Thomas Barrack, a Los Angeles private equity executive, is accused of working secretly for the United Arab Emirates. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Presidential Election of 2016”
Prosecutors Investigating Whether Ukrainians Meddled in 2020 Election
By Gotham Rex on May 27, 2021
The Brooklyn federal inquiry has examined whether former and current Ukrainian officials tried to interfere in the election, including funneling misleading information through Rudolph W. Giuliani. Source: New York Times
F.E.C. Drops Case Reviewing Trump Hush-Money Payments to Women
By Gotham Rex on May 6, 2021
The case had examined whether Donald Trump violated election law with a $130,000 payment shortly before the 2016 election to a pornographic-film actress by his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. Source: New York Times
Manafort Can't Be Prosecuted After Trump Pardon, New York Court Rules
By Gotham Rex on February 8, 2021
The Court of Appeals let stand a lower-court ruling that the Manhattan district attorney’s prosecution of Paul Manafort was barred by the double jeopardy rule. Source: New York Times
Twitter Troll Tricked 4,900 Democrats in Vote-by-Phone Scheme, U.S. Says
By Gotham Rex on January 27, 2021
Douglass Mackey, a right-wing provocateur, was accused of spreading memes that made Hillary Clinton supporters falsely believe they could cast ballots in 2016 via text message. Source: New York Times
Trump Must Turn Over Tax Returns to D.A., Judge Rules
By Gotham Rex on August 20, 2020
A federal judge rejected the president’s argument that a subpoena seeking eight years of his tax returns was ‘wildly overbroad.’ Source: New York Times
Trump Is Not Entitled to Details of Tax Returns Inquiry, D.A. Says
By Gotham Rex on August 14, 2020
Manhattan prosecutors said in new court filings that the president did not have a right to know why a grand jury demanded his tax records. Source: New York Times
The Cafe Has Black Lives Matter Signs. The Owner Voted for Trump.
By Gotham Rex on July 8, 2020
“I’m a liberal guy,” said Thomas Bosco, who is facing backlash after he said in an MSNBC interview that he voted for the president in 2016 and was likely to do so again. Source: New York Times