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3/23/2023

INVESTIGATIONS/NEW YORK: “New York City prosecutors on Thursday said Donald Trump created a false expectation of his arrest and led fellow Republicans in Congress to interfere with a probe of his hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

On Saturday, the former president forecast he would be arrested on Tuesday in the probe by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.

On Monday, three Republican committee chairmen in the U.S. House of Representatives from went on the offensive against District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, accusing him of abusing prosecutorial authority…

As of Wednesday, a grand jury hearing evidence in the Stormy Daniels case had yet to issue an indictment.”

-Karen Freifeld and Luc Cohen, “Manhattan DA: Trump created false expectation of arrest, Republicans interfered,” reuters.com, March 23, 2023

3/21/2023

LAWSUIT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY: “A judge declined Tuesday to move the trial date for a civil lawsuit filed against former President Donald Trump, his eldest children and his company by New York Attorney General Letitia James, alleging they duped banks and insurers by inflating the value of Trump’s real estate portfolio.

Trump’s legal team sought the delay but Judge Arthur Engoron said there was no need to postpone what he called a ‘seemingly simple case’ of whether Trump’s disclosures to his lenders and insurers, known as statements of financial condition, were accurate or not.”

-Aaron Katersky, “Judge rejects Trump legal team’s request to delay NY AG’s civil trial,” abcnew.go.com, March 21, 2023

3/20/2023

PAUL RYAN/POLLS/RON DESANTIS: “Ron DeSanctimonious is dropping in the Polls so fast that he soon may be falling behind young Vivek Ramaswamy. People are beginning to find out that Ron wanted to destroy Social Security, and raise its minimum age to at least 70. He also had strong plans for cutting Medicare, and still does. Nothing good happens when you are a disciple of Super RINO Paul Ryan. Also, Florida did great long before DeSanctus came along, got my ‘coveted’ Endorsement, shot up like a rocket, and won!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 20, 2023

3/20/2023

CRIMINAL JUSTICE/INVESTIGATIONS/MICHAEL COHEN/RON DESANTIS: “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday as a ‘Soros-funded prosecutor’ who is ‘pursuing a political agenda and weaponizing the office’ as he reportedly considers indicting former President Donald Trump on charges related to alleged hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016.

‘I’ve seen rumors swirl, I have not seen any facts yet, and so I don’t know what’s going to happen,’ DeSantis said in Florida when asked about the potential indictment of the former president…

The potential charges against Trump stem from the $130,000 hush-money payment that then-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen made to Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, in the weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election in exchange for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.”

-Brooke Singman, “DeSantis slams ‘Soros-funded’ Manhattan DA for ‘weaponizing the office’ as Trump rumors swirl,” foxnews.com, March 20, 2023

3/20/2023

CRIMINAL JUSTICE: “He would be fingerprinted. He would be photographed. He could even be handcuffed.

And if Donald J. Trump is indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in the days ahead for his role in a hush money payment to a porn star, the former president of the United States of America will be read the standard Miranda warning: He will be told that he has the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney.

These are among the routine steps for felony arrests in New York. But the unprecedented arrest of a former commander in chief — one whose devoted supporters once staged a violent attack on the Capitol — will be anything but routine.

Last week, senior officials from the district attorney’s office and the state agency that runs the courts had preliminary discussions to plan for a possible indictment and arraignment.”

-William K. Rashbaum, Jonah E. Bromwich and Alan Feuer, “N.Y. Authorities Prepare for Unprecedented Arrest of an Ex-President,” nytimes.com, March 20, 2023

3/19/2023

JOE BIDEN: “Biden wants to pretend he has nothing to do with the Manhattan D.A.’s Assault on Democracy when, in fact, he has ‘stuffed’ the D.A.’s Office with Department of Injustice people, including one top DOJ operative from D.C. who is actually running the ‘Horseface’ Witch Hunt. Bragg is a (Soros) Racist in Reverse, who is taking his orders from D.C. I beat them TWICE, doing much better the second time, and despite their DISINFORMATION campaign, they don’t want to run against ‘TRUMP’ or my GREAT RECORD!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 19, 2023

3/19/2023

INVESTIGATIONS: “Former President Donald Trump said Saturday [March 18, 2023] he expects to be arrested in connection with the yearslong investigation into a hush money scheme involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels and called on his supporters to protest any such move.

In a social media post, Trump, referring to himself, said the ‘leading Republican candidate and former president of the United States will be arrested on Tuesday of next week’ – though he did not say why he expects to be arrested. His team said after Trump’s post that it had not received any notifications from prosecutors.”

-Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes and Paula Reid, “Trump says he expects to be arrested Tuesday as New York law enforcement prepares for possible indictment,” cnn.com, March 19, 2023

3/18/2023

CRIMINAL JUSTICE: “IT’S TIME!!! WE ARE A NATION IN STEEP DECLINE, BEING LED INTO WORLD WAR III BY A CROOKED POLITICIAN WHO DOESN’T EVEN KNOW HE’S ALIVE, BUT WHO IS SURROUNDED BY EVIL & SINISTER PEOPLE WHO, BASED ON THEIR ACTIONS ON DEFUNDING THE POLICE, DESTROYING OUR MILITARY, OPEN BORDERS, NO VOTER I.D., INFLATION, RAISING TAXES, & MUCH MORE, CAN ONLY HATE OUR NOW FAILING USA. WE JUST CAN’T ALLOW THIS ANYMORE. THEY’RE KILLING OUR NATION AS WE SIT BACK & WATCH. WE MUST SAVE AMERICA!PROTEST, PROTEST, PROTEST!!!

NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 18, 2023

3/15/2023

BANKING/REGULATIONS/TRUMP ADMIN: “Some critics have blamed the failure of SVB, and the subsequent collapse of cryptocurrency-focused Signature Bank and Silvergate Capital, on the Trump administration’s easing of rules aimed at ensuring financial institutions can withstand serious economic shocks.

Other economists have argued the regulations that existed would have done little to save SVB, which collapsed after panicked customers began withdrawing funds in response to the California-based lender suffering steep losses from the sale of US government bonds.”

-John Power, “Why Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse put the spotlight on Trump,” aljazeera.com, March 15, 2023

3/15/2023

INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP BUSINESS/VLADIMIR PUTIN: “Federal prosecutors in New York involved in the criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s social media company last year started examining whether it violated money laundering statutes in connection with the acceptance of $8m with suspected Russian ties, according to sources familiar with the matter…

Towards the end of last year, federal prosecutors started examining two loans totaling $8m wired to Trump Media, through the Caribbean, from two obscure entities that both appear to be controlled in part by the relation of an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin, the sources said.”

-Hugo Lowell, “Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say,” theguardian.com, March 15, 2023

3/15/2023

2024 ELECTION/FLORIDA/PAC/RON DESANTIS: “Donald Trump’s allies are stepping up their battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, formally accusing him of violating state ethics and election laws with his ‘shadow [2024 election] presidential campaign.’

Make America Great Again Inc. is filing a 15-page complaint Wednesday with the Florida Commission on Ethics…

Trump’s allies face a tall order in getting the commission to investigate DeSantis, considering he appointed five of the nine members.”

-Matt Dixon, “Ron DeSantis hit with an ethics complaint from Trump super PAC,” nbcnews.com, March 15, 2023

3/14/2023

2024 ELECTION/MIKE PENCE: “Former Vice President Mike Pence… speaking Saturday [March 11, 2023] at the Gridiron Dinner in Washington, denounced his former boss over the insurrection, according to accounts from reporters in the room.

‘History will hold Donald Trump accountable for Jan. 6,’ said Pence, who has been considering running against Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. ‘Make no mistake about it: What happened that day was a disgrace, and it mocks decency to portray it in any other way. President Trump was wrong. His reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day.’”

-Tal Axelrod, “Pence denounces Trump over Jan. 6 and Trump slams his standing in the polls,” abcnews.go.com, March 14, 2023

3/13/2023

INVESTIGATIONS/RUSSIA/UKRAINE: “These Four Radical Left investigations of your all time favorite President, ME, is just a continuation of the most disgusting Witch Hunt in the HISTORY of our Country. No different than the RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA HOAX, the UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE IMPEACHMENT SCAM, the SPYING ON MY CAMPAIGN, the ‘NO COLLUSION’ MUELLER REPORT, etc. Whether it’s the MAR-a-LAGO RAID, the UNSELECT COMMITTEE HOAX, the PERFECT GEORGIA PHONE CALL, or the STORMY ‘HORSEFACE’ DANIALS EXTORTION PLOT, ALL SICK, FAKE NEWS!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 13, 2023

3/12/2023

BANKING/BERNIE SANDERS/REGULATIONS: “Let’s be clear. The failure of Silicon Valley Bank is a direct result of an absurd 2018 bank deregulation bill signed by Donald Trump that I strongly opposed. Five years ago, the Republican Director of the Congressional Budget Office released a report finding that this legislation would ‘increase the likelihood that a large financial firm with assets of between $100 billon and $250 billion would fail.’”

-Bernie Sanders, “NEWS: Sanders Statement on Silicon Valley Bank,” sanders.senate.gov, March 12, 2023

3/12/2023

ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN/TAXES: “With what is happening to our economy, and with the proposals being made on the LARGEST AND DUMBEST TAX INCREASE IN THE HISTORY OF THE USA, TIMES FIVE, JOE BIDEN WILL GO DOWN AS THE HERBERT HOOVER OF THE MODRRN AGE. WE WILL HAVE A GREAT DEPRESSION FAR BIGGER AND MORE POWERFUL THAN THAT OF 1929. AS PROOF, THE BANKS ARE ALREADY STARTING TO COLLAPSE!!!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 12, 2023

3/12/2023

COVID-19: “We did great things on Covid, but never got the credit from the Fake News!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 12, 2023

3/12/2023

RON DESANTIS: “Ron DeSanctimonious totally caved in his public relations inspired battle with Disney. That’s the only reason he went after them in the first place, to show Mr. Tough Guy. Disney maintained complete exemption from property & sales tax, tax-free bonds, and their incredible fast track permitting. They also gave big political contributions to DeSanctus. The whole thing is a Hoax – They probably worked together to make him look like a fighter. Read Rick Foglesong, preeminent authority on Disney.”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 12, 2023

3/9/2023

CHINA/RON DESANTIS: “Remember FARMERS, I got China to pay you 28 Billion Dollars as an adjustment for how unfairly they treated you. This was part of the great Trade Deal I made for you with China (Biden is not properly enforcing it!). No other President could have done this. No other President was as PRO FARMER as me. Tell that to Ron DeSanctimonious when he shows up to your door, hat in hand. Tell him to go home!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 9, 2023

3/6/2023

2024 ELECTION/NIKKI HALEY/RON DESANTIS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump.

Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump’s critics from both parties and attacked Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who is challenging her onetime boss for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

When it came to Ron DeSantis, the bots aggressively suggested that the Florida governor couldn’t beat Trump, but would be a great running mate.”

-David Klepper, “Thousands of pro-Trump bots are attacking DeSantis, Haley,” apnews.com, March 6, 2023

3/6/2023

2020 ELECTION/DOJ: “At least 1,000 people so far have been arrested on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters [related to the 2020 election], the Department of Justice said Monday [March 6, 2023].

About 518 people have pleaded guilty to federal crimes so far, the DOJ said in an update marking 26 months since the riot.

Around one third of Capitol riot defendants have been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding police during the attack, the DOJ said. About 420 defendants have already been adjudicated and sentenced for their criminal activity. Another 53 people were found guilty at trials, DOJ said.”

-Dan Mangan, “DOJ says at least 1,000 Trump supporters arrested for Jan. 6 Capitol riot,” cnbc.com, March 6, 2023

3/6/2023

INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Hope Hicks, a trusted aide to Donald J. Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign, met with the Manhattan district attorney’s office on Monday [March 6, 2023] — the latest in a string of witnesses to be questioned by prosecutors as they investigate the former president’s involvement in paying hush money to a porn star.

The appearance of Ms. Hicks, who was seen walking into the Manhattan district attorney’s office in the early afternoon, represents the latest sign that the prosecutors are in the final stages of their investigation.”

-Kate Christobek, Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich and William K. Rashbaum, “Hope Hicks Meets With Manhattan Prosecutors as Trump Inquiry Intensifies,” nytimes.com, March 6, 2023

3/4/2023

CPAC/JOE BIDEN/SPORTS: “I will revoke every Biden policy promoting the chemical castration and sexual mutilation of our youth and ask Congress to send me a bill prohibiting child sexual mutilation in all 50 states. That should be easy. We will keep men out of women’s sports. How ridiculous. That will take place on day one. I will destroy the illegal censorship regime and bring back free speech in America because we do not have free speech.”

-Donald Trump, “Trump Speaks at CPAC 2023 Transcript,” rev.com, March 6, 2023

3/4/2023

CPAC/REFUGEES: “Refugee numbers are through the roof. And spies and terrorists are infiltrating our country totally unchecked like never before. When I’m back in the White House, the very first reconciliation bill I will sign will be for a massive increase in Border Patrol and a colossal increase in the number of ice deportation officers…

Other countries are emptying out their prisons, insane asylums and mental institutions and sending all of their problems right into their dumping ground, the USA. Think of it, they’re emptying out their prisons, and you’ve heard me say that, but they’re also emptying out their mental institutions and to use a strong couple of words, insane asylum.

Insane asylum, that’s where… Anybody see Silence of the Lamb? That’s where they come from. Insane asylum. That’s a stronger word than a mental institution.”

-Donald Trump, “Trump Speaks at CPAC 2023 Transcript,” rev.com, March 6, 2023

3/4/2023

CPAC/DONALD ON DONALD: “A lot of people say, ‘How do you do it, sir?’ I had a man come up to me the other day, one of the toughest, strongest people that you can imagine. You all know his name, big businessman, a lot of money, a lot of success, tough as hell.

And he said, ‘Could I ask you a question, president?’ A friend of mine, used to call me Donald, now he calls me president. ‘Could I ask you a question, president?’ ‘What?’ ‘How do you do it? How do you do it every day? They sent you subpoenas every day. There’re after you. They’re looking to take you down at levels that nobody’s ever put up with before.’

Seven years I’ve gone through this. We beat them all, but it continues. And he said to me, ‘Seriously, how do you do it? I could never do it.’ This is one of the toughest guys. I said, ‘Maybe you could.’ He said, ‘Nope, I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t get out of bed in the morning.’ But I do it for you, and that’s what I’m doing it for. I do it for you.”

-Donald Trump, “Trump Speaks at CPAC 2023 Transcript,” rev.com, March 6, 2023

3/4/2023

2024 ELECTION/CPAC/JOE BIDEN/KAMALA HARRIS/POLLS: “First of all, we’re leading every Republican by massive numbers [for the 2024 election]. And very importantly, perhaps more importantly, we’re leading Biden by a lot, and we’re leading Kamala by a lot. And every time the polls go up higher and higher, the prosecutors get crazier and crazier. We got to stop these guys. Says, ‘We have to stop Trump now. We got to stop him now because we can’t stop him at the ballot box.’ They tried that in 2016. How did that work out? Not too good. And we actually, and I have to say this, I hope Fox doesn’t turn up, but we did much better in 2020 than we did in 2016, much better.”

-Donald Trump, “Trump Speaks at CPAC 2023 Transcript,” rev.com, March 6, 2023

3/4/2023

CPAC/NATO/UKRAINE: “We’re taking care of the problems of the rest of the world that they’re not taking care of themselves. They have us put up the money. You know what I’m talking about. If you look at Ukraine, and we all feel so badly about it, but why isn’t NATO putting up dollar for dollar with us? We put up $140 billion and they put up just a tiny fraction of that. And we all want to see success, but it’s far more important to them than it is to us because of that location.”

-Donald Trump, “Trump Speaks at CPAC 2023 Transcript,” rev.com, March 6, 2023

3/4/2023

CPAC/DEMS/JOE BIDEN: “For seven years, you and I have been engaged in an epic struggle to rescue our country from the people who hate it and want to absolutely destroy it. The sinister forces trying to kill America have done everything they can to stop me, to silence you, and to turn this nation into a socialist dumping ground for criminals, junkies, Marxists, thugs, radicals, and dangerous refugees that no other country wants…

We’re a nation in decline. Our enemies are desperate to stop us because they know that we are the only ones who can stop them… That’s why I’m standing before you, because we are going to finish what we started. We started something that was America. We’re going to complete the mission. We’re going to see this battle through to ultimate victory. We’re going to make America great again. With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. We will expel the warmongers…

We will drive out the globalists, we will cast out the communists… We will beat the Democrats. We will route the fake news media. We will expose and appropriately deal with the rhinos. We will evict Joe Biden from the White House. And we will liberate America from these villains and scoundrels once and for all.”

-Donald Trump, “Trump Speaks at CPAC 2023 Transcript,” rev.com, March 6, 2023

3/2/2023

CPAC: “I will be at CPAC on Saturday, talking about the fact that, obviously, our Country is going to ‘HELL,’ and how to fix it. Also, the Democrats use of Radical Left Prosecutors and the WEAPONIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. It is illegal, has never been used and abused like this, and has the potential to bring down our once fair and wonderful Country. These Marxist Thugs have been after me for years, only to help them win elections. In just Two Years, we have become a Third World Failing Nation. MAGA!!!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 2, 2023

3/2/2023

CPAC: “The only reason certain ‘candidates’ won’t be going to CPAC is because the crowds have no interest in anything they have to say. They’ve heard it all before, and don’t want to hear it again. But my speech, on Saturday night, is already a sold out ‘monster.’ They are trying to expand the room and space. We’ll have a great time at CPAC, we always do. See you there, and don’t forget to vote in the important Straw Poll!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 2, 2023

3/2/2023

2020 ELECTION/PAUL RYAN: “Rumors are flying high that idiot RINO Paul Ryan, who has greatly hurt the ‘credibility’ of Rupert Murdoch with his ridiculous stance that the 2020 Election was all ‘peaches and cream,’ will be fired ‘like a dog’ from the Fox Board. Fox is going in the wrong direction, ratings are heading down, and Murdoch just threw certain very good people, who were correct, under the bus. He played right into the enemies camp. Viewers, and MAGA, are not happy!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 2, 2023

3/2/2023

2020 ELECTION/FAKE NEWS: “Rupert Murdoch should apologize to his viewers and readers for his ridiculous defense of the 2020 Presidential Election. How many forms of cheating and rigging does he have to see? He should also apologize to those anchors who got it right, and fire the ones who got it wrong, or were afraid to speak up (of which there were many!). It’s time to get rid of Fake News, and call it like it is!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 2, 2023

3/2/2023

2024 ELECTION/MIKE PENCE: “Twice given a chance to say he would support Donald Trump if he was the Republican nominee for president in 2024, Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice-president, declined to do so.

‘I’m very confident we’ll have better choices come 2024,’ Pence told CBS on Wednesday [March 1, 2023]. ‘And I’m confident our standard-bearer will win the day in November of that year.'”

-Martin Pengelly, “Pence declines to support Trump if he’s 2024 nominee: ‘I’m confident we’ll have better choices,’” theguardian.com, March 2, 2023

3/2/2023

2020 ELECTION/DOJ/LAWSUIT: “The Justice Department said Thursday [March 2, 2023] former President Donald Trump doesn’t deserve absolute immunity from three civil lawsuits accusing him of inciting the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021 [following the 2020 election].

‘No part of a President’s official responsibilities includes the incitement of imminent private violence,’ department lawyers said in an appeals court filing. ‘By definition, such conduct plainly falls outside the President’s constitutional and statutory duties.’

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will decide whether to allow the lawsuits to continue.”

-Bart Jansen, “DOJ to appeals court: Donald Trump can be sued for inciting Jan. 6 Capitol riot,” usatoday.com, March 2, 2023

3/1/2023

2020 ELECTION: “If Rupert Murdoch honestly believes that the Presidential Election of 2020, despite MASSIVE amounts of proof to the contrary, was not Rigged & Stolen, then he & his group of MAGA Hating Globalist RINOS should get out of the News Business as soon as possible, because they are aiding & abetting the DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA with FAKE NEWS. Certain BRAVE & PATRIOTIC FoxNews Hosts, who he scorns and ridicules, got it right. He got it wrong. THEY SHOULD BE ADMIRED & PRAISED, NOT REBUKED & FORSAKEN!!!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 1, 2023

3/1/2023

POLLS: “GREAT POLL NUMBERS. LEADING BIDEN, DESANCTUS, AND ALL OTHERS BY A LOT. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, March 1, 2023

3/1/2023

CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS/DOJ/FBI: “Months of disputes between Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents over how best to try to recover classified documents from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and residence led to a tense showdown near the end of July last year, according to four people familiar with the discussions.

Prosecutors argued that new evidence suggested Trump was knowingly concealing secret documents at his Palm Beach, Fla., home and urged the FBI to conduct a surprise raid at the property. But two senior FBI officials who would be in charge of leading the search resisted the plan as too combative and proposed instead to seek Trump’s permission to search his property.”

-Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett, Perry Stein and Aaron C. Davis, “Showdown before the raid: FBI agents and prosecutors argued over Trump,” washingtonpost.com, March 1, 2023

3/1/2023

KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “On Wednesday [March 1, 2023], former Trump White House adviser Kellyanne Conway met with prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office as part of their criminal investigation into Trump and the alleged hush payment to Stormy Daniels, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

Conway is the latest witness to meet with prosecutors. Others include Michael Cohen, Trump’s one time fixer and lawyer who funded the payment, and David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer who helped arrange it.”

-Aaron Katersky, “Kellyanne Conway meets with Manhattan prosecutors investigating Trump,” abcnews.go.com, March 1, 2023

2/28/2023

JOE BIDEN/POLLS/RON DESANTIS: “Great Poll numbers are springing forth for your favorite President, me, against Ron DeSanctus (& Biden). I guess people are finding out that he wanted to CUT SOCIAL SECURITY & RAISE THE MINIMUM AGE TO AT LEAST 70, at least 4 times. LIKEWISE WITH MEDICARE, WANTED BIG CUTS. HE IS A WHEELCHAIR OVER THE CLIFF KIND OF GUY, JUST LIKE HIS HERO, failed politician Paul Ryan, the FoxNews ratings destroyer who led Mitt Romney’s Presidential Campaign down the tubes. GLOBALIST’S ALL! WE WANT AMERICA FIRST!!!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 28, 2023

2/28/2023

2020 ELECTION: “There was so much Voter Fraud & Irregularities in the 2020 Presidential Election that it amazes me how weak and ineffective FoxNews is at portraying itself in the lawsuit against them. They look too scared and frightened to reveal the massive amounts of voter fraud & Irregularities already found, and it would actually help them in the lawsuit. Instead FoxNews wants to silence its anchors and reporters, the reason so many of their viewers fled. The Election was that of a Third World Country!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 28, 2023

2/25/2023

DOJ/JOE BIDEN: “DOJ didn’t need a Search Warrant for my home, but they did need it for Biden, who has not been forthcoming, had no rights to Declassify, had NO SECURITY and many different locations, EVEN CHINATOWN. He won’t give the 1,850 Boxes of Documents stored in Delaware – Why not? I have done everything correctly under the Presidential Records Act, he didn’t. As President, I had the absolute right to Declassify, not Biden. Unfair and unequal treatment under the law. Fourth Amendment Violation, & more!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 25, 2023

2/25/2023

2020 ELECTION/GEORGIA: “There is no case against me in Georgia because I did NOTHING WRONG, but in any event, and everyone agrees, the out of control Foreperson who did an illegal and unprecedented Media Tour DURING the process, makes the case dead for a second reason. Same in New York City, where the Democrat Prosecutor actually wrote and released a book during the Witch Hunt…TAINTED both! TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME coupled with Prosecutorial Misconduct!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 25, 2023

2/25/2023

JOE BIDEN/WAR: “This is the most dangerous time in the history of our Country. World War III is looming, like never before, in the very dark and murky background. ‘Leadership’ is solely responsible for this unprecedented danger to the USA, and likewise, the World. HOPELESS JOE BIDEN IS LEADING US INTO OBLIVION!!!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 25, 2023

2/22/2023

GEORGIA: “This Georgia case is ridiculous, a strictly political continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt of all time. Now you have an extremely energetic young woman, the (get this!) ‘foreperson’ of the Racist D.A.’s Special Grand Jury, going around and doing a Media Tour revealing, incredibly, the Grand Jury’s inner workings & thoughts. This is not JUSTICE, this is an illegal Kangaroo Court. Atlanta is leading the Nation in Murder and other Violent Crimes. All I did is make TWO PERFECT PHONE CALLS!!!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 22, 2023

2/22/2023

2024 ELECTION/MIKE PENCE: “Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he would prefer a Republican alternative to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, while floating reforms to popular entitlement programs as he mulls his own possible White House run.

‘I think we’re going to have better choices’ than Trump, Pence said on CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ when asked if the GOP should nominate someone other than the former president next year. Pence did not explicitly rule out supporting Trump if he became the GOP nominee.”

-Kevin Breuninger, “Pence says there are ‘better choices’ than Trump for 2024, calls to put entitlement cuts ‘on the table,’” CNBC.com, February 22, 2023

2/22/2023

OHIO: “Former US President Donald Trump has accused federal officials of ‘indifference’ to an Ohio town that is reeling from a toxic train derailment.

On a visit to East Palestine, Mr Trump claimed his presence had spurred the Biden administration to devote more resources to this month’s crash.

Local residents have expressed frustration at what they saw as a lack of answers from officials…

Mr Trump’s short speech also included a thinly veiled jab at US President Joe Biden, saying that he hopes he has ‘money left over’ after a visit to Ukraine earlier this week.”

-Bernd Debusmann Jr, “Donald Trump says officials ‘indifferent’ after Ohio train derailment,” bbc.com, February 22, 2023

2/22/2023

JOE BIDEN/OHIO/UKRAINE: “Former President Donald Trump is set to visit East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday to tour the site of a toxic train derailment amid growing frustration from residents and leaders about the federal government’s response to their safety concerns…

Trump has seized on Biden’s decision to make a surprise visit to Ukraine this week when the president has yet to see the situation firsthand in East Palestine. Biden was traveling back from Poland on Wednesday after marking the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

‘You have people in Ohio that are desperate need of help,’ Trump said Monday during a Presidents Day appearance in Florida. ‘Those are great people and they were abandoned. But now I think they won’t be abandoned any longer,’ he added in an interview the same day with Real America’s Voice.”

-Jill Colvin and John Seewer, “Trump, reprising White House role, to tour train derailment,” apnews.com, February 22, 2023

2/22/2023

2020 ELECTION/GEORGIA/INVESTIGATIONS: “CNN reporters agonized over Emily Kohrs, the forewoman on Georgia’s special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump, who sat down for multiple interviews with the media about the grand jury’s recommendations.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Elie Honig discussed Kohrs’ interview Tuesday night and wondered if her media blitz was ‘responsible.’…

The Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury released portions of their findings from the probe into whether Trump and his allies interfered in Georgia’s electoral process as part of an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.”

-Hanna Panreck, “CNN reporters agonize over Trump grand jury forewoman’s bizarre media blitz: ‘Prosecutor’s nightmare,'” foxnews.com, February 22, 2023

2/21/2023

2024 ELECTION: “ANYBODY running for the Office of President of the United States should agree to take a full & complete Mental Competency Test simultaneously (or before!) with the announcement that he or she is running, & likewise, but to a somewhat lesser extent, agree to a test which would prove that you are physically capable of doing the job. Being an outstanding President requires great mental acuity & physical stamina. If you don’t have these qualities or traits, it is likely you won’t succeed. MAGA!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 21, 2023

2/21/2023

FLORIDA/RON DESANTIS: “Florida was doing GREAT long before Ron DeSanctus got there. People are fleeing from New York to Florida (and other places) because of high TAXES and out of control CRIME, not because of Governor (thank you President Trump!) DeSanctimonious. Rick Scott did great, and even Charlie Crist had very good numbers. SUNSHINE AND OCEAN, very alluring!!!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 21, 2023

2/21/2023

JOE BIDEN/NORTH KOREA: “Kim Jung Un of North Korea, who I got to know and got along with very well during my years as President, is not happy with the U.S. and South Korea doing big training and air exercises together. He feels threatened. Even I would constantly complain that South Korea pays us very little to do these extremely expensive and provocative drills. It’s really ridiculous. We have 35,000 in jeopardy soldiers there, I had a deal for full payment to us, $Billions, and Biden gave it away. Such a shame!!!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 21, 2023

2/21/2023

LEGAL/PAC: “Former President Donald J. Trump, who throughout his business career had a reputation for not paying lawyers, spent roughly $10 million from his political action committee on his own legal fees last year, federal election filings show.

The money that went to Mr. Trump’s legal bills was part of more than $16 million that Mr. Trump’s PAC, Save America, spent for legal-related payments in 2021 and 2022, the filings show.”

-Maggie Haberman, “Trump Spent $10 Million From His PAC on His Legal Bills Last Year,” nytimes.com, February 21, 2023

2/21/2023

MEDIA/RON DESANTIS: “Former President Trump ripped into Fox News on Tuesday [February 21, 2023] over its coverage of the political ascendance of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

‘So interesting to watch FoxNews cover the small and unenthusiastic 139 person crowd in Staten Island for DeSantis, but stay as far away as possible from coverage of the thousands of people, many unable to get in, at the Club 47 event in West Palm Beach, Florida,’ Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday.

‘I call FoxNews the RINO Network, and their DOWN BIG Ratings accurately reflect the name,’ Trump said, using an acronym referring to the phrase ‘Republican in Name Only.'”

-Dominick Mastrangelo, “Trump labels Fox News ‘RINO’ network over DeSantis coverage,” foxnews.com, February 21, 2023

2/21/2023

GEORGIA/INVESTIGATIONS: “A special grand jury that investigated election interference by former President Donald J. Trump and his allies in Georgia recommended indictments for multiple people on a range of charges in its final report, most of which remains sealed, the forewoman of the jury [Emily Kohrs] said…

Asked whether the jurors had recommended indicting Mr. Trump, Ms. Kohrs would not answer directly but said: ‘You’re not going to be shocked. It’s not rocket science.’ In the slim portions of the report that were released last week, the jurors said they saw possible evidence of perjury by ‘one or more’ witnesses who testified before them.”

-Danny Hakim, “Jury in Georgia Trump Inquiry Recommended Multiple Indictments, Forewoman Says,” nytimes.com, February 21, 2023

 

2/20/2023

JOE BIDEN/UKRAINE: “If you watch and understand the moves being made by Biden on Ukraine, he is systematically, but perhaps unknowingly, pushing us into what could soon be WORLD WAR III. How crazy is that?”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 20, 2023

2/20/2023

RALLY/UKRAINE/VLADIMIR PUTIN: “Donald Trump on Monday night [February 20, 2023] touted his great relationship with Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin and defended his past assertion that he trusted the foreign leader over his own intelligence community.

‘Putin never, ever would have gone into Ukraine if I were president,’ Trump told supporters at a Florida rally. ‘I actually had a very good relationship’ with Putin.”

-Asawin Suebsaeng, “Trump Defends Putin as Biden Visits War-Torn Ukraine,” rollingstone.com, February 20, 2023

2/18/2022

ECONOMY: “Inflation is a self inflicted wound. There was NO reason this should be happening to our Country. Name one thing that has gone well for America during the last two years, then add the ravages of inflation. It has been a very tough period for the U.S., but we will quickly MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 18, 2023

2/18/2023

RON DESANTIS: “Ron DeSanctimonious wants to cut your Social Security and Medicare, closed up Florida & its beaches, loves RINOS Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush, and Karl Rove (disasters ALL!), is backed by Globalist’s Club for NO Growth, Lincoln Pervert Project, & ‘Uninspired’ Koch — And it only gets worse from there. He is a RINO in disguise!, whose Poll numbers are dropping like a rock. Good luck Ron!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 18, 2023

2/17/2023

PAUL RYAN/RON DESANTIS: “I will never call Ron DeSanctimonious ‘Meatball’ Ron, as the Fake News is insisting I will. Even though FoxNews killing lightweight Paul Ryan is revered by him, Low Energy Jeb Bush is his hero and always at his side, his beaches and State were closed for long periods of time, his testing, testing, testing for the China Virus didn’t work out too well, and his loyalty skills are really weak, it would be totally inappropriate to use the word ‘meatball’ as a moniker for Ron!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 17, 2023

2/16/2023

GEORGIA/INVESTIGATIONS: “An Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia concluded that some witnesses may have lied under oath during their testimony and recommended that charges be filed. But those witnesses were not identified in the five-page excerpt of the grand jury report made public Thursday [February 16, 2023].”

-Holly Bailey, “Georgia grand jury: ‘Perjury may have been committed’ in Trump election probe,” washingtonpost.com, February 16, 2023

2/16/2023

2020 ELECTION/MEDIA: “In the days and weeks after the 2020 elections, the Fox News Channel repeatedly broadcast false claims that then-President Donald Trump had been cheated of victory.

Off the air, the network’s stars, producers and executives expressed contempt for those same conspiracies, calling them ‘mind-blowingly nuts,’ ‘totally off the rails’ and ‘completely bs’ – often in far earthier terms.

The network’s top primetime stars – Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity – texted contemptuously of the claims in group chats, but also denounced colleagues pointing that out publicly or on television…

Those revelations and far more surfaced in legal filings made public late Thursday afternoon as part of Dominion Voting System’s blockbuster $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox and its parent company.”

-David Folkenflik, “Off the air, Fox News stars blasted the election fraud claims they peddled,” NPR.org, February 16, 2023

2/15/2023

2024 ELECTION/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “After years of assailing early voting, Donald Trump is having a change of heart.

The 2024 presidential candidate remains critical of various forms of early voting, advisers say, but his campaign is nonetheless mounting an effort to pursue such votes after Democrats excelled at doing so in recent elections. His team is studying state laws governing absentee and mail-in voting as well as ballot collection…

Mr. Trump highlighted the move in a fundraising email this week, saying, ‘The radical Democrats have used ballot harvesting to cancel out YOUR vote and walk away with elections that they NEVER should have won. But I’m doing something HUGE to fight back.'”

-Alex Leary and Eliza Collins, “Donald Trump Changes Tune on Mail-in Voting, Ballot Collection,” wsj.com, February 15, 2023

2/14/2023

JOE BIDEN/POLLS: “Doing great in poll numbers. Leading all Republicans by a lot, also leading Biden by a very wide margin, which means that our weaponized Injustice Department, local D.A.’s, and Attorney Generals, will step up their illegal and unprecedented attacks in order to disparage me with false ‘bull….’ and statements in the hope that I will be damaged enough to allow a RINO, or Biden, to ‘slip through the cracks.’ But be careful, the American people get it, and don’t like what they are seeing. MAGA!!!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 14, 2023

2/14/2023

CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS/FBI: “Many of the so-called ‘documents’ that the ‘Gestapo’ took in the Raid of Mar-a-Lago, unlike the’No Raids of Biden,’ were merely inexpensive and very common folders with words such as ‘Presidential Reading,’ ‘Confidential,’ ‘Classified,’ or other words stamped on the front cover. There was nothing inside of the folders because, during meetings where information was passed out, say at the Oval Office, when finished the papers inside were taken back, but the empty folders were left behind…..

I would put them in a pile and keep them as momentous. Nothing wrong with that, but sounds to me that the Injustice Department views these as DOCUMENTS – They are not! These people are just out looking for trouble! Should be checking Biden’s unsecured classified docs instead. How about the 1,850 Boxes sent to Delaware. That’s the mother load! Or separately, how about revealing who spied on my campaign, stuffed the ballot boxes, or paid off the FBI? That’s what people want to hear!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 14, 2023

2/14/2023

CRIME/JOE BIDEN: “The former president [Donald Trump], if re-elected, is still committed to expanding the use of the federal death penalty and bringing back banned methods of execution, the sources say. He has even, one of the sources recounts, mused about televising footage of executions, including showing condemned prisoners in the final moments of their lives.

Specifically, Trump has talked about bringing back death by firing squad, by hanging, and, according to two of the sources, possibly even by guillotine. He has also, sources say, discussed group executions. Trump has floated these ideas while discussing planned campaign rhetoric and policy desires, as well as his disdain for President Biden’s approach to crime.”

-Asawin Suebsaeng and Patrick Reis, “Trump Plans to Bring Back Firing Squads, Group Executions if He Retakes White House,” rollingstone.com, February 14, 2023

2/14/2023

LAWSUIT: “A New York appeals court upheld sanctions against former President Donald Trump totaling $110,000 for failing to respond to a New York state attorney general subpoena for documents…

In a brief decision Tuesday, a panel of three judges said the financial sanction ‘was a proper exercise of the court’s discretionary power and was not excessive or otherwise improper, under the particular circumstances.’

The sanction was the first – of what turned out to be many – facing Trump, or his attorneys, from judges.”

-Kara Scannell, “Trump must pay $110,000 in sanctions to NY attorney general, court rules,” cnn.com, February 14, 2023

2/14/2023

2024 ELECTION/NIKKI HALEY/PAC: “The top pro-Trump super PAC acknowledged Tuesday former ambassador Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign announcement, dismissing her as a ‘career politician.’

Haley, who served as the US Ambassador to the United Nations, announced Tuesday that she was seeking the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election.

MAGA Inc. executive and former Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich released a statement on behalf of the super PAC mocking Haley and her presidential bid.

‘Nikki Haley is just another career politician,’ Budowich said. ‘She started out as a Never Trumper before resigning to serve in the Trump admin. She then resigned early to go rake in money on corporate boards,’ Budowich wrote.”

-Timothy H.J. Nerozzi, “Trump camp reacts to Nikki Haley becoming first official opponent: ‘Just another career politician,'” foxnews.com, February 14, 2023

2/14/2023

2024 ELECTION/NIKKI HALEY/POLLS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday kicked off her campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, a tough challenge as her former boss Donald Trump holds a strong lead in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll…

Haley, a former South Carolina governor who served as the U.N. ambassador under Trump from 2017 to 2018, is set to lay out her campaign plans in a speech on Wednesday [February 15, 2023] in Charleston, South Carolina.”

-Steve Holland and Susan Heavey, “Nikki Haley takes on Donald Trump for 2024 U.S. Republican nomination,” reuters.com, February 14, 2023

2/13/2023

FAKE NEWS/RON DESANTIS: “All of the Fake News is reporting that I spend large amounts of my time coming up with a good ‘nickname’ for Ron DeSanctimonious, who is obviously going to give the presidential ‘thing’ a shot. They are all 100% wrong, I don’t even think about it — A very unimportant subject to me!!!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 13, 2023

2/13/2023

ARIZONA/SPORTS: “Sorry football fans! Because the Super Bowl was held in Arizona, the results of the game, after a lengthy analysis currently taking place of the ‘holding’ call, will not be known for at least 4 weeks. Thank you for your attention to this matter, and I hope that you thoroughly enjoyed the game!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 13, 2023

2/13/2023

CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS: “A lawyer for former President Donald Trump shared a surprising explanation for what Trump was doing at his Mar-a-Lago resort with a folder bearing ‘classified’ wording that was recently turned over to federal investigators.

The lawyer, Tim Parlatore, was asked in a CNN interview Sunday about what he said was an empty folder labeled “classified evening summary” that was given to investigators…

‘He has one of those landline telephones next to his bed, and it has a blue light on it, and it keeps him up at night,’ Parlatore said. ‘So he took the manila folder and he put it over it so that it would keep the light down so he could sleep at night.'”

-Summer Concepcion, “Trump used folder bearing ‘classified’ wording to block light keeping him awake at night, lawyer says,” nbcnews.com, February 13, 2023

2/12/2023

CELEBS/SPORTS: “Former President Trump doubled down on his attacks on superstar singer Rihanna on Sunday night following her Super Bowl performance…

‘EPIC FAIL: Rihanna gave, without question, the single worst Halftime Show in Super Bowl history — This after insulting far more than half of our Nation, which is already in serious DECLINE, with her foul and insulting language,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday night.

‘Also, so much for her “Stylist!”‘ he added.

Trump’s comments appear to reference Rihanna spraypainting a car with “F**k Trump” in 2020.”

-Sarah Polus, “Trump bashes Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime performance,” thehill.com, February 12, 2023

2/12/2023

2024 ELECTION/COVID-19/RON DESANTIS: “Former President Donald Trump is trying out new nicknames for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, including ‘Meatball Ron,’ per The New York Times.

Trump has used the insult, which is meant as a jab at DeSantis’ appearance, in private conversations…

Trump has also called DeSantis ‘Shutdown Ron’ in private, per The Times. This is a reference to DeSantis’ March 2020 executive order that temporarily closed bars and nightclubs in Florida because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump announced his 2024 presidential run in November and has since pre-emptively launched a series of attacks on his would-be rival.”

-Cheryl Teh, “Trump is testing out new nicknames for Ron DeSantis, including ‘Meatball Ron:’ NYT,” businessinsider.com, February 12, 2023

2/11/2023

2020 ELECTION: “Former president Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign commissioned an outside research firm in a bid to prove electoral-fraud claims but never released the findings because the firm disputed many of his theories and could not offer any proof that he was the rightful winner of the election, according to four people familiar with the matter…

‘They looked at everything: change of addresses, illegal immigrants, ballot harvesting, people voting twice, machines being tampered with, ballots that were sent to vacant addresses that were returned and voted,’ said a person familiar with the work who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private research and meetings. ‘Literally anything you could think of. Voter turnout anomalies, date of birth anomalies, whether dead people voted. If there was anything under the sun that could be thought of, they looked at it.'”

-Josh Dawsey, “Trump campaign paid researchers to prove 2020 fraud but kept findings secret,” washingtonpost.com, February 11, 2023

2/11/2023

GOLF/JARED KUSHNER/SAUDI ARABIA: “The day after leaving the White House, Kushner created a company that he transformed months later into a private equity firm with $2 billion from a sovereign wealth fund chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman…

A year after his presidency, Trump’s golf courses began hosting tournaments for the Saudi fund-backed LIV Golf. Separately, the former president’s family company, the Trump Organization, secured an agreement with a Saudi real estate company that plans to build a Trump hotel as part of a $4 billion golf resort in Oman.

The substantial investments by the Saudis in enterprises that benefited both men came after they cultivated close ties with Mohammed while Trump was in office.”

-Michael Kranish, “After helping prince’s rise, Trump and Kushner benefit from Saudi funds,” washingtonpost.com, February 11, 2023

2/10/2023

2020 ELECTION/INVESTIGATIONS/MIKE PENCE: “Will Trump Hating Prosecutor Jack Smith be investigating the FACT that they SPIED on my [2020 election] campaign, even as I was in the Oval Office, they Stuffed the Ballot Boxes (per 2000 Mules), used Covid to cheat, that the FBI pushed Twitter & Facebook around, causing massive voter disruption, and so much more? That’s really what he should be looking at, not asking a very decent Mike Pence why he didn’t send the votes back to State Legislatures for scrutinization, which he could have done. Get the RIGGERS!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 10, 2023

2/9/2023

SOCIAL MEDIA: “Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) has restored former U.S. President Donald Trump’s access to Facebook and Instagram, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed on Thursday, following a two-year suspension after the deadly Capitol Hill riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

Meta in January said it would lift Trump’s suspension ‘in the coming weeks’ and would institute heightened penalties of a suspension between one month and two years if the former president violated its content policies again.”

-Reuters, “Meta restores Donald Trump’s access to Facebook, Instagram,” reuters.com, February 9, 2023

2/9/2023

INVESTIGATIONS/MIKE PENCE: “Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to cling to office after he lost his bid for re-election…

It was not immediately clear when the special counsel, Jack Smith, sought Mr. Pence’s testimony. The move is among the most aggressive yet by Mr. Smith in his wide-ranging investigation into Mr. Trump’s role in seeking to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election.”

-Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush, “Pence Gets Subpoena From Special Counsel in Jan. 6 Investigation,” nytimes.com, February 9, 2023

2/7/2023

BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN/CHINA/RUSSIA: “So ‘funny’ to watch the Biden folks try to explain the Balloon episode with China and, as always, use Disinformation to try and bring me into it. In the midst of a heated exchange they say ‘this happened during the Trump Administration, that’s right, ya, ya, The Trump Administration, that’s it.’ Just like Russia, Russia, Russia, and all the rest, it’s Democrat disinformation (lies!), IT NEVER HAPPENED!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 7, 2023

2/7/2023

CHINA: “No Balloons from China flew over the United States, in any way, shape, or form, while I was President. If they did we would have shot them down, immediately!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 7, 2023

2/7/2023

2016 ELECTION/2020 ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT: “The Club For NO Growth, an assemblage of political misfits, globalists, and losers, fought me incessantly and rather viciously during my presidential run in 2016. They said I couldn’t win, I did, and won even bigger in 2020, with millions of more votes than ‘16, but the Election was Rigged & Stollen. They asked to get together on Endorsements of candidates, we did, and had MANY WINS & NO losses. Relationship broke up over my Endorsement of certain great people in Alabama & Ohio. I won them all!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 7, 2023

2/7/2023

CHINA: “So much talk now about the threat of China. Question: Who was the first person, way back in 2015, and before, that brought China to the attention of ALL, with many refusing to accept what was being so strongly and brilliantly stated? Why, surprise, it was Donald J. Trump, of course! BUT, with all of that being said, we can have a great relationship with China, but it has to be one of MUTUAL respect. Right now they have ZERO respect for the USA, two years ago it was at record levels!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 7, 2023

2/7/2023

DOJ/GEORGIA/INVESTIGATIONS: “Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said her decision is ‘imminent’ on whether to indict the former president, which would make him the first US president charged with a crime. That decision will have a ripple effect on the Justice Department’s special counsel probe and other investigations circling Trump.

If Willis goes first, that case would road-test possible testimony, helping to determine what evidence holds up in court and providing a blueprint for prosecutions involving other battleground states where Trump and his supporters tried to undermine President Joe Biden’s win.”

-Chris Strohm, Zoe Tillman and Billy House, “Trump Charges in Georgia Over 2020 Could Lead to Bigger Fed Case,” bloomberg.com, February 7, 2023

 

2/6/2023

HILLARY CLINTON/LAWSUIT: “Former President Donald Trump and one of his lawyers said Monday they are appealing nearly $1 million in sanctions imposed on them for what a federal judge called their ‘frivolous’ lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and more than two dozen other defendants…

The appeal will join another one at that court of appeals, which seeks both to reverse the dismissal of Trump’s lawsuit and to overturn an earlier, $50,000 sanctions order imposed against only against Trump’s lawyers.”

-Dan Mangan, “Trump appeals nearly $1 million in sanctions for ‘frivolous’ suit he filed against Hillary Clinton,” CNBC.com, February 6, 2023

2/6/2023

CHINA/TRUMP ADMIN: “The transiting of three suspected Chinese spy balloons over the continental US during the Trump administration was only discovered after President Joe Biden took office, a senior administration official told CNN on Sunday [February 5, 2023]…

After the Biden administration disclosed last week that a suspected Chinese spy balloon was hovering over Montana, the Pentagon said that similar balloon incidents had occurred during the Trump administration. In response, former Trump administration Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CNN on Friday that he was ‘surprised’ by that statement…

Former President Donald Trump also said on Truth Social this week that reports of Chinese balloons transiting the US during his administration were ‘fake disinformation.'”

-Natasha Bertrand, “Chinese spy balloons under Trump not discovered until after Biden took office,” cnn.com, February 6, 2023

2/5/2023

POLLS: “For all of my many supporters, and the number is higher than ever before, I am pleased to report that ‘our’ Poll numbers are Excellent. Polls are important, but many have proven to be so corrupt, wrong, or incompetent in the past, especially, those of ABC FAKE NEWS/WASHINGTON COMPOST; FOX FAKE NEWS; and NBC FAKE NEWS/GLOBALIST STREET JOURNAL, that they have become somewhat meaningless, just a political weapon. CNN Polls no longer matter in that so few people are watching CNN (and MSDNC) anymore!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 5, 2023

2/5/2023

AFGHANISTAN/BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN/CHINA: “The Chinese Balloon situation is a disgrace, just like the Afghanistan horror show, and everything else surrounding the grossly incompetent Biden Administration. They are only good at cheating in elections, and disinformation — and now they are putting out that a Balloon was put up by China during the Trump Administration, in order to take the ‘heat’ off the slow moving Biden fools. China had too much respect for ‘TRUMP’ for this to have happened, and it NEVER did. JUST FAKE DISINFORMATION!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 5, 2023

2/5/2023

CHINA: “The Chinese would never have floated the Blimp (‘Balloon’) over the United States if I were President!!!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 5, 2023

2/5/2023

2024 ELECTION: “The conservative political network associated with billionaire Charles Koch won’t be backing former President Trump’s 2024 presidential bid, becoming the latest GOP megadonor to distance themselves from Trump…

Even the Club for Growth, once close to the former president, clashed with Trump in two high-profile Senate primaries in 2022. Club for Growth president David McIntosh told Axios last month that Trump and the group are ‘focused on different things.'”

-Ivana Saric, “Koch network indicates it won’t back Trump in 2024,” axios.com, February 5, 2023

2/3/2023

DRUGS: “We have more drug DEATHS than ever seen in our Country before, by far. Have run out of Morgue space. Body bags all over certain areas. Compare that to just TWO SHORT YEARS AGO!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 3, 2023

1/31/2023

LAWSUIT: “Former President Donald Trump could face charges carrying anywhere from no jail to 4 years in prison if indicted in the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ matter in New York, a criminal case now being weighed by a grand jury.

That zero-to-four-years potential sentence would be for a possible top charge of first-degree falsifying business records, a low-level felony under state criminal law, according to former Manhattan prosecutors with expertise in complex financial crimes.”

-Laura Italiano, “Trump risks ‘hush money’ charges carrying up to 4 years in prison, say ex-Manhattan prosecutors,” businessinsider.com, January 31, 2023

1/31/2023

LAWSUIT: “With respect to the ‘Stormy’ nonsense, it is VERY OLD & happened a long time ago, long past the very publicly known & accepted deadline of the Statute of Limitations. I placed full Reliance on the JUDGEMENT & ADVICE OF COUNCIL, who I had every reason to believe had a license to practice law, was competent, & was able to appropriately provide solid legal services. He came from a good law firm, represented other clients over the years, & there was NO reason not to rely on him, and I did.”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, January 31, 2023

1/31/2023

2020 ELECTION/GEORGIA: “In Georgia I made a PERFECT phone call about [2020] Election Integrity, with many people on the line, and if it wasn’t PERFECT, why was I not admonished, screamed at, or hung up on, especially with many lawyers listening to each and every word? ANSWER: Because it was PERFECT, and a very appropriate call to make!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, January 31, 2023

1/31/2023

DEMS: “The Democrat D.A.’s, Attorney Generals, and Prosecutors are very DANGEROUS to the well being of our Country. Many are deranged and only interested in pleasing the Fake News Media and the Democrat Party. Fair and True Justice means NOTHING in our Country anymore. I am being hit by so many DEMOCRAT Prosecutors, LOCAL, STATE, & FEDERAL, all to keep me from ‘running,’ [in the 2024 election] and all because I am leading by sooo much. The great people of our Country aren’t going to take it. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, January 31, 2023

1/31/2023

MEDIA: “The Fake News media like CNN, MSDNC which is sometimes referred to as MSNBC, the Washington Compost which is sometimes referred to as the Washington Post, and the Failing New York Times are all doing really, really badly. The future of the Fake News looks bleak and that’s a positive thing!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, January 31, 2023

1/31/2023

LAWSUIT/NEW YORK: “Attorneys working under New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday asked a judge overseeing the office’s $250 million fraud lawsuit to sanction Trump parties and their attorneys for ‘falsely’ denying facts in recent court filings and rehashing ‘frivolous’ arguments…

Lawyers for the AG’s office pointed to sworn testimony in other recent proceedings, including a deposition in another lawsuit from Trump himself, that contradicts some of what the Trump attorneys claimed in their written formal responses to the lawsuit.”

-Shayna Jacobs, “N.Y. attorney general seeks sanctions against Trump and his legal team,” washingtonpost.com, January 31, 2023

1/31/2023

TRANSGENDER: “Former President Trump is promising to radically roll back transgender rights if elected president in 2024.

The big picture: Gender-affirming care would be directly under threat from Trump, who vowed in a video posted to his social network to punish doctors and hospitals who provided the services to trans and nonbinary people.

What he’s saying: In the video, Trump says he will push Congress to pass a law to ban gender-affirming care for minors nationwide.”

-Shawna Chen, “Trump unveils sweeping attack on trans rights,” axios.com, January 31, 2023

1/31/2023

FLORIDA/RON DESANTIS: “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded Tuesday [January 31, 2023] to an ongoing series of criticisms leveled at him by former President Donald Trump.

Trump took his latest swing at DeSantis on Saturday [January 28, 2023], claiming that the governor — whom he has previously nicknamed ‘Ron DeSanctimonious’ — was misguided in COVID-19 pandemic policies in Florida…

Speaking at a press conference, DeSantis was asked about Trump’s comments…

‘Well, look, what I would just say is this. I roll out of bed, I have people attacking me from all angles,’ the Florida governor said…

DeSantis continued, ‘And the good thing is that the people are able to render a judgment on that, whether they reelect you or not. And I’m happy to say, you know, in my case, not only did we win reelection, we won with the highest percentage of the vote that any Republican governor candidate has in the history of the state of Florida.'”

-Timothy H.J. Nerozzi, “DeSantis responds to Trump criticism, says ‘verdict has been rendered by’ Florida voters,” foxnews.com, January 31, 2023

1/30/2023

FAKE NEWS: “Because of the Weaponization, Targeting, and Unprecedented Harassment, I believe that I have more lawyers working for me on this Corrupt Law Enforcement induced Bull…. than any human being in the history of our Country, including even the late great gangster, Alphonse Capone! This is all being done for POLITICAL REASONS in that I am leading everybody, Republicans & Democrats, by big numbers in the Polls. The Disinformation Specialists are at it again, full time. The Fake News is their TOOL!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, January 30, 2023

1/30/2023

SCANDAL: “With murders and violent crime surging like never before in New York City, the Radical Left Manhattan D.A., Alvin Bragg, just leaked to the Fake News Media that they are still going after the Stormy ‘Horseface’ Daniels Bull….!Working closely with the Weaponized Justice Department, this is a continuation of the Greatest Witch Hunt of all time. They long ago missed the Statute of Limitations, & I recently won big money against ‘Stormy’ in the 9th Circuit – NEVER HAD AN AFFAIR. This is old news!”

-Donald Trump, Truth Social, January 30, 2023

1/30/2023

EDUCATION: “Former President Trump on Friday released a video blasting public education for being taken over by ‘radical left maniacs’ and vowed to give power back to the parents.

‘Here is my plan to restore power to American parents. First, we will cut federal funding for any school or program pushing critical race theory, gender ideology or other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content onto our children,’ Trump said in the video…

‘The Marxism being preached in our schools is also totally hostile to Judeo-Christian teachings, and in many ways it’s resembling an established new religion. We can’t let that happen. For this reason, my administration will aggressively pursue intentional violations to the establishment clause and the free exercise clause of the Constitution.’

Further details on Trump’s plan warn that the ‘major problem’ is that “we have ‘pink-haired communists teaching our kids.’”

-Joshua Q. Nelson, “Trump says public education taken over by ‘pink-haired communists,’ plans to give power back to parents,” foxnews.com, January 30, 2023