E-MAILS/HILLARY CLINTON/IVANKA/TRUMP FAMILY: “The president’s daughter and White House adviser, Ivanka Trump, said her use of a personal email account for government business was not the same as Hillary Clinton’s using a private email server, which the president and his supporters had long argued was illegal. ‘There really is no equivalency,’ Ms. Trump told ABC […]
Category: A- Trump Family
11/23/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “The New York state attorney general’s civil lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation, President Donald Trump and his three eldest children can proceed after a state court judge on Friday [11-23-18] denied their motion to dismiss the case. In her decision, Justice Saliann Scarpulla ruled that a sitting president […]
11/19/2018
CABINET/E-MAILS/IVANKA/TRUMP FAMILY: “Ivanka Trump last year used a personal email account to discuss or relay official White House business, according to emails released by a nonpartisan watchdog group. The Washington Post reported Monday [11-19-18] the White House conducted an investigation into Trump’s email usage and that she used her personal email address for much of […]
10/10/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP FAMILY: “RT @EricTrump: All my friends in Missouri, today is your LAST CHANCE to register to vote this November! It is very easy to do – simply go t…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 10, 2018 11:43 am […]
10/2/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump on Wednesday [10-3-18] criticized a New York Times investigation into his and his family’s use of dubious tax schemes over the years and the origins of his own wealth, calling the article an ‘old, boring and often told hit piece.’ Referring to The Times as the ‘Failing New […]
10/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES: “The president claims that his company was built solely through hard work. A 14,000-word investigation by the NYT begs to differ. It found that the Trump Organization owes its success to multimillion-dollar gifts from Fred C. Trump, President Trump’s father, and tax schemes that some experts say may have […]
10/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “President Donald Trump has badmouthed his hometown newspaper’s reporting as ‘sick,’ ‘weak,’ and ‘nasty.’ He even tells its reporters they work for the ‘failing New York Times.’ But in moments of reflection, he’s allowed that it’s a ‘great, great American jewel.’ The Grey Lady has long occupied space in Trump’s […]
10/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES: “U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in tax schemes that included cases of fraud in which he and his siblings helped their parents dodge millions of dollars in taxes, the New York Times reported on Tuesday [10-2-18]. The Times investigation, which the White House said was ‘misleading,’ showed Trump received […]
10/3/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “President Donald Trump’s older sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, has kept a very low profile since he ran for office. But it appears as though she inadvertently had a central role in The New York Times blockbuster report on her brother’s alleged tax schemes. According to the Times, one […]
10/3/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES/MEDIA: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [10-3-18] criticized a New York Times investigation that alleged the president perpetuated a number of tax schemes and fraud during the 1990s to bolster the inheritance he received from his parents…The concept of time value of money is that money in the present time is […]
10/2/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “The White House pushed back against an exhaustive investigation published by The New York Times on Tuesday [10-2-18] that alleged Donald Trump perpetrated various tax schemes and fraud during the 1990s to bolster the inheritance he received from his parents, calling the report a ‘misleading attack’ on the president’s family…The […]
10/2/2018
TRUMP FAMILYTRUMP TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump helped ‘his parents dodge taxes’ in the 1990s, including ‘instances of outright fraud’ that allowed him to amass a fortune from them, according to an analysis Tuesday [10-2-18] from The New York Times. Trump received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate […]
10/2/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: $52.2 million, or about 5 percent, tax returns show.””Donald J. Trump built a business empire and won the presidency proclaiming himself a self-made billionaire, and he has long insisted that his father, the legendary New York City builder Fred C. Trump, provided almost no financial help. ‘I built what […]
10/2/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents, an investigation by The New York Times has found. Mr. Trump won the presidency proclaiming himself a self-made billionaire, and he has long insisted […]
10/2/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in tax schemes that included cases of fraud in which he and his siblings helped their parents dodge millions of dollars in taxes, the New York Times reported on Tuesday [10-2-18]. The Times investigation, which the White House said was ‘misleading,’ showed Trump received the equivalent today […]
10/2/2018
TRUMP FAMILY: “Happy 7th birthday to Tristan, a very special member of the Trump family!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 2, 2018 9:52 am […]
10/1/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “President Donald Trump jokes he’d be a ‘mess’ if he indulged in alcoholic beverages. Trump spoke about his drinking habits Monday at a news conference as he discussed Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s comments about drinking beer in high school and college. The president noted that he is not a drinker, […]
9/7/2018
TRUMP FAMILY: “A Massachusetts man has agreed to plead guilty to charges he mailed threatening letters containing a suspicious powder to several prominent people, including U.S. President Donald Trump’s sons, federal prosecutors in Boston said on Friday [9-7-18]. Daniel Frisiello, 25, could face seven years in prison for sending the letters, including one sent to […]
8/22/2018
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/MICHAEL COHEN/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders maintained Wednesday [8-22-18] that President Donald Trump ‘did nothing wrong’ relating to the hush money payments made to women who claimed affairs with him during the 2016 campaign…Sanders declined to answer additional questions about what the President knew about the payments and […]
8/16/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lara Trump tore into her old friend Omarosa Manigault Newman on Thursday [8-16-18] after she released a tape of the president’s daughter-in-law offering her a job on the 2020 campaign shortly after being fired from the White House…She fired back after Manigault Newman appeared on MSNBC and aired excerpts from a tape […]
8/16/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Omarosa Manigault Newman released a secret recording on Thursday [8-16-18] that she said backed her claim that President Trump’s daughter-in-law had offered her a $15,000-a-month contract in exchange for her silence about her time as a White House adviser. The audio, released during an interview on MSNBC, is the latest in the […]
6/22/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “RT @EricTrump: Good job @FLOTUS ??????https://t.co/RCYjy0DlF9“ – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2018 7:03 am […]
6/21/2018
BUSINESS/JARED KUSHNER/TRUMP FAMILY: “The Trumps and the Kushners are parting ways — not the White House power couple Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, but their family businesses on hotel collaborations in New Jersey, according to people briefed on the situation. Kushner Companies and the Trump Organization recently dropped plans for the Trumps to manage an […]
6/21/2018
MELANIA: “Melania Trump, the wife of U.S. President Donald Trump, on Thursday [6-21-18] visited children displaced by the country’s immigration crisis in Texas, only a day after Trump reversed course and ordered families to be kept intact when entering the United States illegally from Mexico. According to her spokesperson, Melania Trump decided to visit detention […]
6/14/2018
LAWSUIT/TRUMP FAMILY: “The New York state attorney general’s office on Thursday [6-14-18] sued President Donald Trump, three of his children and the family’s foundation, accusing the charity of wide-ranging illegal conduct including coordinating with Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign. The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, calls Mr. Trump’s foundation ‘little more than an […]
6/14/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP FAMILY: “The New York state attorney general’s office on Thursday [6-14-18] sued President Donald Trump, three of his children and the family’s foundation, accusing the charity of wide-ranging illegal conduct including coordinating with Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign. The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, calls Mr. Trump’s foundation ‘little more than an […]
6/13/2018
TRUMP FAMILY: “Ivana Trump was back at the Plaza Hotel on Tuesday [6-12-18], the hotel where she once had a say over everything from the wallpaper to the chandeliers, back when she was married to Donald J. Trump. But that was long ago. Now, she had come to promote a diet that promises followers they […]
6/8/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP FAMILY: “President Trump revealed new details on Friday [6-8-18] about the closely guarded medical condition of Melania Trump, the first lady, saying that she underwent a four-hour operation and that her recovery would keep her from traveling abroad with him. In the weeks since aides said she underwent a procedure to treat a benign […]
6/5/2018
FEMA/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump on Wednesday [6-6-18] will make her first public appearance in front of press cameras, 26 days since she last did so on May 10, her communications director Stephanie Grisham confirmed to CNN. Trump will join President Donald Trump for a visit to Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters in Washington for […]
6/4/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP FAMILY: “President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, will skip this week’s G7 summit in Quebec and does not plan to attend the planned June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korea, the White House said on Sunday. Melania Trump attended the G7 meeting in Italy last year. The U.S. first lady, 48, has not […]
6/1/2018
MELANIA: “The White House says Melania Trump won’t join her husband when he heads to the Camp David presidential retreat for the weekend. President Donald Trump is scheduled to head to the Maryland retreat Friday [6-1-18] afternoon, but his wife won’t be seen boarding the presidential helicopter with him. Her absence will mark 22 straight […]
5/31/2018
CELEBS/IVANKA/MEDIA: “Samantha Bee apologized on Thursday [5-31-18] for having used a vulgar epithet to describe Ivanka Trump on her TBS show, saying she had ‘crossed a line.’ TBS also issued an apology, but took no disciplinary action against the late night host. Ms. Bee’s insult of the president’s elder daughter on Wednesday’s [5-301-8] episode of […]
5/30/2018
CHINA/IVANKA/TRUMP FAMILY: “Ivanka Trump abruptly left a conference call on Tuesday [5-29-18] about a coming fitness event after receiving questions about her company’s trademarks in China and her father’s exercise regimen. White House officials insisted that she had always been scheduled to leave. Ms. Trump and Holli M. Richmond, the director of the White House […]
5/29/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP FAMILY: “She’s left the White House and moved back to New York City. She’s cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller. She’s holed up with the Obamas, working on a tell-all book about her husband — unless she had a secret nip and tuck, in which case she’s just healing. During the two weeks since […]
4/1/2018
KELLYANNE CONWAY/LEAKS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “The author of a new book on the current state of affairs in the White House claims that Kellyanne Conway is the ‘number one leaker’ in President Donald Trump’s White House. In a Sunday [4-1-18] interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” Ronald Kessler, the author of […]
3/26/2018
ETHICS/JARED KUSHNER/TRUMP FAMILY: “White House attorneys are examining whether two loans totaling more than $500 million to Jared Kushner’s family business may have violated any criminal laws or federal ethics regulations, according to a letter from a federal ethics agency made public Monday [3-26-18]. The Office of Government Ethics told a Democratic lawmaker in the […]
3/21/2018
BUSINESS/CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Citigroup Inc. said in a letter sent Tuesday [3-20-18] to lawmakers that a loan made to Kushner Cos. shortly after the bank’s chief executive met with Jared Kushner last year was ‘completely appropriate.’ On March 3, 2017, Citi CEO Michael Corbat met with Mr. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and […]
3/16/2018
GOP/INFRASTRUCTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “The White House will turn to a familiar spokeswoman to help drum up enthusiasm for its plan to overhaul how the nation funds infrastructure needs: President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter. Ivanka Trump, a White House adviser, will appear in Iowa Monday [3-19-18] with Gov. Kim Reynolds and discuss workforce training in […]
3/16/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY: “Felix Sater, the Russian-born onetime business associate of Donald Trump’s who worked to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, says the then-business magnate asked him to ‘look after’ his kids when they were pursuing business deals in Russia. Sater told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on ‘New Day’ Friday [3-9-18] that Trump had personally […]
3/15/2018
2A/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/BARRON: “The school attended by President Donald Trump’s youngest son joined an open letter demanding the President pass gun legislation to protect students. Robert Kosasky, the head of the St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland, is just one of more than 100 independent school heads in the area calling on Trump, […]
3/12/2018
ETHICS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr. has a previously undisclosed business relationship with a Texas hedge fund manager and longtime hunting pal who raised millions of dollars for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and has special access to top government officials, it was reported on Monday [3-12-18]. The president’s son and Gentry Beach have been […]
3/10/2018
DRUGS/MEDIA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “President Donald Trump attacked his critics, promoted his steel and aluminum tariffs and tossed out an idea to have drug dealers face the death penalty, addressing a raucous rally on Saturday for a Republican congressional candidate in a tight race. … Continuing his battle against the mainstream news media, Trump insulted […]
3/9/2018
TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner’s family company recently began construction on an oceanfront development in this Jersey Shore city, a project that has the strong backing of local officials, who agreed to support it with $20 million in bonds. But unknown to Long Branch officials, the Kushners have been in talks to team up […]
3/8/2018
AMBASSADOR/FOREIGN POLICY/MEXICO/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The US ambassador to Mexico was not invited to a meeting between senior White House adviser Jared Kushner and Mexican officials, including President Enrique Peña Nieto, a US official told CNN. Roberta Jacobson, a career diplomat who has more than 30 years of experience in the region, announced her retirement earlier […]
3/8/2018
ENTERTAINMENT/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/ROBERT TRUMP/BARRON: “U.S. President Donald Trump met on Thursday [3-8-18] with the makers of popular video games ‘Grand Theft Auto’ and ‘Doom’ to discuss what the president believes is a link between video games and violent acts like last month’s school shooting in Florida. … The meeting included lawmakers, critics of video […]
3/5/2018
BUSINESS/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “US counterintelligence officials are scrutinizing one of Ivanka Trump’s international business deals, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The FBI has been looking into the negotiations and financing surrounding Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, according to a US official and a former US official. The scrutiny could be […]
3/4/2018
SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “The man who fatally shot himself in front of the White House was a 26-year-old resident of Maylene, Ala., authorities said. Cameron Ross Burgess approached the fence along the north side of the White House and fired several rounds from a handgun shortly before midday Saturday [3-3-18], police said. President […]
3/4/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “After nearly a year, a Trump administration effort to devise a blueprint for Middle East peace has yet to materialize and now faces a growing array of obstacles even before it has been unveiled, experts and diplomats say. White House adviser Jared Kushner, who has been leading the effort, and chief […]
3/2/2018
MIKE PENCE/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “The Rev. Billy Graham, for half a century the world’s most famous evangelist and a pastor to presidents, will be memorialized at his funeral on Friday by his family and some of the preachers he inspired from around the globe… When the funeral was planned, the expectation was that it […]
3/2/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “President Donald Trump is asking chief of staff John Kelly for help in pushing his daughter and son-in-law out of the White House, The New York Times reports. The Times, citing two people familiar with Trump’s views, said Trump has been frustrated with his son-in-law Kushner after his top […]
3/1/2018
BUSINESS/CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s family real estate group obtained business loans after Kushner met with the company heads in his official government capacity, The New York Times reported Wednesday [2-28-18]. According to the Times, Kushner met with Joshua Harris, one of the founders of Apollo Global Management, on […]
2/28/2018
BANKING/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The New York State of Department of Financial Services asked several banks for information about their relationships with Jared Kushner and his finances, people familiar with the information requests said. The DFS, which regulates New York banks and some international banks that do business in the state, sent inquiries last week to […]
2/27/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A top White House communications aide who has worked most closely with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump is leaving the White House in the coming months. Josh Raffel, who was recruited to the White House by Kushner, has primarily served as a spokesman for Ivanka Trump and Kushner’s White House initiatives, including […]
2/27/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The White House downgraded the security clearance of senior adviser Jared Kushner last week as part of White House chief of staff John Kelly’s push to tighten control of classified information inside the Trump administration, said an administration official with knowledge of the situation. Mr. Kushner, who is also President Donald […]
2/26/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “The first lady, Melania Trump, has parted ways with an adviser after news about the adviser’s firm reaping $26 million in payments to help plan President Trump’s inauguration. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who has been friends with Mrs. Trump for years, had been working on a contract basis as an unpaid senior […]
2/26/2018
GUNS/POLITICS/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump spoke out Monday [2-26-18] about the student movement for action on guns in the wake of the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead and launched a national conversation on gun violence. ‘In my year as first lady, I have also learned that it is often […]
2/26/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/WOMEN: “Ivanka Trump does not believe the women who have accused her father of sexual misconduct, adding that it’s ‘pretty inappropriate’ to ask her about the subject… ‘I believe my father. I know my father. So, I think I have that right, as a daughter, to believe my father,’ the senior White […]
2/26/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump on Sunday [2-25-18] did not fully advocate arming educators — but didn’t break with her father, President Donald Trump, saying it’s ‘an idea that needs to be discussed.’ ‘Obviously, there would have to be an incredibly high standard for who would be able to bear arms in […]
2/26/2018
JOHN KELLY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “President Donald Trump’s decision to punt the issue of whether Jared Kushner can keep his access to sensitive government secrets without a full security clearance to his chief of staff, John Kelly, has put him in a tricky position, stuck between the rules on one side and the […]
2/24/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “A Parkland school shooting survivor is calling for Melania Trump to fulfill her pledge to combat cyberbullying — starting with her own family. ‘Hey @FLOTUS you say that your mission as First Lady is to stop cyber bullying,’ 14-year-old Lauren Hogg tweeted Friday [2-23-18]. ‘Well then, don’t you think it would […]
2/23/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “After days of controversy over Donald Trump Jr.’s apparent mixing of his family’s private real-estate interests and American foreign policy during a trip to India this week, Mr. Trump dropped his plans to make a speech about international affairs on Friday [2-23-18]. Instead, he went in the opposite direction, sitting […]
2/23/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Today, @FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to welcome Prime Minister @TurnbullMalcolm and Mrs. Turnbull of Australia to the @WhiteHouse! ????Press Conference: https://t.co/rKokJGRsgu https://t.co/PkJUw8x9jb” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 23, 2018 04:19pm […]
2/23/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “My daughter, Ivanka, just arrived in South Korea. We cannot have a better, or smarter, person representing our country.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 23, 2018 08:07am […]
2/22/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “North Korea said an army general tied to two attacks on South Korean forces would lead its delegation to the Winter Olympics’ closing ceremonies this weekend, presenting a diplomatic quandary for U.S. presidential adviser Ivanka Trump, who is also set to attend. The potential for an encounter, planned or unplanned, […]
2/21/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “The parents of the first lady, Melania Trump, have obtained lawful permanent residency in the United States, a lawyer for the couple confirmed Wednesday [2-21-18], but it remains unclear how or when the couple received their green cards. The lack of clarity about when and how Viktor and Amalija Knavs obtained their legal […]
2/21/2018
RELIGION/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “.@FLOTUS Melania and I join millions of people around the world in mourning the passing of Billy Graham. Our prayers are with his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and all who worked closely with Reverend Graham in his lifelong ministry. https://t.co/e1697tcyaI” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 21, 2018 04:12pm […]
2/21/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/INDIA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr. praised the ‘spirit’ of the ‘poorest of the poor’ in India during a business trip there to sell luxury condos… The President’s eldest son arrived in India Tuesday. During his trip, he will dine with buyers of the Trump-branded apartments in at least two cities, and his […]
2/20/2018
JOHN KELLY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, is resisting giving up his access to highly classified information, prompting an internal struggle with John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, over who should be allowed to see some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets, according to White House […]
2/17/2018
CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Melania and I met such incredible people last night in Broward County, Florida. Will never forget them, or the evening!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 17, 2018 02:04pm […]
2/15/2018
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/ETHICS/IRS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “President Trump’s inaugural committee paid nearly $26 million to an event planning firm started by an adviser to the first lady, Melania Trump, while donating $5 million — less than expected — to charity, according to tax filings released on Thursday [2-15-18]. The nonprofit group that oversaw Mr. Trump’s […]
2/14/2018
HOLIDAY/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump spent part of her Valentine’s Day visiting sick children at National Institutes of Health’s Children’s Inn in Bethesda, Maryland. Trump, who last week toured Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio, spent time with kids suffering from illnesses, decorated cookies and exchanged Valentine’s cards with about 20 patients Wednesday […]
2/13/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner, a White House aide and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, appears to have drawn more money out of three separate lines of credit in the months after he joined the White House last year, a newly released document shows. Recent revisions to the financial disclosure form filed by Kushner’s wife, Ivanka […]
2/13/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “The letter addressed to Donald Trump Jr. that contained a suspicious white powder and landed his wife in the hospital Monday [2-12-18] said, ‘You’re an awful person and now you get what you deserve,’ according to law enforcement sources Tuesday. The note was delivered to the Upper East Side home of Trump […]
2/12/2018
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/ETHICS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “One week after the 2016 election, President-elect Donald J. Trump tweeted that he was ‘not trying to get *top level security clearance* for my children,’ calling such claims ‘a typically false news story.’ But he said nothing at the time about his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Nearly 15 months […]
2/12/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Vanessa Trump, the wife of Donald Trump Jr., and two other people were taken to a New York hospital on Monday [2-12-18] after she opened a piece of mail containing an unidentified white powder that was later determined to be non-hazardous, officials said… Vanessa Trump, the daughter-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, […]
2/5/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump will lead the Presidential delegation to South Korea for the closing ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic winter games, a White House official told CNN Monday [2-5-18]. The first daughter and senior adviser was asked to attend the closing ceremony by her father, President Donald Trump, and the United States […]
2/1/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The law firm representing senior White House adviser Jared Kushner has hired a veteran of prior White House investigations to handle press relations for the firm’s clients. Abbe Lowell of Norton Rose Fulbright, a lawyer representing Mr. Kushner and other high-profile clients, has hired Peter Mirijanian, who has run his own public-relations […]
1/29/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Over the past week, Melania Trump, a notoriously private first lady, made three very public decisions: She canceled a trip abroad with the president, made an impromptu visit to the Holocaust Memorial Museum and flew to Mar-a-Lago, where she spent part of her short trip relaxing at the spa… Aides to […]
1/29/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump took 21 flights in a three-month period on Air Force jets at a cost of more than $675,000 before she moved to the White House in June 2017, military records show. Air Force jets flew Mrs. Trump to and from New York City, Florida and Washington under an arrangement […]
1/27/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump’s plane arrived in West Palm Beach, Florida, Thursday [1-25-18], the same week she cancelled her planned trip with her husband to Davos, Switzerland, at the last minute. A law enforcement source confirmed to CNN the first lady was on the plane, and a motorcade was seen leaving the airport. […]
1/25/2018
LEGAL/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said Thursday [1-25-18] he wants to release the transcript of the committee’s closed-door interview with Donald Trump Jr., joining Democrats on the committee who have pressed to make it public. Grassley said he will now move to release all of the panel’s interviews involving the June […]
1/23/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump, in a change of plans, will not be joining President Donald Trump on his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, later this week. East Wing communications director Stephanie Grisham confirmed to CNN that the first lady’s decision to forgo the trip was based on […]
1/20/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/ERIC TRUMP: “Eric Trump on @JudgeJeanine on @FoxNews now!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 20, 2018 09:18pm […]
1/17/2018
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/ERIC TRUMP: “Eric Trump is defending his father, President Donald Trump, against accusations that he’s racist after he reportedly called certain African nations ‘shithole countries.’ ‘My father sees one color, green,’ Trump said on ‘Fox and Friends’ Wednesday [1-17-18] morning. ‘That’s all he cares about. He cares about the economy.’ ‘He’s the […]
1/17/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/ERIC TRUMP: “Eric Trump on @foxandfriends now!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 17, 2018 08:04am […]
1/15/2018
CHINA/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSNER: “U.S. counterintelligence officials in early 2017 warned Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, that Wendi Deng Murdoch, a prominent Chinese-American businesswoman, could be using her close friendship with Mr. Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, to further the interests of the Chinese government, according to people familiar […]
1/15/2018
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “US President Donald Trump may occasionally say ‘silly’ things but he’s ‘definitely not racist,’ his first wife Ivana Trump said Monday [1-15-18]. Asked on the UK’s Good Morning Britain TV show about the President’s vulgar remarks about African nations last week Ivana Trump said she did not believe they showed he […]
1/11/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Melania Trump is staffing up in anticipation of her second year as first lady of the United States. On Thursday [1-11-18], the first lady announced she has hired a director of operations, a policy director and a communications coordinator… The hires bring the number of full-time staffers on Trump’s official payroll to 12, […]
1/9/2018
OPRAH/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Praise is still pouring in for Oprah Winfrey’s address at the 75th Golden Globes, a rousing declaration that ‘a new day is on the horizon’ for women and girls in light of recent public discourse about sexual misconduct. During the actress’s acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award, Winfrey made a statement […]
1/7/2018
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/ETHICS/ISRAEL/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Last May, Jared Kushner accompanied President Trump, his father-in-law, on the pair’s first diplomatic trip to Israel, part of Mr. Kushner’s White House assignment to achieve peace in the Middle East. Shortly before, his family real estate company received a roughly $30 million investment from Menora Mivtachim, an insurer that […]
1/6/2018
LEGAL/SEC/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the real-estate company run by the family of President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner for its use of a federal investment-for-visa program known as EB-5, according to people familiar with the matter. In May 2017, Kushner Cos. received a subpoena from the […]
1/5/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Melania Trump’s communications director on Friday [1-5-18] unleashed — for the second time — a fiery missive dismissing the juicy tell-all that paints a chaotic picture of White House happenings. ‘The book is a work of fiction. It is a long-form tabloid that peddles false statements and total fabrications about Mrs. Trump,’ said […]
1/4/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, made a deal when they came to Washington to serve in the White House that the first daughter would become the first female president if the opportunity arose, according to a forthcoming book obtained by The Guardian. The book, ‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump […]
1/3/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Melania and I are deeply saddened by the death of Thomas S. Monson, a beloved President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints… https://t.co/ETD3fWtfU3” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 3, 2018 08:06pm […]
1/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “In a new book detailing the wild first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is quoted blasting top operatives in the 2016 campaign for their naivete and idiocy in their dealings with the Russians… Of the July 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr., Trump […]
12/22/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have sought bank records about entities associated with the family company of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, according to four people briefed on the matter. In recent weeks, prosecutors from the United States attorney’s office in the Eastern District of New York subpoenaed records from […]
12/20/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “President Donald Trump’s eldest son suggested Tuesday that the investigation around his father’s campaign has been fueled by government higher-ups who have conspired to block the President’s agenda. ‘There is, and there are, people at the highest levels of government that don’t want to let America be America,’ Donald Trump […]
12/20/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “President Donald Trump’s son suggested Tuesday evening that ‘people at the highest levels of government’ are conspiring against the Trump administration, evidence, he said, of the president’s campaign claims about a ‘rigged’ system. ‘There is, and there are, people at the highest levels of government that don’t want to let […]
12/18/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “So true Ivanka! https://t.co/BNGUJG69Ki” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 18, 2017 05:18pm […]
12/18/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump will be interviewed on @foxandfriends.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 18, 2017 06:42am […]