‘We all know he’s lying’: Morning Joe rips apart Trump’s shifting excuses for stealing classified docs
2 years, 4 months ago

‘We all know he’s lying’: Morning Joe rips apart Trump’s shifting excuses for stealing classified docs

Raw Story  

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough knocked down Donald Trump's excuses for taking home classified documents to his home at Mar-A-Lago. The FBI searched the former president's home last week and removed around a dozen boxes of materials he had refused to turn over to the Department of Justice, and the "Morning Joe" host sorted through a litany of shifting justifications for Trump's possession of those documents. "Then on Sunday, on the Sunday shows, after all of these different stories didn't line up, after all of the lies that he had thrown out there and all of the you know what thrown against the wall didn't line up, then he had former aides go on TV and start a new round of lies," Scarborough continued. RELATED: John Bolton: Trump's 'desperation' around classified docs is 'almost certainly a lie' "He's just making sh -- stuff up," Scarborough added.

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'Wow, that's a hell of a confession': MSNBC host nails GOP's Comer for jail threat
1 week, 5 days ago

'Wow, that's a hell of a confession': MSNBC host nails GOP's Comer for jail threat

Raw Story  

Comments made by House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer noted in a recent Bulwark report drew a scathing response from "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough on Thursday morning. Discussing Donald Trump's desire to have lawmakers who investigated him over the Jan 6 insurrection hauled in and prosecuted, Comer claimed they were fair game. According to the Bulwark, the Republican from …

Trump documents case: Turns out Trump had classified documents in his bedroom, too.
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump documents case: Turns out Trump had classified documents in his bedroom, too.

Slate  

Keeping up with Donald Trump’s court schedule is a dizzying task, since he faces two federal trials, a criminal trial in Georgia, and two separate civil and criminal trials in New York. This week, as Donald Trump’s hush money trial begins winding down in New York, newly unsealed court documents are adding a new wrinkle to the former president’s stalled …

‘This Is A Mess’: Former Prosecutor Rips Trump Over New Classified Docs Bombshell
1 year, 3 months ago

‘This Is A Mess’: Former Prosecutor Rips Trump Over New Classified Docs Bombshell

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump gave a one-time assistant to-do lists he’d written on classified documents that had been taken from the White House, ABC News reported on Monday. The aide, Molly Michael, told federal investigators the cards had visible classification markings and had been used during the former president’s administration to brief him on international matters, according to the …

Donald Trump took boxes of classified documents home and kept them next to his toilet. Here's why it could land him in jail
1 year, 4 months ago

Donald Trump took boxes of classified documents home and kept them next to his toilet. Here's why it could land him in jail

ABC  

Throughout Donald Trump's presidency, he had a reckless attitude towards documents — one that has come back to haunt him. Donald Trump stored boxes of documents on the stage of the White and Gold ballroom at Mar-a-Lago. Trump accused of asking staffer to delete camera footage in Florida classified documents case Photo shows A man in a suit sits at …

Mike Pence has sudden change of heart over Trump classified documents: ‘I can’t defend it’
1 year, 6 months ago

Mike Pence has sudden change of heart over Trump classified documents: ‘I can’t defend it’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After arguing that bringing federal criminal charges against the former president would send a …

Trump is nailed 'dead to rights' and 'it doesn't matter' why he stole nuclear secrets: Morning Joe
1 year, 6 months ago

Trump is nailed 'dead to rights' and 'it doesn't matter' why he stole nuclear secrets: Morning Joe

Raw Story  

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough tried to cut through the chatter around Donald Trump's indictment for stashing classified documents at his home at Mar-a-Lago and refusing to return them to the government. The former president's defenders have claimed the case is a witch hunt and insisted he had the authority to declassify and keep anything he wants, but the "Morning Joe" host …

Donald Trump stored, showed off and refused to return classified documents, indictment says
1 year, 6 months ago

Donald Trump stored, showed off and refused to return classified documents, indictment says

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Donald Trump improperly stored in his Florida estate sensitive documents on nuclear capabilities, repeatedly enlisted aides and lawyers to help him hide records demanded by investigators and cavalierly showed off a Pentagon “plan of attack” and classified map, according to a sweeping felony indictment that paints a damning portrait of the former president’s treatment of national security information. …

The investigation into Trump's classified documents: A timeline
1 year, 6 months ago

The investigation into Trump's classified documents: A timeline

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump was indicted on federal charges that he stored classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home and obstructed attempts from the National Archives to recover them. 14 of 15 boxes contained documents bearing classification markings 184 unique documents bearing classification markings 67 documents marked as Confidential 92 documents marked as Secret 25 documents marked as Top Secret February …

Trump plays down legal threat of secret papers recording at Fox News town hall
1 year, 6 months ago

Trump plays down legal threat of secret papers recording at Fox News town hall

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Trump returned to Iowa for a town hall-styled event with his favoured cable …

Special counsel to receive 'critical evidence' showing Trump knew his classified documents claims were false: report
1 year, 7 months ago

Special counsel to receive 'critical evidence' showing Trump knew his classified documents claims were false: report

Raw Story  

The National Archives has notified U.S. Dept. of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith it has critical evidence proving Donald Trump knew his claims about being able to declassify classified and top secret documents just by declaring them declassified were false. RELATED: Former Top FBI Official Says Proving Intent in Possible Trump Classified Document Crime a ‘Slam Dunk’ “There doesn’t have …

Claim that Trump showed classified docs to donors could be what brings him down: former FBI agent
1 year, 8 months ago

Claim that Trump showed classified docs to donors could be what brings him down: former FBI agent

Raw Story  

Bombshell revelations claiming former President Donald Trump was showing classified documents to donors at his Mar-a-Lago home could be what brings him down, former FBI agent and Donald Trump foe Peter Strzok said Monday. Former Principal Deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal, who joined Strzok on Wallace's panel, explained that these facts remove Trump's ability to use that excuse. "I think …

Republicans who stayed silent on Trump taking classified documents from White House now slam Biden
1 year, 11 months ago

Republicans who stayed silent on Trump taking classified documents from White House now slam Biden

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The responses from the GOP in the wake of Mr Biden’s attorneys turning over …

'Truly mind-boggling': CNN legal analyst stunned Trump held onto even more classified docs
2 years ago

'Truly mind-boggling': CNN legal analyst stunned Trump held onto even more classified docs

Raw Story  

On Wednesday, new reports revealed that, in addition to the highly-classified material found by the FBI at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, another set of documents bearing classified markings was found in a Trump-owned Florida storage unit. "As you know, the former president has had plenty of opportunities to hand over these classified documents," said anchor …

Lawrence O’Donnell Says Donald Trump 'Confessed' With This 1 Rally Line
2 years, 2 months ago

Lawrence O’Donnell Says Donald Trump 'Confessed' With This 1 Rally Line

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING At a weekend rally in Arizona, Trump admitted: “I had a small number of boxes in storage at Mar-a-Lago guarded by Secret Service and my people and everybody. It’s not a crime and they should give me immediately back everything that they’ve taken from me because it’s mine, it’s mine.” O’Donnell said that with those comments, Trump …

Former Trump officials say his claim of 'standing order' to declassify documents is bogus: report
2 years, 4 months ago

Former Trump officials say his claim of 'standing order' to declassify documents is bogus: report

Raw Story  

In the wake of the FBI's raid on Mar-a-Lago in search of classified documents allegedly taken from the White House by Donald Trump at the end of his term, the former president and his allies have claimed he had a "standing order" to declassify documents he took. Mick Mulvaney, who succeeded Kelly as acting White House chief of staff, told …

John Bolton: Trump's 'desperation' around classified docs is 'almost certainly a lie'
2 years, 4 months ago

John Bolton: Trump's 'desperation' around classified docs is 'almost certainly a lie'

Raw Story  

New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Zolan Kanno-Youngs penned a piece detailing the remarkable similarities between Donald Trump's evolving alibis for how he ended up with classified information in his safe at Mar-a-Lago and his previous scandals. His lawyers denied that he had tied his administration’s withholding of vital military aid to Ukraine to Mr. Trump’s desire for investigations …

'Sweet Jesus': Morning Joe reacts to bombshell claim that Trump allegedly stashed nuclear secrets at Mar-a-Lago
2 years, 4 months ago

'Sweet Jesus': Morning Joe reacts to bombshell claim that Trump allegedly stashed nuclear secrets at Mar-a-Lago

Raw Story  

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough expressed shock over revelations that FBI agents were looking for nuclear secrets among the documents stashed away at Donald Trump's private resort in Florida. Attorney general Merrick Garland confirmed Thursday that he personally authorized the decision to seek a search warrant for Mar-a-Lago, and sources later said documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the classified documents …

'Everybody knows he's lying': Morning Joe shreds Ron Johnson's defense after he's snared in Trump's conspiracy
2 years, 6 months ago

'Everybody knows he's lying': Morning Joe shreds Ron Johnson's defense after he's snared in Trump's conspiracy

Raw Story  

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and conservative attorney George Conway aren't buying Sen. Ron Johnson's excuses about his participation in a conspiracy to deliver fake electors to vice president Mike Pence. But this whole fake elector thing, I mean, it's -- it really is highlighting the fact that this is, you know, criminal fraudulent conspiracy to create false documentation and you have …

Morning Joe knocks down GOP lawmaker’s denials about Capitol tour: 'Why is he lying?'
2 years, 6 months ago

Morning Joe knocks down GOP lawmaker’s denials about Capitol tour: 'Why is he lying?'

Raw Story  

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough doesn't believe the excuses offered by Rep. Barry Loudermilk about a tour of the U.S. Capitol complex he gave to some constituents who turned up the next day at the Jan. 6 insurrection. The House Select Committee released video evidence of the Jan. 5, 2021, tour showing a man taking photos and recording video of security checkpoints, …

A subdued but defensive Trump denies he misled despite Woodward tape
4 years, 3 months ago

A subdued but defensive Trump denies he misled despite Woodward tape

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump, subdued but sharply defensive, insisted Thursday he hadn’t lied to the American public about the severity of coronavirus even though he told a journalist on tape he was downplaying it to avoid panic. As the British government advised the British people in the face of World War II, ‘Keep calm and carry on.’ That’s what …

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