Poor Donald Trump. It seems he isn’t selling enough $399 high-tops or $60 Bibles, and his Truth Social stock is in the toilet, so it’s time for a new, new, new, new grift: charging his fellow Republicans for uttering his name. The Trump campaign announced in a letter Politico obtained that Republican candidates and committees are now expected to pay “a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC” for using his “name, image, and likeness in fundraising...
In recent years, an amazing number of sitting and former state House speakers have run into serious legal troubles, and as The Detroit Free Press reported, the list grew a little longer yesterday. The Free Press’ report added that the most serious of the charges, conducting a criminal enterprise, is a felony that could put the former Republican state House speaker behind bars for decades. “Our investigation has uncovered evidence that Lee Chatfield used various different schemes to embezzle,...
Prosecutors charged the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife with financial crimes Tuesday.
Attorney General Dana Nessel said Lee Chatfield and his associates used hundreds of thousands of dollars he fundraised for extravagant personal purchases.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Former state representative and Albuquerque Public Schools administrator Sheryl Williams Stapleton, accused of funneling millions of dollars into her own pockets, faced a federal judge on Tuesday after being indicted last month. Williams Stapleton walked into the federal court house marking her first public appearance since she was indicted on state charges []
The Republican faces allegations he used nonprofits to ‘line his own pockets,’ authorities say. A sexual assault allegation from Chatfield’s sister-in-law that prompted the probe will not result in charges.
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The manhunt for the man accused of shooting and killing his wife in Mesilla is over. Oscar Renee Sandoval, 59, who's accused of fatally shooting his wife Sheireen Al Jibury, 39, on Monday, April 1, is now in jail after being captured by Mexican authorities in Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday, []
The latest project from the always-clever technology artist Nicole He (previously) is The Crush House, a thirst-person (sic) shooter video game that plunges into the shoes of a reality TV producer. The goal is not to murder the vain and selfish contestants (as tempting as it may be) — but rather, to shoot them on video. — Read the rest
Senate candidates in New Mexico tout fundraising tallies in 2-way race
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Campaign fundraising is off to a quick start in the New Mexico contest between incumbent U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and lone Republican contender Nella Domenici. Domenici’s campaign said Friday it raised more than $1.25 million from January through March. That includes a $500,000 contribution by the Republican businesswoman-turned-candidate herself and
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Campaign fundraising is off to a quick start in the New Mexico contest between incumbent U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and lone Republican contender Nella Domenici. Domenici’s campaign said Friday it raised more than $1.25 million from January through March. That includes a $500,000 contribution by the Republican businesswoman-turned-candidate herself and
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors charged the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife with financial crimes Tuesday, alleging they milked political accounts for personal travel, housing and other benefits while the Republican lawmaker held the powerful post. Lee Chatfield misused his multimillion-dollar Peninsula Fund, which was not required to report the names []