Tag: Donald Trump

Trump Is Fundraising For Legal Help Fighting A ‘Stolen’ Election. Nearly All The Money Is Actually Going Elsewhere.

By Kate Riga

11.10.20 | 5:25 pm

WH Orders Agencies To Prep For Trump’s Budget In Yet Another Sign Admin Won’t Face Reality

By Cristina Cabrera

11.10.20 | 3:57 pm

A Chuckling Biden Dismisses Trump’s Refusal To Concede As An ‘Embarrassment’

By Kate Riga

11.10.20 | 3:50 pm

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 09: Attorney General Bill Barr leaves the US Capitol after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in his office on November 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Bill Barr

Where Things Stand: Very Few Want To Be Doing This

This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

By Nicole LaFond

11.10.20 | 1:21 pm

And that, apparently, includes employees of the law firms representing the Trump campaign.

Around the same time that news broke that a Justice Department official — who oversaw the DOJ’s election crimes unit — resigned on Monday evening, the New York Times published a story detailing the angst within the law firms the Trump campaign has tapped to handle its various legal challenges to the election.