Trump made a massive mistake as he tried to change the subject from David Pecker’s testimony by calling the racist attack in Charlottesville nothing. Trump said: Breathtaking in this room, you saw what went on. It was breathtaking and amazing testimony. This is a trial that should have never happened. This is a case that should have never been filed and it was really an incredible, an incredible day, Open your eyes and we can’t let this continue to happen to our country. But another matter, you know the economy has just been reported to be doing very badly, the stock market’s way down and som ..read more

Trump’s effort to get a new trial in the E. Jean Carroll case wasn’t just rejected by Judge Kaplan. It was crushed. Judge Lewis Kaplan wrote in his ruling: Mr. Trump’s argument is entirely without merit both as a matter of law and as a matter of fact for all of the reasons articulated in Ms. Carroll’s memorandum of law in opposition to his motion.  Among other things, it ignores the fact that, as the jury and/or the Court concluded, Mr. Trump’s June 21 and 22 statements were false, defamatory, and made with both actual and common law malice. It ignores the fact that those defamatory stat ..read more

Donald Trump has been complaining that he can’t campaign due to the criminal trial, but when the court was out of session, the ex-president was playing golf. Kristen Holmes of CNN posted: Trump spent Wednesday playing golf at his Bedminster club, sources told CNN. Wednesday’s the only weekday court isn’t in for his NY criminal trial. Trump has lamented that trial has kept him off campaign trail: “Im not in GA or FL or NC campaigning like I should be” he said Mon. The trial has never stopped Trump from campaigning. The Republican Party has nominated a man who is lazy and does want to campaign ..read more

After Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) admitted that Republicans killed the bipartisan, conservative border bill, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates blasted Republicans for killing the border deal. “This week Senator McConnell explicitly said why the toughest, fairest bipartisan border legislation in modern American history is stalled: ‘our nominee for president did not seem to want us to do anything at all.’ After President Biden worked with Republicans and Democrats in the Senate to assemble a landmark deal that secured the border and cracked down on fentanyl, congressional Republi ..read more

Ex-AMI chief David Pecker continued his testimony on Thursday morning on day three of ex-president Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial. Pecker testified that in addition to Michael Cohen having knowledge of the catch and kill contract for the former Playboy model Karen McDougal, he believes Donald Trump also had knowledge of it. Adam Klasfeld reported the following exchange: Exhibit: The deal with Karen McDougal. The contract purchased the “Limited Life Story Rights” for “any romantic, personal and/or physical relationship McDougal has ever had with any then-married man.” The contract obligated ..read more

Trump’s lawyer made outlandish claims of broad and comprehensive presidential immunity that liberal and conservative justices seemed not to buy. Let’s take a look at a couple of the claims. Trump’s lawyer John Sauer argued that Trump has the legal authority to create fake slates of electors: Trump’s lawyer, when asked if Trump has immunity to create a fake slate of electors to overthrow an election, “Absolutely, your honor. We have the historical precedent we cite in the lower courts of President Grant sending federal troops to Louisiana and Mississippi in 1876.” pic.twitter.com/jajj3TcLdu ..read more

After ex-president Donald Trump allegedly violated the court-imposed gag order four times over the last three days, Prosecutor Chris Conroy filed yet another order to show cause to hold him in contempt on Thursday morning, before David Pecker’s testimony began. “Before Pecker takes stand again, DA raises another order to show cause for contempt re 4 violations in last 3 days in Trump 2) public comments outside courtroom and 1) on cable and 1) in interview to PA station about Cohen, Merchan, jury (“95% democrat”),” LA Times senior legal affairs Columnist Harry Litman reported. CNN legal analys ..read more

President Biden will announce a historic cutting-edge chip manufacturing investment that will create 70,000 good-paying jobs. According to a fact sheet provided by the Commerce Department: The Department of Commerce has reached a preliminary agreement with Micron to provide up to ~$6.14 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. This investment will support the construction of two fabs in Clay, New York, and one fab in Boise, Idaho, unleashing $50 billion in private investment by 2030 as the first step towards Micron’s investment of up to $125 billion across both states over t ..read more

The RNC’s Chief Election Integrity Counsel, Christina Bobb, has been indicted for her role in the Arizona fake elector scheme. CNN reported at the time Bobb was added to the RNC: Trump attorney Christina Bobb, a former correspondent at the Trump-aligned One America News Network, will join as senior counsel for election integrity. Bobb was very active in promoting Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen and authored a book called “Stealing Your Vote: The Inside Story of the 2020 Election and What It Means for 2024.” “I’m honored to join the RNC and thrilled the new leadership is focus ..read more

Seven Trump allies and lawyers were indicted along with all of the fake electors for the 2020 coup plot to overturn the Arizona election results. The New York Times reported: Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and a number of others who advised Donald J. Trump during the 2020 election were indicted in Arizona on Wednesday, along with all of the fake electors who acted on Mr. Trump’s behalf there to try to keep him in power despite his loss in the state. … Also indicted were Boris Epshteyn, who remains one of Mr. Trump’s most senior lawyers; Mike Roman, a Trump campaign operative in 2020, and ..read more