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'Say the Election Was Corrupt, (and) Leave the Rest to Me'

Newly released notes reveal Trump's pressure on the Justice Department

(Newser) - Newly released notes reveal the personal pressure then-President Trump put on his Justice Department to overturn the election, reports the Washington Post . The notes were taken by Richard Donoghue, a top aide to acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, who was present for some of the phone calls Trump placed to...

Trump Presses the Gas on 2020 Claims in Arizona

'Nobody knows where the hell they are,' Trump claimed of mail-in ballots

(Newser) - "Take your loss and accept it and move on." Such was the advice Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs doled out to Donald Trump on Friday ahead of his Saturday appearance in Phoenix, reports the Guardian . He didn't take it. At the "Rally for Election Integrity,...

A Former Trump Supporter Has Advice for Trump's Critics

For one thing, stop insulting all those who back the former president

(Newser) - Columnist Gary Abernathy used to support Donald Trump, though he stopped because of Trump's actions after the election. Still, Abernathy understands the the views of TrumpWorld, and he offers advice to Trump critics in a Washington Post essay. For starters, stop with the insults. Trump supporters are not "...

Woman's Anti-Biden Signs Deemed Obscene

New Jersey woman must remove them or pay fine

(Newser) - A New Jersey woman has been ordered to remove the anti-Biden signs adorning a fence at her home or face daily fines. Per NJ.com , a municipal judge in Roselle Park ruled Thursday that resident Andrea Dick must take down the signs that include the f-word or be fined $250...

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Feared a Trump Coup
Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs
Feared a
Trump Coup
NEW BOOK
Jul 15, 2021 9:03 AM CDT

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Feared a Trump Coup

Gen. Mark Milley thought Trump was adopting 'gospel of the Führer': book

(Newser) - America's top general was so worried President Trump would refuse to give up the presidency that he asked confidants if a coup was imminent. So Pulitzer Prize winners Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker of the Washington Post report in I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic ...

Trump Seethes Over Kavanaugh in New Book
Trump Seethes Over
Kavanaugh in New Book
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Jul 13, 2021 12:24 PM CDT

Trump Seethes Over Kavanaugh in New Book

'Where would he be without me,' Trump asks Michael Wolff

(Newser) - Former President Trump is in lots of headlines Tuesday, in part because of advance looks at two upcoming books. One is Landslide, the latest from Michael Wolff (a Newser co-founder). The other is I Alone Can Fix It from Washington Post reporters Carol Loennig and Philip Rucker. Coverage:
  • In Landslide,
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Trump's Silicon Valley Move May Be a Lose-Win Strategy

Legal experts think suits against social media giants are doomed, but they may fire up his base

(Newser) - Former President Trump went after Facebook, Twitter, and Google on Wednesday with class-action lawsuits that accuse them of censoring conservative views by banning him and others. The consensus in coverage is that the lawsuits stand little chance of succeeding, but that might be OK with Trump. Coverage:
  • An analysis at
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Hillbilly Elegy Author Now Regrets Bashing Trump

JD Vance, now a Senate candidate, says he was wrong about the 'good president'

(Newser) - JD Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy, has announced his bid to replace retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman in Ohio's 2022 Senate election, and is now walking back past criticism of former President Trump. "Like a lot of people, I criticized Trump back in 2016," the Republican venture...

Report: In 2nd State, Records of a Pressure Campaign

Paper has records of texts, calls made by Trump, allies to Ariz. GOPers over election results

(Newser) - Newly released records show the top Republicans in Arizona's largest county dodged calls from Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election, as the then-president sought to prevent the certification of Joe Biden's victory in key battleground states. The records—including voicemails and texts—shed light on...

Report: Trump Organization Will Be Charged Tomorrow

Organization and CFO are said to be the ones who will be accused of tax-related crimes

(Newser) - The Manhattan district attorney's office started investigating the Trump Organization three years ago, and sources tell the Wall Street Journal the first criminal charges against it will come tomorrow. Those sources say the Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg, its CFO, will likely be charged Thursday with tax-related crimes. A...

Supreme Court Surprises Analysts With Unanimity

Justices agree more than usual before Biden commission starts considering changes

(Newser) - Despite having a solid majority of Republican-appointed members, and the widespread promise and fears of rulings favoring right-wing causes, the Supreme Court has gone in a direction this term that many court watchers didn't expect: down the middle. Along the way, the court has issued more unanimous opinions than...

Turkish Advocacy Puts Giuliani Under Investigation

This case, over pressure placed on Trump, isn't criminal

(Newser) - The Justice Department is looking into whether Rudy Giuliani conducted lobbying for Turkey. Giuliani's activities involving Ukraine already are being investigated; that case is being handled separately, ABC reports. There was no comment yet from Giuliani or his lawyer, but the former personal lawyer for former President Trump has...

Order Invoking Insurrection Act Was Prepared for Trump

Former president denies wanting to use active-duty troops against protesters

(Newser) - As protesters near the White House demonstrated against the killing of George Floyd last summer, aides were preparing a proclamation allowing President Trump to put active-duty US troops on the streets of the capital. The document was drafted after an angry Trump told the attorney general and military leaders he...

Trump&#39;s COVID Treatment Needed Emergency OK by FDA
Trump Received Multiple
Emergency COVID Medicines
book excerpt
Jun 24, 2021 2:00 PM CDT

Trump Received Multiple Emergency COVID Medicines

New book details a frantic weekend of treatment

(Newser) - The world knew Donald Trump was hospitalized for COVID treatment in October. Afterward, reports emerged that the former president was sicker than acknowledged . Now, a story adapted from a new book emphasizes the latter point and provides details on the all-out efforts made to treat Trump. Among the details in...

Watchdog Suggests Blame for 881 Secret Service Infections

Group says Trump put agents at risk of contracting the coronavirus

(Newser) - A nonprofit watchdog group has counted 881 Secret Service employees who tested positive for the coronavirus between March 1, 2020, and March 9, 2021. Of those, 477 belonged to the special agent division, whose duties include guarding the president, vice president, and their families, the Washington Post reports. In its...

Book: Trump Wanted to Send Infected Americans to Gitmo

'We import goods. We are not going to import a virus.'

(Newser) - In the early months of the pandemic last year, then-President Trump wanted to send Americans infected with COVID-19 to the same place his Republican predecessor sent enemy combatants, according to a new book from two Washington Post journalists. In Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration's Response to the Pandemic ...

Trump Gave Fire and Fury Author 'Extraordinary Access' for New Book

Michael Wolff's 'Landslide' based on 'extraordinary access' to president

(Newser) - The author of Fire and Fury, the bestseller from 2018 that helped launched the wave of inside accounts of the Trump White House, will have a last take coming out next month. Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency by Michael Wolff (a Newser co-founder) will be out July...

Emails Show Trump's Big Push to Overturn Election

Former president pressured top Justice Department officials to hold up results

(Newser) - A newly released batch of emails show that former President Trump and top aides were using all the leverage of the White House in their late-hour push to block the results of the 2020 election. Specifically, Trump and chief of staff Mark Meadows pleaded with Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen—...

Kayleigh McEnany: I &#39;Never Lied&#39;
Kayleigh McEnany:
I 'Never Lied'
Jun 14, 2021 10:50 AM CDT

Kayleigh McEnany: I 'Never Lied'

Trump's former press chief says she always spoke the truth

(Newser) - Former Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany made a bold claim for any press secretary to make, and it's generating lots of attention. "I never lied," she told the Turning Point USA's Young Women's Leadership Summit over the weekend. "As a woman of faith, as...

Apple Had to Hand Over Data on Sitting White House Counsel

In 2018, Justice Department issued subpoena for data of Donald McGahn

(Newser) - Apple recently revealed that then-President Trump’s Department of Justice had come to them with subpoenas for data on congressional Democrats. Now the company has revealed that it turned over data for Trump’s own White House counsel, too. The company told Donald McGahn and his wife that it...

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