A law firm that recently took over representation of Donald Trump’s campaign in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit is embroiled in a new scandal. A top partner in the firm Schulman Bhattacharya, LLC, has been charged by the Department of Justice with using forged documents to gain access to $12.5 million of assets in Somalia. Jeremy Schulman was charged in late 2020 and the case is still proceeding, the Daily Beast reported. Schulman’s firm took over Trump’s discrimination case on Wednesday, replacing a previous law firm which asked to stop representing the former president because of an “irre...
Raw Story (AU)
Wealthy MAGA donors are funneling millions of dollars to the campaign of a Democrat who’s running against former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, a report revealed Saturday. Dunn, who was beaten by rioters on Jan. 6, 2017, is outspoken about the insurrection, giving testimony on Capitol Hill and regularly appearing on MSNBC. He’s running against state Sen. Sarah Elfreth, among others, for the Democratic nomination to represent Maryland’s third district in Congress. The state’s primary is on Tuesday. But his opponent has received a multi-million dollar flood of donations from a surprisin...
Raw Story (AU)
An in-depth CNN review of Donald Trump’s campaign calendar has exposed one of biggest courtroom gripes to be in doubt. Trump has repeatedly complained that being forced into a courtroom while his criminal trial involving hush money payments continues has stopped him from campaigning. “I should be right now in Pennsylvania, in Florida, in many other states, North Carolina, Georgia — campaigning,” he said outside the courtroom as the trial began. The refrain has been repeated many times. But, CNN found that, on almost all of the 12 court-free days he’s had since the trial started in April, he's ...
Raw Story (AU)
A tightrope walk by Donald Trump’s lawyers let the jury hear damaging evidence because they were afraid it would seem their client had “something to hide” — and that’s seriously dented their case, an expert said. In a Saturday report Paul Golden, a partner at the New York law firm Coffey Modica, said the “balancing act” performed by attorney Susan Necheles gave the jury damaging evidence — and may have blown any hope of an appeal. It even left Judge Juan Merchan bemused. “I don’t understand,” he said. Trump is standing trial on 34 charges of business fraud involving hush money payments alleged...
Raw Story (AU)
Donald Trump’s campaign is considering offering the role of vice president to his most long-standing campaign rival, Axios reported Saturday. Nikki Haley is under “active consideration” for the position, according to unnamed insiders in the former president’s camp. Axios said Trump’s decision hinges on whether Trump believes Haley — whom he called "Birdbrain" throughout the fight to become the GOP's presidential nominee — can help him avoid a prison sentence and cover millions of dollars in debt racked up by legal bills if he loses the election. Haley, however, has publicly stated she won’t en...
Raw Story (AU)
Donald Trump's election campaign has been hit with a sex discrimination lawsuit involving fresh accusations that his lawyers violated federal law by attempting to hide settlement payments to women accusers. The Federal Election Commission must investigate whether the campaign illegally attempted to hide settlement payments by routing them through third parties, according to a complaint filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The allegations of wrongdoing, first reported by The Daily Beast, stem from former Trump campaign employee AJ Delgado who gave a sworn declar...
Raw Story (AU)
“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed…” – Jesus (Luke 12:15) “My whole life I’ve been greedy, greedy, greedy. I’ve grabbed all the money I could get. I’m so greedy.” – Donald Trump The Washington Post revealed yesterday that Donald Trump told a group of fossil fuel executives that if they’d give him a billion-dollar bribe, he’d use it to become president and then eliminate all of President Biden’s environmental regulations and prevent any new ones from coming into law. The industry barons had been grumbling that they’d already spent more than $400 million lobbying the Biden a...
Raw Story (AU)
The man convicted of breaking into Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) home and hammering her husband has been recommended to serve 40 years to life in prison. The 2 a.m. ambush on Oct. 28, 2022, committed by David DePape who was found guilty by a jury of attempting to kidnap Member and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi "on account of the performance of her official duties" and assault of her husband, according to the filed sentencing memorandum. It was first reported by Politico reporter Kyle Cheney. ALSO READ: Marjorie Taylor Greene is buying stocks again. Some picks ...
Raw Story (AU)
Atlanta poll workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss are asking a federal bankruptcy judge to issue an injunction barring Rudy Giuliani from continuing to make defamatory statements about them, reported Politico's Kyle Cheney on Friday evening. In the document filed with the court, Freeman and Moss, who have already won a $148 million civil judgment against Giuliani for his repeated claims that they mishandled ballots in Georgia during the 2020 presidential election, argue that the former prosecutor and New York City mayor is continuing to sully their reputations. "Undeterred by facts, logic, dece...
Raw Story (AU)
Breaking news that Melania Trump had declined on her son Barron's behalf an invitation to serve as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention spurred almost immediate mockery of his father, former President Donald Trump. A spokesperson for Melania issued a statement Friday hours after Trump publicly boasted of his youngest son's height and political prowess. The Office of former First Lady Melania Trump confirmed in a statement to The Daily Mail, "While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due ...
Raw Story (AU)
To continue enjoying content, please agree to our Terms of Use for Users that includes our collection and use of your browsing data, which is incorporated into our Privacy Policy.