https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-organizations-stop-fundraising-off-his-name/ Trump sends cease-and-desist letter to GOP organizations to stop fundraising off his name Former president Donald Trump has sent a cease-and-desist letter to at least three Republican organizations demanding they stop using his name and likeness to fundraise, two Trump advisers confirmed Saturday. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. The letter, which was first reported by Politico, was sent to the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Representatives for the three groups did not immediately respond to requests for comment or for copies of the letter Saturday.
WSJ Hits Back at Trump, Says Former President Should Get ‘Counseling’ https://www.mediaite.com/trump/wsj-hits-back-at-trump-says-former-president-should-get-counseling/ The Wall Street Journal is hitting back at an attack from former President Donald Trump. In a piece late Thursday, the Journal’s editorial board responded to a lengthy statement by Trump bashing them as an outlet which “nobody cares about,” and which has “lost great credibility.” “For someone who says we don’t matter, he sure spends a lot of time reading and responding to us,” the editorial board wrote. “Thanks for the attention.” The Journal’s editorial board believes its critique that Trump is responsible for the senate defeats in Georgia hit home with the former president, because it’s further indication that he should not be the standard-bearer for the party going forward. “In the single Trump term, Republicans lost the House, White House and finally the Senate,” they wrote. “How can it be that everyone other than the most prominent Republican in the country is responsible for victories but not the defeats that have left Republicans in the wilderness?” The Trump team, for its part, believes the Journal has a vendetta against the former president. In a soon-to-be-released edition of Mediaite’s weekly podcast The Interview, former Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller pointed out the Journal’s consistent opposition. “They’ve been hitting President Trump — if not once a day — then twice a day pretty continually for about a week now,” Miller said. “And I think the president wanted to push back there, and point out that, ideologically, this isn’t just a NeverTrump positioning for the editorial page for the Wall Street Journal, there’s a never-populist effort. But the Journal argues it is the former president who has the unhealthy fixation. “Losing to Joe Biden of all people, and by 7.1 million votes as an incumbent President, must be painful,” the editorial board wrote. “Counseling could be in order.”
Expert explains how Dems just brilliantly forced Trump to respond under oath for the Capitol riot https://www.rawstory.com/trump-lawsuits/https://www.rawstory.com/trump-lawsuits/ On MSNBC Saturday, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance outlined the legal problems that the new civil suits against former President Donald Trump will create for him. "These civil cases are a very interesting aspect of the search for accountability," said Vance. "We've seen the flawed impeachment procedure, which failed to hold him accountable despite evidence. We're looking at the criminal process and criminal investigations ongoing, too early to conclude whether that would ultimately reach former President Trump and his inner circle. These civil cases are a direct and potentially more quick route for the American people to gain the truth." "Representative [Eric] Swalwell's complaint is particularly interesting because it raises claims under the Ku Klux Klan Act, which talks about interference with Congress' performance of official duties, and files suit in his individual capacity, arguing interference and interference with his well-being and the well-being of others," said Vance. "Only one of the claims in this complaint have to survive a motion to dismiss, an early preliminary motion that the defendants will file in order to begin the discovery process, and that's part of the legal proceedings in the civil case where a litigant like Representative Swalwell has the ability to take depositions to ask for documents where there's actually an obligation that the defendants respond under oath." "This could get interesting relatively quickly," concluded Vance, although she added, "It's too early, I think, to assess whether the suit has a chance of success on the merits."