The Supreme Court cleared the way for New York prosecutors to obtain eight years of financial records from the accountants and bankers of former President Trump.
Back in 2019, in the course of criminal investigation, New York prosecutors served a subpoena on Trump’s personal accounting firm, Mazars USA, LLP, seeking financial records relating to Trump and the Trump Organization. Trump sued, demanding that the federal district court quash the subpoena on the ground that a sitting president is immune to criminal prosecution. He lost.
Trump appealed to the Second Circuit. He lost again.
Trump demanded review before the United States Supreme Court. He lost yet again.
Trump then filed a second lawsuit in federal district court objecting to the subpoena on new grounds, claiming it was politically motivated. He lost.
Trump again appealed to the Second Circuit. He lost again.
Trump again demanded review before the U.S. Supreme Court. And he just lost yet again.
Trump’s entirely predictable response to losing in every single court, twice:
“The Supreme Court never should have let this ‘fishing expedition’ happen, but they did. This is something which has never happened to a president before, it is all Democrat-inspired in a totally Democrat location, New York City and state.”
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More fallout for Trump: Trump Plaza condo board votes to dump Trump name from West Palm Beach condo following Capitol insurrection
In 1986, the Bank of New York foreclosed on The Plaza, a pair of waterfront condominium towers in West Palm Beach. Later that year, Donald Trump got a loan for $60 million and purchased The Plaza for $40 million, using the balance to renovate the property. He raised prices and rechristened the property “Trump Plaza,” expecting his name to be enough to generate huge profits. It didn’t work, and in 1991 he handed over the complex to his lenders. Its name remained Trump Plaza.
In 2017, the rooftop “Trump Plaza” signs were removed as part of an exterior renovation. When it came time to put up new ones in February of 2020, the residents voted 178-20 to keep the rooftop “Trump Plaza” signs off the towers.
On May 26, 2020, the police killing of yet another unarmed black man, George Floyd, launched a series of protests against police brutality across the country. On June 1, Trump Plaza management removed the ground floor “Trump Plaza” signs, explaining: “For your safety, this morning we also removed the two Trump signs at the base of our property.” They were eventually replaced with signs displaying only the street address.
On January 6, 2021, Trump gave yet another falsehood-ridden speech claiming that he won the 2020 presidential election and that Joe Biden was stealing it from him. He spent an hour exhorting his supporters to “fight like hell” to stop it and to “get rid of the weak congresspeople” who wouldn’t, and concluded by instructing them to “walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.” A heavily armed mob of Trump supporters promptly walked down Pennsylvania Avenue and stormed the United States Capitol, in a riot that left five people dead.
Last week, the board of Trump Plaza voted unanimously to change the legal name of the complex.
President Trump vowed to continue to pursue all legal options.
Trump continues to present no valid evidence of illegal voting, ballot-counting misconduct, or anything else that might support his repeated false insistence that Democrats have committed massive election fraud and that he really won the presidential election.
“Judges in Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan have rejected the campaign’s efforts to halt the counting process, if only temporarily, or alter it in some way based on shaky allegations of improper or nefarious conduct.”
Pennsylvania: Trump complains that his election observers were denied “sufficient” access to watch ballot processing. In court, Trump’s lawyers admit that observers were permitted “within 15 feet of the poll workers.” Response from the federal judge (who was appointed by Republican George W. Bush): “I’m sorry, then what’s your problem?” Motion denied.
Georgia: Trump claims that 53 ballots were received after the polls closed at 7pm but were counted anyway. The campaign gives the federal judge “no evidence” to support the claim. Motion denied.
Michigan: Trump again complains that his election observers were denied “meaningful” access. The campaign presents only “at best, a hearsay affidavit,” which is not admissible evidence. Motion denied.
Nevada: Trump demands that the court throw out mail-in ballots (which favored Biden) due to supposed “lax procedures for authenticating mail ballots.” The federal judge does not receive “sufficient evidence” to support the claims. Motion denied.
Nevada: Trump once again complains that his election observers need “closer-up” access, demanding that they be “close enough to hear everything poll workers were saying.” The federal judge’s response: “At what point does this get ridiculous?” Motion denied.
Naturally, Trump will appeal every single one of these rulings. All he wants is to keep spreading disinformation to his rabid base. Oh, and also to get something--anything--before the U.S. Supreme Court, where he expects his loyal appointees to hand him the win.
The two Capitol Police officers alleged that former president Donald Trump is responsible for inciting a mob of his supporters that breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
“In a federal suit filed Tuesday in D.C., Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby allege that for months, Trump rallied the insurrectionists with baseless election fraud claims that eventually culminated in the breach of the Capitol that left five dead, including a Capitol Police officer. About 140 D.C. and Capitol Police officers were injured, according to the police union, and two officers who had been on duty at the Capitol that day later died by suicide. ... Blassingame, a 17-year veteran, and Hemby, who has been on the force 11 years, allege that Trump was directly responsible for inciting a mob of supporters gathered at his ‘Stop the Steal’ rally outside the White House. Encouraged by Trump’s orders to march to the Capitol, the lawsuit says, the mob attacked officers and destroyed federal property ... ‘The insurrectionist mob, which Trump had inflamed, encouraged, incited, directed, and aided and abetted, forced its way over and past the plaintiffs and their fellow officers, pursuing and attacking them inside and outside the United States Capitol, and causing the injuries,’ the suit states.”
Where’s the “Blue Lives Matter!” crowd now? Shouldn’t they be supporting this lawsuit, championing these police officers, and criticizing those who perpetrated these violent attacks and those who encouraged them?
Oh, right. When police officers are trying to stop you from breaking the law, their lives don’t matter at all. “Blue Lives Matter” only to the extent that what you really mean is “Black Lives Don’t Matter.”
Bonus racism:
“Blassingame, who had been ordered to move from his original post and was already inside the Capitol, was corralled on the first floor by ‘enraged’ and ‘inflamed’ insurrectionists ... The mob threw items at Blassingame and the other officers and struck them with their fists and weapons, including flagpoles and stanchions. ‘The threats and attacks on Officer Blassingame seemed endless,’ the suit states. Then, a surge of insurrectionists pushed forward and slammed Blassingame against a stone column, he said. He struck his spine and the back of his head and was unable to move. Blassingame, who is Black, said he lost count of how many times the crowd yelled the n-word in his face.”
"The claims are baseless, and at this point folks are grasping at straws," said one secretary of state, of the Trump campaign's legal strategy.
An updated summary of the Loser-in-Chief’s failed legal challenges.
Michigan: Two separate Trump challenges, before two different judges, denied because “there is no evidence in support of those assertions” and “On this factual record, I have no basis to find that there’s a substantial likelihood of success on the merits.”
Arizona: Trump lawsuit dropped because his own Department of Homeland Security debunked the false rumors on which he based it.
Georgia: Trump lawsuit summarily dismissed because “The court finds that there is no evidence” supporting Trump’s claims.
Nevada: Trump claims rejected because the campaign made them “without providing evidence.”
President Donald Trump's last job approval rating is a personal low 34%. He averaged 41% job approval in office, a record low by four points.
Trump leaves office with an average approval rating of only 41%--the lowest ever--and a final approval rating of only 34%, a record low even for him.
“34% of Americans approve of the job [Trump] is doing as president, the worst evaluation of his presidency.”
“Trump is departing office having averaged 41% job approval during his four years in office, lower than any other president in Gallup polling history by four points.”
“Trump is the only president not to register a 50% job approval rating at any point in his presidency since Gallup began measuring presidential job approval in 1938.”
“In addition to extreme party polarization, Trump’s job approval ratings were historically low because political independents were significantly less likely to support him than any other president. Trump averaged 37% job approval among independents throughout his term.”
“At the same time, no president has had a higher average job approval rating during his term among his own party’s supporters than Trump has. Republicans’ average 88% approval of Trump ties Eisenhower’s as the highest own-party approval score.”
“In Gallup’s final survey before Election Day 2020, 92 points separated Republicans’ (95%) and Democrats’ (3%) approval of Trump, the most ever in a single measurement.”
