Donald Trump’s lawyers filed an appeal to a New York civil court judgment that found the Trump Organization liable for $354 million in damages, NBC reports. The judgment, which continues to accrue millions in interest, was the result of a civil fraud trial that wrapped late last year where prosecutors argued Trump inflated estimates of his wealth to secure bank loans. The decision from New York Judge Arthur Engoron also prohibited Trump from running any business in the state for three years.
In a nearly 100-page appeal filed Monday, Trump’s lawyers argue that the case brought by Attorney General Letitia James constituted an “unauthorized, unprecedented power-grab,” according to NBC, and claims that the case sought to “unwind and penalize complex, highly successful transactions between Appellants and sophisticated Wall Street banks that left all parties deeply satisfied and had no impact on the public interest." As Republicans pivot to a new 2024 presidential campaign strategy after President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he's ending his reelection bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to run, some right-wing pundits are hitting below the belt. One GOP leader — Rep.
Tim Burchett (TN) — on Monday called Harris "a [Diversity, equity, and inclusion] hire," while others in his party are suggesting Harris found success a different way. Matt Walsh, a far-right social media influencer wrote via X: "Kamala Harris got her start in politics by sleeping with Willie Brown. She became Vice President because Biden needed a non-white female on the ticket.
Now she likely becomes the Democratic nominee for president because the guy at the top of the ticket has dementia. She’s made a career out of begging for hand outs from powerful men. A thoroughly unimpressive human being.
" Read also: Megyn Kelly dropped from colossal talent agency CAA after blackface controversy Veteran author and journalist Dr. Naomi Wolf replied : "This kind of sexist take from Republican men will not play well. Swing voters who are women are up for grabs, the Trump/Vance ticket needs them, and ‘she slept her way to the top’ just repels many women and is not an argument.
" Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly replied to Wolf, writing : "Disagree. She actually did sleep her way into and upwards in California politics and most women (and men) may learn that and see it for what it is: evidence of an unqualified political aspirant getting ahead based on smthg other than merit. It’s relevant, and fair game.
" Then, journalist Justin Baragona commented : "In her 2016 memoir, where she also recounted Roger Ailes' sexual harassment, Megyn Kelly fumed over the rumors she had an affair with Brit Hume: 'I hated that people might think I was getting ahead by sleeping my way to the top.' Now she's out here s----shaming Kamala Harris." CONTINUE READING Show less With Sunday’s announcement of Joe Biden’s departure from the race for president, Donald Trump’s campaign has shifted from unbridled confidence to unpreparedness overnight, casting doubt on J.
D. Vance’s effectiveness as a running mate, according to The Atlantic . After Biden’s embarrassing display on the debate stage with Trump on June 27, author Tim Alberta writes, “Trump’s campaign went from cocky about Biden’s deficiencies to fearful of his ouster to stunned at the sudden letter from Biden doing the thing Republicans never thought he’d do.
” In chatting with Republicans Monday, Alberta writes that many remained in shock that Biden was out of the race as Trump himself had a meltdown on his social media site Truth Social, telling followers “Now we have to start all over again.” Read also: Kentucky's Andy Beshear whacks J.D.
Vance in VP audition: 'He ain't from here' Trump picked Ohio Sen. J.D.
Vance — a devout MAGA pro-lifer – at the peak of his confidence while designing a campaign specifically designed to beat Biden. But Vance’s selection, Alberta writes, “was something of a luxury meant to run up margins with the base in a blowout rather than persuade wing voters in a nail-biter.” With that strategy’s instant expiration in a post-Biden race, “Sunday brought an unfamiliar feeling of powerlessness,” to the Trump campaign, Alberta notes.
“For the first time in a long time, Trump does not control the narrative,” Alberta writes. CONTINUE READING Show less The internet mocked former President Donald Trump on Monday over his "cringe" interview on Fox News alongside new vice presidential candidate J.D.
Vance. Trump and Vance talked with Jesse Watters in a clip that interviewed Monday night. When Watters asked a soft-ball question — "Why did you pick J.
D. Vance?" — Trump gave a curious answer. "We've always had a good chemistry," said Trump.
"And originally, J.D. was probably not for me but he didn’t know me.
And then, when we got to know each other, he liked me. Maybe, more than anybody liked me. And he would stick up for me and he would fight for the worker as much as I fight for the worker.
" He added: "We just had an automatic chemistry." Read also: Donald Trump breaks silence on Joe Biden dropping from presidential race Vance, notably, in a 2016 article Vance described Trump as an "idiot" and a "moral disaster," stating that he could potentially become an " American Hitler ." Vance also argued that Trump's rise to power would be detrimental to the Republican Party, warning that he could "destroy the GOP.
" The internet mocked the former president's remarks on X. " Nobody likes Trump , JD Vance is using him for political expediency..
. that is all that is," wrote @ImKnotTheOne. "Such a low bar of qualifications , but whatever works I guess," scoffed @franklinisbored.
"JD Vance needed a political career . That’s what happened," wrote @democracywill13. " JP , is that you?" questioned @BlueATLGeorgia.
"Oh. This is cringe !" exclaimed @PauletteParis1. "It’s love affair! With a different kind of porn star !" proclaimed @KimDonovanK2.
" Why are they laughing ?! I was told that laughing is bad." wrote @DailyTrix. Watch the clip below or at this link .
Trump: Originally, JD was probably not for me but he didn’t know me. Then, when we got to know each other, he liked me. Maybe, more than anybody liked me.
pic.twitter.com/8w2JUVTgZR — Acyn (@Acyn) July 23, 2024 CONTINUE READING Show less.
