A Donald Trump-connected super PAC has been fined by the Federal Election Commission for failing to disclose $150,600 of in-kind donations in a 2022 public financial report, according to a review of federal records by Raw Story.Make America Great Again, Again! agreed to pay a $6,075 fine and to distribute a policy to its staff on identifying in-kind contributions. The super PAC agreed to do both by May 24.Representatives of the super PAC told the FEC that the error was discovered during an...
The reports show how much each candidate has raised, who has donated to them, what they’ve spent the money on and how much cash they have left.
Following the second week of Donald Trump's hush money trial in a Manhattan courtroom, MSNBC host Katie Phang noted that Donald Trump's primary lawyer, Todd Blanche, in the hush money trial seems to have withdrawn from scrutiny as the trial has progressed from jury selection to cross-examining the prosecution's witnesses.Phang, a former prosecutor herself, pressed the Guardian's Hugo Lowell, who has been present in the courtroom to explain what is going on with the former president's defense...
Republican National Committee co-Chairwoman Lara Trump suggested the criminal trial against former President Donald Trump “is not working” as his fundraising continues to rise. Lara Trump appeared Wednesday on Fox News’s Hannity to discuss the latest fundraising numbers on her father-in-law’s campaign. Her report comes after the campaign already raised $1.5 million after the trial’s first […]
Manhattan prosecutors finally revealed the specific crime that Donald Trump allegedly attempted to conceal by falsifying business records related to hush money payments to Stormy Daniels.Defense attorneys had objected to questions to former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker about his discussions with Steve Bannon, and prosecutor Joshua Steinglass revealed that those discussions were relevant to the “primary” underlying crime that kicks the charges Trump faces up from a misdemeanor to a...
In a rare moment of expressed camaraderie, former President Donald Trump Monday commiserated with the Manhattan prosecutor leading his criminal hush money case.Trump took to Truth Social Monday night to draw a comparison between himself and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who charged the former president with 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up salacious stories than might have derailed his 2016 campaign. "Wow, D.A. Alvin Bragg is an Election Denier, the exact same...
Ex-president ‘orchestrated a criminal scheme’ to corrupt 2016 election, prosecution says in opening statementKey takeaways from opening statementsDonald Trump “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election” in his efforts to cover up an alleged affair with the adult film star Stormy Daniels, the prosecution said on Monday in its opening statement in the former president’s criminal trial, with the defense countering that “there’s nothing wrong with trying to influence...
The share of voters who say they have high interest in the 2024 election has hit a nearly 20-year low at this point in a presidential race, according to the latest national NBC News poll, with majorities holding negative views of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The poll also shows Biden trimming Trump’s previous lead to just 2 points in a head-to-head contest, an improvement within the margin of error compared to the previous survey, as Biden bests Trump on the issues...
Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney have filed a notice of the prior bad acts they intend to interrogate former President Donald Trump on, should he choose to take the witness stand in his hush money trial.The case, which began jury selection at the start of this week, centers on Trump's alleged falsification of business records to conceal a hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges this was effectively a scheme to interfere with the 2016...
New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defense lawyer said he committed no
Opening statements began today in the first ever criminal trial of a former US president.
Melania Trump reportedly launched an ‘unprecedented’ GOP campaign to court homosexuals at an event for the Log Cabin Republicans, which promotes homosexual ‘marriage’ and adoption and says identifying as ‘LGTBQ’ should be ‘celebrated.’