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Matthew ChapmanOn Tuesday, writing for The Bulwark, conservative writer Charlie Sykes tore into former President Donald Trump for his "reckless and ignorant" interview with Fox Business host Stuart Varney, in which he appeared to claim he'd end the Ukraine invasion by threatening Russia with nuclear weapons. Trump critics have repeatedly accused him of being too close to Vladimir Putin and he was impeached after he was accused of shaking down Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for dirt on Joe Biden's family as a condition of providing security aid. But, noted Sykes, Trump took a 180-degree swerve in his interview, arguing for a massive military escalation against Russia that he didn't even seem to fully comprehend himself.
Monique BealsFormer adult-film star Stormy Daniels said in a tweet on Monday that she would "go to jail" before paying former President Trump any money following an appeals court decision ordering her to pay his legal fees. "I will go to jail before I pay a penny," Daniels said in a tweet after a federal appeals court upheld the decision ordering her to pay Trump $300,000 in attorneys' fees after her failed defamation case. Trump called the decision a "complete victory and vindication" in a statement Monday. Daniels alleges she and Trump had sex in 2006 and says his attorney paid her to stay quiet about it ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Daniels sued Trump in 2018 over a tweet in which he mocked her claim that a man threatened her in 2011 over her allegations of having sex with Trump. He called a sketch of the man a "con job." A federal judge dismissed the case that year, also ordering Daniels to pay Trump's legal fees, and the Supreme Court declined a request to review the case. Daniels then appealed the legal fees to the 9th circuit.
By Andrew StantonIdaho Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin, who received the endorsement of former President Donald Trump in the upcoming gubernatorial race, defended her appearance at a "white nationalist" conference on Thursday. Several high-profile Republicans faced criticism for appearing at the America First Political Action Conference, which was organized by right-wing activist Nick Fuentes, who has been labeled a "white supremacist" by the Anti-Defamation League. GOP leaders have condemned the rally and Fuentes, with some attendees saying they were not aware of some of his prior remarks and beliefs.
Bill Allison(Bloomberg) -- Former President Donald Trump endorsed two dozen additional candidates in February, but his political action committee didn’t donate to them or any other candidates he’s backing, according to its latest filing with the Federal Election Commission. After taking in $3.5 million and spending just $1.2 million, Trump’s Save America ended February with $110 million in the bank. Thanks to his prodigious and unprecedented post-presidential fundraising, Trump has amassed a bigger war chest than any of the GOP party committees that are focused on the midterms, but for a second straight month didn’t donate any of it to other Republicans.
Allan SmithSUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Donald Trump, enraged by pointed criticism from the Republican representing South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, endorsed Katie Arrington with the hopes of ridding the party of a libertarian-leaning member who was one of few dissenting voices when it came to Trump's fitness to lead. The year was 2018. The congressman was Mark Sanford, who had become increasingly critical of Trump for his conduct in office. Arrington, then a state representative, was backed in hopes of toppling Sanford. She did in the June primary, only to lose the election in the fall. The dynamic seems to be repeating itself four years later.
Igor DeryshVoting rights groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a pro-Trump group from going door-to-door in Colorado in search of evidence to support voter fraud allegations that have already been debunked and rejected by courts. The lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Election Integrity Plan — led by Shawn Smith, an ally of former Trump strategist Steve Bannon and MyPillow founder Mike Lindell — is sending armed members door-to-door in areas with large numbers of voters of color, questioning people about how they voted and taking photographs of their homes. The lawsuit, which is backed by the state chapter of the NAACP, the League of Women Voters and Mi Familia Vota, alleges that the "voter intimidation" campaign violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, a post-Civil War law aimed at preventing white vigilantes from terrorizing Black people to stop them from voting.
MSNBCMany Republican leaders have praised Vladimir Putin and misled Americans about the facts of his record as a dictator. This MSNBC report documents some of those claims, featuring them in contrast to recent reporting and footage about Putin's invasion of Ukraine. This is part of a larger report by MSNBC’s Ari Melber.
By Andy BorowitzPALM BEACH (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump has reached out to Vladimir Putin to help Russia file for bankruptcy, the former U.S. President has confirmed. Calling the Russian economy “in very, very bad, terrible shape” as a result of Western sanctions, Trump said that bankruptcy was “quite frankly” Putin’s only option. “Bankruptcy is scary the first time you do it,” Trump said. “But once you’ve done it five or six times it’s the easiest and most beautiful thing in the world.”
Domenico MontanaroA "perfect" call, it was not. Then-President Donald Trump was withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in aid for Ukraine's defense as he was asking its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to investigate Trump's potential 2020 rival, Joe Biden, and his son, Hunter Biden. That 2019 call got Trump impeached. But the Senate acquitted him, and he dismissed the controversy as a politically motivated hit job — and his base went along. Now, with Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine and Zelenskyy being hailed around the world as a hero for his resolve, that call is put into a very different light. "There's just a lot of evidence that Trump was wrong on this issue [Ukraine] and that in many ways, we undermined the NATO alliance and we undermined Zelenskyy's position in the eyes of Russia and Putin," said Kevin Madden, a Republican strategist and former senior adviser on Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign.
The far-right wing of the Republican Party is battling the more traditional majority over U.S. interests as Russia continues to bombard Ukraine.By Peter Nicholas, Jonathan Allen and Allan SmithThey are a distinct minority in their own party and, for that matter, their country: Republican holdouts amid an ever-widening consensus that Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine poses a mortal threat to American interests. A far right wing of the Republican Party tightly bound to former President Donald Trump is fighting to push the GOP toward the “America First” isolationism that underpinned his 2016 presidential bid. For the first time since Trump’s rise, his party is pushing back. That much was clear from the House vote Thursday on a bill ending normal trade relations with Russia as punishment for attacking Ukraine. A total of 202 Republicans joined with 222 Democrats in voting to allow the Biden administration to raise tariffs on Russia, a rare bipartisan consensus in an era of fierce polarization.
A former staffer unsuccessfully tried to sue Trump, but his campaign’s effort to enforce a legally unsound NDA was the wrong move, an arbitrator found.by Zoe Tillman BuzzFeed News ReporterWASHINGTON — Former president Donald Trump’s campaign organization was ordered to pay more than $350,000 in legal fees and expenses for trying to enforce an “unenforceable” nondisclosure agreement against former staffer Alva Johnson, according to an order entered this month in a nonpublic arbitration case. The March 10 order, which was made public this week by Johnson’s attorneys, was the latest setback for the Trump campaign in its effort to use NDAs to try to punish former staffers who publicly criticize or take legal action against Trump. An arbitrator found that even though Johnson’s effort to sue Trump failed — she accused him of trying to forcibly kiss her and raised pay discrimination claims, but the case was tossed out — the campaign couldn’t invoke a legally unsound nondisclosure agreement. more...
Trump said lay down your life to stop critical race theory. But what about…Oxford commas?
Opinion by Rex Huppke, USA TODAYIwas told by former President Donald Trump that I must be willing to lay down my life to prevent my son Tanner from going to school and being turned socialist by critical race theory. At a rally last weekend, Trump said: “Getting critical race theory out of our schools is not just a matter of values, it’s also a matter of national survival. We have no choice, the fate of any nation ultimately depends upon the willingness of its citizens to lay down, and they must do this, lay down their very lives to defend their country. If we allow the Marxists and Communists and Socialists to teach our children to hate America, there will be no one left to defend our flag or to protect our great country or its freedom.” I don’t know what critical race theory is – if I did, I would surely be a Socialist or Marxist or Communist, or possibly all three – but I do know it’s the most important issue America is facing. So I hereby accept Trump’s call: I will gladly die in a hail of chalkboard erasers hurled by middle-school history teachers if that’s what it takes to make sure my son’s school curriculum includes only subjects of which I approve. more...
WATCH: Fox's Jeanine Pirro explodes when Geraldo suggests Putin might have played Trump
Matthew ChapmanOn Fox News Tuesday, former judge Jeanine Pirro blew up at her co-host Geraldo Rivera when he suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin might only not have invaded Ukraine during the administration of former President Donald Trump because he was manipulating the former commander-in-chief. "How do you know that Putin wasn't playing Trump?" said Rivera. "How do you know." "Oh, stop! He wasn't playing Trump," snapped Pirro. "He didn't invade whilst Trump was president! It's not about loving Trump, it's about the fact that Trump had everybody against the wall." more...
Donald Trump, Michael Flynn call for violence — they're not kidding, but the media doesn't care
Opinion by Chauncey DeVegaDonald Trump, Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson, Michael Flynn and the other leaders of the American neofascist movement are very generous, in their own sinister fashion. They make their escalating threats of right-wing violence, insurrection and other forms of mayhem in public. There is little skulduggery or subterfuge involved. Why are they so bold? Because they have suffered no serious long-term negative consequences for their behavior. And for the most part, the Republican fascists and the larger white right are winning in their war against American democracy. Momentum is on their side. Why should they conceal their intentions? When disaster follows — be it some version of Jan. 6 (which is almost inevitable) or other acts of right-wing terror — the American people and their leaders will not be able to claim ignorance. They have repeatedly been warned and have chosen to ignore those warnings. more...
National Review writer begs GOP voters to not run Trump again: 'He is hated by a lot of Americans for good cause'
Brad ReedNational Review writer Charles Cooke has a simple request for Republican primary voters: Do not nominate former President Donald Trump again. In his latest piece, Cooke says that he wants to see President Joe Biden defeated in the 2024 presidential election, but he argues that Republicans have so many better options than Trump, who twice has lost the popular vote even though he won an upset electoral college victory in 2016. Cooke argues that while there could have been a plausible argument for Trump in 2016 and 2020 as a "lesser of two evils" choice, that argument lost its legitimacy after Trump refused to concede defeat in 2020 and incited a riot at the United States Capitol building. more...
The 47 wildest lines from Donald Trump's South Carolina speech
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-largeDonald Trump traveled to Florence, South Carolina, over the weekend to deliver the latest in a series of campaign-style speeches as he hints at running for president again in 2024. With a shoutout to CNN's Christian Sierra, I was able to get a transcript of the speech. The lines you need to see from it are below. more...
Trump Praises Putin, Leaving Republicans in a Bind
G.O.P. leaders, while condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, were silent on comments made by the former president. Some figures on the right amplified them.
By David D. Kirkpatrick, Maggie Astor and Catie EdmondsonAs Russia prepared to strike Ukraine and the United States rushed to defend neighboring allies in Europe, former President Donald J. Trump had nothing but admiration for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. He is “pretty smart,” Mr. Trump said on Wednesday at a Florida fund-raiser, assessing the impending invasion like a real estate deal. “He’s taken over a country for $2 worth of sanctions,” he said, “taking over a country — really a vast, vast location, a great piece of land with a lot of people — and just walking right in.” Historians called the remarks unprecedented. “The idea that a former president would praise the man or leadership who American troops are even now traveling to confront and contain,” said Jeffrey Engel, a presidential historian at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, “is astounding.” more...
Trump demurs when encouraged by an ally to criticize Putin
A Fox News host seemed eager to help Donald Trump, carefully setting a ball on a tee, hoping the former president would take a swing. He wouldn’t.
By Steve BenenIt was two weeks ago when Donald Trump praised Vladimir Putin’s efforts in Ukraine as “genius” and “very savvy” in a podcast interview. If the former president expected his Republican allies to rally to his defense, echoing his line because it was his line, Trump had reason to be disappointed. “I do not think anything’s savvy or genius about Putin,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters this week. Given the larger political landscape, it’s tempting to think that Trump would be eager to undo some of the damage and make clear that he’s not sympathetic to the Russian leader. In fact, on Fox News last night, Sean Hannity seemed quite eager to help his GOP ally, carefully setting a ball on a tee, apparently hoping the former president would take a swing. more...
‘Would-be tyrant’: Republican targeted by Trump at rally hits back
Martin Pengelly in New YorkA Republican congressman attacked by Donald Trump at a rally in South Carolina on Saturday called the former president a “would-be tyrant”. Tom Rice voted to impeach Trump over the deadly Capitol attack and will face a Trump-endorsed challenger later this year. In a statement, Rice said: “If you want a congressman who supports political violence in Ukraine or in the United States Capitol, who supports party over country, who supports a would-be tyrant over the constitution, and who makes decisions based solely on re-election, then Russell Fry is your candidate.” Trump has praised Vladimir Putin and avoided invitations to condemn him but he has called the Russian invasion of Ukraine a “crime against humanity”. more...
Trump calls on supporters to 'lay down their very lives' to defend US against Critical Race Theory
Joshua ZitserFormer President Donald Trump called on his supporters to "lay down their very lives" to fight against Critical Race Theory at a rally in Florence, South Carolina, on Saturday night. During a speech that lasted a little under an hour, Trump told a crowd that eliminating Critical Race Theory from schools is a "matter of national survival." Critical Race Theory is an academic practice that explores how America's history of racism and discrimination continues to impact the country today. more...
GOP senators push back hard on Trump's praise of Putin
By Alexander BoltonRussian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has revealed tensions within the Republican Party over how hard to push back on the aggression and how to respond to former President Trump’s glowing praise of Putin. The national security crisis has shown Trump to be seriously out of step with GOP leaders on characterizing Putin’s motives and moves, even though Trump looks increasingly likely to run again for president in 2024. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday contradicted Trump’s recent praise of Putin as “smart” and “savvy” by declaring that he views the Russian president as a “ruthless thug.” more...
Trump asking supporters to fund new plane after emergency landing
By Sarakshi RaiFormer President Trump is asking his supporters to help fund his new "Trump Force One" private plane just days after a jet flying him to Mar-a-Lago made an emergency landing when one of its engines failed. Trump, through his Save America PAC, sent his supporters an email titled "Update Trump Force One" in which he said that "my team is building a BRAND NEW Trump Force One." He added that the construction of this plane has been under wraps and said "I can't wait to unveil it for everyone to see." more...
Former Attorney General William Barr says Trump got "madder and madder" when challenged on unfounded allegations of election fraud
BY ANALISA NOVAKWhen former President Donald Trump summoned then U.S. Attorney General William Barr in early December, he says he knew it wasn't going to be a pleasant meeting and thought Trump was going to fire him. "I told my assistant as I left the office she may have to pack up for me because often he would tell you not to come back," Barr told "CBS Mornings." When he entered the Oval Office, Barr said the conversation quickly turned into a back and forth between Barr and Trump about the former president's allegations of widespread fraud. more...
No man is above the law. If Trump broke the law, he should be prosecuted just like anyone else.
Republicans warn Justice Department probe of Trump would trigger political war
By Alexander BoltonRepublican lawmakers are warning that any Department of Justice prosecution of former President Trump will turn into a political battle, setting a high bar for Attorney General Merrick Garland to act on an expected criminal referral from the House’s Jan. 6 committee. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol previewed its likely referral to the Justice Department in a court filing made public last week and experts say the evidence assembled by House investigators would provide a strong impetus for prosecutors to act. more...
Jan. 6 Committee Says Trump Violated Several Laws. What to Know About The Findings So Far
By Nik PopliWhen the House select committee began its investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection, its goal was simple: compile a detailed account of what happened, and make recommendations to ensure it never happens again. But piecing together the facts of how that day unfolded has proved to be a much more complicated task—one that now involves a litany of potential criminal violations. After the select committee received a trove of ripped up White House documents in late January and learned that former President Donald Trump took classified material to his Florida property when he left office, investigators expanded their focus into whether Trump breached federal law for violating the Presidential Records Act and conspiring to commit fraud and obstruction. By March 2—roughly ten months into its investigation—the select committee revealed for the first time it had enough evidence to confirm this theory, saying in a court filing that Trump may have engaged in a “criminal conspiracy” in his efforts to overturn and spread doubt about the 2020 election. Now, the committee’s work has potentially set the stage for a criminal referral to the Department of Justice. more...
The January 6 Email Exchange That Could Doom Trump
A new filing from the January 6 Commission details the how Mike Pence was pressured to overturn the election—and provides the basis for possible criminal charges.
Matt FordThat former President Donald Trump did something morally, ethically, and democratically wrong on January 6, 2021, is not really up for debate. In the heat of the moment, even some of his closest allies realized it: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy implored him to call off the mob he had incited to attack Congress, Fox News hosts begged White House staffers to get him to intercede, and several of his own Cabinet members and top aides resigned in protest in the hours and days that followed. Even those who supported Trump’s actions don’t really believe he did nothing wrong, per se; they simply think his actions were justified by a higher goal of keeping him in power. Did Trump commit a crime? The House January 6 committee came one step closer to answering that question on Wednesday night. In a court filing in a lawsuit over Trump legal adviser John Eastman’s refusal to turn over documents, the committee said it was pursuing evidence that Trump had committed three crimes: obstruction of an official proceeding, namely the January 6 counting of electoral votes; conspiracy to defraud the United States; and common law fraud. Eastman was working in some sort of legal capacity for Trump at the time, but the committee argued that the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege applied. more...
Donald Trump Slammed After Claiming Credit for NATO, Arming Ukraine
By Natalie ColarossiFormer President Donald Trump met with sharp criticism on Monday after he released a new statement taking credit for the success of NATO and claiming to have helped arm Ukraine. Trump, who has opposed NATO policies for a long time and even discussed pulling the U.S. out of the military alliance, claimed in his new remarks that "there would be no NATO" without him. "I hope everyone is able to remember that it was me, as President of the United States, that got delinquent NATO members to start paying their dues, which amounted to hundreds of billions of dollars. There would be no NATO if I didn't act strongly and swiftly. Also, it was me that got Ukraine the very effective anti-tank busters (javelins) when the previous Administration was sending blankets. Let History so note!," Trump said in the statement released on Monday. more...
Trump was already in legal hot water. It just got hotter.
Opinion by Jessica LevinsonIn a media world where words and phrases including “This is big” or “This is a bombshell” are used far too often, we got some legitimately consequential news this week concerning former President Donald Trump and his legal troubles. The House committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last Jan. 6 has alleged that the evidence is “more than sufficient to establish a good faith belief” that Trump and others may have committed crimes or fraud to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. more...
George Conway says DOJ must go after Trump: 'Evidence is piling up and fits these statutes like a glove'
Travis GettysGeorge Conway believes the House select committee has built an airtight case against former president Donald Trump. The conservative attorney told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the evidence closely matched the statute for conspiracy to obstruct or influence an official proceeding, and he said the Jan. 6 committee has already presented a strong case against the former president and right-wing attorney John Eastman. "This statute says what it says, but the problem for Trump and Eastman and others, and Eastman has had to plead the Fifth [Amendment] 146 times at his deposition before the Jan. 6 committee," Conway said. "The problem for them is that the 'evidence is piling up and mounting and it fits these statutes like a glove. I mean, the real issue is were they intending to deceive anybody, did they know they were deceiving people?" more...
Donald Trump isn't getting any more popular
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large(CNN) Usually when presidents leave office, they almost immediately get more popular. The longer they are out of office, the more kindly the public tends to think of them. Donald Trump is breaking that mold, at least according to a new Marquette Law School poll of Wisconsin voters. In that survey, just 36% of the state's voters have favorable opinions of Trump, while 57% percent have unfavorable ones. What's remarkable is that those numbers are virtually unchanged from how Wisconsin voters viewed Trump in August 2021 (38% favorable/55% unfavorable) and October 2021 (38%/57%). There's been no softening in the public's attitude toward Trump -- even in a swing state like Wisconsin, which he won in 2016 and lost in 2020. more...
Lindsey Graham says Trump calling Putin genius was 'a mistake'
By Ali Zaslav and Ellie Kaufman, CNN(CNN) Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, said on Wednesday that he thinks it "was a mistake" for former President Donald Trump to call Russian President Vladimir Putin a genius. "I think that was a mistake. I think I know what he was trying to say, you know, going into the Donbas. But, no. Let's just make it clear, Putin's not a genius, he's a war criminal," said Graham, a close Trump ally. On Wednesday, Graham introduced a nonbinding Senate resolution that calls for Putin to be held accountable for numerous acts of war, aggression and human rights abuses. The resolution supports a complaint filed by the Ukrainian government against Putin in the International Criminal Court that alleges war crimes in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Graham said he hopes if the US backs the complaint, more nations will follow. more...
U.S. Capitol riot panel says Trump may have engaged in ‘criminal conspiracy’
CNBC.comThe congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday said former President Donald Trump may have engaged in criminal conduct in his bid to overturn his election defeat. “Evidence and information available to the Committee establishes a good-faith belief that Mr. Trump and others may have engaged in criminal and/or fraudulent acts,” the committee said in a court filing. “The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States,” the filing said. more...
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