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.
Liz Cheney Previews Next January 6th Hearing With A Focus On How Donald Trump Put Pressure On Mike Pence
deadline.comRep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) previewed the next January 6th Committee hearing, saying in a Twitter post that it would focus on Donald Trump’s “relentless effort” to pressure Mike Pence to reject the electoral vote count that showed Joe Biden as the victor.Cheney hinted that the hearing, scheduled to start on Thursday at 10 AM ET, would delve into whether Trump’s pressure violated federal law.“As a federal judge has indicated, this likely violated two federal criminal statutes,” Cheney said. “President Trump had no factual basis for what he was doing and he had been told it was illegal.
Despite this, President Trump plotted with a lawyer named John Eastman and others to overturn the outcome of the election on January 6th.”Cheney then introduced a clip of testimony from Eric Herschmann, one of Trump’s White House lawyers.
In the aftermath of the attack on the Capitol, Hershmann said that he told Eastman, “I only want to hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on: ‘Orderly transition.'”“I said, ‘I don’t want to hear any other f-ing words coming out of your mouth, no matter what, other than orderly transition.
Repeat those words to me.'”Hershmann said that Eastman did.“I said, ‘Good, John. Now I am going to give you the best free legal advice you’re ever getting in your life: Get a great f-ing criminal defense lawyer.
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