NEW: Fulton County DA Fani Willis is determined to investigate & potentially prosecute Donald Trump for pressuring Georgia's secretary of state to "find" enough votes to overturn the state's election results. ($) @thisisinsider @cdechalus businessinsider.com/georgia-electi…
Legal experts told Insider the case in Georgia might be the strongest investigation against the former president, who is also the subject of investigations in New York and Washington, DC.
But a spike in crimes in Atlanta and a backlog of cases to process could impede her office's ability to fully investigate Trump, former associates say.
"The problem she has is that she's in an elected position & the residents are getting tired of the crime," said Michael Moore, an ex-US attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. "So are you going to dump all your resources into this [Trump] case that may turn into nothing?"
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THREAD: Tonight is the 5-year mark of Trump's 2016 RNC acceptance speech. Given he remains king of the GOP, the speech became our north star as reported the definitive oral history of that crazy primary cycle. Our story is here & requires a subscription. businessinsider.com/how-trump-took…
We ended up collecting many amazing anecdotes during the course of the reporting. Along the way we've published free stories in front of the paywall teasing them. You may have seen this one this week. businessinsider.com/trump-aide-say…
NEW: Melania Trump shared her husband's low opinion of the late Sen. John McCain's military record. She agreed with Trump when he said during a '16 primary event that McCain was "not a war hero," per ex-campaign manager Cory Lewandowski. @thisisinsiderbusinessinsider.com/melania-donald…
Lewandowski spoke to @thisisinsider as part of our oral history project on Trump's GOP takeover, said he & Trump met up w/ Melania in NJ as political pundits & conservative talk-show hosts were saying Trump had to apologize. He thought the comment would end Trump's campaign.
@thisisinsider "As we walked in the door, Mrs. Trump was waiting for us," Lewandowski said. "She said: 'You're right. John McCain isn't a war hero. What he has done for the veterans has been shameful.'"
NEW: Today marks the official end of Trump’s post-presidential transition period, meaning the government will cease to provide Trump & Pence w/ $ for staff & office space to wrap up their official transition duties. ($) @thisisinsider businessinsider.com/donald-trump-s…
All members of Trump's transition team will be offboarded on July 21, according to GSA, but some of them will be onboarded on July 22 as members of the former president's official post-presidency staff. By @rbravender & @tomlobianco
Outgoing presidents typically use their first 6 months out of office to organize their documents, think about their legacies, and plan for presidential libraries, said Max Stier, president and CEO of the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service.
NEW: Our latest short peel from the Trump oral history project gets into a moment in early 2016 when his aides told him over a McDonald's meal to stop bitching about losing in Iowa to Ted Cruz @thisisinsiderbusinessinsider.com/trump-mcdonald…
It's long been known that Donald Trump has an affinity for fast food.
His love affair with burgers & fries also features prominently in a key part of the story into how Trump aides thought he was on the verge of nearly blowing his chance to be the '16 GOP presidential nominee.
Upset about losing the Republican Iowa caucuses in 2016 to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, the future president's aides placated him over a McDonald's meal in New Hampshire.
NEW: 5 years ago today Ted Cruz delivered a widely-panned speech to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Trump supporters booed. Here, he shares w/ @thisisinsider his recollections and intentions. businessinsider.com/donald-trump-t…
Cruz had prepared a "vote your conscience" speech he said was designed to unite conservatives – even though he hadn't yet endorsed Trump:
Cruz: "What I said in the speech is vote for candidates who you trust to defend freedom and to defend the Constitution, & that is very much what I hoped Donald Trump would do. At the time I didn't know if he would or not. There were reasons to have concerns. I did have concern."
NEW: About a month ago, Jason Miller met with Donald Trump at the ex-president's Bedminster, NJ golf club. The goal; to coax his former boss to join the new conservative social media network, GETTR. ($) by @tomlobianco @thisisinsider businessinsider.com/gettr-trump-ja…
In an exclusive interview, the former senior advisor for Trump's reelection campaign, described to Insider how he's pitching Trump on GETTR.
The two men discussed a possible — undisclosed — pricetag for getting Trump on the platform, the newly-minted CEO of GETTR told Insider. Miller also gave Trump a spin through the social network's app.