How Republicans Are Thinking About Trumpism Without Trump

How Republicans Are Thinking About Trumpism Without Trump

Like most presidents, Donald Trump changed the political party he led. But Trump was hardly a normal president. That was apparent while Trump was president, but in many ways that’s even easier to understand now that he is out of office. Unlike previous presidents, Trump has refused to take a step back from the limelight. … Read more

All But One House Republican Who Voted To Impeach Trump Faces A Trump-Endorsed Challenger

All But One House Republican Who Voted To Impeach Trump Faces A Trump-Endorsed Challenger

With Texas’s primary on March 1, the 2022 primary election season has officially begun. For most incumbents, that means working to win renomination by appealing to their party’s supporters and fending off any serious primary challengers. But for a small group of House Republicans, their primary campaigns are complicated by their vote to impeach then-President … Read more

Cruz says Trump may be proved right on spying talk

Cruz says Trump may be proved right on spying talk

On Sunday, Cruz was responding to questions from Hemmer about one of John Durham’s court filings in the case of Michael Sussmann, an attorney connected to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign who was indicated in September 2021 on one count of lying to the FBI. Durham was appointed as a special counsel in 2019 to … Read more

Judge rejects Trump effort to toss lawsuits accusing him of Jan. 6 conspiracy

Judge rejects Trump effort to toss lawsuits accusing him of Jan. 6 conspiracy

The ruling leaves Trump’s inner circle — and possibly the former president himself — vulnerable to another corridor of deposition subpoenas and document demands. The ruling also declares Trump potentially liable for conduct while he was the sitting president, a rare and momentous legal decision. “To deny a President’s immunity from civil damages is no … Read more

Trump encouraged Macron challenger in phone call, campaign says

Trump encouraged Macron challenger in phone call, campaign says

PARIS – Former US President Donald Trump gave French presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour advice on how to win an election during a 40-minute phone call on Monday, according to the latter’s spokesperson. “Donald Trump told Eric Zemmour ‘never give in, hold on, be brave, it’s tenacity and endurance that end up paying at the end … Read more

Accounting firm: Trump financial statements aren’t reliable

Accounting firm: Trump financial statements aren’t reliable

Kelly said Mazars performed his work on Trump’s financial statements “in accordance with professional standards” but that it could no longer stand by the documents in light of James’ findings and his own investigation. Mazars’ conclusions applied to Trump’s financial statements for 2011 to 2020, Kelly said. Another accounting firm handled Trump’s 2021 financial statement, … Read more

Super Bowl Viewers Troll Trump With Lots Of Versions Of The Same Scathing Joke

Super Bowl Viewers Troll Trump With Lots Of Versions Of The Same Scathing Joke

The New York Times Giuliani in Talks to Testify to House Jan. 6 Panel Rudy Giuliani, who as former President Donald Trump’s lawyer helped lead the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, is in discussions with the House Jan. 6 committee about responding to its questions, according to three people familiar with … Read more

Eyes turn to Hillary Clinton, not Trump in the Russiagate scandal

Eyes turn to Hillary Clinton, not Trump in the Russiagate scandal

So there you have it. Russiagate, the collective delusion that Donald Trump was secretly a Russian agent aided and abetted by the Kremlin, the topic of uncountable inches of Washington Post and New York Times copy and the entire prime-time lineup of MSNBC, was a dirty trick by the Hillary Clinton campaign. Not just part … Read more

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump ‘would roll his eyes at the rules, so we did, too’

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump ‘would roll his eyes at the rules, so we did, too’

White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham listens as US President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One while flying between El Paso, Texas, and Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on August 7, 2019.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Former Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump wasn’t one for following the rules. She said … Read more