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Former President Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump have launched their official website vowing to remain a tireless champion for Americans as the ex-commander-in-chief plans his return to public life.

The site, 45office.com, will allow individuals to submit correspondence, scheduling requests, and press inquiries, the former first couple said in a statement Monday evening.

The pair added that they are continually strengthened by the enduring spirit of the American people, and they look forward to staying in touch.

In addition to providing a way to reach their office, the website also hails the former presidents achievements in office and says it will strive to inform, educate, and inspire Americans from all walks of life as we seek to build a truly great American Future.

Through this office, President Trump will remain a tireless champion for the hardworking men and women of our great country and for their right to live in safety, dignity, prosperity, and peace.

The 45th commander-in-chief has been plotting his comeback since leaving the White House, setting up an office at his Mar-a-Lago resort where he has reportedly been in talks to start his own social media network.

Trump would need his own platform to reconnect with supporters and the press again, as he was banned from most social media sites in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

In the two months since, sites like Facebook have not made a final call on letting Trump return to their platforms.

At this point, however, it does not appear the former president wants to return to traditional social media.

Axios reported last week that Trump was mulling a partnership with existing app vendors to develop his own platform.

An app named FreeSpace was reported by the outlet to be the frontrunner.

FreeSpace, which launched on Apple and Googles app stores on Feb. 1, includes many of the features of established social media networks.

The platform allows users to create personal profiles, has a public Activity Wall and rooms for group messaging.

Senior Trump adviser Jason Miller told Fox News Media Buzz last week that the ex-commander-in-chief would be back online within two to three months on his own platform.

I do think were going to see President Trump returning to social media in probably about two or three months here with his own platform, Miller told the network. This is something that I think will be the hottest ticket in social media.

The service, he continued, would completely redefine the game.

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The last time we checked in on the legal comings and goings of Donald Trump, things were not looking so hot for the former president of the United States. In addition to being the defendant in no fewer than 29 lawsuits, per The Washington Post, he was the subject of numerous criminal investigations, including one in which attorneys had obtained access to his tax returnsdocuments that for some reason he spent the last four years fighting tooth and nail to keep secret. Now, two and half months after leaving the White House, have Trumps legal fortunes miraculously improved? In a word, no. In three words, hell fuck no. In 19 words, the 45th president of the United States should probably just resign himself to the prospect of going to prison.

On Wednesday The New York Times reported that the Manhattan District Attorneys office, which is investigating Trump for possible bank, tax, and insurance fraud, had subpoenaed the personal bank records of Allen Weisselberg, a significant escalation in its quest to flip the longtime Trump Organization chief financial officer. Weisselberg has kept Trumps books since the 80s and became CFO of the family business in 2000, once describing himself in a deposition as Trumps eyes and earsfrom an economic standpoint. Perhaps most crucially, Weisselberg has testified about Trump matters in the past, in exchange for personal protection; in 2018, he was granted federal immunity to provide information concerning the hush-money payments made to Stormy Daniels.

Per the Times:

In recent weeks, the prosecutors havetrained their focuson the executive, Allen H. Weisselberg, in what appears to be a determined effort to gain his cooperation. Mr. Weisselberg, who has not been accused of wrongdoing, has overseen the Trump Organizations finances for decades and may hold the key to any possible criminal case in New York against the former president and his family business. It is unclear whether Mr. Weisselberg would cooperate with the investigation and neither his lawyer, Mary E. Mulligan, nor [D.A. Cyrus] Vances office would comment. But if a review of his personal finances were to uncover possible wrongdoing, prosecutors could then use that information to press Mr. Weisselberg to guide them through the inner workings of the company.

Separately, the prosecutors are also seeking a new round of internal documents from the Trump Organization, including general ledgers from several of its more than two dozen properties that the company did not turn over last year, according to the people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details. The ledgers offer a line-by-line breakdown of each propertys financial situation, including daily receipts, checks, and revenues. The prosecutors could compare those details against the information the company provided to its lenders and local tax authorities to assess whether it fraudulently misled them.

In addition to the developments in the Manhattan D.A.s criminal probe, Trump was also sued on Tuesday by two Capitol Police officers who battled the angry mob he sicced on the Capitol building and are demanding damages for the physical and emotional injuries they suffered during the attack. In the federal lawsuit, officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby claim that for months Trump whipped his supporters into a frenzy over baseless election claims which culminated in the insurrection that left five people dead.

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When the National Portrait Gallery reopens in the coming months, there will be a new face greeting visitors in the Americas Presidents gallery: that of Donald J. Trump. The permanent exhibit has a painting of every former commander-in-chief, so the inclusion of a Trump portrait isnt a surprise.

But that likeness wont be Trumps official portraitthe specially commissioned post-presidency paintings such as Kehinde Wileys blockbuster portrait of Barack Obama. A spokesperson for the museum says the Portrait Gallery is currently in talks with the Trumps about the early steps of that process; the entire commissioning and painting timeline can take as long as two years, as with the Obama likeness. After Obamas painting was unveiled in 2018 along with Amy Sheralds portrait of Michelle Obama, both drew gushing praise from art critics and long lines of selfie-takers.

Its worth pondering what the atmosphere will be like when the official Trump portrait does debut, whenever that may be. As with the Obama paintings, the museum plans to have an unveiling ceremony for the Trump family and invited guests. (The Obamas attended in person.) When the time comes, will throngs of MAGA art appreciators flock to the Portrait Gallery to take in the Trump visages? If so, the museum says they will be welcome.We are a non-partisan institution and understand that there are public opinions on both sides of the fence, National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet said in a statement to Washingtonian. As with all recent presidential commissions, we are unable to speculate as to how visitors will receive the portraits once completed. That is the beauty of portraiture: How it is received is always different for different people.

Theres no word yet on who might actually paint the portraits. One artist who seems unlikely to be on the short list: Julian Raven, the pro-Trump painter who sued the National Portrait Gallery after it rejected one of his massive paintings of the president. (The suit was later dismissed.) But Raven seems to have recently broken with the ex-president. After the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, Raven wrote a Facebook post calling on Trump to resign.

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A Massachusetts attorney who served on Winthrops Town Council and School Committee won a special election Tuesday to fill the seat left vacant by the departure of former Democratic House Speaker Robert DeLeo.

Democrat Jeffrey Turco, who voted for Donald Trump in 2016, won the low-turnout special election, according to unofficial results posted by the city of Revere. The district spans parts of Revere and Winthrop.

Turco told the Boston Herald that hed use his time on Beacon Hill to try to fill the gap in vocational education and put more resources toward helping those suffering from substance abuse and mental illness.

DeLeo, a Democrat from Winthrop, was first elected in 1991. He had been speaker for 12 years, taking over after the January 2009 resignation of former Democratic Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, who was later convicted of federal corruption charges including conspiracy, extortion and theft of honest services by fraud.

DeLeos 12 years as speaker was the longest in state history.

His longtime deputy, Ronald Mariano, succeeded him as speaker.

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Case 1:21-cv-00858 Document 1 Filed 03/30/21 Page 9 of 40 25. As before, members of far right-wing hate groups appeared at the second Million MAGA March, and Trump followers clashed with D.C. police, at least eight of whom were injured. Four people were stabbed. The police made over thirty arrests including ten arrests for assault on a police officer, eleven arrests for simple assault, one arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, and two arrests for possession of a prohibited weapon. 26. Officials warned Trump that his incendiary rhetoric about the election could cause injury or death, but he persisted. On December 1, 2020, as Trump placed increasing pressure on Georgia election officials to overturn the state's results which favored Joe Biden, one official, Gabriel Sterling, gave a press conference in which he reported on death threats made to Georgia election workers, and addressed Trump, saying, Mr. President, you have not condemned these actions. ... This has to stop. ... Stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence. Someone is going to get shot, someone is going to get killed. And it's not right. Despite this, Trump never condemned the threats made against Georgia election officials, and four days before the January 6 insurrection, he implored Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger during a phone call to throw out enough lawfully cast votes to swing the election in his favor. 27. As his efforts with state officials and in the courts failed, Trump began to focus on January 6, 2021, the date Congress was set to count the state-certified election results. On December 19, 2020, Trump began promoting a January 6 rally to his followers: 9

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