According to Mediaite, the Patriot Legal Defense Fund, established by former President Donald Trump’s campaign to raise money for his legal expenses, has reportedly raised only $1.6 million over a six-month period, according to a report from The Daily Beast. Notably, $1 million of this amount came from a single couple. The fund claims its purpose is to cover legal expenses related to defending against legal actions arising from political participation, but its expenditures tell a different story. Over the past six months, the Patriot Legal Defense Fund spent just $28,578, with a substantial portion going to expenses seemingly unrelated…
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According to Mediaite, Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis blamed former President Donald Trump for the controversial Satanic altar erected in Iowa’s State Capitol, asserting that the IRS granted the Satanic Temple tax-exempt status in 2019 during the Trump administration. DeSantis made these remarks during a CNN town hall in Iowa. WHEN QUESTIONED BY JAKE TAPPER ABOUT WHETHER THE SATANIC ALTAR SHOULD REMAIN IN THE CAPITOL, DESANTIS EXPRESSED SURPRISE AND STATED, “I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE LEGISLATURE– WHAT THEY, HOW THEY ANALYZED IT, BUT IT VERY WELL MAY BE BECAUSE OF THAT RULING UNDER DONALD TRUMP THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD…
Former President Donald Trump, in a social media post on Wednesday, December 13, declared that a poll, which he labeled as the “most important” in the last 20 years, asserted that 20% of mail-in ballots in the 2020 presidential election were “rigged or defective.”Trump went on to claim that this revelation signifies the entire election was a “giant scam,” emphasizing his belief that a fair and honest election is impossible as long as mail-in ballots are in use. The former president asserted that cheating will always be prevalent as long as mail-in ballots are part of the electoral process.In his…
Former President Donald Trump faced a significant setback as a federal appeals court dismissed his attempt to claim presidential immunity in a civil defamation lawsuit brought by former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.The judges asserted that Trump had waived the use of presidential immunity as a defense by not raising it earlier in the litigation. Carroll accused Trump of defamation when, as president, he denied her allegations of sexual assault. CNN reported on Wednesday, December 13, the federal appeals court’s rejection of Trump’s presidential immunity claim in E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit.In a ruling that addressed a novel legal question, the…
During a Christmas event hosted by the Strongsville Republican Party in Ohio, Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) encountered a prankster who attempted to present him with a fake award related to the investigation he faced for allegedly paying young women for sex. After Gaetz gave a speech that was streamed on Facebook, a man introduced himself as “Mike with the Strongsville GOP” and claimed to have an award for Gaetz. Upon presenting the award, the man made sarcastic and critical comments, congratulating Gaetz for his alleged dedication to using money to pay underage girls for sex.In response, Gaetz dismissed the accusations,…
Legal setback for Donald Trump after judge issues ruling. Jeff Clark, a co-defendant of Donald Trump in Georgia, faced a setback as the court rejected his attempt to dismiss criminal charges in a recent legal blow.The MAGA lawyer, who had garnered attention after a critical segment on MSNBC, was denied the opportunity to evade the charges based on jurisdictional grounds, as reported by Raw Story on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. Georgia law professor Anthony Michael Kreis took to social media to announce the court’s decision, stating, “Judge McAfee DENIES Jeff Clark’s motion to dismiss the charges against him for lack…
President Donald Trump’s purported legal defense fund, the “Patriot Legal Defense Fund,” has come under intense scrutiny after it was revealed that the fund has not allocated any funds towards covering Trump’s legal expenses.According to Raw Story, on Tuesday, December, 12, 2023, the majority of its expenditure was directed toward hosting a lavish event at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago country club, drawing sharp criticism and raising questions about the fund’s true intentions. Established by Trump campaign officials in July with the ostensible aim of alleviating the mounting legal costs faced by the former president due to numerous criminal indictments, the fund’s financial…
Former President Donald Trump, a central figure in the ongoing legal scrutiny surrounding the events of January 6, 2021, finds himself under the meticulous gaze of special counsel Jack Smith.In a strategic move outlined in a filing on December 11, Smith reveals his intent to call forth witnesses armed with insights drawn from an extensive examination of Trump’s digital footprint, particularly his activities on the now-rebranded social media platform, X. This disclosure marks the first tangible hint at the trajectory Smith aims to pursue, leveraging a trove of information painstakingly extracted from Trump’s X account as reported by The Hill.The…
A recent exchange between a former Trump aide and a prominent lawyer in the MAGA community has come to light, suggesting a concerted effort to manipulate electoral processes. According to Raw Story on Tuesday, December, 12, 2023, the conversation, obtained by undisclosed sources, reveals the aide advising the lawyer against amending what appear to be fraudulent elector certificates. The controversial dialogue reportedly took place in the aftermath of the 2020 elections, during a time when baseless claims of widespread voter fraud were circulating.The former Trump aide, whose identity remains undisclosed, can be heard discouraging the MAGA lawyer from making amendments…
According to a report by Raw Story on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, a coalition of Republican legal figures has submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, urging the rejection Donald Trump’s claim of absolute presidential immunity in the United States v. Trump case related to the 2020 presidential election interference. The distinguished signatories, including former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer, Congresswoman Barbara Comstock, ex-Missouri Attorney General John Danforth, appellate judge Michael Luttig, and former EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman.They assert that Trump’s proposed immunity could set a dangerous precedent, encouraging future losing Presidents to engage in criminal conduct to…