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| Trump says he has raised at least $5.6m for veterans groups – campaign live | Trump says he has raised at least $5.6m for veterans groups – campaign live |
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| Donald Trump, escalating the feud with members of the press whose fires he stoked at a contentious press conference earlier today, has lashed out at veteran news anchor Katie Couric for “fraudulent editing” in a new documentary about gun violence that she produced, calling her a “third rate reporter” who is “largely forgotten.” | |
| Katie Couric, the third rate reporter, who has been largely forgotten, should be ashamed of herself for the fraudulent editing of her doc. | |
| Trump was referring to the apparent selective editing of a scene in Under the Gun, a documentary that aims to explore gun violence in the US. | |
| Couric issued a statement earlier today in which she took responsibility for the “misleading” edit, in which gun rights activists were shown to appear at a loss for words in response to a question posed by Couric. | |
| “I regret that those eight seconds [of pause] were misleading and that I did not raise my initial concerns more vigorously,” Couric wrote. “I hope we can continue to have an important conversation about reducing gun deaths in America, a goal I believe we can all agree on.” | |
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| Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has become the most high-profile Republican to urge presumptive nominee Donald Trump to release his tax returns, telling Business Insider that every major party nominee of the past four decades can’t be wrong. | |
| “For the last 30 or 40 years, every candidate for president has released their tax returns, and I think Donald Trump should as well,” McConnell said. | |
| The senate majority leader had previously expressed interest in seeing Trump’s tax returns released, but not in such quite strong terms. Two weeks ago, McConnell told McClatchy that “most candidates for president have, and that’s been the tradition... He’ll have to make that decision himself, but that’s certainly been the pattern for quite some time.” | |
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| Libertarian presidential nominee and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson told MSNBC this evening that he has no plans to attack presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump or likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, preferring to confront the two candidates “from a [sic] issues standpoint.” | Libertarian presidential nominee and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson told MSNBC this evening that he has no plans to attack presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump or likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, preferring to confront the two candidates “from a [sic] issues standpoint.” |
| “I have no intention, neither of us have any intention of attacking Trump or Hillary,” Johnson said during an appearance on MTP Daily with vice presidential candidate Bill Weld. “But, you know, from a issues standpoint, absolutely.” | “I have no intention, neither of us have any intention of attacking Trump or Hillary,” Johnson said during an appearance on MTP Daily with vice presidential candidate Bill Weld. “But, you know, from a issues standpoint, absolutely.” |
| “The stuff that he’s saying,” Johnson said of Trump, “I think he’s said 100 things that would have tubed any other candidate, but here he is.” | “The stuff that he’s saying,” Johnson said of Trump, “I think he’s said 100 things that would have tubed any other candidate, but here he is.” |
| Johnson and Weld are confident that their ticket will be able to reach the 15% support nationally necessary for them to be included on the debate stage during the general election - and recent polling shows them already in the double digits. | Johnson and Weld are confident that their ticket will be able to reach the 15% support nationally necessary for them to be included on the debate stage during the general election - and recent polling shows them already in the double digits. |
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| Looks like Mitt Romney is feeling the #FrenchRevolution: | Looks like Mitt Romney is feeling the #FrenchRevolution: |
| https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/737802980607557632 | https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/737802980607557632 |
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| Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has doubled down on comments made earlier today mocking likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for her limited press availability, urging reporters and voters to “admonish” Clinton for not having held a press conference since December 4 of last year. | Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has doubled down on comments made earlier today mocking likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for her limited press availability, urging reporters and voters to “admonish” Clinton for not having held a press conference since December 4 of last year. |
| I am getting great credit for my press conference today. Crooked Hillary should be admonished for not having a press conference in 179 days. | I am getting great credit for my press conference today. Crooked Hillary should be admonished for not having a press conference in 179 days. |
| In an interview on CNN today, Clinton defended her willingness to speak to the press, telling Jake Tapper that she has done “nearly 300 interviews just in 2016.” | In an interview on CNN today, Clinton defended her willingness to speak to the press, telling Jake Tapper that she has done “nearly 300 interviews just in 2016.” |
| “I believe that it’s important to continue to speak to the press as I’m doing right now,” Clinton said. | “I believe that it’s important to continue to speak to the press as I’m doing right now,” Clinton said. |
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| Rupert Neate | Rupert Neate |
| The Trumptini, a twist on the classic martini served with flakes of gold and a T-shaped slice of lemon, and 100-odd other Trump trademarks including simply “Donald Trump” are now owned by a company in Delaware – allowing the US presidential candidate to save a fortune in taxes. | The Trumptini, a twist on the classic martini served with flakes of gold and a T-shaped slice of lemon, and 100-odd other Trump trademarks including simply “Donald Trump” are now owned by a company in Delaware – allowing the US presidential candidate to save a fortune in taxes. |
| Filings at the US Patent and Trademark Office show that the ownership of Trump trademarks have been moved from various states to DTTM Operations LLC, a recently incorporated company registered alongside thousands of others at National Registered Agents office in Dover, Delaware. | Filings at the US Patent and Trademark Office show that the ownership of Trump trademarks have been moved from various states to DTTM Operations LLC, a recently incorporated company registered alongside thousands of others at National Registered Agents office in Dover, Delaware. |
| Shifting his portfolio of trademarks, also including “Trump Tower” and “Trump National Golf Club”, to Delaware will help Trump in his mission to “pay as little tax as possible”. | Shifting his portfolio of trademarks, also including “Trump Tower” and “Trump National Golf Club”, to Delaware will help Trump in his mission to “pay as little tax as possible”. |
| The presumptive Republican nominee for president is exploiting the so-called “Delaware loophole”. It allows him to legally avoid paying taxes on royalty fees for use of his trademarks in every other state. It is unclear how much tax Trump will save from the move, but his financial disclosure form states that Trump “deals, brand and branded developments” are worth $3bn. | The presumptive Republican nominee for president is exploiting the so-called “Delaware loophole”. It allows him to legally avoid paying taxes on royalty fees for use of his trademarks in every other state. It is unclear how much tax Trump will save from the move, but his financial disclosure form states that Trump “deals, brand and branded developments” are worth $3bn. |
| Related: Trump set to save a fortune in taxes by moving trademarks to Delaware | Related: Trump set to save a fortune in taxes by moving trademarks to Delaware |
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| Just a reminder... | Just a reminder... |
| I will be interviewed on @seanhannity tonight at 10pmE on @FoxNews. Enjoy! | I will be interviewed on @seanhannity tonight at 10pmE on @FoxNews. Enjoy! |
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| A federal judge has given the world an unprecedented glimpse into the ruthless business practices Donald Trump used to build his business empire, report the Guardian’s Rupert Neate and Lauren Gambino. | A federal judge has given the world an unprecedented glimpse into the ruthless business practices Donald Trump used to build his business empire, report the Guardian’s Rupert Neate and Lauren Gambino. |
| US district court judge Gonzalo Curiel today made public more than 400 pages of Trump University “playbooks” describing how Trump staff should target prospective students’ weaknesses to encourage them to sign up for a $34,995 Gold Elite three-day package. | US district court judge Gonzalo Curiel today made public more than 400 pages of Trump University “playbooks” describing how Trump staff should target prospective students’ weaknesses to encourage them to sign up for a $34,995 Gold Elite three-day package. |
| Trump University staff were instructed to get people to pile on credit card debt and to target their financial weaknesses in an attempt to sell them the high-priced real estate courses. | Trump University staff were instructed to get people to pile on credit card debt and to target their financial weaknesses in an attempt to sell them the high-priced real estate courses. |
| The documents contained an undated “personal message” from Trump to new enrollees at the school: “Only doers get rich. I know that in these three packed days, you will learn everything to make a million dollars within the next 12 months.” | The documents contained an undated “personal message” from Trump to new enrollees at the school: “Only doers get rich. I know that in these three packed days, you will learn everything to make a million dollars within the next 12 months.” |
| The courses are now subject to legal proceedings from unhappy clients. | The courses are now subject to legal proceedings from unhappy clients. |
| Judge Curiel released the documents, which are central to a class-action lawsuit against Trump University in California, despite sustaining repeated public attacks from Trump, who had fought to keep the details secret. | Judge Curiel released the documents, which are central to a class-action lawsuit against Trump University in California, despite sustaining repeated public attacks from Trump, who had fought to keep the details secret. |
| Curiel ruled that the documents were in the public interest now that Trump is “the front-runner in the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential race, and has placed the integrity of these court proceedings at issue”. | Curiel ruled that the documents were in the public interest now that Trump is “the front-runner in the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential race, and has placed the integrity of these court proceedings at issue”. |
| Trump hit back calling Curiel a “hater”, a “total disgrace” and “biased”. “I have a judge who is a hater of Donald Trump. A hater. He’s a hater,” Trump said at a rally near the courthouse in San Diego. “His name is Gonzalo Curiel. And he is not doing the right thing ... [He] happens to be, we believe, Mexican.” | Trump hit back calling Curiel a “hater”, a “total disgrace” and “biased”. “I have a judge who is a hater of Donald Trump. A hater. He’s a hater,” Trump said at a rally near the courthouse in San Diego. “His name is Gonzalo Curiel. And he is not doing the right thing ... [He] happens to be, we believe, Mexican.” |
| Curiel, who is Hispanic, is American and was born in Indiana. | Curiel, who is Hispanic, is American and was born in Indiana. |
| Related: Trump's 'playbooks' offer a glimpse into his ruthless business practices | Related: Trump's 'playbooks' offer a glimpse into his ruthless business practices |
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| #FrenchRevolution. | #FrenchRevolution. |
| I’d be happy to participate in the #FrenchRevolution. @DavidAFrench is a good guy who left his family after 9/11 to serve his nation. | I’d be happy to participate in the #FrenchRevolution. @DavidAFrench is a good guy who left his family after 9/11 to serve his nation. |
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| A federal prosecutor and former colleague of Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge presiding over the Trump University fraud case whom Donald Trump has accused of bias because of his Latino heritage, has written Talking Points Memo in response to the candidate’s attacks, calling them “offensive and wrong”: | A federal prosecutor and former colleague of Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge presiding over the Trump University fraud case whom Donald Trump has accused of bias because of his Latino heritage, has written Talking Points Memo in response to the candidate’s attacks, calling them “offensive and wrong”: |
| These attacks say far less about Judge Curiel than they do about Trump and what he thinks of his own legal case in the Trump University scam (and that’s what it was). Trump knows that he is bound to lose some important decisions in the case and he has decided to preemptively inoculate himself by calling into question the integrity of the umpire. It’s an old trick and for someone who won’t accept responsibility for anything, entirely predictable. He’s giving his supporters a counter-narrative to be able to explain away a lot of bad facts that I expect to emerge in the course of this litigation. Frankly, this case should draw the interest of federal prosecutors to investigate the case as mail and wire fraud, but given the toxic political environment they will probably lay off at least until after the election. | These attacks say far less about Judge Curiel than they do about Trump and what he thinks of his own legal case in the Trump University scam (and that’s what it was). Trump knows that he is bound to lose some important decisions in the case and he has decided to preemptively inoculate himself by calling into question the integrity of the umpire. It’s an old trick and for someone who won’t accept responsibility for anything, entirely predictable. He’s giving his supporters a counter-narrative to be able to explain away a lot of bad facts that I expect to emerge in the course of this litigation. Frankly, this case should draw the interest of federal prosecutors to investigate the case as mail and wire fraud, but given the toxic political environment they will probably lay off at least until after the election. |
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| Conservative columnist, talking head and Weekly Standard editor William Kristol has apparently found a potential seat-filler for his Quixotic third-party candidacy aimed at stopping Donald Trump from winning the White House: David French, a staff writer at the conservative (and anti-Trump) National Review. | Conservative columnist, talking head and Weekly Standard editor William Kristol has apparently found a potential seat-filler for his Quixotic third-party candidacy aimed at stopping Donald Trump from winning the White House: David French, a staff writer at the conservative (and anti-Trump) National Review. |
| Bloomberg Politics, citing sources close to Kristol, reports that French “is open to launching a bid, but that he has not made a final decision.” | Bloomberg Politics, citing sources close to Kristol, reports that French “is open to launching a bid, but that he has not made a final decision.” |
| In an article penned for the June 6 issue of Weekly Standard, Kristol urges conservatives to “resist” the three remaining presidential candidates, and pressing that “resistance means finding a serious and credible independent candidate.” | In an article penned for the June 6 issue of Weekly Standard, Kristol urges conservatives to “resist” the three remaining presidential candidates, and pressing that “resistance means finding a serious and credible independent candidate.” |
| “I happen to know David French,” Kristol writes, after floating his name as a potential candidate. “To say that he would be a better and a more responsible president than Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump is to state a truth that would become self-evident as more Americans got to know him. There are others like him. There are thousands of Americans who - despite a relative lack of fame or fortune - would be manifestly superior to our current choices. And there are many, many others who stand ready to help whoever emerges to have the basic resources, assistance, and infrastructure to mount a credible effort.” | “I happen to know David French,” Kristol writes, after floating his name as a potential candidate. “To say that he would be a better and a more responsible president than Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump is to state a truth that would become self-evident as more Americans got to know him. There are others like him. There are thousands of Americans who - despite a relative lack of fame or fortune - would be manifestly superior to our current choices. And there are many, many others who stand ready to help whoever emerges to have the basic resources, assistance, and infrastructure to mount a credible effort.” |
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| Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton leads presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump by a mere four points in New Jersey, according to a Monmouth University poll that shows 15% of Garden State voters say they are not sure who they plan on voting for. | Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton leads presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump by a mere four points in New Jersey, according to a Monmouth University poll that shows 15% of Garden State voters say they are not sure who they plan on voting for. |
| According to the poll, released this afternoon, Clinton wins 38% of the state’s general-election voters, while Trump wins the support of 34%, with Clinton barely edging out the 3.7% margin of error. When the race is expanded to include third-party candidates, Clinton wins a slightly larger 6% lead over Trump, 37% to 31%. | According to the poll, released this afternoon, Clinton wins 38% of the state’s general-election voters, while Trump wins the support of 34%, with Clinton barely edging out the 3.7% margin of error. When the race is expanded to include third-party candidates, Clinton wins a slightly larger 6% lead over Trump, 37% to 31%. |
| “Based on historical precedent, these undecided minority voters should break strongly for the Democratic nominee,” said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute. “On the other hand, not much about the 2016 race has followed historical precedent.” | “Based on historical precedent, these undecided minority voters should break strongly for the Democratic nominee,” said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute. “On the other hand, not much about the 2016 race has followed historical precedent.” |
| In a state that has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988, Clinton leads among women 44% to 28%, while Trump leads among men 40% to 31%. Voters under 35 prefer Clinton (41% to 27%), while voters age 35 to 54, 36% support Clinton and 32% support Trump. Among those age 55 or older, 40% support Trump and 37% support Clinton. | In a state that has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988, Clinton leads among women 44% to 28%, while Trump leads among men 40% to 31%. Voters under 35 prefer Clinton (41% to 27%), while voters age 35 to 54, 36% support Clinton and 32% support Trump. Among those age 55 or older, 40% support Trump and 37% support Clinton. |