Trump news today: Boeing CEO regrets taking on ex-president’s $ 660m Air Force One deal

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‘I’m a more honest man than you’: Trump ends Piers Morgan interview

The CEO of Boeing has told a quarterly earnings call that he regrets the company taking on a deal to convert two 747s for use by the US president, a deal struck during the Trump administration that has so far cost the aerospace giant some $ 660m.

“Air Force One I’m just going to call a very unique moment, a very unique negotiation, a very unique set of risks that Boeing probably shouldn’t have taken,” said chief executive Dave Calhoun. “But we are where we are, and we’re going to deliver great airplanes. And we’re going to recognize the costs associated with it. ”

Meanwhile, reports say that a grand judy convened by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to hear evidence against the Trump Organization will be allowed to expire as investigators confront doubts about the strength of the case against the former president.

The probe, which has been running since Mr Trump was still in office, is focused on alleged impropriety in the Trump Organization’s financial reports. District Attorney Alvin Bragg has insisted that the expiration of the grand jury does not mean the case is over, insisting earlier this month that “This investigation is going to be dictated by the facts we unearth.”

Key pointsShow latest update 1651197600ICYMI: FBI informant in Trump Deutsche Bank case found dead

A man who helped federal authorities with their investigation into Donald Trump’s dealings with Deutsche Bank, one of his main creditors, has been found dead on the campus of a Los Angeles high school.

Val Broeksmit, who was 46, had been missing for more than a year, though his Twitter account remained active until just weeks ago. The police say foul play is not suspected, and friends of Mr Broeksmit’s say he had long struggled with drugs.

Maroosha Muzaffar has the story.

Graig Graziosi29 April 2022 03:00

1651194000ICYMI: Fox News pundit breaks with Trump on JD Vance endorsement

Fox News pundit Mark Levin has broken with former President Donald Trump over the latter’s endorsement of Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance for Ohio’s Senate seat.

Mr Levin prefers Mr Vance’s primary opponent Josh Mandel, whose politics are much more in line with the MAGA movement.

Graig Graziosi29 April 2022 02:00

1651190400Here’s what Republican candidates spent currying favor at Trump’s properties

Former President Donald Trump’s endorsement comes at a cost.

The Independent has compiled data analyzing the amount of money Republcian lawmakers hoping to land Mr Trump’s endorsement spent at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Read about the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by Republicans to earn Mr Trump’s favor in Eric Garcia’s story at The Independent.

Graig Graziosi29 April 2022 01:00

1651188000ICYMI: McCarthy assures colleagues he never asked Trump to resign

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, defending his private conversations, has assured his colleagues that he never asked former president Donald Trump to resign over the 6 January Capitol riots.

It was Mr McCarthy’s first face-to-face meeting with House Republicans amid the fallout from his criticisms of the former president and the party’s most far-right members.

One Republican in the room said the meeting was “cathartic” for lawmakers, while another voiced confidence that McCarthy would be the “next speaker”, according to the Associated Press.

“He’s got the support of the conference and then some,” Rep Dan Meuser said as he left the private session at GOP headquarters. “You guys obsess over 6 January. Nobody cares, ”Rep. Glenn Grothman told reporters, adding that“ it is history ”.

Graig Graziosi29 April 2022 00:20

1651185000OAN accuses Georgia secretary of state of colluding with Democrats to rig 2022 midterms

The Donald Trump supporting television network OAN accused Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger of working with Democrats to rig the 2022 midterm elections.

Correspondent Pearson Sharp claimed that Mr Raffensperger’s use of the company Salesforce to handle voter registration in the state was evidence of the secretary of state’s intention to interfere with the 2022 election, according to Media Matters.

“So, to summarize, the same secretary of state who served up Georgia’s elections to Beijing Biden in 2020 has now selected a new company based in India with no history of managing elections to transition the state’s voter registration database to another company based in California, also with no experience handling elections, and which works with organizations that have actually been caught engaging in voter fraud and is also run by a radical leftist with close ties to the most extreme left-wing activists in the world, ”he said.

There is no evidence Mr Raffensperger or Salesforce has any intention of trying to rig the 2022 midterm elections.

Graig Graziosi28 April 2022 23:30

1651182000Oklahoma passes 6-week abortion ban modeled after controversial Texas legislation

Oklahoma lawmakers passed a bill restricting abortions after six weeks of pregnancy on Thursday. The bill was modeled after Texas’ version of the abortion ban, and includes its utlisation of civilian enforcement of the ban.

The bill bans doctors from carrying out abortions once any cardiac activity is detected, and allows private citizens to file civil lawsuits against anyone who performs or induces an abortion, as well as those who intent to perform an abortion or who assists in an abortion.

Planned Parenthood announced it would challenge the bill in court.

Graig Graziosi28 April 2022 22:40

1651179815Trump ally Roger Stone wants Elon Musk to reinstate Donald Trump’s account

Roger Stone, a political strategist allied with former President Donald Trump, briefly returned to Twitter Thursday using a different handle before he was axed again for evading his ban.

“I’m back b ******… testing 1… 2… 3,” he wrote. He was banned a short time later.

Mr Stone told The Daily Mail that he wanted Mr Musk to reinstate the former president’s account, which was banned on 8 January 2021 in response to the Capitol riot, as well as the accounts of QAnon promoter General Mike Flynn and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

“[Mr Stone’s second ban] didn’t surprise me at all. But I’m hopeful that Elon Musk is true to his word and that this will really be a platform in which free speech and free expression are honored, ”he said. “’I think he should reinstate Donald Trump. I think he should reinstate Alex Jones. I think he should reinstate General Mike Flynn. ”

Graig Graziosi28 April 2022 22:03

1651177040Michigan Republican calls Trump ‘deranged narcissist’ as state party divides over its future

A powerful figure in Michigan politics resigned after the state’s GOP backed Donald Trump-endorsed candidates for attorney general and secretary of state positions.

The New York Times reports that Tony Daunt, who sat on the party’s state committee and is close with major donors like the DeVos family, resigned his position after the endorsements and sent a blistering letter in which he called Mr Trump a “deranged narcissist.” Major donors suggested they would pour their money into other races.

“Rather than distancing themselves from this undisciplined loser,” Mr Daunt wrote in his resignation letter, “far too many Republican‘ leaders ’have decided that encouraging his delusional lies – and, even worse – cynically appeasing him despite knowing they are lies, is the easiest path to ensuring their continued hold on power, general election consequences be damned. ”

Graig Graziosi28 April 2022 21:17

1651176000Marjorie Taylor Greene tells CNN’s Jim Acosta to stop harassing her when he asks about her ‘martial law’ texts

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was confronted by CNN’s Jim Acosta about texts she sent to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about declaring martial law.

During a trial in Georgia questioning her eligibility to run for office, Ms Greene said she did not recall sending the texts. Mr Acosta began reading Ms Greene her texts, which caused her to become angry.

“Stop harassing me! I didn’t give you permission! Leave me alone! ” she said. Reporters do not need permission to ask anyone a question.

Graig Graziosi28 April 2022 21:00

1651174800Former Trump official reveals she tried to stop his bleach injection Covid presser

Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former press official during the Donald Trump administration, said she tried to stop the press confernce in which Mr Trump recommended “injecting bleach” as a way to treat Covid-19.

“I tried to stop the famous‘ injecting bleach ’press conference in the West Wing before it happened,” she wrote on Twitter. “I was worried the former Prez didn’t have time to process the study that was going to be briefed to him and may say something dangerous. I was overruled, and the presser happened. ”

Graig Graziosi28 April 2022 20:40

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