If you wrote a list of American political virtues, “patient” would not figure prominently.So when we learned last week that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had secured a grand jury indictment of former President and prominent Truth Social poster Donald Trump, nobody wanted to wait before jumping to conclusions.Speculation on …
Read More »Here's What the Trump Indictment Really Says
Thirty-four felony charges are, well, a lot of felony charges. The best way to understand the really, really dense indictment is by looking at the conduct Trump allegedly engaged in. What did he actually do?Well… Once upon a time, in August of 2015, then-candidate Donald Trump met with his then-lawyer/fixer …
Read More »Republicans Want to Break the Rule of Law to Protect Donald Trump
With the indictment of former president Donald Trump on 34 felony counts, our country is in uncharted territory. Never has a former president been indicted for criminal activity, and never has a former president warned of “potential death and destruction” as a result. What’s more, the indictments — stemming from …
Read More »Trump Team Says Only 'Thirsty' 'Cockroaches' Would Claim He's Sad About Getting Arrested
Donald Trump wants everyone to know that he was not at all saddened about getting arrested and having to plead not guilty to 34 felony charges stemming from an alleged sexual encounter with a porn star. “I can say that at least for this moment right now, I am in …
Read More »Trump Frantically Calls For Bragg to 'Indict Himself' on Eve of Arraignment
Come tomorrow afternoon, former President Donald Trump is expected to be formally charged and processed in New York City’s Manhattan courthouse. On the eve of his arraignment, Trump has taken to social media to level a frantic attack against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Trump responded to a Yahoo News …
Read More »Alvin Bragg on Trump Arrest: 'I Will Not Normalize Serious Criminal Conduct'
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg laid out his case against former President Donald Trump at a press conference shortly after Trump’s arrest and arraignment. Trump turned himself over to authorities at Manhattan’s criminal courthouse on Tuesday, where he pleaded not guilty to 34 first-degree felony charges of falsifying business records. …
Read More »Trump Resumes Social Media Ranting After a Quick Break to Get Arrested
After taking a short social media break to get arrested and arraigned, former President Donald Trump resumed posting while en route to Florida following his court appearance in New York on Tuesday. “Just lifted off for Palm Beach, Florida. Will be delivering remarks tonight at Mar-a-Lago at 8:15 P.M., EASTERN,” …
Read More »Inside Trump's Demands for a High-Profile Surrender: 'It's Kind of a Jesus Christ Thing'
Donald Trump insisted on turning his Tuesday arraignment into a spectacle, and he’s going to get his wish. A law enforcement official tells Rolling Stone that the former president was offered a chance to surrender quietly and be arraigned over Zoom. Instead, Trump opted for a midday, high-profile booking at …
Read More »Trump's Team Blasts His Lawyer as 'Dumb' 'Loudmouth'
Donald Trump hasn’t surrendered to authorities yet. But his lawyers are already fighting —with themselves. Days after the former president’s indictment at the hands of Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg, some of Trump’s lawyers are taking aim at Joe Tacopina, his co-lead defense attorney in the Bragg case. A source familiar …
Read More »Trump to 'Deliver Remarks' from Mar-a-Lago after New York Arraignment
Donald Trump is expected to surrender to authorities for arraignment in Manhattan on Tuesday following his indictment in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, and the former president has announced he intends to “deliver remarks” that evening, according to a campaign press release. Trump has been using the investigation to …
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