Tag: Donald Trump

‘A knockout kind of fight’: Wyomingites brace for Republican primary colored by Trump

Earlier this month, Donald Trump took direct aim at Rep. Liz Cheney by endorsing Wyoming’s Harriet Hageman in her Republican primary bid to unseat the third-term House member who supported impeaching the former president over the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/09/19/wyoming-liz-cheneys-re-election-bid-bellwether-trumpism/8404330002/

‘Just say that the election was corrupt’: Handwritten notes show Trump pushed DOJ to back voter fraud claims

Donald Trump urged the Justice Department to say publicly that “the election was corrupt” even as its top officials tried unsuccessfully to convince him that claims of widespread voter fraud were false, according to newly released documents about conversations between the former president and the agency’s leadership. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/30/trump-pushed-justice-dept-back-election-fraud-claims-notes-show/5430207001/

Trump’s Big Tech lawsuits contain lies and absurd claims. But hey, we’re talking about him.

When former President Donald Trump’s lawyers go to court these days, they aren’t so much worried about winning their case as they are about losing their law license while they desperately hunt for some way to satisfy their client’s legally absurd demands without violating the rules of legal ethics. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/07/08/trump-lawsuits-facebook-twitter-youtube-bans/7895044002/

Donald Trump’s tax returns reveal why he *really* ran for president

By 2015, more than a decade removed from the smashing success of “The Apprentice,” Trump’s brand — always his most marketable and valuable commodity — was foundering, his golf courses were losing loads of money and he had nine-figure loans coming due. http://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/28/politics/donald-trump-tax-returns-new-york-times/index.html?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial

Donald Trump’s tax returns reveal why he *really* ran for president

By 2015, more than a decade removed from the smashing success of “The Apprentice,” Trump’s brand — always his most marketable and valuable commodity — was foundering, his golf courses were losing loads of money and he had nine-figure loans coming due. http://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/28/politics/donald-trump-tax-returns-new-york-times/index.html?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial