving the Republicans, who engage in abusive behavior by refusing to do anything to help Americans in need, a free pass while blaming the Democrats.
Former President Donald Trump, who has continued to openly and brazenly lie about the events of January 6, the day a mob of his supporters stormed the United States Capitol in a bid to overturn the 2020 election results, praised his former Vice President, Mike Pence after Pence appeared on Fox News and accused the…
Senior officials inside the CIA and the Trump administration considered kidnapping WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2017, even weighing whether or not to assassinate him to prevent him from making an escape. This information comes from a report published by Yahoo! News, which cited conversations with over 30 former U.S. intelligence and security officials. These conversations revealed that…
Writing in a column for MSNBC, former White House Counsel Richard Painter called for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appoint a special prosecutor to hold former President Donald Trump accountable for the events of January 6, the day a group of Trump’s supporters attacked the United States Capitol on the false premise that the…
Former President Donald Trump, whose administration ignored or downplayed the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic from the start, claimed President Joe Biden is to blame for vaccine hesitancy. He also pushed back against vaccine mandates, calling them “unnecessary.” “If you remember, when I was president, there were literally lines of people wanting to take it,”…
Former President Donald Trump released an angry statement praising the “genius” of Robert E. Lee after authorities in Richmond, Virginia removed a statue of the Confederate leader. “Robert E. Lee is considered by many Generals to be the greatest strategist of them all,” Trump said in a statement released by his Save America PAC. He…
During an interview with Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld, former President Donald Trump insisted that President Joe Biden’s handling of the evacuation from Afghanistan was a “travesty.” He drew spurious connections between Afghanistan and security along the United States-Mexico border. “I don’t know if he is a nice president,” Trump said. “But I can tell…
Former President Donald Trump offered no solutions for what should have gone down in Afghanistan or how he would have handled the withdrawal, but he nonetheless offered his idea of what his administration would have done had they been in charge of it. During an appearance on Fox Business, Trump suggested that his administration would…
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) bucked the Republican Party, saying that former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 general election. Trump has repeatedly promoted the “Big Lie” that the election was rife with fraud and abuse and has attempted to cast President Joe Biden as illegitimate despite all evidence to the contrary. “President Trump…
Legal scholar Laurence Tribe says Attorney General Merrick Garland has a duty to investigate former President Donald Trump for the insurrection of January 6 or risk the country’s future. “We need to begin with the fundamental precept that not all crimes are created equal,” Tribe wrote in an op-ed for The Boston Globe. “Those crimes…
Donald Trump, thankfully is out of office. And some may have hoped the the COVID situation would get better with him gone. Except it hasn’t gotten better at all. Governors in red states had tried their best to emulate Trump by fighting any kind of COVID mitigation. And Ron DeSantis has fought harder than any…
There has been lots of lies from Donald Trump and his supporters since the January 6th insurrection. Many of these lies are focused on Ashli Babbitt, a QAnon supporter who was attempting the break into the Speaker’s Lobby. Donald Trump and his sycophants in Washington DC have pleaded for the name of the officer who…
Donald Trump has made it his life’s work to try to top anything that Barack Obama ever did. From the day he took office, the 45th president attempted to reverse everything done by the 44th. And it seemingly sticks in Trump’s craw that Obama was given credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden. During…
Kayleigh McEnany did not exactly develop a sterling reputation when she served as Donald Trump’s press secretary. During her first day on the job, she promised to never lie. She broke that promise on a number of occasions. One would think she’d have trouble finding a job after her controversial stint as press secretary. Fox…
As of right now, despite all of his troubles, Donald Trump is still he figurehead of the Republican party. In order to stay there, however, he is not only going to need to avoid trouble, he is going to have prove he can get Republicans elected. The chance remains that the party will eventually be…
Despite the city of Cullman, Alabama declaring a state of emergency just days before, Donald Trump held a rally there last night. And the adoring crowd hung on his every word. The only time they jeered him was when he encouraged them to get vaccinated. It is, of course, unprecedented for a former president to…
The city of Cullman, Alabama, which was slated to host a rally featuring former President Donald Trump, has declared a Covid-19-related state of emergency ahead of the event. “The declaration of the State of Emergency allowed the city to provide the additional personnel and equipment for this weekend’s political rally after it was requested by…
Larry David, the genius involved in both Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, has never made his politics a secret. The actor and writer openly supported Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. And he played his distant cousin Bernie Sanders in skits for Saturday Night Live. At one time, Alan Dershowitz was also a prominent…
Donald Trump would like for people to think that he is completely responsible for the COVID-19 vaccine being developed in less than a year. But while Trump is desperate for credit, he has been hesitant to push his supporters to get inoculated. In fact, a huge number the former president’s supporters outright refuse to get…
Donald Trump violated Twitter’s rules and regulations for years with little to no punishment. But after he used the site to help incite and insurrection on January 1st, he was finally banned from the platform. The Taliban, a terrorist group that recently took control of the Afghani government, remains active on the website. The Washington…
Donald Trump always had a major problem with the use of masks to combat COVID-19. He thought is was a major insult to say that Joe Biden was wearing the “biggest mask I’ve ever seen.” And during his return to the White House from the hospital after suffering from COVID, he made a point of…
The idea of pulling American troops out of Afghanistan has long been popular with voters. A poll conducted in April by the Morning Consult found that 69% of Americans supported pulling troops out of the region. Donald Trump supported the idea of bringing the military back home. And under his plan, it would have happened…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Donald Trump seethed over the positive press Andrew Cuomo was getting. While Trump’s briefings were a daily embarrassment, many Americans looked to Cuomo’s briefings as a comfortable display of leadership. At the same time, Cuomo has acted horrifically towards staff and colleagues as an investigation recently found. Democratic leadership all the…
Former President Donald Trump has issued a statement remarking on what he called the “tragic mess” in Afghanistan and other issues, such as high inflation, that are directly affecting the United States. “Tragic mess in Afghanistan, a completely open and broken Border, Crime at record levels, oil prices through the roof, inflation rising, and taken…
Donald Trump may have lost the 2020 election, but there will be plenty of Trumpian candidates come 2022. The former president laid a blue-print for winning through conspiracy theories, race baiting and white grievance. One of these future candidates, Illinois’ Bobby Piton heckled Texas’ Dan Crenshaw during a recent GOP fundraising event. The Republican responded…
Donald Trump has said time and time again that he didn’t his supporters storming the US Capitol on January 6th was all that big a deal. In fact, he’s been quoted as saying, they were there to hug the police officers (140 officers were injured in the melee and 4 have died since that day….
Today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned from his post. The popular governor was partially taken down by his own party. Democratic Attorney General Letitia James led a probe that found Cuomo has sexually harassed people within his employ. It was impossible for Democrats to look at this situation and not think of Donald Trump….
It is important for any lawyer taking on a client to be confident that the client can afford their services. Donald Trump has a long history of not paying his contractors. Still, for some reason, Giuliani felt that Trump would be a good person to work for. But as of now, Trump has refused to…
