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October 18, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

WATCH: Trump Lawyer Alina Habba Torches Letitia James in Courthouse Broadside.

Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba blasted partisan New York Attorney General Letitia James over her farcical claims that Trump purposefully overvalued his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida as collateral for loans used in his New York businesses.

“I think you guys need to understand something. Banks hire appraisers…. you are an individual, you go to get something appraised. You say my house is worth X. The bank doesn’t take your word for it. They hire people like that gentleman [an appraiser] to go do their own values,” Habba told the press outside the courtroom. “Now those values are going to be lower than the ones that the homeowner or the commercial real estate owner would use. It is very basic.”

If you take Trump Tower and you take the Trump name off of that building and you put Letitia James’s name on that building.

– Alina Habba, October 2023.

Habba turned her attention to James, stating: “That’s not what this case is about. It has nothing to do with this. Because the statement of financial condition was actually low. The statement of financial condition didn’t include Trump’s ‘brand’… If you take Trump Tower and you take the Trump name off of that building and you put Letitia James’s name on that building, it will not be what it is worth when Donald Trump owns it.”

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Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron previously ruled that Trump had far-over estimated the value of his Mar-a-Lago property, citing the tax assessed value as only being $18 million. Real estate experts have estimated the property to be worth between $200 million and $750 million – far above the amount decided by Judge Engoron.

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Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba blasted partisan New York Attorney General Letitia James over her farcical claims that Trump purposefully overvalued his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida as collateral for loans used in his New York businesses. show more
October 17, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

Trump: ‘I’m Willing to Go to Jail If That’s What It Takes’ to Save America.

Donald Trump says he is ready to be sent to prison if it means restoring democracy in America and leads to long term victory for the United States as he knows it. The news came shortly after foreign-born Obama judge Tanya Chutkan placed a gag order on the former President, restricting his ability to defend himself in the court of public opinion.

“They’re getting beaten very badly by me in the polls. They think the only way they can catch me is to stop me from speaking,” Trump said of the order, imposed as part of a Washington, D.C. case against him centered on the events of January 6th 2021, at a rally in the Hawkeye State.

“They want to take away my voice and a judge gave a gag order… which I believe is totally unconstitutional,” said the former president.

“A judge gave a gag order, a judge doesn’t like me too much. Her whole life is not liking me, but she gave a gag order. You know what a gag order is? You can’t speak badly about your opponent. But this is weaponry all being done because Joe Biden is losing the election and losing very, very badly to all of us in the polls,” he continued.

“But what they don’t understand is that I am willing to go to jail if that’s what it takes for our country to win and become a democracy again.”

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Donald Trump says he is ready to be sent to prison if it means restoring democracy in America and leads to long term victory for the United States as he knows it. The news came shortly after foreign-born Obama judge Tanya Chutkan placed a gag order on the former President, restricting his ability to defend himself in the court of public opinion. show more
October 16, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics
World

Trump: Zelensky Shaking Down Biden is ‘Like Taking Candy from a Baby’.

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky is squeezing the American taxpayer and European Union governments are skipping out on paying their fair share because Joe Biden lacks the wits to put America first, Donald Trump told The National Pulse editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam.

“I think these are the dumbest people I’ve ever seen,” the former president said of Biden and the people who run his government in an exclusive interview.

“I just watched him today with Zelensky, handing over money, money, just like nothing; like taking candy from a baby,” he lamented.

“Look, I feel very badly for the Ukrainian people,” Trump stressed. “Here’s the problem: Europe isn’t paying their share. Europe’s in for 25 billion, and we’re in for 200 billion,” he explained, likening the issue to the one he dealt with regarding NATO during his presidency.

“In NATO, they weren’t paying up. Twenty-eight countries, and almost all of them were not paid up; they owed hundreds of billions of dollars and we were spending three times, four times than we were supposed to just keeping it together for them – and then they took advantage of us on trade on top of everything else,” Trump said.

“I said listen, if you don’t pay, we’re not going to defend you any longer… I said if you’re not paid up, if you’re delinquent, which you are right now, that means if you get attacked we’re not going to do any defense of you. The money poured in like you wouldn’t believe,” he recalled.

“The [NATO] Secretary-General, [Jens] Stoltenberg, said he’s never seen anything like it… Obama would come, make a speech and leave, Bush would come, make a speech and leave, Trump would come and say what’s wrong with your books here? Nobody’s paying.”

Trump said the Europeans could not be blamed for letting America do all the heavy lifting, however, as America under Biden has proved so willing to be taken advantage of: “They’re saying, why should we do it when the stupid leaders of the United States are doing it? I would say the same thing: If you don’t have to do it, you don’t have to do it,” he said, analyzing the Europeans’ minimum-effort attitude with a businessman’s eye.

He vowed there would be equalization when he returns to the White House, however, with Europe told in no uncertain terms that any future payments would have to be “at least” 50-50.

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Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky is squeezing the American taxpayer and European Union governments are skipping out on paying their fair share because Joe Biden lacks the wits to put America first, Donald Trump told The National Pulse editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam. show more
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October 16, 2023
Raheem J. Kassam
Breaking
Immigration
Politics

EXC: Trump to Announce IDEOLOGICAL SCREENING to Disqualify Marxists, Hamas Sympathizers Entering America.

Former President Donald J. Trump will today announce, at a speech in Clive, Iowa, a zero tolerance approach to foreign nationals in the United States supporting terrorism or cheering on groups like Hamas, The National Pulse can reveal. Speaking on Monday afternoon, Trump will state: “we will implement strong ideological screening for ALL immigrants to the United States”.

He will add: “No longer will we allow dangerous lunatics, haters, bigots, and maniacs to get residency in our country. If you empathize with Radical Islamic terrorists and extremists, you’re DISQUALIFIED—if you want to abolish the state of Israel, you’re DISQUALIFIED —if you support Hamas or the ideology behind Hamas, you’re DISQUALIFIED —and if you’re a Communist, Marxist, or Fascist, you are DISQUALIFIED.

“In addition, we will aggressively deport resident aliens with jihadist sympathies.

“In the wake of the attacks on Israel, Americans have been disgusted to see open support for terrorists among the legions of foreign nationals on college campuses. Under the Trump administration, we will revoke the student visas of radical anti-American and anti-Semitic foreigners at our colleges and universities—and we will send them straight back home.

“Likewise, the mobs of pro-Hamas barbarians we saw in the streets of New York and other cities last week have no place in America. Jewish mothers and fathers should never have to send their children to school fearing they will be shot or stabbed on a so-called “Day of Jihad”.

“Under my administration, we will proactively send ICE to pro-jihadist demonstrations to enforce our immigration laws and remove the violators from our country.”

The hardline response to the past week’s atrocities and depraved responses is likely to trigger the corporate media and Marxist left in America who have presided over open borders and pro war policies for decades.

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Former President Donald J. Trump will today announce, at a speech in Clive, Iowa, a zero tolerance approach to foreign nationals in the United States supporting terrorism or cheering on groups like Hamas, The National Pulse can reveal. Speaking on Monday afternoon, Trump will state: "we will implement strong ideological screening for ALL immigrants to the United States". show more
October 16, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

GAGGED: Foreign-Born, Marxist Judge Strips Trump Right to Speak Freely.

Foreign-born U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the Washington, D.C. trial for Donald Trump’s actions on January 6th, partially granted a Department of Justice (DOJ) request for a gag order against the former-President and his attorneys.

The order – an attack on a former President’s first amendment rights – indeed bars Trump from commenting on DOJ special prosecutor Jack Smith, his staff, court staff, and potential witnesses. Chutkan rejected broader DOJ requests to bar comments on the department itself, President Biden, and Washington, D.C. – attacks on the latter the DOJ argued could ‘taint’ the jury pool.

After hearing arguments from the prosecution and defense Chutkan concluded that: “Mr. Trump is a criminal defendant. He is facing four felony charges. He is under the supervision of the criminal justice system and he must follow his conditions of release.” She then asked Trump attorney John Lauro if he agreed that given his status as a defendant, the former-President “does not have the right to say and do exactly what he pleases.”

Chutkan previously worked at the infamous Biden-linked Boies Schiller Flexner law firm, which also represented Burisma, the board of which President Joe Biden’s son Hunter sat. Chutkan’s grandfather, Frank Hill, and great uncle, Kenneth Hill, were Marxists who were imprisoned during the British colonial era, with Governor Sir Arthur Richards describing Kenneth, in particular, as “probably the most dangerous subversive agent in Jamaica.”

Judge Chutkan appeared mostly concerned with the type of language Donald Trump used to describe Smith and others, rather than the actual accusations made. “If the message Mr. Trump wants to express is ‘my prosecution is politically motivated,’ he can do so without using ‘highly charged language’,” she said. While not detailing any specific repercussions for violating the gag order, Chutkan said she would would not hesitate to impose sanctions – indicating any punishments would most likely be in the form of monetary fines instead of jail time.

The Trump campaign responded to Judge Chutkan’s order in a statement:

Today’s decision is an absolute abomination and another partisan knife stuck in the heart of our Democracy by Crooked Joe Biden, who was granted to the right to muzzle his political opponent, the leading candidate for the Presidency in 2024, and the most popular political leader in America, President Donald J. Trump. President Trump will continue to fight for our Constitution, the American people’s right to support him, and to keep our country free of the chains of weaponized and targeted law enforcement.

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Foreign-born U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the Washington, D.C. trial for Donald Trump's actions on January 6th, partially granted a Department of Justice (DOJ) request for a gag order against the former-President and his attorneys. show more
October 16, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics

Mike Pence’s Campaign Has Racked Up a LOT of Debt.

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s already struggling 2024 presidential campaign has racked up debts upwards of $620,000, according to a campaign finance filing released over the weekend.

Pence’s campaign managed to raise just $3.3 million in the last quarter, a figure far below competitors in the GOP nominee race, considering the former Vice President himself contributed $150,000. Pence’s former running mate, Donald Trump, on the other hand, raised a whopping $45.5 million in the same quarter.

The filing also noted that it has just $1.2 million in cash to support the campaign, yet $200,000 cannot be deployed due to it having been raised by donors who have already provided the maximum amount for a primary campaign. The funds would only be available in a general election.

The last time a GOP candidate reported such high debts was former Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker, who dropped out of the 2016 Republican nominee race days after revealing campaign debts of $161,000 – almost half a million dollars less than Pence.

“That debt number is gonna be impossible to pay back… When he drops out he’s going to have to do debt-retirement fundraisers,” admitted an anonymous ally of the former Vice President.

Worse still for Pence is that his campaign is yet to announce whether it has amassed the requisite 70,000 individual donors for the third Republican presidential debate on November 8th. Pence barely made the first debate’s requirement of only 40,000 individual donors and only reached the number within a couple of weeks of the debate.

Pence has taken to attacking his former running mate in a last-gasp bid to save his campaign, such as blaming Hamas terrorism on the 45th president and suggesting Trump is not conservative because he would attempt to broker peace in Ukraine, though to little avail. He has consistently polled below five percent since announcing his campaign.

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Former Vice President Mike Pence's already struggling 2024 presidential campaign has racked up debts upwards of $620,000, according to a campaign finance filing released over the weekend. show more
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October 14, 2023
Crime
News
Politics

An IRS Contractor Pleaded Guilty to Leaking Trump’s Tax Returns.

Charles Edward Littlejohn, a former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), pleaded guilty to unauthorized disclosure of tax returns on Thursday. Littlejohn, 38, was charged with stealing tax return information and providing it to two news outlets from 2018 to 2020. Sentencing is set for January 29th, with a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

“The unauthorized theft and disclosure of tax return information by government employees or contractors is a serious breach of the public’s trust,” commented Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri.

“The American people have every right to expect the utmost integrity from those who are granted access to sensitive taxpayer information through their employment with the IRS,” added Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Deputy Inspector General Trevor Nelson.

In addition to Trump, whom the Justice Department did not name in their statement but is known to be Littlejohn’s main victim due to admissions he made to the court, the contractor “separately stole tax return information for thousands of the nation’s wealthiest individuals.”

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Charles Edward Littlejohn, a former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), pleaded guilty to unauthorized disclosure of tax returns on Thursday. Littlejohn, 38, was charged with stealing tax return information and providing it to two news outlets from 2018 to 2020. Sentencing is set for January 29th, with a maximum sentence of five years in prison. show more
October 12, 2023
Jake Welch
News

Trump Lawyer Alina Habba Did NOT Make Jury Request Mistake, Admits Judge.

Donald Trump’s attorney, Alina Habba, did not fail to tick a box to request a jury trial in the New York civil fraud case despite widely circulated claims. Judge Arthur Engoron amended his comments of “nobody asked for” a jury trial on Wednesday following the false reports, arguing the claim “keeps coming up”. He explained that New York Attorney General Letitia James “clearly checked off non-jury” before the proceedings began.

“It would not have helped to make a motion, nobody forgot to check off a box,” Engoron explained, adding the punishment sought by the state of New York is an “equitable” remedy rather than a “legal” remedy.

Habba, who was forced to defend herself and the former President’s legal team amidst the false accusations, said in court following clarification, “Thank you, your honor. Press, did you hear that? I didn’t ‘forget to check the box’.”

Attorney General James is accusing Trump of corrupting his relationship with banks and insurers for over a decade by giving them financial statements that inflated his net worth. However, she likely arrived at this conclusion by deflating the estimated worth of Trump’s assets, such as his Mar-a-Lago mansion, which she claimed was worth just $18 million, despite a nearby patch of trees selling for $150 million. She is seeking $250 million in damages.

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Donald Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, did not fail to tick a box to request a jury trial in the New York civil fraud case despite widely circulated claims. Judge Arthur Engoron amended his comments of "nobody asked for" a jury trial on Wednesday following the false reports, arguing the claim "keeps coming up". He explained that New York Attorney General Letitia James "clearly checked off non-jury" before the proceedings began. show more
October 12, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics
World

Neocon Ron: DeSantis Accuses Trump of ‘Praising’ Hezbollah Amidst New War Push.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has launched his most brazen attack on former President Donald Trump to date, claiming Trump “attack[ed] our friend and ally, Israel” and falsely claiming he “praise[d] Hezbollah terrorists” during a speech in Florida.

The clip of Trump’s speech, however, undermines the claim. In context, it is clear the 45th President was referring to how “smart” Hezbollah leadership has been in comparison with the Biden government’s capabilities.

“I read all of Biden’s security people, can you imagine, national defense people, and they said ‘Gee, I hope Hezbollah doesn’t attack from the north, because that’s the most vulnerable spot!'” Trump said.

“You know, Hezbollah’s very smart, they’re all very smart. The press doesn’t like when I say it… I said that President Xi of China, 1.4 billion people, he controls it with an iron fist, I said he’s very smart – they killed me the next day,” he recalled.

In lock step with the corporate media, DeSantis chose to misrepresent this as “praise” for America’s enemies, rather than a sober warning not to reveal weaknesses that terrorists could exploit.

Trump described the Hamas raid as “savage” in the full version of his speech, and recalled how he “fought for Israel like no President in history, but then Crooked Joe Biden came along and tossed Israel to the bloodthirsty jihadists” by loosening sanctions on Iran and restoring aid to Gaza and the West Bank.

DeSantis’s claim that Trump attacked Israel also bore no resemblance to reality, as the 45th President was discussing Israeli intelligence failures, not the nation as a whole. Indeed, a full 86 percent of Israeli respondents to a poll released Thursday say their government’s failures were to blame for the Hamas attack.

DeSantis’s team have also been amplifying prominent neoconservatives in their attempt to frame Trump’s comments negatively, with national spokeswoman Carly Atchison sharing a post by war hawk Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin alleging the former president was “criticizing Bibi Netanyahu and Israel and praising Hezbollah as ‘smart.'” Griffin, in turn, was sharing a post by a Democrat PAC known as Meidas Touch, which was explicitly formed by the far-left to attack Donald Trump.

Neoconservatives have been using the backdrop of the Hamas attack on Israel to try and foment a new war with Iran.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has launched his most brazen attack on former President Donald Trump to date, claiming Trump "attack[ed] our friend and ally, Israel" and falsely claiming he "praise[d] Hezbollah terrorists" during a speech in Florida. show more

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October 11, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Health
News

New Study Finds Trump-Backed Hydroxychloroquine Was an Effective Covid Treatment After All.

Coronavirus patients treated with a combination of hydroxychloroquine – furiously denounced by the media and medical establishment after then-President Donald Trump revealed he was taking it – and azithromycin enjoyed better survival rates, a study has revealed.

The study, published in the scientific journal New Microbes and New Infections, evaluated “the efficacy and safety of a treatment protocol with [a] standard dose of hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 infection” by comparing the 28-day mortality rate of 352 patients treated with the drugs to a contemporary control group of 3,533 patients who received standard care.

Researchers found a “statistically significant reduction in crude mortality rate at 28 days was observed in the [hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin] group” – emphasizing their findings “do not support the current negative recommendations regarding this treatment.”

Donald Trump, who stuck by his belief in hydroxychloroquine, based on the testimony of frontline doctors, despite pressure to withdraw his support, long argued the animus against the drug was motivated purely by the fact he had endorsed it.

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Coronavirus patients treated with a combination of hydroxychloroquine – furiously denounced by the media and medical establishment after then-President Donald Trump revealed he was taking it – and azithromycin enjoyed better survival rates, a study has revealed. show more