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Heather Cox Richardson: Trump's falsehoods strategy on Hurricane Helene — 6 October 2024 (LINK)

Finally, NYTimes headline article questions Trump's mental fitness — 6 October 2024 (LINK)

Trump's Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age — (LINK)

No probable cause found for misdemeanor charges by Haitian-American group against Trump, Vance — 5 October 2024 (LINK)

'What idiots we are': Truth Social users lose hundreds of thousands of dollars to scammers — 5 October 2024 (LINK)

— Many of the app's users fell victim to a scam known as "pig butchering". That type of scam involves a grifter winning the trust of a mark, persuading them to invest in a questionable money-making scheme and cajoling them into making even larger investments by tricking them into thinking they're making money.

CNN Fact check: Amid bipartisan praise for Biden hurricane response, Trump falsely claims reviews are 'universally' negative — 3 October 2024 (LINK)

Rolling Stone: Trump's Lies About the Hurricane Response Are Getting More Outrageous: The former president accused the Biden administration of stealing FEMA funds to support undocumented migrants — 3 October 2024 (LINK)

NYPost: Feds say there's no money left to respond to hurricanes — after FEMA spent $1.4B on migrants — 3 October 2024 (LINK)

Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing — 2 October 2024 (LINK)

— Broadly, and in response to the Supreme Court's ruling this summer that granted Trump sweeping immunity for official actions, Smith's motion claims the former president took the steps he did as a political candidate — not as a president — and that, therefore, he is not entitled to protection from prosecution the justices identified in July.

Giuliani permanently disbarred in DC over effort to overturn 2020 election — 26 September 2024 (LINK)

— In a one-page ruling, the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals permanently revoked Giuliani's law license, finding that the former federal prosecutor and personal attorney for Trump failed to explain why he should not be subject to reciprocal punishment after the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division disbarred him in July for lying about the 2020 election.

Donald Trump says it's "just too late" for another debate after Kamala Harris accepts CNN proposal for October event — 21 September 2024 (LINK)

Donald Trump Stock: Trump Media drops 5.4% and hits new low as former President, insiders can sell DJT stock — 20 September 2024 (LINK)

Son of suspect after apparent Trump assassination attempt in Florida says dad was passionate about Ukraine cause — 15 September 2024 (LINK)

Trump lies about stock price, sends it soaring until sales are paused twice on suspicion of manipulation — 13 September 2024 (LINK)

— Trump Media stock up 25% in a lightning spike. The stock price went up $3.50, from 16.27 to $20.76. This happened betewen 2:20 and 2:40pm. When investors realized they'd been played — and that the markets had paused trading on the stock because the whole thing was highly suspicious — the stock fell to %17.97 where it closed.

— In addition to briefly manipulating the markets, Trump also lied outright to whoever was out there with him. In the video below he says the stock originally opened at "two dollars" and "went to 182." This, of course, is a lie. The Trump Media stock hit $97.54 on March 2, 2022. That was the highest it ever got, and that lasted one day. The stock price collapsed. When Trump merged his company with Digital World in March 2024, the price rose briefly to $61.96 from $34.69. Now it's worth about half of that.

Trump Media stock jumps 12% after Trump says he's 'not selling' shares — 13 September 2024 (LINK)

Trump rules out another presidential debate against Harris — 12 September 2024 (LINK)

— He said that Harris only wanted a rematch because he "clearly" won.

Judge deems Trump Tower a 'public nuisance' after groups say it killed thousands of fish — 12 September 2024 (LINK)

High-ranking military leaders blame Trump for 'chaotic' Afghanistan withdrawal — 9 September 2024 (LINK)

— In a letter, a group calling itself National Security Leaders for America — which includes Adm. Steve Abbott, Major Gen. Peter S. Cooke, and others — argues: Trump "repeatedly fails to take responsibility for his own role in putting service members in harm's way. Without involving the Afghan government, he and his Administration negotiated a deal with the Taliban that freed 5000 Taliban fighters and allowed them to return to the battlefield. Then, he left President Biden and Vice President Harris with no plans to execute a withdrawal, and with little time to do so."

— The letter continues, "This chaotic approach severely hindered the Biden-Harris Administration's ability to execute the most orderly withdrawal possible and put our service members and our allies at risk. Nevertheless, President Biden with the support of Vice President Harris ended America's longest war, oversaw the largest airlift in U.S. history, and brought our troops home."

Trump has lost $4 billion in Truth Social wipeout — 9 September 2024 (LINK)

Fact check: Trump and Vance keep falsely describing how tariffs work — 9 September 2024 (LINK)

— Trump has falsely, and repeatedly, claimed that China — not US importers — pay the tariff. A tariff is a tax that is paid by US businesses — not other countries — when a foreign-made good arrives at the American border. One of the intended goals of a tariff is to raise prices on foreign-made goods, and study after study show that the duties do drive up costs for Americans.

— Trump has said that if elected, he would impose tariffs of up to 20% on every foreign import coming into the US, as well as another tariff upward of 60% on all Chinese imports. He also said he would impose a "100% tariff" on countries that shift away from using the US dollar. These duties would add to the tariffs he put on foreign steel and aluminum, washing machines, and many Chinese-made goods including baseball hats, luggage, bicycles, TVs and sneakers. President Joe Biden has left many of the Trump-era tariffs in place.

Independent press reaction to Trump's disastrous speech on child care: see below — 6 September 2024

Salon: Donald Trump's incoherence makes the media's double standard hard to hide — 6 September 2024 (LINK)

The New Republic: Trump serves up a word salad that the New York Times all but ignores — 6 September 2024 (LINK)

The Daily Blast: Trump is getting more confused and incoherent. Will the media say so? — 6 September 2024 (LINK)

Atlantic: A new level of incoherence from Trump — 6 September 2024 (LINK)

alternet: 'Incoherent gibberish': Experts trash Trump's 'incomprehensible' answer to policy question on child care — 6 September 2024 (LINK)

Heather Cox Richardson: Russian malign activity and Trump, computer hackers, Ukraine — 5 September 2024 (LINK)

Heather Cox Richardson: Trump's re-election strategy — the same way southern white supremacists approached elections from 1876 to 1964 — 2 September 2024 (LINK)

Snopes: No, Trump didn't brag on social media he was 'Greatest President Ever on Military' — 28 August 2024 (LINK)

— The screenshot was fabricated. The X handle displayed in the post was "@realDonaldTrimp." Trump's official X handle is @realDonaldTrump.

— Trump did post this message on Truth Social on Aug. 26: This is the third anniversary of the BOTCHED Afghanistan withdrawal, the most EMBARRASSING moment in the history of our Country. Gross Incompetence — 13 DEAD American soldiers, hundreds of people wounded and dead, AMERICANS and BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT LEFT BEHIND. You don't take our soldiers out first, you take them out LAST, when all else is successfully done. Russia then invaded Ukraine, Israel was attacked, and the USA became, and is, a laughing stock all over the World. THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA REMAINS SILENT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE WORST ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY! MAGA2024

Snopes: Real photos of Trump smiling and giving thumbs-up by soldiers' graves? True — (LINK)

Trump defends conduct at Arlington cemetery: 'I wasn't doing it for publicity' — 30 August 2024 (LINK)

— Trump, at the event in Johnstown, Pa., said the family members of those killed during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan asked him to visit the cemetery as they honored their loved ones. He added that after the wreath-laying ceremony, the families also asked him to accompany them to the graves and take a picture with them.

The Trump controversy over Arlington Cemetary: photos against wishes of soldiers' relatives — 28 August 2024 (• LINK)

Trump Media stock sinks below $20 for the first time: DJT shares fell almost 6% to yet another post-merger low — 28 August 2024 (LINK)

Donald Trump could make more than $2 billion dumping his Trump Media stock next month — 26 August 2024 (LINK)

FactCheck.org: Trump's claim that Harris met with Putin is false — 23 August 2024 (LINK)

— "In February 2022, Vice President Kamala Harris attended an annual security conference in Germany to talk with European leaders about Russian aggression toward Ukraine and other world topics. She didn't go to Russia, and there is no evidence she met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, contrary to an unsupported claim made by former President Donald Trump. Trump has baselessly claimed at least twice in recent days that Harris had a meeting with Putin just days before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022."

RFK Jr. suspends campaign and supports Trump — 23 August 2024 (LINK)

Trump's businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns — including his own — 23 August 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 9 media reports (LINK)

Truth Social parent company DJT stock prices fall to new low after public trading debut on the first day of the Democratic National Convention: down 3.56% from the previous close and the lowest close since the company went public in March — 19 August 2024 (LINK)

— In May, Trump Media reported a net loss of $327.6 million in the first quarter of 2024 and brought in $770,500 in revenue, according to a filing. In August, the company reported more than $16 million in losses and less than $1 million in revenue in the second financial quarter. Regulatory filings show the company was operating at a loss in 2023, making about $4 million in revenue while losing more than $58 million.

Trump and Melania reveal how much cash they make from MAGA — 17 August 2024 (LINK)

— The 167-page filing shows the president made $300,000 in royalties from a special edition of the Lee Greenwood Bible, which sells for $59.99. Melania also cashed in with $237,500 for a speaking gig in Mar-a-Lago she did for the Log Cabin Republicans, in April. She was also paid another $220,000 for a speaking gig in at the 2022 Log Cabin Republican gala. Trump and his wife made a combined $7.4 million on his NFT "Collect Trump Cards" trading cards.

— Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort itself made $56.9 million in revenues, up $4.6 million from last year's report — although costs were not reported, so how profitable to club is is unknown.

— His golf courses also brought in nine figures for the former president. Trump's National Doral golf resort brought in $160.1 million alone.

— In total, Trump listed $635 million in assets. However, the former president, notably, is still on the hook for a $83.3 million following E. Jean Carroll's sexual abuse and defamation cases against him and then another $454 million to New York state for his civil fraud judgement.

— Trump's nine figure assets easily surpass Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff's $450,380 income in 2024 and assets of around $10 million.

AP: Trump blends falsehoods and exaggerations at rambling NJ press conference — 16 August 2024 (LINK)

FactCheck.org: Trump's false and misleading claims about Harris' record on crime — 15 August 2024 (LINK)

— Trump falsely said that Harris supports "mass amnesty and citizenship" for "all illegals … even criminals." The Trump campaign pointed to past proposals that Harris has supported, but none would have done that.

— He wrongly claimed that there was "no crime" if someone stole less than $1,000 worth of goods, and he was wrong again in saying that Harris "started" such a policy. In California, it's a felony if someone shoplifts more than $950 worth of goods, but it's a misdemeanor for values below that.

— In discussing crimes committed by immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, Trump falsely claimed that Harris, when she was the San Francisco DA, "wouldn't arrest murderers. She wouldn't arrest anybody."

— Trump claimed that Harris "supports mandatory gun confiscation" that would leave Americans "defenseless in your house." Harris hasn't called for confiscating all guns, and her campaign said she no longer supports the mandatory buyback program for "assault weapons" that she called for during her last presidential campaign.

— He claimed that Harris "urged her followers to donate to bail rapists and murderers out of jail" and said "that the violent mobs should not stop." In June 2020, Harris asked for donations to a bail fund to help people protesting against police brutality, not rapists and murderers. She also said that "protests," not riots, are "not going to stop" and "should not" stop.

— Trump said Harris "supports abolishing cash bail, which means bloodthirsty criminals that just killed somebody can immediately leave custody, go out and kill somebody else." But ending money bail does not mean accused murderers would automatically be released from jail before trial.

— Violent crime and murders nationwide have gone down during the Biden/Harris administration, according to FBI and other crime data. But Trump has taken to citing a different set of data to claim "there's been a 43% increase in violent crimes since I left office."

Elon Musk said Donald Trump interview suffered a 'DDoS attack' — X / Twitter employees say he's lying: Trump and Musk are both misrepresenting viewership numbers for their interview on X too — 13 August 2024 (LINK)

— "Combined views of the conversation with @realDonaldTrump and subsequent discussion by other accounts now ~1 billion," Musk said on X, calculating the total of all post views or impressions about the Space chat. As of publishing time, the X Space between Trump and Musk has roughly 24 million views, which includes the live viewership numbers as well as replays. The post itself, however, claims 183 million views or impressions.

Trump's 270-page dossier of JD Vance's 'vulnerabilities' 'hacked by Iran' — 10 August 2024 (LINK)

Trump's lies about undocumented immigrants hide the truth: They pay their share of taxes — 9 August 2024 (LINK)

Former Los Angeles city councilman and California state Sen. Nate Holden said Friday that he was with former President Donald Trump in the helicopter ride that made an emergency landing, despite Trump saying it was former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown — 9 August 2024 (LINK)

— "Willie is the short Black guy living in San Francisco," Holden said in an interview with Politico. "I'm a tall Black guy living in Los Angeles. I guess we all look alike," he added.

Trump says he thought end was near in helicopter emergency that Dems say didn't happen — 9 August 2024 (LINK)

Trump proposes to debate Harris on Fox next 4 September — 3 August 2024 (LINK)

Trump says he thought end was near in helicopter emergency that Dems say didn't happen — 9 August 2024 (LINK)

Fact check: Trump, who approved multiple prisoner exchanges, falsely claims he gave up 'nothing' to get Americans back — 1 August 2024 (LINK)

AP: Donald Trump falsely suggests Kamala Harris misled voters about her race — 31 July 2024 (LINK)

Trump repeats 2019 remark about US wiping Iran 'off the face of the Earth' if assassinated: earlier response to attacks on "anything American" — 25 July 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 28 media reports (LINK)

Donald Trump wastes no time fundraising off Joe Biden's exit from 2024 White House bid; "He just quit the race in complete disgrace!" — 21 July 2024 (LINK)

Donald Trump donated thousands to Kamala Harris in the past — 21 July 2024 (LINK)

US Secret Service says it previously denied Trump requests for additional resources, New York Times reports — 21 July 2024 (LINK)

CNN Fact check: Trump makes more than 20 false claims in RNC acceptance speech — 19 July 2024 (LINK)

— Many of the false claims were ones Trump has made before, some of them for years. They spanned a wide variety of topics, including the economy, immigration, crime, foreign policy and elections. Some of them were wild lies, others smaller exaggerations. Some were in his prepared text (like the absurd claim that he left the Biden administration a world at peace), while he ad-libbed others (such as his usual lies that Democrats cheated in the 2020 election and that the US is experiencing the worst inflation it has ever had).

Special counsel appeals dismissal of Trump classified documents case: The Florida judge who just gave Trump a pass in documents case will now be judged herself — 17 July 2024 (LINK)

Florida Judge dismisses Trump's classified documents case — 15 July 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 489 media reports — (LINK)

— Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that special counsel Jack Smith's appointment violated two key provisions of the U.S. Constitution. In a 93-page ruling, Cannon wrote that Smith's prosecution of the former president "breaches two structural cornerstones of our constitutional scheme — the role of Congress in the appointment of constitutional officers, and the role of Congress in authorizing expenditures by law."

Law enforcement spotted Trump shooter nearly 30 minutes before shots fired, NBC affiliate reports — 15 July 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 17 media reports — (LINK)

Special counsel Jack Smith to appeal Trump classified documents case dismissal by Judge Aileen Cannon — 15 July 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 485 media reports — (LINK)

Elon Musk endorses Donald Trump in wake of shooting — 14 July 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 47 media reports — (LINK)

Trump rally shooting: FBI names 20-year-old from Bethel Park as 'subject involved': agents have not identified a motive for the assassination attempt on the former president at a campaign rally — 14 July 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 32 media reports — (LINK)

— In a social media post, Trump said he was "fine" after he was "shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear." One attendee was killed and two others critically injured. Records show the suspect was registered as a Republican voter in Pennsylvania, but federal campaign finance reports also show he gave $15 to a progressive political action committee on 20 January 2021, the day President Joe Biden was sworn in to office. The US Secret Service has said its agents shot the suspected attacker after he fired toward Trump — who was speaking on stage at the time — "from an elevated position outside of the rally venue" in Butler county.

Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved — 11 July 2024 (LINK)

Heather Cox Richardson: Biden vs Trump in the media: of 92 NYTimes pieces coving Trump, none mentioned Trump's mental fitness. — substack — 5 July 2024 (LINK)

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban from Shark Tank show asked ChatGPT to analyze first Trump-Biden debate and judge the duo's communication skills, professionalism: "Based on the debate performance alone, it would be challenging to decisively hire either candidate without further evaluation of their professional capabilities and specific job fit." — see_link — 30 June 2024 (LINK)

Trump would withdraw US from Paris climate treaty again, campaign says — politico — 28 June 2024 (LINK)

Shares of Trump Media swing wildly after first US presidential debate, fall 10% — AP — 28 June 2024 (LINK)

FactChecking Trump's immigration-related claims in Phoenix and Las Vegas: several of his talking points are wrong or misleading — factcheck.org — 18 June 2024 (LINK)

• Trump falsely said that a proclamation by President Joe Biden to limit asylum eligibility "establishes an annual minimum of approximately 2 million illegal alien border crossers".
• He distorted how a mobile app for asylum appointments operated, saying it allows "free entry to be released into the United States at the push of a button." Applicants are screened, and appointments are limited.
• Trump offered wildly exaggerated border crossing statistics.
• He distorted reporting by the New York Times to misleadingly claim that "88,000" unaccompanied minors who came to the U.S. illegally and were processed by the Biden administration "are missing" and "many of those children are dead."
• Trump claimed that "more drugs are coming into our country right now than at any time in our history." Federal data for drug seizures by weight are trending down under Biden. As a proxy for drug smuggling, that data suggest that fewer drugs, not more, are coming into the country. Fentanyl seizures, however, have increased significantly under both Trump and Biden.
• Trump claimed that "300,000 people are dying a year" in the U.S. from drugs, and said the figure is "probably more than that." A federal agency reported that there were 107,941 drug overdose deaths in 2022, and a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researcher previously told us that any undercount "should be relatively small."
• He falsely claimed that "virtually 100% of the new jobs under Biden have also gone to illegal aliens." Since Biden became president in January 2021, employment of U.S.-born workers has increased more than employment of foreign-born workers, which includes those in the U.S. legally.
• Trump claimed that real, meaning inflation-adjusted, income and wages for the Black population are down 6% under Biden. But the most recent government data show real income is up for Black households, while real wages for full-time Black workers are down by less than what Trump said.
• The former president claimed that illegal immigration under Biden had created "flat-out economic warfare" on Black and Hispanic Americans by "taking the jobs" of those workers, and he said unions were "being absolutely slaughtered." Employment and union membership data show no evidence of that.
• Trump repeated his unsubstantiated talking point that "the entire world is emptying their prisons and jails, insane asylums, and mental institutions" and sending those people to the U.S. He has provided no evidence for that explosive claim, as we've written several times.

Trump claims credit for Biden's insulin price cap — CNBC — 8 June 2024 (LINK)

Fact check: Trump falsely claims he didn't call to lock up Hillary Clinton — CNN — 3 June 2024 (LINK)

CNN Fact check: Trump's post-conviction monologue was filled with false claims — CNN — 31 May 2024 (LINK)

— About: crime in New York city, Michael Cohen’s crimes, Biden's "involvement" in the case, Trump's "expert in election law", the Congo and immigration, Nord Stream, Biden's tax policy.

Heather Cox Richardson: for the first time in U.S. history, a former president of the United States is a convicted felon — substack — 30 May 2024 (LINK)

— Republican senators could have convicted Trump of high crimes and misdemeanors in 2019. In that year, the House impeached Trump after he tried to rig the 2020 presidential election by withholding congressionally appropriated funds to support Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s 2014 invasion. He withheld the funds to try to force Ukraine president Volodomyr Zelensky to manufacture dirt on Democrat Joe Biden. Republican senators could have convicted Trump, but they acquitted him.

— Republican senators could have convicted Trump of high crimes and misdemeanors in 2021. In that year, the House impeached him after he tried to seize the presidency by instigating an attack on the U.S. Capitol and trying to rig the count of the electoral vote after Americans had elected Democrat Joe Biden. Republican senators could have convicted Trump, but they acquitted him.

— MAGA lawmakers, including House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), both of whom were involved in the events of January 6, 2021, joined him in attacking the system that produced the guilty verdicts, although they steered clear of defending Trump himself.

— ground.news: 593 media reports (LINK)

Donald Trump cannot own a gun, hold public office or even vote in many states. But in a deeply divided America, it’s unclear whether Trump’s status as someone with a felony conviction will have any impact at all on the 2024 election. — AP — (LINK)

Trump's repeated false claims in his New York hush money trial — factcheck.org — 30 May 2024 (LINK)

• Trump has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that President Joe Biden is behind the prosecution of this case. This is a New York state case, and Biden has no control over it.
• Trump wrongly has claimed a limited gag order — barring remarks about certain trial participants — prevented him from answering "simple questions" or criticizing the Biden administration.
• He falsely claimed that Merchan "wouldn't let" Trump's defense team call campaign finance expert Bradley Smith as a witness. The judge did not say Smith couldn't testify, although he limited what Smith could potentially discuss if he testified.
• and more

Takeaways from closing arguments in the Donald Trump hush money trial: Trump's attorneys told the jury that the prosecution's criminal case against the former president is wholly reliant on the testimony of Michael Cohen — the "MVP of liars" who is out to get Trump: " prosecutors offered no evidence connecting Trump to the payment to Daniels outside of Cohen's testimony" — CNN — 28 May 2024 (LINK)

— Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass pushed back, arguing there was plenty of corroboration of Cohen's testimony, both from documents and the testimony of others, particularly former AMI chief David Pecker.

The 34 charges Donald Trump faces in his hush money trial — yahoo — 28 May 2024 (LINK)

Trump and the Libertarians: Trump pretends he wasn't booed relentlessly — MSNBC — 27 May 2024 (LINK)

— A New York Times report noted, "Mr. Trump's speech was without modern precedent: the presumptive nominee of a major political party giving a prime-time address at another party's convention." Trump turned to his social media platform to claim, "The reason I didn't file paperwork for the Libertarian Nomination, which I would have absolutely gotten if I wanted it (as everyone could tell by the enthusiasm of the Crowd last night!), was the fact that, as the Republican Nominee, I am not allowed to have the Nomination of another Party." If Trump isn't allowed to have another party's nomination, perhaps he can explain why he spoke at the Libertarian event and asked for its nomination.

Heather Cox Richardson: "The Republican Party is in the midst of a civil war" — substack — 25 May 2024 (LINK)

Many Americans mistakenly think the economy is shrinking and the stock market is tanking: inflation over past 3 years, comparisons are made with 2019, and there's the end of COVID stimulus. Note: the factors that have changed the US economy in the last few years are more influential than anything Trump or Biden has done. — finance.yahoo.com — 23 May 2024 (LINK)

Nikki Haley says she'll vote for Donald Trump in 2024 presidential race — usatoday — 22 May 2024 (LINK)

FBI challenges Trump's claim about "use of deadly force" order in Mar-a-Lago search: "No one ordered additional steps to be taken and there was no departure from the norm in this matter [which] includes a standard policy statement limiting the use of deadly force." — axios.com — 22 May 2024 (LINK)

Heather Cox Richardson: Trump's law strategy in hush money trial: memories of Senator McCarthy — substack — 22 May 2024 (LINK)

— MAGA's Trump surrogates make allegations and statements only in front of television cameras or on podcasts and radio. They refuse to make them under oath in a court of law, where there are penalties for lying.

Takeaways from a tense Day 19 of the Trump hush money trial — CNN — 21 May 2024 (LINK)

Trump Media reports $770,500 revenue for first quarter, net loss of $327.6 million — CNBC — 20 May 2024 (LINK)

Michael Cohen gives Donald Trump his best day in hush money trial so far — see_link — 17 May 2024 (LINK)

Takeaways from Day 18 of the Trump hush money trial — CNN — 16 May 2024 (LINK)

?NY vs Trump: Liar Michael Cohen can run but can't hide from the truth even though lying is in his DNA — foxnews — 15 May 2024 (LINK)

Every Trump 'prediction' about Biden was wrong — crooksandliars.com — 11 May 2024 (LINK)

Heather Cox Richardson: Trump, taxes, immigrants and the cowboy myth — substack — 12 May 2024 (LINK)

'The Late, Great Hannibal Lecter!' 5 Wildest Moments from Trump's Bizarre Rally in New Jersey — mediaite — 11 May 2024 (LINK)

Donald Trump says he'll revoke Biden's trans protections — www.advocate.com — 10 May 2024 (LINK)

Judge blocks Biden administration rule capping credit card late fees at $8 — CNN — 10 May 2024 (LINK)

Trump's youngest son Barron 'declines' to be RNC delegate, his mother Melania says — BBC — 10 May 2024 (LINK)

Fox News opinion: NY v Trump: How Stormy Daniels self-destructed under a devastating cross-examination: Stormy Daniels is only casually acquainted with the concept of truth. She massages it or offends it whenever it suits her — foxnews — 10 May 2024 (LINK)

Heather Cox Richardson: The Trump trial — marketwatch — 7 May 2024 (LINK)

— Witnesses established that Trump micromanaged his finances, making it hard to believe he didn't know about the scheme. Analyst: "It's rare to see folks put the key to a criminal conspiracy in writing."

Donald Trump hush money trial live updates: judge again holds Trump in contempt — newsweek — 6 May 2024 (LINK)

Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director once considered to be a confidante to Donald Trump, bolstered the prosecution's case that Trump's team went to great lengths to bury negative stories during the 2016 election. — yahoo — 3 May 2024 (LINK)

— Reuters: Former Trump aide Hope Hicks testifies he told her to deny Stormy Daniels affair — (LINK)

SEC charges newly appointed Trump Media auditor with 'massive fraud' on hundreds of companies, imposes lifetime ban — CNBC — 3 May 2024 (LINK)

— The share price of Trump Media, which owns the Truth Social app, was down 9% shortly after trading began.

Trump fined $9,000 for violating gag order in hush money case — ground.news: 127 media reports — 30 April 2024 (LINK)

Takeaways from Day 8 of the Donald Trump hush money trial — CNN — 26 April 2024 (LINK)

US Supreme Court signals delay past election in ruling on Trump's claim of absolute immunity — france24.com — 25 April 2024 (LINK)

US Supreme Court divided on whether Trump can be prosecuted — BBC — 26 April 2024 (LINK)

Key moments from landmark Supreme Court arguments on Trump's immunity claims — AP — 26 April 2024 (LINK)

Trump to receive 36 million additional shares of Truth Social parent company, worth $1.17 billion — usatoday — 24 April 2024 (LINK)

Trump trial hears testimony about "catch and kill" scheme to suppress negative stories — CBS — 23 April 2024 (LINK)

Facts in the Trump courtroom v. 'facts' in the court of public opinion: as he enters and leaves the courtroom, Trump often stops before the cameras and blasts falsehoods to the court of public opinion — washingtonpost — 23 April 2024 (LINK)

— Trump: "The Federal Elections [Commission] ... said essentially nothing was done wrong." This is false.

Takeaways from the Trump hush money trial: Opening statements and the first witness — CNN — 22 April 2024 (LINK)

Trump and the issue of his bond — abovethelaw.com — 16 April 2024 (LINK)

Elon Musk Calls Trump Trial 'Obviously a Corruption of the Law' — ground.news: 6 media reports — 15 April 2024 (LINK)

Appeals Court denies another attempt of former US President Trump to delay trial — ground.news: 170 media reports — 10 April 2024 (LINK)

— Barring yet another appeal, the first of Trump's four criminal trials will start as scheduled on Monday. Trump's lawyers asked the state's mid-level appeals court to halt the case indefinitely while they fight to remove the trial judge and challenge several of his pretrial rulings, which they argue have seriously hindered the former president's defense.

Biden admin moves to shield federal workers from potential Trump purge — axios — 4 April 2024 (LINK)

— "This final rule honors our 2.2 million career civil servants, helping ensure that people are hired and fired based on merit and that they can carry out their duties based on their expertise and not political loyalty."

If Trump returns to the White House and wants to reverse the new rule, he would need to direct the Office of Personnel Management to draft new rules, which would include seeking public comment on any proposed changes.

Weeks ahead of the 2020 election, Trump issued an executive order known as "Schedule F" that would have reclassified tens of thousands of federal workers into a new Schedule F employment category. The move would have allowed Trump to replace scores of civil servant positions and career posts with hand-picked loyalists. Biden rescinded the executive order after he took office.

The D.C. Bar's three-member board of responsibility panel found Thursday that former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark likely violated at least one ethics rule in his efforts to help former President Trump stay in office after losing the 2020 presidential election. — The Hill — 4 April 2024 (LINK)

— The ruling is preliminary and can be changed, the disciplinary hearing committee made clear Thursday. But after several days of testimony, the panel found that the "disciplinary counsel has proven at least one violation of any of the charged disciplinary rules." Clark is accused of attempting to engage in conduct involving dishonesty and attempting to engage in conduct that "would seriously interfere with the administration of justice". He faces disbarment.

The charges centered largely on a "Proof of Concept" draft letter, which Clark had written in the aftermath of the 2020 election and addressed to Georgia public officials. The letter falsely claimed the Department of Justice "identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in the United States, including the State of Georgia," and called on the state Legislature to reconvene a special session. It contained numerous other false claims.

At the time, Clark sent the letter to top-ranking Justice Department officials Jeffrey Rosen and Richard Donoghue for their signatures. Rosen and Donoghue refused to authorize the letter, saying it contained falsehoods.

Biden administration restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump — AP — 28 March 2024 (LINK)

Fact check: Trump tells 'mind-bogglingly nonsensical' story about the New York Stock Exchange: Trump said he didn't put his company on the NYSE because businesspeople are persecuted in New York — but it is being listed on the Nasdaq, also located in New York. — CNN — 25 March 2024 (LINK)

Trump unable to get $464m bond in New York fraud case, his lawyers say — BBC — 19 March 2024 (LINK)

Fact-checking Donald Trump's remarks during Mar-a-Lago speech after Supreme Court ballot ruling — firstcoastnews — 5 March 2024 (LINK)

• He did not take out ISIS as he claimed
• Did Trump provide the largest tax cut in US history? Trump was likely referring to the Republican tax reform legislation passed in 2018 which did provide the biggest corporate tax cut in US history, but not the biggest when measured as a percent of US GDP.
• Did Trump take money from the military to secure the southern border? True

U.S. Supreme Court keeps Trump on Colorado ballot, rejecting 14th Amendment push — CNN/span> — 4 March 2024 (LINK)

Trump claims unflattering image of him playing golf was AI-generated — petapixel.com — 21 February 2024 (LINK)

Donald Trump again compares his criminal indictments to imprisonment and death of Putin's top rival — ground.news: 88 media reports — 20 February 2024 (LINK)

Donald Trump handed $364 million penalty in New York civil fraud case — AP/marketwatch — 16 February 2024 (LINK)

Donald Trump stands by remarks about not defending NATO members after backlash — ground.news: 47 reports — 14 February 2024 (LINK)

Trump says he might 'encourage' Russia to attack NATO allies — news.yahoo.com — 11 February 2024 (LINK)

— Trump in Conway, South Carolina,: "One of the presidents of a big country stood up [at NATO] and said, 'Well sir, if we don't pay and we're attacked by Russia, will you protect us?' I said, 'You didn't pay? You're delinquent?' He said, 'Yes, let's say that happened.' No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want."

Posts misrepresent Saudi Prince's comment on investment in Kushner Fund: Trump's son-in-law not asked to return funds — factcheck.org — 9 February 2024 (LINK)

Donald Trump does not have broad presidential immunity and can be prosecuted on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, US appeals court rules — BBC — 6 February 2024 (LINK)

AP: Donald Trump deploys his oft-used playbook against women who bother him. For now, it's Nikki Haley — apnews.com — 6 February 2024 (LINK)

I Prosecuted Donald Trump and Won. Here's How It's Done. — thedailybeast — 3 February 2024 (LINK)

What PolitiFact learned in 1,000 fact-checks of Donald Trump: It's not unusual for politicians of both parties to mislead, exaggerate or make stuff up. But few share Trump's disregard for factual accuracy. — www.poynter.org — 2 February 2024 (LINK)

Trump spent more than $50M of his PAC and super PAC money on legal bills in 2023 — see_link — 1 February 2024 (LINK)

— It left his leadership PAC that once boasted a $100 million war chest with just $5.1 million in the bank entering 2024. And those 2023 legal bills came before Trump last week was ordered to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in damages for defaming her in 2019.

Trump Declares Ron 'DeSanctimonious' Nickname 'Officially Retired' — ground.news: 15 media reports, mainly → — 2§ January 2024 (LINK)

heathercoxrichardson: Trump's mental condition, GOP attacks on banks and judicial system — substack — 20 January 2024 (LINK)

— Beyond confusing Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi, Trump's contention that the speaker of the House is responsible for US Capitol security is not accurate, as CNN previously fact-checked. — CNN — 21 January 2024 (LINK)

Robert Reich: Jamie Dimon groveling before Trump from Davos exemplifies how fascism takes root — commondreams — 20 January 2024 (LINK)

— Dimon: "He was kind of right about NATO, kind of right on immigration. He grew the economy quite well. Tax reform worked. He was right about some of China. He wasn't wrong about some of these critical issues. What?"

FactChecking Trump's Iowa victory speech on 15 January : former President Donald Trump twisted some facts on terrorism, mail-in voting and his record in Iowa caucuses — factcheck.org — 18 January 2024 (LINK)

• Trump falsely claimed that during his presidency "we had no terror" in the U.S. There were several acts of terrorism that were perpetrated by foreign-born individuals while Trump was president.
• Trump wrongly claimed that a commission co-chaired by former President Jimmy Carter in 2005 concluded, "once you have mail-in ballots, you have crooked elections." The commission warned about the increased risk of fraud, but suggested measures to lessen that risk. Carter is an advocate for mail-in voting.
• He also incorrectly claimed that this was "the third time" he'd won the Iowa caucus. This was only Trump's second win, and the first when he faced a serious challenge.

Appeals court denies Trump request for review of immunity claim in Carroll defamation suit: In Georgia, meanwhile, Trump's lawyers submit a court filing Monday in Fulton County asking Judge Scott McAfee dismiss the election interference and racketeering charges filed against him by District Attorney Fani Willis on the grounds that he is protected from prosecution because he was president at the time he sought to overturn the 2020 election results — news.yahoo.com — 9 January 2024 (LINK)

Trump wins endorsement from House Majority Leader Steve Scalise — ground.news: 23 media reports — 2 January 2024 (LINK)

U.S. Supreme Court sidesteps decision on Trump presidential immunity claim in federal election interference case: Both sides still have the option to appeal the ruling by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals — ground.news: 250 media reports — 22 December 2023 (LINK)

West Virginia judge dismisses lawsuit to keep Trump off the 2024 ballot — ground.news: 13 media reports — 21 December 2023 (LINK)

Colorado supreme court disqualifies Trump from state's 2024 ballot under the US constitution's insurrection clause — The Guardian UK ● — 19 December 2023 (LINK)

— The ruling sets up a likely showdown in the nation's highest court to settle whether the January 6 attack on the Capitol amounted to an insurrection, and whether Trump's involvement disqualifies him from running for office.

The 4-3 decision by the Colorado supreme court marks the first time a presidential candidate has been deemed unqualified for office under a rarely used provision that bars insurrectionists from holding office.

heathercoxrichardson: Trump's ideological allies — substack — 17 December 2023 (LINK)

Trump Legal Defense Fund's biggest expense was a party at Mar-a-Lago — ←thedailybeast← — 12 December 2023 (LINK)

Fox News: Trump receives standing ovation to conclude Hannity hosted town hall in Iowa — foxnews — 5 December 2023 (LINK)

D.C. judge rejects Trump immunity claim in federal 2020 election case — Reuters ● — 2 December 2023 (LINK)

Trump doesn't have presidential immunity from lawsuits over January 6, appeals court rules — cnn — 1 December 2023 (LINK)

Trump's lawyers say he did not take an oath 'to support the Constitution' and can therefore run in 2024 — news.yahoo — 29 November 2023 (LINK)

— The Colorado court has scheduled a hearing to hear arguments in the matter on Dec. 6.

heathercoxrichardson: Press give Trump easy ride on Leftist "vermin" speeches echoing Nazis — substack — 13 November 2023 (LINK)

Trump's Truth Social has lost $73 million since its launch nearly 2 years ago, new filing shows: DWAC filing includes 'substantial doubt' that Trump's media company can continue as a going concern — see_link — 14 November 2023 (LINK)

CNN: Trump's mental gaffes can't be ignored. Trump's confusion and errors range from saying he defeated Barack Obama in 2016 to confusing the name of the city and state he was in. — cnn — 13 November 2023 (LINK)

Judge reinstates gag order in Donald Trump's federal election interference case — The Guardian UK ● — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

Trump storms out of his civil fraud trial after facing off with foe Michael Cohen, called to testify for the first time in the New York trial and was fined $10K for violating his gag order again — nbcnews — 25 October 2023 (LINK)

Judge fines Donald Trump $5K after post maligning court staffer is found on campaign website — AP / cheddar.com — 20 October 2023 (LINK)

heathercoxrichardson: Trump's separation of child and parents at border overturned in court: 85 children still separated from their families. 290 of the children removed from their parents were U.S. citizens — substack — 16 October 2023 (LINK)

Trump Media's funding partner says it's returning $1 billion to investors, with many asking for money back — cbsnews — 13 October 2023 (LINK)

— It's unclear how Trump's media group, called Trump Media & Technology Group, would finance its operations after the merger. DWAC CEO Eric Swider noted in the statement that Trump's media group has a "reduced need for capital" and a "commitment to growing a sustainable business model."

Trump tells allies he wants Netanyahu 'impeached' as well as cutting off all aid to Palestinians and encouraging other nations to do the same, or capturing and extraditing certain Hamas figures — ground.news main source: Rolling Stone, 8 media reports — 12 October 2023 (LINK)

Trump seeks to dismiss election interference charges, saying he had presidential immunity — BBC — 5 October 2023 (LINK)

Trump's civil fraud trial in New York begins Monday. Here's what to know about the case. — cbsnews — 2 October 2023 (LINK)

—The Trumps and their company are accused of fraud, falsification of business records, issuing false financial statements and conspiracy, among other allegations. The attorney general has accused Trump of overstating his wealth by billions of dollars, and the value of many properties by hundreds of millions, while seeking loans. He has denied wrongdoing. James' office is seeking $250 million and a slew of sanctions designed to severely limit the Trumps' ability to do business in New York.

Separately, Trump is facing criminal charges in a case filed in April by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleging 34 counts of felony falsification of business records. Trump has pleaded not guilty.

Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers as he built real estate empire — ground.news main source: Reuters ●, 290 media reports — 26 September 2023 (LINK)

Trump's digital company faces a big crisis this week: DWAC, hoping to take the former president's media company Trump Media, which owns Trump Social, public, hasn't been able to close the deal. It could be forced to liquidate — www.thestreet.com — 3 September 2023 (LINK)

Federal judge to set date on 28 August for historic US versus Trump trial: Special counsel Jack Smith has requested that the trial begin on January 2, 2024, while Trump's attorneys have proposed a date of April 2026 — ground.news: media reports — 28 August 2023 (LINK)

Trump campaign raises $7.1m following historic Georgia mugshot — www.bbc.com — 27 August 2023 (LINK)

Trump cards surge over 177% in volume, highest since 4 May, and 61% on floor price amid the former President’s mugshot release — coinedition — 26 August 2023 (LINK)

Former US President Donald Trump has surrendered in Georgia and been formally booked on charges of plotting to overturn the state's 2020 election results. This is the first time a police mugshot has been taken of a former US president — ground.news: 104 media reports — 24 August 2023 (LINK)

Trump first US president to be charged with crimes — heathercoxrichardso — 24 August 2023 (LINK)

Trump indicted in Georgia over 2020 election meddling, the 4th criminal case against him: + 18 associates — ground.news: 353 media reports — 14 August 2023 (LINK)

— The charges include racketeering, violating the oath of a public officer, forgery, and false statements. The defendants, including Rudy Giuliani and Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows, must surrender to authorities by August 25th.

Factcheck: Donald Trump vastly underestimates job gains under Joe Biden — politifact — 5 August 2023 (LINK)

— "During Biden's first 30 months in office, just 2.1 million new jobs were created, and by contrast, during my first 30 months in office we created 4.9 million new jobs," Trump said Aug. 5. We have previously fact-checked Biden for exaggerating the scale of job gains on his watch, but none of Biden's statements were as far off base as Trump's. When Biden took office in January 2021, the U.S had almost 143 million nonfarm jobs. By Biden's 30th month in office — June 2023 — the number of nonfarm jobs had risen to 156.2 million. That's an increase of 13.2 million jobs, or more than six times as big as the 2.1 million jobs Trump referenced in his speech.

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for allegedly breaking several laws in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment accuses Trump of spreading false claims of voter fraud and orchestrating a plot to overturn the election results — ground.news: 481 media reports — 1 August 2023 (LINK)

Judge dismisses Trump's $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, says its use of 'Big Lie' regarding Trump isn't defamation — cnn / Yahoo — 29 July 2023 (LINK)

— The Court finds Nazi references in the political discourse (made by whichever 'side') to be odious and repugnant," Judge Singhal wrote. "But bad rhetoric is not defamation when it does not include false statements of fact." "CNN declined to comment on the decision"!

Trump indictment: Additional charges, third defendant added in classified documents case — ground.news: 188 media reports — 27 July 2023 (LINK)

thehill.com: Five revelations from new Trump charges — (LINK)

Did Donald Trump ever apologize to the 'Central Park Five' after their exonaration and decade in prison when he called for the death penalty? No — /www.politifact.com — 25 July 2023 (LINK)

— Despite the exoneration, Trump on at least five occasions has expressed that he continues to believe the original verdict that the men were guilty and that a settlement made by the city was a mistake.

Biden’s narrative on never discussing business deals with Hunter continues to crumble: Hunter Biden's longtime business partner reportedly to testify then-Vice President Joe Biden frequently sat in on business calls with son — www.foxnews.com ● → — 25 July 2023 (LINK)