Last year, Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold won a Pulitzer Prize for investigating Trump's philanthropy. Fahrenthold began by looking into Trump's January 2016 claim that he'd given $6 million to veterans' groups, and then the journalist broadened his probe. Ultimately, Fahrenthold found $7.8 million in charitable giving from Trump's personal accounts since the '80s, even though he bragged about donating "tens of millions of dollars...to charitable causes." … [Read more...] about ‘No Way’ Will Trump Give $1 Million to Hurricane Harvey Relief, ‘The Art of the Deal’ Ghostwriter Says
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GOP signals unwillingness to part with Trump after riot
Trump's conviction was considered a real possibility just days ago after lawmakers whose lives were threatened by the mob weighed the appropriate consequences — and the future of their party. But the Senate vote on Tuesday is a sign that while Trump may be held in low regard in Washington following the riots, a large swath of Republicans is leery of crossing his supporters, who remain the majority of the party’s voters. … [Read more...] about GOP signals unwillingness to part with Trump after riot
McConnell: It Was Too Soon to Impeach Trump, Now It’s Too Late.
A crucial argument made by Trump’s defense team — and repeated by his Republican allies — against his first impeachment trial last year was that it was too soon. Democrats, warned Trump’s lawyer, were “asking you not only to overturn the results of the last election … they’re asking you to remove President Trump from the ballot in the election that’s occurring in approximately nine months.” … [Read more...] about McConnell: It Was Too Soon to Impeach Trump, Now It’s Too Late.
Launch of Trump’s ‘Office of the Former President’ Prompts Flurry of Jokes
User @FourWideOnes shared the words: "DO YOU WANT TO BRING ME A DIET COKE? I'M LOCATED IN 'THE OFFICE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!'" with an image of Trump pictured talking to a child mowing a lawn. The post received at least 7,700 likes since it was first shared. … [Read more...] about Launch of Trump’s ‘Office of the Former President’ Prompts Flurry of Jokes
After Charlottesville Attack, Trump Retweets Meme of Train Running Over CNN
In another post on his Twitter account on Tuesday, Trump retweeted a Twitter user accusing him of being a "fascist," after the president shared a Fox & Friends article that said he was "seriously considering" a pardon for Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. A court found Arpaio guilty of criminal contempt last month, according to The Hill, after he was ordered to stop racially profiling Latinos. … [Read more...] about After Charlottesville Attack, Trump Retweets Meme of Train Running Over CNN
