“This is why we keep saying Trump is a clear and present danger to democracy.” Former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Wednesday to encourage far-right U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to “declare victory” in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary even though the race between Oz and ex-hedge fund manager David McCormick remains too […]
Mark Esper claims in a new book that the former president asked: “Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?” Former President Donald Trump suggested protesters in Washington, D.C. denouncing police brutality back in the spring of 2020 should be shot, according to former Defense Secretary Mark Esper. The revelation scooped by Axios Monday comes […]
A New York state judge ordered the former president to pay a fine of $10,000 per day for every day he fails to turn over subpoenaed documents. New York Attorney General Letitia James marked a “major victory” in her case against former President Donald Trump Monday as a state judge held Trump in contempt for […]
“Maybe he lied because he’s a spineless sycophant who went to Mar-a-Lago begging for forgiveness days after this call?” said one Democratic lawmaker. Democratic lawmakers and political observers said late Thursday and Friday that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has been exposed as a “liar” not once but twice in the past 24 hours following the […]
“This is as explicit as it gets,” said one observer. Text messages obtained by the House select committee that is investigating the January 6, 2021 insurrection revealed that people in former President Donald Trump’s closest circle—specifically his son, Donald Trump Jr.—were strategizing before the votes were even counted how they could overturn the results of the […]
“Nixon had an 18.5-minute gap in his White House tapes,” noted one watchdog group. “Trump has a 7.5-hour gap in phone logs from January 6th.” Internal White House documents handed over to a House panel investigating the January 6 Capitol attack show a gap of seven hours and 37 minutes in former President Donald Trump’s call […]
“If you believe prosecutors should indict Trump, it’s worth reading,” said one former federal prosecutor. “We rarely get a window into prosecution decisions.” The New York Times on Saturday published a detailed account of what led two prosecutors involved with the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business practices to abruptly resign last month—a “seismic development” that […]
Critics note that Trump urged the Ukrainian president not to talk to separatists and “instead began sending weapons to Ukraine,” as if the country “could recover its lost territories by force.” As demands for urgent diplomacy stacked up Tuesday due to the escalating crisis in Ukraine, former U.S. President Donald Trump issued a statement that ignored his administration’s contributions to […]
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. President Donald Trump left office more than a year ago, but his conduct in the waning weeks of his presidency as he tirelessly sought to remain in power and his reported role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, remain a focal point of the American political scene […]