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☆ The Trump Organization got an unwanted sidekick courtesy of a Manhattan judge: a court-ordered watchdog
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Donald Trump and the Trump Organization suffered a big legal setback in Manhattan on Thursday. In arguments before the judge hours before the ruling, Trump attorney Christopher Kise called the idea of monitoring "drastic" and likened it to "nationalizing" the company. In Thursday's 11-page ruling, Engoron credited the attorney general's lawsuit with having made a "compelling" case for fraud. In one, Engoron cited Trump's triplex penthouse at Trump Tower on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. Trump claimed on 2011 financial documents that the triplex was worth $80 million, the judge noted, referring to the attorney general's evidence.

☆ A prospective juror in the Trump Org trial was excused after telling a judge Trump makes him so sick to his guts that serving in the trial would be unhealthy
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Laura Italiano | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A prospective juror in the tax fraud trial against Trump's business was excused after saying the former president makes him sick. "I don't feel like it's a very healthy thing for me to be here," the man told the Manhattan judge presiding over the trial. So far, seven jurors have been selected to sit on the panel in the high-profile state Supreme Court case. "I don't feel like it's a very healthy thing for me to be here," the man told Merchan before he was ultimately excused. So far, seven jurors have been selected to sit on the panel in the high-profile state Supreme Court case.

Trump's lawyers, however, have stopped short of stating in court that he declassified the documents, though they have not conceded that they are classified. Trump's lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Dearie pressed Trump's lawyers to make clear whether they plan to assert that the records had been declassified as Trump claims. Trump's lawyers proposed Dearie to serve as special master. Dearie on Thursday asked trump's lawyers to provide any evidence backing this up.

Trump's Save America PAC released a photo showing the former president meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on January 28. It added: "President Trump will always and forever be a champion for the American People." Millions of Trump supporters would likely follow Trump to a new political party — if he chose to break away from the Republican Party. Afterward, McCarthy predicted intraparty peace, saying in a statement: "President Trump committed to helping elect Republicans in the House and Senate in 2022." "President Trump has agreed to work with Leader McCarthy on helping the Republican Party to become a majority in the House."

☆ Watchdog group accuses the Trump campaign and family members of engaging in 'schemes' that hid massive election spending and likely broke federal law
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-28 | by ( Dave Levinthal | Tom Lobianco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An election watchdog group has filed an updated complaint with the FEC against the Trump campaign. The Trump campaign "hid an incredible amount of money," Campaign Legal Center Director of Federal Reform Brendan Fischer said in an interview. A spokesman for the Trump campaign did not immediately return a request for comment Thursday morning. As a civil law enforcement body, it may issue fines to political committees and actors it determines have violated federal campaign laws. The Campaign Legal Center has not filed a complaint with the Department of Justice, which is tasked with investigating potential criminal violations of campaign finance laws.

☆ Trump and the GOP may be headed for an expensive divorce fight over donor and voter data
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-22 | by ( Dave Levinthal | Tom Lobianco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A Trump campaign spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment. Donald Trump personally trademarked the slogan, and his presidential campaign subsequently assumed the trademark. It can even generate cash for years after a political campaign goes dormant. Romney's presidential committee finally terminated itself in September, transferring much of its remaining $92,000 to Romney's US Senate campaign committee after paying off lingering bills. Donations benefited both the Trump presidential campaign and RNC.

☆ Trump's most important 2016 donor is sitting out 2020
▼ + stars: | 2020-07-24 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Robert and Rebekah Mercer ranked among President Donald Trump's most influential backers in 2016. A representative for Priorities USA Action, a leading pro-Biden super PAC, said the organization wasn't underestimating Trump's reelection forces, Mercers or no Mercers. (Bossie, like former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and many others, has recently found himself back in Trump's favor.) The Cambridge Analytica data that the Trump campaign paid for was "so stupidly wrong" and a "complete joke," Spicer added. But sources familiar with the Mercers' political spending said they have no evidence that the Mercers are doing so.

☆ Trump campaign throws a COVID-19 lifeline to an indie bookstore in New Jersey, buying Rep. Dan Crenshaw's new book in bulk
▼ + stars: | 2020-07-20 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"It helped us pay the staff, the rent, the insurance and keep the lights on," Books & Greetings owner Kenny Sarfin said. Campaign committees are increasingly making bulk book purchases, which help juice sales numbers and propel politicos' writings onto bestseller lists. The sale follows an earlier $400,000 order of Crenshaw's book by the National Republican Campaign Committee, Politico first reported. The Trump campaign did not reply to several request for comment. While political-committee book purchases are en vogue, it's rare for Republicans — or Democrats — to purchase so many from a mom-and-pop operation.

His comments have given fuel to the growing interest in a one-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as negotiations to create a sovereign Palestinian state have achieved little in recent years. But such a process insists on a sovereign Palestinian state. 01:18 - Source: CNNThe idea of the two-state solution sounds simple enough – an Israeli state next to a Palestinian state, existing side by side in peace. OPINION: What Trump’s meeting with Abbas meansWhat would a one-state solution look like? It is land that Palestinians, along with the international community, view as territory for a future Palestinian state.

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