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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 "...

Trump Calls Coup Report 'So Ridiculous'

Denial includes criticism of Joint Chiefs chairman he appointed

(Newser) - Former President Trump said Thursday that despite a new book reporting that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs feared a coup led from the Oval Office, Gen. Mark Milley had nothing to worry about. "I never threatened, or spoke about, to anyone, a coup of our Government," Trump...

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
the rundown
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,
...

Trump Calls Capitol Rioters &#39;Great People&#39;
Trump Calls
Capitol Rioters
'Great People' 
the rundown
Jul 12, 2021 2:14 AM CDT

Trump Calls Capitol Rioters 'Great People'

On the same day he wins CPAC straw poll

(Newser) - Former President Trump had a big day Sunday. From weighing in on the rioters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6 to speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), here's the latest on the former POTUS:
  • Of his supporters who rallied for him and then mobbed the
...

Secretary of State Seeks Criminal Probe of Pressure From Trump, Supporters

Interfering with an election official is a felony, Katie Hobbs reminds attorney general

(Newser) - Arizona's secretary of state has asked its attorney general to open a criminal investigation into whether former President Trump and others tried to pressure election officials last November. Katie Hobbs' request came after the Arizona Republic reported last week that Maricopa County supervisors received texts and voicemails while ballots...

Trump Files Lawsuits Against Facebook, Twitter, Google
Trump Is Suing Big Tech
Jul 7, 2021 11:57 AM CDT

Trump Is Suing Big Tech

He files class-action suits against Facebook, Twitter

(Newser) - Donald Trump is taking on tech giants again—this time as a private citizen. The former president, speaking at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey, announced Wednesday that he is leading class-action lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter, Google, and their CEOs, NJ.com reports. He accused the companies of censoring...

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...

Weisselberg&#39;s Perks Included Mercedes, Tip Money: Prosecutors
How Weisselberg's
Perks Added Up
Jul 5, 2021 11:40 AM CDT

How Weisselberg's Perks Added Up

Trump executive has pleaded not guilty in tax case

(Newser) - Many employers provide gym memberships or cellphones, or maybe even the use of a company car, as perks for its staff members. Some of the freebies are taxable, some aren't, CNBC reports. But the tax fraud case brought against Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, lists...

Michael Cohen Claims Retaliation, Sues US for $20M

Former lawyer for ex-president says Trump officials improperly sent him back to prison

(Newser) - Michael Cohen was allowed to leave prison in May 2020 so he could serve the rest of his sentence at home. But while the terms were being worked out, he was sent back to prison, reportedly after refusing to agree to the furlough's conditions. The real reasons, he says,...

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...

Trump&#39;s CFO Pleads Not Guilty to Tax Charges
Trump's Longtime Money
Guy Is in the Crosshairs
the rundown
Jul 1, 2021 1:56 PM CDT

Trump's Longtime Money Guy Is in the Crosshairs

The big question is whether Allen Weisselberg will cooperate with authorities

(Newser) - Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded not guilty to tax crime charges Thursday afternoon, one day after he and the business were indicted. A lawyer for the company also pleaded not guilty to what prosecutors called a 15-year scheme to defraud the government "...

Trump Rally is Revenge Against GOP Impeachment Voter

The former president, facing investigations, is planning a series of live events

(Newser) - Former President Donald Trump will return to the rally stage this weekend, holding his first campaign-style event since leaving the White House as he makes good on his pledge to exact revenge on those who voted for his historic second impeachment, the AP reports. Trump's event at Ohio's...

Criminal Charges in Play for Trump Organization

Prosecutors investigating executives' perks could bring a case next week

(Newser) - For the first time in the Manhattan district attorney's investigation of the Trump Organization, criminal charges are a possibility—maybe as soon as next week. Lawyers for former President Trump have been told that a criminal case is under consideration, the New York Times reports. That part of the...

Nikki Haley Reverts to Praising Trump

Former UN ambassador may require the support of his base in 2024

(Newser) - Nikki Haley maintained that former President Trump was truthful and entirely fit for office during her tenure as his UN ambassador before flipping after the Capitol riot. Trump "lost any sort of political viability," she said earlier this year. "He went down a path he shouldn’t...

Capitol Riot Case Produces First Sentence

Judge gives Indiana woman probation, while Oath Keeper pleads guilty

(Newser) - An Indiana woman on Wednesday became the first defendant to be sentenced in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol and avoided time behind bars. And a member of the Oath Keepers extremist group pleaded guilty in a conspiracy case and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in a major...

Report: Trump's Ex-Bodyguard Is Under the Microscope

Sources tell 'WSJ' that Matthew Calamari, now COO of Trump Organization, is part of NY probe

(Newser) - In February 2019, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen testified in front of Congress that his old boss had inflated the values of assets for insurance purposes. Cohen listed names of other individuals within the Trump Organization who allegedly knew about such practices. Among those names: Matthew Calamari, Trump's ex-bodyguard...

Protesters Cleared From DC Park See Most Claims Tossed

Though claims against two police departments are allowed to proceed

(Newser) - A federal judge has dismissed a majority of the claims filed by activists and civil liberties groups who accused the Trump administration of violating the civil rights of protesters who were forcefully removed by police using chemical agents from a park near the White House before then-President Trump walked to...

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 ...

Run By Herschel Walker Could Test Trump

Some Georgia Republicans worry football star would sail through primary, then stumble

(Newser) - Wanting to bring down the Republican officeholders who wouldn't throw out Georgia's legitimate presidential election results to deliver him the state's electoral votes, former President Trump has promised to assemble a slate of his own candidates. One favorite appears to be former football star Herschel Walker, who...

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