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Donald Trump defended hosting the rapper formerly known as Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago, writing on Truth Social on Thursday that “the AP story, written by the talented and very unreliable Jill Colvin, whom I unfortunately met at White House, it’s Fake News.” “We have very strong security, especially with the extremely talented Secret Service agents on the premises, but when I know someone like I did Ye, we’re not going to make my guests strip, get thrown against walls and otherwise beaten up. Anonymous sources do not exist. Stories to the contrary are FAKE NEWS!” Mr Trump did not mention Ye’s recent anti-Semitic comments on Infowars, in which he praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. “I see good things about Hitler,” Ye told host Alex Jones. Late Thursday, an appeals court dealt Mr. Trump a blow in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.

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Only the tax fraud case will emerge from the Manhattan district attorney’s three-year investigation

Closing arguments in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial got off to a rocky start Thursday, as a company lawyer was caught showing jurors portions of witness statements that had previously been redacted from the official court record. The tax fraud case is the only trial to emerge from the Manhattan district attorney’s three-year investigation into Trump and his business practices. The Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, has admitted that he did the long-running scheme on his own, that he did it to save money on his own income taxes, and that neither Trump nor the Trump family knew what he was doing. He made. Before the shutdown, Necheles used excerpts from Weisselberg’s three-day testimony to underscore her argument that the executive order was only intended to benefit himself, not the Trump Organization, and that the company should not be blamed for the violations. of. The Associated Press2 December 2022 05:00 1669953659

VIDEO: Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Call to Stop Democrats on His Tax Returns

The Supreme Court rejects Trump’s call to stop Democrats from filing his tax returns Gustaf Kilander2 December 2022 04:00 1669950059

“DeSantis’ team doesn’t see good in starting the race with Trump so early”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis is making a calculated decision not to attack Donald Trump over his controversial dinner with a white supremacist, according to a new report. “In the ongoing debates after his re-election, including this week, I’ve been asked to keep my powder dry,” Dan Eberhart, a longtime GOP donor and former big supporter of Mr. Trump, told the magazine. “I understand that the DeSantis team does not see well in starting the race with Trump so early, even if it may be inevitable. Getting into the Fuentes fiasco just isn’t worth it.” Mr. Eberhart, who now supports DeSantis, added: “The media will smear Trump without the DeSantis team lifting a finger.” Mr Trump sought to deflect controversy over a visit to Mar-a-Lago by Mr Fuentes, 24, a popular live streamer and YouTuber who often expresses views that are racist and anti-Semitic. She was accompanied by West, who has stated several times that he suffers from mental health issues. Andrew Buncombe2 December 2022 03:00 1669946459

Ron DeSantis Opts for ‘Calculated Silence’ at Trump Dinner with Anti-Semites

Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis is making a calculated decision not to attack Donald Trump over his controversial dinner with a white supremacist, according to a new report. While several senior Republicans – including Mike Pence and Mitch McConnell – criticized the former president for meeting with Nick Fuentes and Kanye West, both of whom have been accused of expressing racist and anti-Semitic views, Mr DeSantis let it go known. to his top aides not to weigh in. But the report in Rolling Stone said the decision by Mr. DeSantis, 44, who recently won re-election by a 20-point margin, had nothing to do with helping Mr. Trump, who last month announced his third bid for the presidency. the presidency. . Instead, Mr. DeSantis, who is believed to be mulling his own bid to become the Republican nominee in 2024 and will likely face Trump in the primary, reckoned the media’s focus on the story would hurt the former president, without the governor of Florida to use his political capital. , or potentially angering Republicans whose support he would need in any presidential campaign. Andrew Buncombe2 December 2022 02:00 1669942833

Trump defends Kanye’s Mar-a-Lago hosting, stays silent on latest anti-Semitic rant

Donald Trump defended hosting the rapper formerly known as Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago, writing on Truth Social on Thursday that “the AP story, written by the talented and very unreliable Jill Colvin, whom I unfortunately met at White House, it’s Fake News.” “We have very strong security, especially with the extremely talented Secret Service agents on the premises, but when I know someone like I did Ye, we’re not going to make my guests strip, get thrown against walls and otherwise beaten up. Anonymous sources do not exist. Stories to the contrary are FAKE NEWS!” Mr Trump did not mention Ye’s recent anti-Semitic comments on Infowars, in which he praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. “I see good things about Hitler,” Ye told host Alex Jones. “The Jews…I love everybody and the Jew is not going to say to me ‘You can love us and you can love what we do to you with contracts and you can love what we push with pornography,’ but this guy who he invented highways, he invented the very microphone that I use as a musician, you can’t say out loud that this man ever did anything good and I’m done with it,” he added. “I’m done with classifications. Every man has something valuable to bring to the table, especially Hitler.” Gustaf Kilander2 December 2022 01:00 1669939233

Trump Organization defense lawyer reprimanded for using beaten testimony during closing arguments in tax fraud trial

Closing arguments in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial got off to a rocky start Thursday, as a company lawyer was caught showing jurors portions of witness statements that had previously been redacted from the official court record. Prosecutors objected to the demonstration about an hour after attorney Susan Neheles’ presentation. The judge, Juan Manuel Merchan, admonished Necheles and suspended arguments so he could remove any other excluded testimony from a slideshow he was showing jurors. Necheles said she did not intend to show any testimony that had been struck as a result of a sustained objection. Merchan noted that the objections themselves were redacted from the passages shown by Necheles, but not the inadmissible testimony. Necheles continued her closing argument after a half hour break. Merchan briefly discussed the transcript with jurors, and Necheles proceeded to show them the correct version, prefacing her remarks with a mea culpa: “Ladies and gentlemen, I apologize for this mistake.” The transcript was just the latest dust-up involving Trump Organization lawyers. Earlier this week, Merchan chided the defense for filing hundreds of pages of court documents shortly before midnight Sunday. The Trump Organization, the entity through which former President Donald Trump manages his real estate and other businesses, is accused of helping some top executives avoid paying income taxes on company-paid perks such as apartments and luxury cars. The Associated Press2 December 2022 00:00 1669935633

House Judiciary Committee Republicans delete “Kanye. Elon. Trump.” he tweeted after West praised Hitler

Judiciary Republicans tweeted the names of Mr West, Tesla executive Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump on October 6 this year. But that was before Mr West started posting anti-Semitic comments on Twitter, including saying he wanted to go to ‘Death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE’. But Matt Gertz of Media Matters tweeted on Thursday that the tweet was removed amid Mr. West, who now goes by the name Ye, appearing on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ show and praising the late Nazi leader. “You’re not Hitler, you’re not a Nazi, so you don’t deserve to be demonized,” Jones said. In response, Mr. West praised Mr. Hitler. “Well, I see good things about Hitler, too,” he said. “I’m done with classifications. Every man has something valuable to bring to the table, especially Hitler.” Eric Garcia December 1, 2022 11:00 p.m 1669934713

Appeals court says FBI can use all documents seized in Mar-a-Lago probe, ends special master audit

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit overturned a Florida federal judge’s ruling that barred the FBI from using nearly all documents seized during the Aug. 8 search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club Trump. further the criminal investigation into the former president. Andrew Feinberg December 1, 2022 10:45 p.m 1669932033

Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg sentenced to 11 years in prison for charges including sex trafficking of minors

Joel Greenberg, a friend and business associate of US Rep. Matt Gaetz, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor and stalking a political opponent. Greenberg became a public figure after the Justice Department announced it was investigating allegations of child sex trafficking against Mr. Gaetz. Mr Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing and no charges have been brought against the lawmaker. Greenberg pleaded guilty to six federal felonies, which include sex…