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Jul 4 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: In her lawsuit v. 2016 Trump campaign, A.J. Delgado just filed an unredacted text exchange she says is with Jenna Ellis in which Ellis apparently states that the Trump campaign settled multiple discrimination or sexual harassment claims against "Boris."
Keith Davidson, Stormy Daniels’ ex-lawyer who took the stand on Tuesday in Trump's criminal trial, also filed a sexual assault case against the estranged son of Don Hankey, the billionaire who recently bailed Trump out.
Let's unpack all that.
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Keith Davidson represented Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal when they separately approached Trump for hush-money payments in 2016.
Yesterday he described how the arrangements came about. Davidson also testified that it was his belief Trump was behind the deals.
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Dec 1, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
New: Why Cornel West Is Broke
Newly uncovered divorce filings reveal allegations of a “secret life” & help explain why the presidential candidate, who has earned millions of dollars over the years, has hardly anything left
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Cornel West has earned an estimated $15 million or so over the last 30 years.
But oddly, as he mounts an independent run for president, his net worth resembles that of a first-year adjunct professor.
Today NY AG Letitia James filed a motion for a preliminary injunction "seeking several measures to stop Mr. Trump and the Trump Organization’s ongoing fraudulent scheme and ensure funds are available to satisfy any disgorgement award..."
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"Attorney General James is also seeking the court’s permission to serve Mr. Trump and Eric Trump electronically, as both defendants and their counsels have refused to accept service of the complaints for almost a month. "
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Oct 12, 2022 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
John Ratcliffe is terminating his congressional campaign.
But not before it paid his wife $43,500.
And paid $11,000 to the firm that designed his personal website.
forbes.com/sites/zachever…@Forbes In October 2021, a Russian cybercriminal group called Grief claimed to have hacked the NRA and posted 13 of the organization’s files to a site on the dark web.
Update: @Forbes' tracker of Donald Trump's legal problems now includes a suit brought by tenants of rent-controlled buildings once owned by Fred Trump.
It's just 1 of now 34 investigations and lawsuits we're monitoring.
forbes.com/sites/zachever…@FEC@Forbes In July 2021, a tipster pointed out that Trump's former DNI John Ratcliffe was paying his wife $3,000/month to manage the books of his old campaign.