Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
CBS News’ Robert Costa On The Return Of The January 6th Committee’s Hearing And Its Role In The “Battle Over The Future Of American Democracy”
deadline.comThe January 6th Committee holds what may be its last public hearing on Thursday, as it tries to present the public with a narrative of Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.After a summer pause, the hearing is expected to be the final chance for the committee to lay out its findings in advance of the midterms elections, in which a number of Trump’s defenders are seeking offices that will oversee the next presidential vote.
All indications are that the afternoon hearing will once again use TV-news style production techniques, briskly going through the evidence with the use of graphics, clips and succinct witness testimony.
Among those who have been covering the hearings — and the aftermath of January 6th — is Robert Costa, who joined CBS News early this year.
He authored Peril with Bob Woodward and, in March, they broke the news that Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, texted with then-chief of staff Mark Meadows to urge him to pursue efforts to challenge the election results, citing an array of conspiracy theories.
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