President Trump

Ex-president reacts to acquittal of Michael Sussmann on charge of lying to FBI about possible Russia link.

Robert Mueller, the special counsel who investigated Trump and Russia, did not find evidence of direct collusion. Prosecutors said Sussmann was actually acting on behalf of the Clinton campaign and another entity. Speaking to Fox News Digital, he said: “They spied on my campaign. The strength of Trump’s hold on the Republican party has come under question after primary defeats for candidates he endorsed. Trump was impeached for inciting an insurrection but acquitted, leaving him free to run for office. More than 800 people have been charged, some – members of a far-right militia – with seditious conspiracy.

Moreover, during a second reelection campaign, the former president would be hard-pressed to use the same predictive excuse first heralded in a May 25, 2020, ...

But between the lines in Stone’s message, I read, “fear.” Why else would Trump have excessively teased his run and still “not made a decision”? Of course, the “Big Tease” has been an effective fundraising platform, banking more than $100 million for Trump’s PACs while solidifying his duel status as king of the GOP and MAGA world. Thus, King Trump wants and believes he deserves the 2024 crown delivered to his Mar-a-Lago palace on a blue satin pillow. We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. Meanwhile, a fighting bench is forming with numerous former and current officeholders unlikely to bow to Trump’s crowning demands. Cleveland, a Democrat, was first elected in 1884 after winning the popular vote and Electoral College. In his 1888 reelection defeat, Cleveland lost the Electoral College but still won the popular vote. If he chooses to, I don’t think he could be stopped for the nomination, and I would be for him. Furthermore, Trump’s fear of running and losing reelection a second time is not assuaged by presidential history. Then, during a television appearance on Dec. 3, 2020, Mary explained, “It’s impossible for Trump to believe that he lost the election.” But there is a striking political difference between Trump and Cleveland’s win-loss record. Democrats see a constitutional crisis in the making.” Trump’s repudiation in Georgia has Republicans speculating about his declining kingmaking powers, openly defying him as he loses his “vise-like grip on the party” and potentially endangering his front-runner status. Moreover, during a second reelection campaign, the former president would be hard-pressed to use the same predictive excuse first heralded in a May 25, 2020, Politico headline: “Trump sees a ‘rigged election’ ahead.

Former US President Donald Trump said the acquittal of a lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign has fuelled his ambitions for the next elections in ...

Notably, Trump served as the 45th President of the US from 2016 to 2020. Former US President Donald Trump stated that the acquittal of a lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign has fuelled his ambitions for the next elections in 2024. The anti-Trump dossier, which featured charges of collaboration between Trump and the Russian government, was also pushed and paid for by Clinton-linked officials.

Running for Senate, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has shifted gears on the 2020 presidential election, expressing "serious concerns" over the state's ...

Unlike some of his Republican colleagues, Brnovich has not called to decertify the state's results or adopt changes to Arizona's mail-in voting. On Thursday, the former president didn't use his endorsement of Masters just to tout the candidate's platform. He didn't want to make 'waves,'" he said.

Former President Donald Trump is taking a side in Arizona's combustible Republican Senate primary in the race to challenge first-term Democratic Sen.

"Arizona is a State where the 2020 Election was Rigged and Stolen, and a very thorough audit proved it," the former president charged. "Mark Brnovich is such a disappointment to me," Trump said in his statement. "President Trump is a great man and a visionary. "Blake is Strong on Border Security, in particular, the disastrous Southern Border where people are pouring into the U.S. by the millions, and destroying our Country," the former president said in a statement issued by his Save America political action committee. Trump is also increasingly in line with Thiel, the PayPal co-founder and tech billionaire who’s infused more than $13 million of his own money into a pro-Masters super PAC. Until March of this year, Masters ran Thiel Capital and the Thiel foundation. and he’s not done yet," Masters said in statement.

Trump's pick of Blake Masters is expected to shake up Arizona's five-way Republican Senate primary race.

Trump has continued to make baseless and false claims that the Arizona results were "rigged and stolen." "Soon we will have a young, fearless, dynamic America First coalition in the U.S. Senate. And that is thanks to Donald Trump.” "Blake is Strong on Border Security, in particular, the disastrous Southern Border where people are pouring into the U.S. by the millions, and destroying our Country," Trump said in a written statement issued by his Save America political-action committee. The only thing this announcement does is ensure further infighting in this crowded contest.” "Mark Brnovich is such a disappointment to me," Trump said. "These candidates have already sacrificed it all — their integrity, their reputations, and their war chests — to spout Trump’s toxic lies in an effort to score his support. Last month in Georgia's primaries, voters rejected three high-profile Trump endorsements. “As a supporter of President Trump’s policies, I respect his right to endorse a candidate in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race, but Arizona voters will pick our next Senator, not anyone else. "Blake will fight for our totally under-siege Second Amendment, and WIN!" "Trump sabotaged Republicans’ efforts to recruit Doug Ducey into the race, and ever since he’s bullied the remaining candidates into embracing his toxic election lies and an agenda that is totally out of step with the state," the DSCC said in a statement. "Brnovich intends to fight and win this Primary Election and we look forward to working with President Trump to defeat Mark Kelly this fall," he said, adding that Brnovich still has "multiple ongoing investigations regarding the integrity of the 2020 election." "He is the current Arizona Attorney General, and while he understands what took place in the 2020 Presidential Election, and that it was Rigged and Stolen, he only views it as something he would like not to see happen again."

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Arizona Senate hopeful Blake Masters in a move that aides believe will give the Republican significant momentum ...

"President Trump is a great man and a visionary," Masters said in a statement released by his campaign. A statement Thursday from Brnovich campaign manager Brandon Urness did not mention the latest development but noted that Brnovich "intends to fight and win this Primary Election and we look forward to working with President Trump to defeat Mark Kelly this fall." , which has been at odds with the former President in other contests. Thiel had privately lobbied Trump to endorse Vance and Masters, in addition to pouring millions into super PACs supporting both men. Lamon said that he was "especially disappointed" in Trump's endorsement of Masters and that his rival "would be shred to pieces" by Kelly in a general election. "Blake knows that the "Crime of the Century" took place, he will expose it and also, never let it happen again," Trump said in a statement, referring to false claims of electoral fraud in 2020.

Former President Trump endorsed venture capitalist Blake Masters in the GOP Senate primary in Arizona on Thursday, siding with tech billionaire and ...

We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. Masters isn’t the only Thiel-linked candidate to receive Trump’s blessing. Oz is currently locked in a recount battle against former hedge fund CEO David McCormick. Trump has teased an endorsement in the race for weeks, and Masters appeared to be the likely pick. Former President Trump endorsed venture capitalist Blake Masters in the GOP Senate primary in Arizona on Thursday, siding with tech billionaire and Republican mega-donor Peter Thiel, who has already spent millions of dollars to boost Masters. In a lengthy statement announcing his endorsement, Trump praised Masters as a “great modern-day thinker” and “one of the most successful businessmen and investors in the Country.” He also made clear another reason for his endorsement: Masters’s support for Trump’s false claim that widespread voter fraud robbed him of reelection in 2020.

NY Attorney General Letitia James is giving him 'til Friday to explain why a dozen one-time secretaries — who she'd like to question — are AWOL.

he said he wants to know. Did any of them respond, and if so, what did they say?" "

Trump endorsed Masters after souring on two rivals, state Attorney General Mark Brnovich and businessman Jim Lamon.

- Trump thought Lamon, who pushed his business bonafides, talked about himself too much, one of the sources said. (Lamon was not mentioned in the endorsement). - Meanwhile, Trump felt Brnovich was "weak" on claims of 2020 election fraud as attorney general — and made those feelings known in his endorsement message, calling him "such a disappointment." - Masters is also the candidate people closest to Trump have been pushing the most, with many quick to point out the similarities between Masters and Vance. - Trump initially thought Masters wasn't great on TV but believes he's improved immensely in his public speaking and appreciates the way he's run his campaign so far. Former President Trump endorsed election-denying venture capitalist Blake Masters in the Republican Senate primary in Arizona on Thursday after souring on two of his rivals.

Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Tim Michels in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary, snubbing the state's former lieutenant governor.

Kevin Nicholson, who ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 2018, is also running. Priebus had advocated on Michels’ behalf, one of the sources said. Walker said in a recent interview that he emailed Trump about Kleefisch and that he had spoken to Ivanka Trump in the past to talk up Kleefisch. Walker noted that Priebus was closer to Trump: “The president talks to him,” Walker said.

With his endorsement of Michels, Trump inserts himself into the competitive primary with two months to go before Republican voters head to the polls.

Trump commended Ramthun for attempting to put forward a resolution to decertify the 2020 election, which is impossible. Among Republicans surveyed in May, 49% said they were more likely to support a candidate whom Trump has endorsed. Trump's endorsement will effectively introduce Michels to the Republican faithful. "Since the day we launched our campaign, I’ve been the conservative outsider in this race. Ben Wikler, the chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, said in a statement the endorsement by Trump "only deepens the alarming division and extremism of the Wisconsin Republican Party." MADISON – Wealthy construction executive Tim Michels on Thursday landed the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, giving the newest candidate in the Republican primary for governor an edge he needs to compete in a four-way primary that includes the state's well-known former lieutenant governor.

Former President Donald Trump endorsed businessman Tim Michels in the Republican nomination race for governor. Michels, along with Rebecca Kleefisch, ...

Subpoenas for information on Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman's roles in the fake electors scheme were issued in April.

That is the DoJ’s department, not theirs,” but predicted that the committee “will cooperate on their schedule”. One could imagine each link leading to the next and possibly all the way to Donald Trump.” They can use the transcripts to eliminate witnesses who don’t have much light to shed on the matters under investigation.” The answers to those questions will guide the investigation. “They know the importance of January 6 criminal accountability. “It will substantially advance the DoJ investigation into the role played by higher-level architects of the insurrection,” Bromwich added.

Insider sued the GSA for not releasing names of several taxpayer-funded employees for Trump and Pence's post-presidency transition offices.

While not naming names, Department of Justice lawyers said the unidentified individuals' work for Trump or Pence "appears to be low-level." The case — Insider Inc. v. Days before, Biden has denied Scavino's request to assert executive privilege to avoid the committee's questions. In April, Congress held Scavino in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with investigators. US General Services Administration — is pending in US District Court for the District of Columbia. MacInnis served as Pence's digital director and has since founded her own design-consulting firm.

Masters has been a fierce critic of the technology industry where he built his career and has given voice to the cultural grievances that animate GOP base ...

Trump calls Masters a “great modern-day thinker” and is slamming Masters’ chief rival, state Attorney General Mark Brnovich, for doing too little to promote Trump’s lies about the 2020 White House election. PHOENIX (AP) - Former President Donald Trump has endorsed investor Blake Masters in the crowded Republican Senate primary in Arizona. Masters is an ally of tech investor Peter Thiel, as is JD Vance, who won Trump’s endorsement in the Ohio Senate primary on the way to a victory last month. Former President Trump endorses investor Blake Masters in Arizona Senate primary

Donald Trump writes to me often, usually several times a day. The president, as he calls himself—none of that “former” business—wants me to know how much he ...

These included $35.3 million in “operating expenditures” and $48.4 million in transfers to “affiliated committees.” “The wait is over,” he told me, assuring me that he was “NOT lying” about the secret message. Neither the president nor his son have said a word to me about any of this. One message said it was raising money for a Protect Our Elections Fund to “prevent future election fraud.” But if you look at the fine print, it doesn’t say anything about there being a designated fund. Yet another was explicit about what would happen if I didn’t act in time: “This video will self-delete in 15 minutes.” That I’d like to see. Last month, the Federal Election Commission deadlocked 3-3 on whether to hold the Trump campaign accountable for allegedly funneling hundreds of millions of dollars in donations from people who respond to appeals like the ones the president sends me. “Do you agree that Democrats are ruining America?” it asked. He wrote: “This video message is only intended for YOU, Friend, so I need you to promise me that you WILL NOT share this with ANYONE.” All I had to do to “unlock” this secret video message was to give a donation of any amount by midnight. “Can I tell my father you stepped up?” He added: “My father wants to see an updated donor list first thing tomorrow morning. I want him to know that he has your support 100%.” I wonder how that conversation went. (It is unclear if the gold cards will carry forward member numbers from last fall’s “ Official Trump Cards,” which were red.) All are available for just $45. “He’s asking about you,” he confided to me recently.

Donald Trump's endorsement of construction company co-owner Tim Michels in Wisconsin's hotly contested governor's race threatens to further ...

Trump has a mixed record with endorsements nationally and his election record in Wisconsin is also mixed. Trump, in his endorsement, said Wisconsin needs a governor who will stop inflation, strengthen the border and end election fraud. In a Marquette University Law School poll last month, 49% of Republican respondents said they were more likely to support a candidate whom Trump endorsed. Michels previously ran for U.S. Senate in 2004, losing to Democrat Russ Feingold, and since then has remained largely out of the public spotlight. And 11% said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate backed by Trump. It came two weeks after Michels said he supported doing away with Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission, a change from his earlier position calling for reforms.

The former president announced his support for businessman Tim Michels' Wisconsin gubernatorial bid. This follows a recent spate of embarrassing flops of Trump- ...

Trump was also ahead of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republicans in announcing his support for former Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker, who will challenge Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia this November. Trump backed businessman Charles Herbster in Nebraska, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin in Idaho, and former Sen. David Perdue in Georgia. All three candidates failed to win their respective state's GOP nomination for governor. Since then, Trump-allies have sought to raise baseless claims to question the results and some even have pushed the unconstitutional and unfounded step of "decertifying" Biden's win in the state. By all accounts, Kleefisch was considered the frontrunner in the race. Trump's endorsement will certainly shake up the contest. Ahead of a possible 2024 run, Trump's endorsements are being closely tracked.

After endorsement snub from Donald Trump, former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch vows 'I'm going to win" the state's GOP gubernatorial primary.

But Trump’s clout among Republicans has suffered some high-profile setbacks in recent weeks, with the candidates he was backing in the gubernatorial primaries in Nebraska, Idaho and Georgia losing. I was lieutenant governor during the conservative policy revolution that had everyone looking at Wisconsin." "I appreciate President Trump’s endorsement and vote of confidence. Trump’s backing of MIchels was viewed as a big setback for Kleefisch, who served eight years as lieutenant governor under former Gov. Scott Walker and who was seen as the Wisconsin GOP establishment favorite in the primary. "I’m going to win this primary and then I’m going to win the general and then we will make Wisconsin the place to admire for a conservative policy revolution," Kleefisch predicted in a Fox News interview on Friday. And he touted that the endorsement was "a continuation of our astounding surge since I entered the race."

(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump has picked his candidate in Wisconsin's Republican race for governor: Tim Michels.

Former President Trump has endorsed Tim Michels for guv, saying he is “the best candidate to deliver meaningful solutions” to issues facing the country.

In a statement yesterday evening, Trump noted Michels served on his infrastructure task force that helped plan and start building the Keystone pipeline. She also won in the 2010 and 2014 general election running on a ticket with Scott Walker. He said there “was certainly illegal ballots.”

Navarro, like former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon, was indicted after refusing to comply with a Jan. 6 committee subpoena.

Lawmakers and investigators on the committee have come to view Meadows as a central figure in Trump’s months-long bid to overturn the results of the election and have previously expressed concern that Garland’s delay could hamstring their work. Moss also told Navarro to amend his lawsuit to make clear the basis for any other claims, such as those challenging the legitimacy of the House select committee or the authority of Biden to waive executive privilege invoked by his predecessor. In 2008, for example, the department rebuffed charges against President George W. Bush’s chief of staff, Joshua Bolten, and former White House counsel Harriet Miers, who had resisted subpoenas over the controversial forced resignations of U.S. attorneys during the pair’s tenure. “As demonstrated in this brief, the executive privilege invoked by President Trump is not mine or Joe Biden’s to waive,” Navarro repeated in the suit. Prosecutors alleged that Navarro did not communicate at all with the committee after receiving the subpoena. Navarro, formerly an adviser to the president on various trade and manufacturing policies, has been a private citizen since departing the White House on Jan. 20, 2021. Navarro, 72, is charged with one contempt count involving his refusal to appear for a deposition and another involving his refusal to produce documents to the committee, according to a seven-page indictment. Legal analysts said Congress could sue to try to effect that result, hoping a judge would hold Navarro in civil contempt and jail him until he cooperated. Navarro said in his lawsuit against Pelosi and the committee that he was directed to testify before a grand jury June 2 and present “[a]ll documents relating to the subpoena dated February 9, 2022” that he received from the committee, “including but not limited to any communications with [former president] Trump and/or his counsel or representative.” In a letter accompanying the original Navarro subpoena, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the select committee, cited news reports that the former Trump trade adviser “worked with Steve Bannon and others to develop and implement a plan to delay Congress’s certification of, and ultimately change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.” Navarro, who filed the lawsuit on his own without a lawyer, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Both Navarro and Bannon were indicted by a grand jury in Washington — a rare move by the Justice Department to escalate the consequences of a dispute involving Congress by bringing criminal charges.

Peter Navarro, who served as a trade advisor to former President Donald Trump, refused to testify to the House committee investigating the Capitol riot.

Navarro did not self-surrender on the charges, a law-enforcement source told NBC News. "My hands are tied," Navarro wrote the committee on Feb. 27. Navarro, 72, had refused to appear to testify on March 2 in response to the subpoena and also refused to produce by Feb. 23 documents sought by that same subpoena, according to the indictment in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. - Navarro had refused to appear to testify on March 2 in response to the subpoena and also refused to produce by Feb. 23 documents sought by that same subpoena. Former Trump White House advisor Peter Navarro was arrested Friday on a federal indictment charging him with two counts of contempt of Congress over his refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. - Former Trump White House advisor Peter Navarro was indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of contempt of Congress over his refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Navarro said he was arrested at a DC-area airport Friday on his way to Nashville.

"I will push as hard as I can to use the same B.S. the Democrats are using now to try to put me in prison for standing up for principle," Navarro said. He ultimately closed off communication with the committee and referred all questions regarding his cooperation to Trump and his attorneys. "You bet your a** that I will lead the charge," Navarro said. "Hit them with subpoenas," Navarro declared. Navarro revealed Monday that he had been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors who were seeking documents related to his decision. Navarro had claimed that he was unable to cooperate because former President Donald Trump had asserted executive privilege in the matter. The Justice Department has yet to act on two other Trump allies referred by the House for prosecution: former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and ex-White House aide Dan Scavino. Navarro also asked the committee if the proceedings would be held in public. The first referral from the House, for former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, was picked up by DOJ and has led to an indictment. They are obligated to comply with our investigation. Navarro, who has a Ph.D in economics, is not an attorney. At Friday's court appearance, Judge Zia Faruqui expressed concern about allowing Navarro to represent himself.

A federal grand jury has indicted Peter Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress after he failed to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee.

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Navarro had refused to comply with subpoenas from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Why it matters: Republicans face a daunting challenge in the coming messaging war. J. Michael Luttig, a former federal judge and lawyer who advised former Vice President Mike Pence, is expected to testify in the Jan. 6 select committee's public hearings this month, Axios has learned. - Navarro and a spokesperson for the Jan. 6 select committee didn't immediately respond to Axios' requests for comment. Former President Trump and his allies, in conjunction with top House GOP leadership and conservative groups, have begun pulling documents and coordinating a behind-the-scenes effort to counterprogram the Jan. 6 committee's televised hearings this month, Axios has learned. - He was charged with one count for refusing to appear for a deposition and another for refusing to produce the documents. Driving the news: Navarro had refused to comply with subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Navarro indicted on two counts of contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena issued by the Capitol attack committee.

But in an attempt to block the justice department from prosecuting the contempt of Congress referral and to somehow invalidate the grand jury subpoena, Navarro on Tuesday filed a last-ditch, 88-page lawsuit seeking an injunction from a federal judge. In an attempt to block the justice department from prosecuting the contempt of Congress referral and to somehow invalidate the grand jury subpoena, Navarro on Tuesday filed a last-ditch, 88-page lawsuit seeking an injunction from a federal judge.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump said they made one phone call to most of his former executive assistants in their effort to try to contact them as ...

Engoron lifted the contempt order last month if Trump met certain conditions, including wiring $110,000 to an escrow account. In a new court filing Friday, Trump attorney Michael Madaio said they obtained contact information for 10 of Trump's 13 former assistants from the Trump Organization and left one voicemail message each for six of them on May 18. To keep Trump out of civil contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena, his attorneys were ordered by Friday to satisfy the remaining conditions or the $10,000 per day fine could be reinstated.

Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro is facing criminal charges after a federal grand jury indicted him on two counts of contempt of Congress for ...

Meadows was held in contempt by Congress but has not been indicted. That notion was also promoted by Trump lawyer John Eastman. The House voted in April to hold Navarro — and another former Trump White House adviser, Dan Scavino — in contempt of Congress. The indictment comes as the committee is set to hold a hearing June 9 to begin publicly disclosing details of what it has uncovered about the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Turns out they won't return his phone calls, Trump's lawyer says in a new affidavit. NY AG Letitia James wants to hear from all of them.

Another former executive assistant's phone was out of service, and yet another was reached, promised to call back, but did not. Six more had left forwarding numbers, but didn't return the lawyers' phone calls to those numbers, the filing said. A defense lawyer has explained why so many of Donald Trump's former executive assistants can't be located: they won't return his phone calls.