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It’s not theirs, it’s mine’: Trump resisted advisers’ calls to return White House documents
President ignored advice from counsel to heed National Archives’ demands for records

John Bowden
1 day ago
Donald Trump was warned that the records he was holding on to were illegally retained, but the former president refused to give them back because he disagreed with that assertion, a new report claims.

The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Mr Trump flat-out refused to return boxes of documents, including some that apparently were marked classified, when approached by his former deputy White House counsel, Patrick Philbin

No.
Work documents are work documents

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Concerns are swirling within the Kremlin and splashing onto the screens of Russia’s tightly controlled state media. Moscow’s grueling invasion of Ukraine and Washington’s potential designation of Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism are at the top of the list—but the upcoming U.S. elections are likewise causing some heart palpitations.

Having recovered from their initial shock over the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Russian experts and pundits started to dismiss it as much ado about nothing, albeit a convenient tale they could use to smear American democracy. Now they’re singing a different tune. In the most recent broadcast of the state TV show Sunday Evening With Vladimir Solovyov, host Vladimir Solovyov remarked, “I’m very worried for our agent Trump. They found everything at Mar-a-Lago, they got packages of documents. In all seriousness, they say he should be executed as a person that was ready to hand off nuclear secrets to Russia.”

Appearing on Solovyov’s show, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova likewise raged against the alleged persecution of Moscow’s favorite former U.S. president. In a bizarre tirade, she attempted to tie the search of Mar-a-Lago with Trump’s earlier statement that there are only two genders, male and female. “In the West, you’re not allowed to call a man a man. You can’t call a woman a woman. You’re not allowed to call a child male or female until it reaches the age of 2-3 years old,” she fumed. “In the run-up to the upcoming electoral battles, one of the contenders for a political role—the most important political role in the United States—Donald Trump steps up and says, ‘We’ve gone too far. There are only two genders: male and female.’”

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I think it's less he doesn't pay as he doesn't listen.
They tell him to do this or that, but he ignores them & does what he wants

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The unreported contribution was uncovered by an internal investigation by the board of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

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An internal investigation conducted by the board of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) found that Vince McMahon provided former President Trump’s now-defunct charity with $5 million in undisclosed payments, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing securities filings and people familiar with the probe.

The WWE board has been conducting an investigation into the former WWE chief executive and chairman regarding sexual misconduct allegations, according to the newspaper. McMahon stepped down in July from his roles at WWE.

The board found $5 million of unreported expenses from McMahon in contributions for the Donald J. Trump Foundation, people familiar with the probe told the Journal. That amount of money was a part of approximately $20 million in unreported expenses the former WWE executive paid out, according to securities filings this month.

WWE paid out a total of $5 million in 2007 and 2009, the newspaper reported, citing the nonprofit’s tax returns, which took place during the same time that the former president appeared at some of its events.

​​“Mr. Trump and WWE entered into a contract whereby WWE agreed to and did pay him personally an appearance fee of $1 million,” Jerry McDevitt, an attorney representing WWE, told the Journal in an email.

“At the same time, the McMahons made a personal contribution to the Trump Foundation of $4 million. There was no additional fee paid to Mr. Trump, or any additional contribution to the Trump Foundation, due to the success of the event,” he added.

The development follows a recent search warrant that was executed by the FBI at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in a separate controversy tied to the former president. The search warrant was unsealed Friday, indicating that officials believed Trump may have violated several laws, including the Espionage Act.

The Hill has reached out to Trump spokespeople and McDevitt for comment.

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[abbey1227]

Aug 18, 2022 19:53:15 GMT merh said:

Aug 18, 2022 13:33:59 GMT abbey1227 said:

The theory I've heard is it exposes and embarrasses the FBI over the entire Russian Collusion hoax.......and they don't want that. Trump would want that to show he was correct all along.

Happens to him? Like being harangued, targeted and charged with BS crimes? That sorta happen?

You are not keeping up with the narrative

Their Next Move Will Be Assassination,’ Former NYPD Commissioner Alleges After FBI Raids Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Home

MARY ROOKE
STAFF WRITER
August 09, 2022
2:18 PM ET

Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik claimed Tuesday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home could end in Trump’s assassination.

The former president announced Monday evening that his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida had been raided by FBI agents that reportedly executed a search warrant in regards to an investigation into the allegedly improper removal of 15 boxes containing classified information to the residence.

Richard Grenell, the former acting director of National Intelligence under Trump, tweeted shortly after the raid that Biden “has weaponized the U.S. government for his political purposes,” calling it a “terrible precedent.” (RELATED: Trump Says FBI Raided Mar-A-Lago)

Kerik, responding to Grenell’s tweet, claimed, “And just like in other Third World countries, if today’s raid by Biden’s FBI does not stop Donald Trump from running for president in 2024, their next move will be Assassination.”


While Trump was in office, The New York Times Book Review section ran an article on its online and print edition that featured a novelist fantasizing about the former president’s assassination. The short story, titled “How it Ends” by Zoe Sharp, described a world where a Russian agent successfully assassinated the sitting U.S. President with the help of a Secret Service agent. The short story was featured in an October 2018 article titled, “Five Novelists Imagine Trump’s Next Chapter.”

“He closed his eyes and waited to pay the cost. It did not come. He opened his eyes. The Secret Service agent stood before him, presenting his Glock, butt first. Here, the agent said politely. ‘Use mine,'” Sharp wrote in the piece, according to Fox News. (RELATED: Trump Critics Demand People Stop Using This Word To Describe FBI Search Of Mar-a-Lago)

Kerik served as the 40th NYPD police commissioner and worked alongside former Mayor Rudy Giuliani during the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City.

The former commissioner received a full pardon from Trump in February 2020 after being sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for pleading guilty to eight felony charges, including failure to pay taxes. Kerik later served as the lead investigator for Trump’s election legal team that pushed election fraud claims.

not unless he gets elected again.........otherwise he's got no power anymore

Just ask the Kennedy brothers

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Aug 18, 2022 20:47:14 GMT merh said:

I think it's less he doesn't pay as he doesn't listen.
They tell him to do this or that, but he ignores them & does what he wants

no, it's more that it's been made very clear to everyone that anyone who assist this guy will be Blacklisted. Ironic considering it's the commies doing it these days

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Aug 19, 2022 12:19:06 GMT abbey1227 said:

Aug 18, 2022 19:53:15 GMT merh said:

You are not keeping up with the narrative

not unless he gets elected again.........otherwise he's got no power anymore

Just ask the Kennedy brothers

Teddy had no power?
Against the brain cancer, he didn't. 
Isn't that what took him out?

Trump still has the power to get some Republicans elected

However, Trump might be losing some power.

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Alex Jones turns on Donald Trump and backs Ron DeSantis, a sign that Trump may be losing his grip on the far-right
Cheryl Teh Aug 17, 2022, 9:05 PM

Former Trump supporter Alex Jones declared he would back Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Jones said he would no longer "pigheadedly" back Trump.
"We have someone who is better than Trump. Way better than Trump," said Jones.

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has thrown his backing behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, withdrawing his support for former President Donald Trump.

During an Infowars broadcast this week, Jones declared that he would no longer "pigheadedly" support Trump.

Jones said he disagreed with Trump over Operation Warp Speed — the former president's initiative launched in May 2020 to produce COVID-19 vaccines — but backed him anyway. He added that he believed Trump needed to be kept in power at the time to prevent the "nightmare scenario" of Joe Biden being elected president.

"That said, I am supporting DeSantis. DeSantis has just gone from being awesome to being unbelievably good," said Jones. The far-right host added that he could see "real sincerity" in DeSantis' eyes when watching footage of the lawmaker.

"We have someone who is better than Trump. Way better than Trump," Jones said, describing DeSantis as the person Trump "should be like."

While Jones was known to be a diehard Trump supporter, he was also among several fringe MAGAworld individuals who lashed out at Trump last December after the former president called for people to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

In February 2021, the Justice Department and FBI began investigating whether Jones played a role in the Capitol riot. Earlier this month, a jury found Jones liable for $45.2 million in punitive damages owed to the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim. He had been sued for defamation over his bogus claims that the shooting was staged.

Jones is not the only MAGAverse figure whose support for Trump appears to be wavering. This week, Fox News host Laura Ingraham said Americans are "exhausted" by political conflict and might consider it "time to turn the page" on Trump. Other personalities who support DeSantis include podcast host Joe Rogan and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

DeSantis is the guy they hope can do it.

It is so funny you all hate Liz Cheney so bad when she voted with Trump on issues 93% of the time. More than Lindsey Graham.

She is an actual conservative.

Now the talk is she is planning on running for president.
Maybe yes. 
Maybe no.

Gets to keep & spend that $15 mill she collected for re-election if she runs for something.

[abbey1227]

Aug 19, 2022 15:37:51 GMT merh said:

Teddy had no power?
Against the brain cancer, he didn't. 
Isn't that what took him out?

Trump still has the power to get some Republicans elected

However, Trump might be losing some power.

Alex Jones turns on Donald Trump and backs Ron DeSantis, a sign that Trump may be losing his grip on the far-right
Cheryl Teh Aug 17, 2022, 9:05 PM

DeSantis is the guy they hope can do it.

It is so funny you all hate Liz Cheney so bad when she voted with Trump on issues 93% of the time. More than Lindsey Graham.

She is an actual conservative.

Now the talk is she is planning on running for president.
Maybe yes. 
Maybe no.

Gets to keep & spend that $15 mill she collected for re-election if she runs for something.

Teddy screwed himself by getting that side piece killed while he swam away drunk. But the tubby prick was still around for decades........even colluding with Russia while Reagan was running.

That's all wishful thinking by those who never wanna see Trump in office again. It's his call. DeSantis is a cleaner candidate as he's nicer looking, sounding and younger........but he is still playing 2nd fiddle to Trump until Donald bows out. Imagine if they're on the same ticket promising 12 years.

Lindsey and McConnell have outed themselves........just as Liz has. She's a GOP wanna be lifer. If they were real conservatives, then the ACA would have been repealed and the size of Govt shrunk. Instead they played along with the Establishment game hoping their own voters would never wise up to it.

She's already moved her funds to a PAC. She's too full of herself to take the hint and just go away. Remind you of any other ladies we discuss?

And you guys keep saying big money has to be taken out of politics?  While spending $Billions to get elected

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Aug 19, 2022 12:20:39 GMT abbey1227 said:

Aug 18, 2022 20:47:14 GMT merh said:

I think it's less he doesn't pay as he doesn't listen.
They tell him to do this or that, but he ignores them & does what he wants

no, it's more that it's been made very clear to everyone that anyone who assist this guy will be Blacklisted. Ironic considering it's the commies doing it these days

The long list of Trump administration officials turned critics
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN
Updated 2:59 PM ET, Fri June 5, 2020

Washington (CNN)Having overseen the highest turnover rate in presidential history, President Donald Trump was bound to have a few disgruntled ex-aides.

Instead, a steady succession of ex-administration advisers -- including some of his highest-ranking Cabinet officials who spoke or met with him regularly -- have spoken out against his leadership and character, a remarkable break in precedent for a norm-shattering president.
While there are many administration officials who resigned or were fired and still remain loyal to their former boss, there are also several who have become vocal in their dissent of the current commander-in-chief.
Some of those once in his innermost circle have described an impulsive president who disregards advice and lacks adult sensibilities.
Others have questioned his motivations and ability to lead.
All White Houses find themselves confronting the odd tell-all memoir or interview from a jaundiced aide. But Trump, who is famous for demanding loyalty, has not appeared to inspire great confidence in those who quit or were dismissed from his administration.
Those officials aren't just comprised of holdovers from the Obama administration, staff compelled to testify under oath, or career intelligence and Justice Department officials Trump has dubbed as being part of the so-called "deep state."
There's a long list of allies-turned-critics that includes several of the men and women Trump hand-selected to lead agencies across the federal government. Here's a working list.

Military leadershi
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis
In 2018, Mattis wrote a scathing resignation letter, writing that his views were not aligned with Trump's, spurred by the President's plans to withdraw troops from Syria.
He wrote that his resignation came after "concrete solutions and strategic advice, especially keeping faith with our allies, no longer resonated."
Mattis spoke out again on Wednesday, criticizing Trump's handling of demonstrations in the wake of George Floyd's death.
He called Trump "the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people."
"We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children," he wrote.
"We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution," his statement said.

Former Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer
Spencer was fired for going outside his chain of command by proposing a secret agreement with the White House over Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher's case. In a Washington Post op-ed, Spencer called Trump's intervention in the war crimes case "shocking and unprecedented."
"It was also a reminder that the President has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices," he wrote

Inside the White House
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton
Trump abruptly announced that he had asked Bolton to resign, saying that he "strongly disagreed with many" of Bolton's suggestions "as did others in the administration."
In his first public remarks after being asked to resign, Bolton strongly disagreed with Trump's North Korea policy.
In a draft manuscript of his book, Bolton wrote that Trump directed him to help with his pressure campaign in Ukraine to dig up dirt on Democrats. The manuscript also reportedly claimed that Trump directed Bolton to set up a meeting between the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.
Trump has denied the allegations

Former White House chief of staff John Kelly
Kelly has said he believes Bolton's accusation -- that Trump told Bolton US security aid to Ukraine was conditioned on an investigation of the President's political rivals.
"If John Bolton says that in the book I believe John Bolton," Kelly said.
Kelly has also said that Trump would not be in the middle of an impeachment process if he were still chief of staff and that he advised Trump not to hire a yes man to replace him.
"I said, whatever you do -- and we were still in the process of trying to find someone to take my place -- I said whatever you do, don't hire a 'yes man,' someone who won't tell you the truth -- don't do that," Kelly said at the time. "Because if you do, I believe you will be impeached.
On Friday, Kelly said he agreed with Mattis about Trump's handling of demonstrations in the wake of Floyd's death.
"There is a concern, I think an awful big concern, that the partisanship has gotten out of hand, the tribal thing has gotten out of hand," Kelly said. "He's quite a man, Jim Mattis, and for him to do that tells you where he is relative to the concern he has for our country."
Kelly also said he would have cautioned Trump against the idea of using law enforcement to clear Lafayette Square ahead of his photo-op outside of St. John's Church.
"I would've argued against it, recommended against it," Kelly said. "I would argue that the end result of that was predictable.

Former White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster
McMaster has not directly attacked the President, but amid the Ukraine scandal and subsequent impeachment inquiry, McMaster took part in a panel and was asked by a reporter if it is appropriate for a president to solicit foreign interference in the US political process.
"No, it's absolutely not," McMaster said. However, he also maintained he had never witnessed Trump soliciting foreign assistance.

Former Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert
As Trump was dealing with the Ukraine scandal, Bossert told ABC's "This Week" he was "deeply disturbed" by the contents of Trump's call with the Ukrainian President. However, he also warned not to rush to judgment. In the same appearance, Bossert said he had told Trump there was no basis for the theory that Ukraine intervened in the 2016 US presidential election to assist Democrats
Bossert has also criticized Trump for not wearing a face mask in public amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"Do as I say, not as I do isn't very useful," Bossert told "This Week."

Cliff Sims, former special assistant to the President and director of White House Message Strategy
Sims wrote "Team of Vipers," claiming, among other things, that Trump created an "enemies list" consisting of members of his own administration.
In early 2019, after the book was published, Sims sued Trump and sought an injunction against the nondisclosure agreements Trump had him agree to when he worked at the White House.

Omarosa Manigault Newman, former director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison
Manigault Newman recorded her firing while in the White House Situation Room and it was subsequently shared with news organizations. She claimed she was fired because she knew too much about a possible audio recording of Trump saying a racial epithet.
After being fired from the White House, her book, "Unhinged: An Insider Account of the Trump White House," contained several unflattering claims against the President and his staff.
"Donald Trump, who would attack civil rights icons and professional athletes, who would go after grieving black widows, who would say there were good people on both sides, who endorsed an accused child molester; Donald Trump, and his decisions and his behavior, was harming the country. I could no longer be a part of this madness," she wrote in her book.

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci
Scaramucci initially continued to defend the President after being fired from his job at the White House -- a stint that lasted less than two weeks.
But last year, after Trump visited El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, following two mass shootings, Scaramucci described the visits as a "catastrophe."
"For the last 3 years I have fully supported this President," Scaramucci tweeted in September 2019. "Recently he has said things that divide the country in a way that is unacceptable. So I didn't pass the 100% litmus test. Eventually he turns on everyone and soon it will be you and then the entire country."
A month earlier, Scaramucci had called Trump's attacks on four minority congresswomen "racist and unacceptable."
He no longer supports Trump's reelection bid

Gary Cohn, former National Economic Council director
Cohn said last year that he was "concerned" there was no one left in Trump's staff to stand up to him and tell him what he didn't want to hear.
"We had an interesting nucleus of people when I was in the White House -- the initial team. We were not bashful. It was a group that was willing to tell the President what he needed to know, whether he wanted to hear it or not," Cohn told CNN's David Axelrod in an interview on "The Axe Files" podcast. "None of us are there any more. So I am concerned that the atmosphere in the White House is no longer conducive, or no one has the personality to stand up and tell the President what he doesn't want to hear," he said.

Former White House counsel Ty Cobb
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb's views about special counsel Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation have been at odds with the President.
After leaving the White House, he said he did not think the special counsel's probe was a "witch hunt."
"Bob Mueller is an American hero in my view," Cobb also said, noting Mueller's service as a Marine.

Diplomats
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley
Haley said the President's decision to remove US troops from northern Syria during Turkey's plans to launch a military offensive in the region would equate to the US leaving its Kurdish allies "to die."
And after Trump tweeted: "Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!" Haley replied: "This is so unnecessary."

Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
Tillerson told lawmakers in 2019 that Russian President Vladimir Putin was more prepared than Trump for a meeting in Germany, putting American officials at a disadvantage. At the time, he told lawmakers he was guided by "American values" such as democracy and freedom, but could not or would not offer an assessment as to whether the same could be said for Trump, according to a Democratic aide.
Tillerson also called Trump "undisciplined" and Trump would ask him to do things he didn't understand were a violation of the law.
Tillerson also took a swipe at Trump's actions during the Ukraine investigation, saying that clearly asking for personal favors and using United States assets as collateral is wrong."

Former US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker
Volker told BBC News in his first television interview since the Senate impeachment trial he thought "it was a mistake" for Trump to try and withhold aid from Ukraine for political reasons.
Agency leadership

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Sessions has maintained that he supports the President's political agenda, but after Trump endorsed his Senate primary opponent and slammed Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, Sessions tried to defend himself.
"Look, I know your anger, but recusal was required by law. I did my duty & you're damn fortunate I did. It protected the rule of law & resulted in your exoneration," Sessions tweeted. "Your personal feelings don't dictate who Alabama picks as their senator, the people of Alabama do."

Anonymous
The anonymous author of a 2018 New York Times op-ed and a subsequent book titled "A Warning" lodged several criticisms against the President, but it's unclear what role they have played in the Trump administration.
In the op-ed, the author claimed administration officials "are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of [Trump's] agenda and his worst inclinations," adding that "the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic."
In their book, the anonymous senior administration official claimed that members of Trump's team considered sabotaging him to prompt his resignation from office, that some in the President's inner circle worried he was in the pocket of Putin, and that many administration officials kept letters of resignation in their desks or on their laptops

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Trump aides think a family member informed on him to the FBI because agents knew where to find a specific leather case, report says
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Donald Trump with his children and other relatives as he left Joint Base Andrews in Maryland at the end of his presidency, on January 20, 2021. ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images
Trump aides are speculating about the identity a possible informant at Mar-a-Lago.
Some think only a member of Trump's family could have done it, The Guardian reported.
Acting on information from a witness, the FBI searched the ex-president's Florida home.

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Aug 20, 2022 1:05:40 GMT merh said:

HOMEPAGE
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Trump aides think a family member informed on him to the FBI because agents knew where to find a specific leather case, report says
Tom Porter Aug 18, 2022, 3:52 AM
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Donald Trump with his children and other relatives as he left Joint Base Andrews in Maryland at the end of his presidency, on January 20, 2021. ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images
Trump aides are speculating about the identity a possible informant at Mar-a-Lago.
Some think only a member of Trump's family could have done it, The Guardian reported.
Acting on information from a witness, the FBI searched the ex-president's Florida home.

trickle, trickle, trickle..........the FBI at work       How's that Biden investigation coming?

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Aug 20, 2022 1:49:52 GMT abbey1227 said:

Aug 20, 2022 1:05:40 GMT merh said:

trickle, trickle, trickle..........the FBI at work       How's that Biden investigation coming?

Yet in 2016 th FBI was Trumpland 

Defund the FBI?

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Aug 20, 2022 5:13:34 GMT merh said:

Aug 20, 2022 1:49:52 GMT abbey1227 said:

trickle, trickle, trickle..........the FBI at work       How's that Biden investigation coming?

Yet in 2016 th FBI was Trumpland 

Defund the FBI?

I just said they weren't       and so did Chuck Schumer....... you forget?

Get rid of the FBI, CIA, DEA, Homeland and possibly several other agencies

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