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Trump's wealth has fallen so fast banks are concerned he can’t pay loans: biographer

One of former President Donald Trump's golf courses is under investigation for allegedly inflating and deflating the appraisals of the property. Biographer Michael D'Antonio addressed the new lawsuit on CNN Thursday, and explained how drawing attention to himself as a successful businessman has ultimately led Trump into a financial free fall.

"You might remember that Michael Cohen said that Donald Trump originally ran for president as a publicity stunt," recalled D'Antonio. "That he thought that this would benefit his companies, but he never imagined winning. So, he wins, and he finds himself in office, and during that period of time from 2016 to 2020, his fortunes decline precipitously."

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'Just like Watergate': Bob Woodward reveals 'seven conspiratorial actions by Trump and Bannon' to destroy democracy

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward pointed out seven conspiratorial actions taken by Donald Trump and Steve Bannon to conduct a "Watergate-style" subversion of the election process, which he said should fall under investigation by a special counsel.

Woodward said he and Washington Post colleague Robert Costa uncovered those actions while reporting on their book, "Peril," but he told CNN's "New Day" that he only recently understood how those potential crimes set in motion the violent attempt to overturn Trump's election loss on Jan. 6.

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Bodycam footage shows cops tasing severely autistic man who can't speak

Body camera footage was released showing Florida police tasing a Black autistic man with the mental abilities of a 4 year old, reported the Daily Beast, citing the Orlando news station WESH-2.

The Eustis Police were called about a possible burglary and when they arrived they found the man with severe autism, Louis Grahai, walking around the neighborhood without his shoes. Grahai is unable to speak and can't control his bowels.

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Condoleezza Rice explains why white people shouldn't feel triggered by the teaching of slavery

A conservative activist created a scandal around "critical race theory," leading Republican legislatures around the country to enact laws that impact the teaching of slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and even Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in schools

Speaking to "The View" on Wednesday, Condoleezza Rice noted that growing up in segregated Birmingham, Alabama meant that she faced a lot of racism. She said that people of color shouldn't be made to feel shame about their history and White children shouldn't feel like it's their fault that racism existed before they were born.

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New video shows Trump supporters assaulting Officer Michael Fanone beneath 'Blue Lives Matter' flag

New footage from the Jan. 6 insurrection shows Donald Trump supporters shocking police Officer Michael Fanone with a stun gun.

The clip will air Wednesday night in the HBO documentary, "Four Hours at the Capitol," which details the violent assault that nearly killed Fanone, left five people dead and injured 138 other police officers.

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Republicans are living in a fantasy world if they think Trump wasn’t involved in Jan. 6: Washington Post reporter

Washington Post reporter Robert Costa thinks that there's no real way for Republicans to claim former President Donald Trump didn't have any involvement in the Jan. 6 rally and the riot that followed. The reason, he explained, is that Trump was actually involved.

Speaking to MSNBC on Tuesday, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) tried to blame the media for being "obsessed" with Trump, instead of acknowledging that the former president is being held accountable for his behavior.

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Here's why Trump may not really want to be president again

Some allies believe Donald Trump may prefer being the former president than shouldering the burden of serving another term as chief executive.

Vanity Fair reporter David Drucker, author of "In Trump's Shadow," told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that some of the twice-impeached one-term president's associates doubt that he'll mount another campaign for the White House in 2024.

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REVEALED: ‘Fascinating’ detail about Mike Pence’s behind-the-scenes effort to stop Trump from stealing the election

The author of a new book about Donald Trump and the Republican Party revealed a "fascinating" detail he learned about vice president Mike Pence's actions ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Vanity Fair reporter David Drucker, author of the newly published book "In Trump's Shadow," told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Pence had decided that he would not help Trump overturn the election and wanted to prevent a future president from attempting the same gambit.

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Colbert tells Adam Schiff what an oligarch revealed to him about the so-called 'pee tape' in Moscow

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) appeared on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" this week when the topic of the recent interview with Christopher Steele came up.

In an interview with ABC News's George Stephanopoulos, Steele claimed that he stands by everything in his now-infamous dossier, but then acknowledged that there are inaccuracies.

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Trump supporter tells The Daily Show that Trump is still 'flying around the world on Air Force One'

"Daily Show" correspondent Jordan Klepper has released a fresh set of interviews with supporters of former President Donald Trump who attended a rally in Iowa a few weekends ago.

What Klepper found in Iowa is a large contingent of Trump supporters who firmly believe that he won the 2020 election, that he definitively lost.

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Trump's 'mystique is crumpling' because people aren’t scared of his bullying anymore: ex-prosecutor

As part of a discussion about former President Donald Trump's lawsuits, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance and legal expert for The Nation, Elie Mystal, both concluded that the ex-president has finally hit the wall.

According to Mystal, Trump's latest lawsuit trying to prevent the documents around the Jan. 6 attack seemed like a blatant coverup attempt.

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Ex-FBI agent explains why Steve Bannon actually wants to be arrested

The Jan. 6 House Select Committee released a statement saying that they intend to "move quickly" to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt if he refuses the subpoena to appear.

Bannon, who wasn't working for the White House at the time the Capitol riots were taking place, is attempting to assert executive privilege to block the subpoena.

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Trump asked about his racism and violence at rallies in lawsuit brought by protesters: report

Former deputy Attorney General Harry Litman revealed that President Donald Trump was probed about his racism during his deposition on Monday in the case brought by protesters attacked by Trump's bodyguard during his first presidential campaign.

According to statements from the plaintiff's attorney Ben Dictor, "The President was exactly how you would expect him to be, he answered questions the way you would expect Mr. Trump to answer questions and conducted himself in a manner that you would expect Mr. Trump to conduct himself."

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