Republicans love to claim they are the “party of law and order,” and many in the GOP made a big stink when progressives called to defund the police following multiple police shootings of unarmed Black Americans. But some Republicans’ loyalty to cops only lasts until law enforcement does something they …
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 …
Read More »Trump's N.Y. Case May Include Hush Money Payment to Karen McDougal, Michael Cohen's Lawyer Says
Donald Trump‘s former fixer and personal attorney, Michael Cohen, has provided documentation to the Manhattan district attorney’s office about not only the Stormy Daniels hush money payment but also regarding a payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, Cohen’s attorney said. “Michael Cohen submitted a lot of documentation, not only …
Read More »Justice Dept. Has New Evidence of Potential Trump Obstruction in Classified Docs Case: Report
More possible bad news for Donald Trump. Fresh evidence obtained by the Department of Justice points to the former president potentially obstructing justice in the case investigating his mishandling of classified documents, The Washington Post reported. Per Post sources familiar with Special Counsel Jack Smith‘s investigation, the new evidence comes …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Regurgitates Trump's Claims That Indictment Is 'Election Interference'
On January 4, 2021, Tucker Carlson texted an unknown source that they were “very, very close” to being able to ignore Trump. “I hate him passionately,” the Fox News host added, referring to the mounting pressure of covering the former president’s election lies. Two years later, In the aftermath of …
Read More »Stormy Daniels on Trump Indictment: 'It's Vindication'
“I’ve seen him naked. There’s no way he could be scarier with his clothes on,” said porn star Stormy Daniels in an interview with UK newspaper The Times, when asked how she feels about potentially testifying against former President Trump. Daniels, who is at the center of a criminal case …
Read More »Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Tennessee's 'Drag Ban'
A federal judge temporarily halted Tennessee‘s bill thatrestrictspublic drag performanceson Friday, hours before it was set to take effect on Saturday. Judge Thomas L. Parker sided with Friends of George’s, a Memphis-based LGBTQ theatre group that filed suit against the state. “If Tennessee wishes to exercise its police power in …
Read More »There's a Good Reason to Take Trump to Trial, But It's Not the One You Think
Barring some major surprise in Tuesday’s expected announcement of the charges against former President Trump —like that he did shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue—the indictment is likely to contain low-level, white-collar felonies. Under New York law, these crimes do not carry any mandatory prison term and the …
Read More »Tucker Carlson: Trump's Indictment Will Start a 'Political Purge'
To Fox News host and G.O.P. kingmaker Tucker Carlson, former President Trump’s indictment by a Manhattan grand jury on Thursday isn’t just an attack on the politician he once called “demonic.” Carlson told his viewers that the charges against Trump were not just directed at one man, but are a …
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