• Trump slammed after claiming FBI search of Mar-a-Lago was illegal

    Former President Donald Trump on Monday was slammed Monday after claiming the government search for top-secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort was illegal under the Fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights.While talking with reporters shortly after appearing in court, Trump claimed, without citing evidence, that the multiple indictments he's facing across four jurisdictions were all orchestrated by President Joe Biden.Trump argued the 2022 FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago resort to retrieve...

  • Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago among Donald Trump properties at risk in fraud case

    March 25 (UPI) — New York Attorney General Letitia James may soon seize the properties of Donald Trump if he does not pay a $454 judgment against him for civil fraud Monday. The former president’s prized Trump Tower, the Trump Building — both in New York — and more than a dozen golf and social clubs, including the Mar-a-Lago resort […] The post Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago among Donald Trump properties at risk in fraud case first appeared on Gephardt Daily.

  • The Mar-a-Lago judge is entertaining Trump’s most brazen defenses

    Trump and prosecutors in the classified documents case have been told to draft jury instructions that could result in ensuring acquittalThe federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s prosecution on charges of retaining classified documents appears to be entertaining his most brazen defenses that could ultimately result in ensuring the acquittal of the former president.The issue revolves around an order from the US district judge Aileen Cannon on Monday asking Trump and prosecutors in the office of...

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    Can Trump's Mar-a-Lago Be Seized If He Doesn't Pay Court-Imposed Fine?

    Here's what to know about allegations that New York Attorney General Letitia James was preparing to seize the Palm Beach property.

  • Longtime Trump employee: Mar-a-Lago culture would have led many to commit crimes

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.— A longtime employee of Donald Trump, who testified before a grand jury in the case involving the former president’s handling of classified documents, described a culture of loyalty around Trump that drives people toward extreme lengths to protect him. Brian Butler, who is referred to in the classified documents indictment as “Trump Employee 5,” delivered bombshell testimony last year to federal prosecutors, who used the information to charge Trump later. Butler, a central...

  • Yuck! Donald Trump flirts with woman at Mar-a-Lago: "You're driving me crazy!" (video)

    Donald Trump doesn't even try to act like a U.S. presidential frontrunner anymore, preferring instead to behave like a creepy uncle who openly hits on the young ladies milling around Mar-a-Lago. As he did when he ambled into a room filled with Florida's primary voters, presumably today, and was approached by a young MAGA fan who asked him to sign her red cap. — Read the rest

  • Mar-a-Lago Judge Rules Jury Sees Top Secret Files or Trump Wins

    Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon handed the jury in his Mar-a-Lago case

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    Mar-a-Lago Judge’s Stark Ruling: Jury Sees Secret Files or Trump Wins

    Jay Paul/ReutersThe MAGA-friendly federal judge who keeps siding with Donald Trump in his Mar-a-Lago classified records case has forced prosecutors to make a stark choice: allow jurors to see a huge trove of national secrets or let him go.U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s ultimatum Monday night came as a surprise twist in what could have been a simple order; one merely asking federal prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers for proposed jury instructions at the upcoming trial.But as she has done...

  • Selling Mar-a-Lago is Trump's best hope of meeting $464M bond deadline: real estate expert

    Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida estate could be the key to him paying the $464 million bond he owes in his New York fraud trial — but he needs to move fast, a real estate expert said Tuesday. Though the former president’s real estate is expansive, he won't have time to sell before the Monday deadline set for him to pay the bond, Bess Freedman, CEO of the luxury estate firm Brown, Harris Stevens, told CNN’s Erin Burnett. Mar-a-Lago is the one property that's tempting enough that a buyer might be...

  • Massie accuses Trump of 'ridiculous bullying tactics' after Trump calls for primary challenge against GOP congresswoman

    Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky pushed back after former President Donald Trump called for a primary challenge to be mounted against incumbent Republican Rep. Laurel Lee of Florida. "Any great MAGA Republicans looking to run against Laurel Lee in Florida’s 15th Congressional District? IF SO, PLEASE STEP FORWARD!" Trump declared post on Truth Social.Lee endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president last year before the governor launched his GOP presidential primary bid. But after...

  • Is the GOP Gonna Break Down?

    In this post I'm going to suggest something that is possible but still unlikely. But it would be a big enough deal that I think it's worth having in the back of your mind as we move into the 2024

  • Letter: GOP as we knew it obliterated by Trump

    The Republican Party has declined steeply since the days of Ronald Reagan.