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“It breathed new life into Trump.”RISKY BETS THAT PAID OFFFrom the start, Trump president acted like the front-runner, declining invitations to multicandidate events and refusing to debate. “You've got to give credit to the Trump campaign,” said Saltsman, who chaired the 2024 campaign of Mike Pence, who was Trump's vice president. Beyond the endorsements, Trump's team also worked closely with state parties as they set delegate allocation rules, encouraging winner-take-all contests and other changes that would ultimately benefit a front-runner. THE LOYALTY FACTORAs the first nominating contests neared, Trump's team worked to harness the dedication of his loyal supporters. Trump’s team rewarded its volunteers with perks such as VIP tickets to his rallies and gold-embroidered hats.

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☆ Iowa Republican caucus sets new record for state political ad buys: $120 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The battle to win the Republican Iowa caucus is the most expensive on record, with over $120 million spent on ads by the campaigns and their affiliated political action committees in the Hawkeye State, according to data provided to CNBC by AdImpact. Around $84 million of the $120 million total ad buys came from campaigns and allies of the top three candidates, Trump, Haley and Florida. DeSantis' campaign and two outside allies have spent a combined $30 million on TV, digital, and radio ads in Iowa. One of the two DeSantis super PACs, Never Back Down, has knocked on over 915,000 doors in the Iowa, according to the organization. As for Trump's super PAC, MAGA Inc. would not provide data on what efforts they've made outside of their ad spending in support of the former president.

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Another source identified Trump Organization employee Yuscil Taveras as the unnamed computer specialist whose fees prosecutors said were paid by Trump's political group. Trump's legal spokesperson Alina Habba, who is also general counsel at Save America, did not respond to detailed questions on the payments. In July, after Save America reported its legal expenses to the Federal Election Commission, Cheung said Save America was helping people who had worked for Trump avoid "financial ruin." Asked how legal spending would affect his campaign, Trump told a SiriusXM podcast earlier this month: "Fortunately, I have a lot more money." Save America and the Trump campaign have not responded to requests for comment on the legal fee estimates.

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The Department of Justice reportedly indicted former President Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago records case. With the indictment, Trump became the first current or former president in American history to face federal criminal charges. Prior to Trump's indictment, federal prosecutors told his attorneys in early June that he was a target of the investigation. Smith's indictment is the second pending criminal case against Trump. In September, he said there would be "problems" like "we've never seen" before in the event of his criminal indictment.

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The Department of Justice indicted former President Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago records case. With the indictment, Trump became the first current or former president in American history to face federal criminal charges. Prior to Trump's indictment, federal prosecutors told his attorneys in early June that he was a target of the investigation. In September, he said there would be "problems" like "we've never seen" before in the event of his criminal indictment. Editor's note: Portions of this article were prepared in the weeks preceding Trump's indictment.

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☆ Trump told he is target of Mar-a-Lago documents criminal probe by special counsel
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump greets supporters at a Team Trump volunteer leadership training event held at the Grimes Community Complex on June 01, 2023 in Grimes, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump has been informed he is a target of the federal criminal probe into his retention of hundreds of classified government records after leaving the White House, NBC News reported Wednesday evening. Such notification typically occurs before prosecutors decide whether to lodge criminal charges against a target. Trump's attorneys were told at a meeting Monday at the Department of Justice with special counsel Jack Smith and other DOJ officials that he is a target of the classified documents investigation, according to two sources briefed on the meeting, NBC reported. A raid on Mar-a-Lago last August by the FBI uncovered hundreds of classified documents and other government records.

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☆ Grand Jury in Florida Hears Testimony in Trump Documents Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Alan Feuer | Maggie Haberman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Among those who appeared for questions was Taylor Budowich, a former spokesman to Mr. Trump who now is a top adviser at the super PAC supporting Mr. Trump’s presidential candidacy. Mr. Budowich was Mr. Trump’s spokesman at the time. The statement that Mr. Trump initially wanted to send, according to two people briefed on the matter, said that he had returned all the presidential material he had. A draft of the statement was put together, according to the people familiar with the matter. Prosecutors have that draft statement and have asked witnesses about emails sent among aides about it, according to the people briefed on the matter.

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☆ How Nikki Haley Went From Friend to Foe of Government Aid for Boeing
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( John Mccormick | Andrew Tangel | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.— Nikki Haley frequently questions the use of public money to help corporations as she campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, but her tone was significantly different when it came to interests in South Carolina. As a state legislator and candidate for governor, Ms. Haley supported a 2009 economic development package for Boeing Co. valued at as much as $900 million that helped land the company’s 787 Dreamliner production facility in this city. A few years later, as governor, she signed into law an additional $120 million for the aerospace company as part of an expansion. It isn’t unusual for conservative politicians, whether governors trying to lure companies to their states or members of Congress looking to secure funding for special projects back home, to confront tensions between their support for limited government and parochial interests. Still, as voters examine the emerging GOP field, Ms. Haley’s record on Boeing has led some to portray the former governor and United Nations ambassador as someone prone to reversals and tied to the corporate establishment.

Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, among others. [1/7] Old welcome signs heralding the hometown of former South Carolina governor and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley sit behind the town center in Bamberg, South Carolina, U.S. February 14, 2023. Haley will kick off the start of her 2024 presidential campaign in Charleston, South Carolina. "People don't understand, unless you were here, just what a demonstrative act of leadership that was," said Tom Davis, a Republican state senator who is backing Haley's presidential bid.

☆ Biden's classified records bumbling is a gift for Trump, and some high-profile figures say it closes the door on an indictment for the former president
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Biden aides have discovered two batches of classified documents from when he was vice president. "When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the White House? Over in the US House Republicans have already launched an investigation. Trump is the only person to have announced a 2024 campaign for the White House, but his campaign has been off to a slow start. Some commentators even predicted that the perception of a double standard around the Biden documents investigation would derail a potential Trump indictment.

A recent multimillion-dollar transaction could show how Trump might get around that restriction. Many U.S. election law experts expect that MAGA Inc will spend money to support Trump's 2024 campaign, which he officially kicked off on Tuesday. "That's a gray area in the law that they might try to exploit," said Weiner, a former lawyer at the Federal Election Commission. If the FEC doesn't act on the Campaign Legal Center's request for a probe, the group could ask a judge to order the regulator to launch an investigation. A deadlock could lead to further court cases, potentially running out the clock before the 2024 election.

☆ Trump lashes out at DeSantis and Virginia Gov. Youngkin as he readies 2024 launch in the week ahead
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Christina Wilkie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON — As former President Donald Trump readies for the planned launch Tuesday of his 2024 presidential campaign, he issued fresh broadsides against two Republican governors who emerged as early favorites to challenge him for his party's nomination: Florida Gov. That's the message Republicans must deliver to Donald Trump. Arkansas Republican Gov. "President Trump has racked up over 215 wins for his endorsements — a truly unprecedented accomplishment and something only possible because of President Trump's ability to pick and elect winners," Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich told CNBC. DeSantis won reelection in a landslide, defeating former Florida Gov.

☆ GOP starts boosting Walker in runoff amid calls to keep Trump away from Georgia
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Warnock won his race against Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, and Sen. Jon Ossoff defeated GOP incumbent David Perdue, swinging control of the narrowly divided chamber. I know that Trump wants to be helpful to make Herschel win. Should Laxalt prevail, the Georgia Senate race would once again determine control of the Senate. “President Trump is 220-18 in races that have been called, and with the support of President Trump, Herschel Walker, after forcing a run-off, is well-positioned to win,” Budowich said in a written statement. “We just can’t take our eye off the ball and make sure we prepare to win Georgia,” he said.

How Putin and Friends Stalled Climate Progress A handful of powerful world leaders rallied around Russia and undercut global cooperation. Mr. Putin has gained from this as the increasingly autocratic Mr. Xi finds common cause with the Kremlin. “Much depends on whether authoritarian leaders perceive climate action to be in their self-interest.”Though their actions help Mr. Putin, their track records on climate are mixed. Mr. Xi called Mr. Putin his “best friend.”He was returning the favor from a year earlier, when Mr. Putin hosted Mr. Xi at the Grand Kremlin Palace and awarded him one of Russia’s highest medals for foreign dignitaries. At a news conference with Mr. Putin, Mr. Bolsonaro thanked his “dear friend,” saying that Mr. Putin had offered him support when other world leaders were criticizing his Amazon policy.

☆ Threats against judges skyrocketed during the Trump era, and experts are now fearing for the worst
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Federal judges involved in matters related to the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago have also faced threats. The number of logged threats to judges and other officials nearly doubled early in the Trump era. He's a hater," Trump said of Judge Gonzalo Curiel, a 2012 appointee to the federal trial court in San Diego. But, as the threats to the federal judges in South Florida showed, the trend is extending down through the lower courts. It declined to give a broader assessment for the increase in threats to judges and other Marshals Service protectees.

Share this -Link copiedCommittee votes to subpoena Trump The committee voted on Thursday unanimously to subpoena Trump. Trump would not be the first president to be subpoenaed, nor would he be the first former president subpoenaed by Congress. "Even before the networks called the race for President Biden on Nov. 7th, his chances of pulling out a victory were virtually nonexistent, and President Trump knew it," Kinzinger said. “At times, President Trump acknowledged the reality of his loss. “What did President Trump know?

☆ Aide tells FBI Trump ordered boxes moved at Mar-a-Lago - report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Mesa, Arizona, U.S., October 9, 2022. The testimony of the key witness, coupled with surveillance footage the Justice Department also obtained, represent some of the strongest known evidence to date of possible obstruction of justice by the former Republican president. The New York Times separately reported on Wednesday that Trump aide Walt Nauta was captured on security camera footage from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach moving boxes out of a storage area at the center of the investigation. The employee who was working at Mar-a-Lago was cooperating with the Justice Department and has been interviewed multiple times by federal agents, the Post reported. The Justice Department declined to comment on the Washington Post's report, and could not immediately be reached for comment on the New York Times article.

☆ A Trump employee told the FBI that the former president ordered staff to move boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dilanianmug.Jpg | Ken Dilanian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

One of Donald Trump's employees told FBI agents the former president ordered boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago to be moved before federal agents searched the property, according to a source familiar with the matter. The source also told NBC News that the FBI obtained security video showing people moving boxes out of a storage room at Trump's Florida estate. When reached by NBC News, the FBI and Justice Department declined to comment. But the witness’ account suggests that the boxes were moved to Trump’s private residence at Mar-a-Lago after the subpoena was issued. She said that Trump officials added a lock to the facility and that FBI agents broke the lock when they searched the property.

☆ A Trump aide was caught on security camera moving boxes from a Mar-a-Lago storage room before and after the DOJ subpoenaed Trump for top-secret documents: NYT
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Walt Nauta, a longtime Trump aide, was seen moving boxes out from a storage room the FBI searched. Nauta was seen moving boxes before and after the DOJ demanded top-secret files be returned in May. Intrigue has swirled around what was kept in the storage room, and whether anything was removed from it before the DOJ searched Trump's property. The Times' piece dropped hours after The Washington Post reported that Trump himself explicitly directed employees to move boxes of White House documents from the storage room. After the raid, the FBI carted off 11,000 documents from Mar-a-Lago, including some that were marked "CLASSIFIED."

☆ A Trump aide is talking to the FBI about the Mar-a-Lago docs, reports say, appearing to confirm suspicions of an informant
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The rumor of an informant in Trump's orbit was fueled by new reports Wednesday. WaPo and CNN said a Trump employee was talking to the FBI over the Mar-a-Lago documents. On Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that a Trump employee had testified to the FBI of having been ordered by Trump to move boxes of documents to the former president's own residence in the complex. Those people, The Post said, described the witness as a Trump employee who is a key informant who had given multiple interviews to investigators. Some commentators, including aides, Trump's niece Mary Trump and former White House chief of staff under Trump Mick Mulvaney, have suggested that it could even be a member of Trump's own family.

☆ Trump explicitly told employees to move boxes of White House documents to his Mar-a-Lago residence weeks before the FBI search, sources tell The Washington Post
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump was subpoenaed in May for additional sensitive White House records in his possession. A Trump worker alleged that Trump then told employees to move boxes of documents, per a WaPo report. Prior to the FBI search, the Justice Department issued a subpoena on May 11, seeking additional sensitive documents that may still be in Trump's possession. The findings prompted the records agency to refer the matter to the Justice Department. Budowich also accused the Justice Department of leaking "misleading and false information to partisan allies in the Fake News" in his statement to The Post.

The witness initially denied handling sensitive documents and in subsequent conversations with agents admitted to moving boxes at Trump’s request, the newspaper reported. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Budowich accused the Justice Department of leaking "misleading and false information" to the media. The Trump Organization also is set to go on trial on Oct. 24 on New York state criminal tax fraud charges. Separately in Georgia, a grand jury in the Fulton County is probing efforts by Trump to overturn the former president's 2020 election defeat.

☆ Trump spoke about his years-long crusade to block a wind farm near his Scottish golf resort with UK PM Theresa May: book
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump asked UK Prime Minister Theresa May about one of his private golf courses, per a new book. Trump spoke about his years-long effort to block an offshore wind farm near one of his Scottish courses. Trump fought for years to block the development of an off-shore wind farm in the vicinity of his Trump International Golf Links, Scotland course near Aberdeen. In 2019, the Trump Organization was ordered to pay $290,000 to the Scottish government after losing a legal battle. Trump first met with May at the White House in January 2017 just days after he was sworn into office.

☆ Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner knew the 2020 election wasn't stolen and began to distance themselves before the results were even called, a new book says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Peter Baker | Susan Glasser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

In their new book, journalists, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser go behind the scenes of the Trump White House. As the 2020 election results came in, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump had already moved on, the book says. They had their own future to think about, one that would no longer involve the White House. While still in the White House, he began writing a memoir focused on Middle East peacemaking. "We either have a vote WE control and WEwin OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021," Don Jr. wrote.

☆ Trump lashed out at George Stephanopoulos in profanity-laced tirade after 2016 interview, new book says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN Busniess —Donald Trump berated ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, descending into a profanity-laced tirade after the journalist asked him in a 2016 interview about Russia, according to a forthcoming book set for release next week. Haberman’s book is set to be released on Tuesday, but CNN obtained an excerpt detailing the incident between Stephanopoulos and Trump. The ABC News producer, John Santucci, asked what specific part of the interview Trump was referring to. Trump, Haberman wrote, mentioned Russia and Stephanopoulos chuckled and said, “I know, my team says I didn’t ask you enough about it.”That set Trump off. Eighteen f–king follow-ups—how many different ways do I have to say I don’t know the guy?” Trump said, according to Haberman.

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