Trump/Trump Organization is being investigated for fraud

This would be a much bigger story if we weren’t overwhelmed by the pandemic.

On Manhattan’s district attorney seeking Pres. Trump’s tax returns, @neal_katyal says, “There’s a reason why Trump is pushing back on it so much and I don’t think it’s because the documents show that he’s innocent.”https://t.co/LztqolWJNU
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 4, 2020

The President can yell "hoax, witch hunt, Mueller" all he wants, but this is different — different prosecutor, different jurisdiction, different crimes, different proof.

A bad day for Trump — my latest #CrossExam for @CNN:

https://t.co/MFC5XmNSgJ
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) August 4, 2020

Hey Donald, you have a lot bigger problems than cable news ratings. https://t.co/0A5LUyHm7c
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 3, 2020

This has been plainly obvious for a while, because the Manhattan DA has argued that granting extensions on subpoenas could effectively immunize Trump.

But coming right out and saying that they are investigating Trump's company is significant. https://t.co/WSDm7ikG9D
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 3, 2020

BREAKING: New York prosecutors say their Trump investigation goes beyond hush-money payments and ask judge to dismiss lawsuit challenging subpoena https://t.co/PsiwA6ndYC pic.twitter.com/DQhzqyYcJX
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 3, 2020

Trump wanted the British Open at one of his properties

Corrupt

This is an abuse of his office. Sad!

“He then warned the ambassador, Mr. Lukens said, that beyond the ethical and legal red flags raised by the conversation, it would be hugely embarrassing to the embassy and the State Department if it ever leaked out.” https://t.co/DKASITp76f
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) July 24, 2020

Underappreciated part of Turnberry scandal:

NYT says the State Dept Inspector General looked at it.

NBC News says report was concluded and then marked classified in May.

Trump then fired that Inspector General in May.

Report is now nowhere to be found.https://t.co/c3zmQtnZJA
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) July 23, 2020

There is a theme this week. Potus request of Woody Johnson to steer business to Turnberry + DOJ rebuked by judge as retaliating against Cohen over book + govt lawyers admitting DHS madd false statements to target NY https://t.co/MRhBHVYA3c
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 24, 2020

Trump denies he asked America's Ambassador to the UK to get extra publicity for his Turnberry property — before then using the White House podium to advertise his property. https://t.co/EO9cXQzZCS
— Ned Price (@nedprice) July 22, 2020

NBC News confirms: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom told multiple colleagues at the U.S. Embassy in London that Trump had asked him to see whether the British government could help get the British Open played at his Turnberry golf course.https://t.co/uA1n1TZ109
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 23, 2020

Trump administration inserts FBI building into cororavirus bill

This would benefit Trump personally. He wants the FBI to stay in DC so a hotel is not built on their current site that would compete with his hotel. That’s so corrupt. Now Republican senators act innocent but they, not the White House, are responsible for the bill. Sad!

The Republican coronavirus stimulus proposal includes funds for the design and construction of a new FBI headquarters at the request of the Trump administration https://t.co/XprLV8tIeH
— CNN (@CNN) July 28, 2020

150K people are dead and millions are out of work and Trump's priority for the COVID relief bill is $2 BILLION for a new FBI HQ in downtown DC because Trump doesn't want the FBI to move to the suburbs and have the old site redeveloped w/a hotel that will compete with his

No joke
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 28, 2020

Whichever WH official put this in a pandemic relief bill handed Dems a cudgel https://t.co/sZ9oBNQvz5
— Jonathan Martin (@jmart) July 28, 2020

Pelosi said that she believes the money for the new FBI building was included in the GOP plan to help with business for the Trump hotel. Schumer said Meadows and Mnuchin didn’t explain why the money was in there but they “acknowledged it (was included) when we asked.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 28, 2020

The Republican coronavirus stimulus proposal includes funds for the design and construction of a new FBI headquarters at the request of the Trump administration https://t.co/UNg9Xirfdm
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 27, 2020

The GOP coronavirus bill has $1.75b for a new FBI building in its present location so as to block a potential competitor to the Trump Hotel, and 100% deduction for business meals (which would benefit Trump's hotels). But not a cent for safe and secure elections this November.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 27, 2020

The President doesn’t have the authority to file a bill in the Senate. This is the work of Senate Republicans. It’s a bit too cute by half to disavow it. It is quite literally their bill. https://t.co/K6MqqsRQW9
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) July 27, 2020

Or we could McConnell why he acceded to a Trump demand clearly related to his personal hotel business. https://t.co/fQyjjw4Asg
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) July 27, 2020

New Senate GOP coronavirus bill includes unrelated White House demand for FBI headquarters money. By @OConnellPostbiz @seungminkim @ericawerner https://t.co/pMZ4QFsyVd
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) July 27, 2020

🚨MCCONNELL throws the White House under the bus: says he’s opposed to fbi money in this covid bill.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) July 28, 2020

Trump reiterates there should be a new FBI building near DOJ – or renovate existing building. Keeping it on same plot would keep a new hotel away to prevent competition with his hotel. Trump says commute would be too long if it moved to MD and VA suburbs. Wants it in covid bill
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 29, 2020

Trump campaign’s unpaid bills

They have stiffed cities over and over.

Perhaps the most ironic of Trump's super-cheesy moves is the failure of his campaign to pay police departments all over America for security during his MAGA rallies. He's a fraud who constantly sings the praises of cops, then screws 'em. Nice. https://t.co/qp9D0RXU2h
— Maggie Harper (@painterly111) August 4, 2020

Pence will hold a "Cops for Trump" event in Tucson after city officials say the Trump Campaign still refuses to pay a 4 year-old bill. The campaign has racked $2 million total in unpaid bills total. https://t.co/6eWg5nxrxl

I wrote about this a year ago: https://t.co/K2Ck5V5h7U
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) August 7, 2020

NEW: @VP Mike Pence scheduled to conduct "Cops for Trump" rally in @cityoftucson on Tuesday.

BUT: Trump campaign still won't pay a $81,000 police bill Tucson officials sent in 2016 stemming from a MAGA rally that year. https://t.co/nQafAXtU8T
— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) August 6, 2020

Trump’s campaign will leave Tulsa tonight owing — in the opinions of 14 municipal government — more than $1.8 million in unpaid police and public safety costs stemming from MAGA rallies. https://t.co/nAOOSflyno
— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) June 21, 2020

Trump has racked up unpaid bills for his political rallies all around the country, more than any other candidate.

Oh and he still owes DC for the Fourth of July and for his inauguration. https://t.co/2sOnhB8tfi
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 22, 2020

Cities across the U.S. say Trump has failed to reimburse local officials for security assistance to the president’s campaign during his MAGA rallieshttps://t.co/AR41ztIulg
— POLITICO (@politico) October 8, 2019

What is the possible justification for the Trump campaign, flush with cash, to not pay strapped localities the police and public safety bills? https://t.co/rTLQGXAWvt
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 15, 2020

Here are some checks that @realDonaldTrump is more than welcome to put his name on. https://t.co/pZSkgsf6Jh
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) April 16, 2020

Lawsuit against the Trumps is proceeding

Then there’s stuff like Trump University. Just a sleazy family.

Can anyone tally up and briefly summarize the number of lawsuits CURRENTLY going against Trump, his businesses, children, fake charities? I would be interested in that and would pay a freelance journalist for their time.

I'm interested in the VOLUME.https://t.co/r1mCMQ5EKq
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) May 19, 2020

A federal judge has allowed a federal lawsuit accusing President Trump, his three eldest children and his company of collaborating with a fraudulent marketing scheme to prey on investors to proceed, denying the Trumps' request for a stay https://t.co/mqkiOaKzPY
— CNN (@CNN) May 19, 2020

A federal judge has refused to stay a lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, and the Trump Corporation committed "various business torts," including engaging in an illegal pyramid scheme. https://t.co/o1M0UBWf7a
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 19, 2020

Trump, his family and his business cannot pause a lawsuit accusing them of promoting a pyramid scheme, a federal judge ruled, finding a "strong likelihood" that their appeal seeking to move the case to arbitration will fail. @CourthouseNews

Doc: https://t.co/vODsPcqyRd pic.twitter.com/2OHZfkQbcZ
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) May 18, 2020

Taxpayer money spent at Trump businesses

We started this year w/ a simple Q: how much taxpayer money has been paid to @realdonaldtrump’s businesses?

The govt provided no answer. Trump Org provided no answer.

So we started digging. So far, we’ve found $970,000.
But…https://t.co/lJbUeMU2My
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 15, 2020

These payments are so interesting b/c they offered @realdonaldtrump and his biz such a clear moral question.
They could set any price, knowing the govt *had* to pay. The only limit was their own sense of what was right — given that this was taxpayers’ money.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 15, 2020

NEW: The Secret Service just signed a $179,000 contract to rent golf carts in Bedminster — a sign they're preparing for @realdonaldtrump to visit this summer.
Trump hasn't visited any of his properties since 3/8 — the longest streak of his presidency.https://t.co/EsY3HVvRkX
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 15, 2020

Trump China story was incorrect

see my prior post

There are still plenty of conflicts of interest

This got 13.5K RTs, but the story appears to be incorrect information because the headline was changed removing "the loan is due soon" to reflect the story now noting the loan was sold by Bank of China in 2012. https://t.co/r9UC3E70bW
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) April 25, 2020

“Chinese state-owned companies are constructing two luxury Trump developments in United Arab Emirates and Indonesia. Trump and Ivanka Trump have been awarded trademarks by China’s government. And Jared Kushner has courted Chinese investors in at least one other real estate deal.”
— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) April 24, 2020

Trump owes money to China

This is a conflict of interest that is affecting US foreign policy.

THREAD

The news that Trump is in deep debt to a state-owned bank in China — a bill that comes due during the next president’s term — sheds some light on a seeming puzzle: why does Trump keep praising China's leader as the COVID-19 pandemic gets worse?https://t.co/pUwy5TFrHh
— Jeffrey Prescott (@jeffreyprescott) April 24, 2020

Court rejects Trump effort to move lawsuit to arbitration

Maybe this is the time Trump’s sleazy behavior catches up with him. What a scum bag family!

A federal judge in Manhattan rejected an effort by Trump and his adult children to send a lawsuit accusing them of exploiting their family name to promote a marketing scam into arbitration. https://t.co/rhpCskCT8E
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 10, 2020

News: MGM Ordered to Deliver Unaired 'Apprentice' Footage in Marketing Scam Lawsuit Against Trumps https://t.co/3H58upygGN
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 9, 2020

Effort

Trump’s Company Paid Bribes to Reduce Property Taxes, Assessors Say

Breaking: Trump’s Company Paid Bribes to Reduce Property Taxes, Assessors Say https://t.co/oz9q9wlQGS
— Richard Tofel (@dicktofel) March 11, 2020