When the state’s representatives and senators in Washington returned, four voted to sustain objections to the presidential election. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Trump, Donald J”
Protesters in New York Urge Ouster of Trump and Pence
By Gotham Rex on January 7, 2021
‘We have to be out and not hope that this is going to resolve itself because yesterday actually showed where that leads,’ an organizer said. Source: New York Times
Howard J. Rubenstein, Public Relations Impresario, Dies at 88
By Gotham Rex on December 29, 2020
He polished the tarnished images of the rich, the famous and the flawed, with clients that included Donald J. Trump, Rupert Murdoch and George M. Steinbrenner. Source: New York Times
The Surprising Places in NYC Where Trump’s Support Grew
By Gotham Rex on December 24, 2020
Joseph R. Biden Jr. won President Trump’s hometown handily. But a deeper look at election data suggests a surge in support for the president in some districts. Source: New York Times
Court Extends Manhattan US Attorney Audrey Strauss' Term, as Inauguration Nears
By Gotham Rex on December 22, 2020
A quirk of legal timing had left Audrey Strauss’s tenure as acting head of the Southern District of New York set to expire just before the end of the Trump administration. Source: New York Times
Trump Spurned New York, but Here’s How He’s Still Tied to the City
By Gotham Rex on December 12, 2020
The president switched his residency to Florida, but his footprint in New York remains large. Should he return, this is what he’d come home to. Source: New York Times
Manhattan D.A. Intensifies Investigation of Trump
By Gotham Rex on December 11, 2020
Prosecutors have recently interviewed employees of President Trump’s lender and insurance brokerage, in the latest indication that he still faces the potential threat of criminal charges once he leaves office. Source: New York Times
Trump Faithful Asked to Donate $3 Million to Buy His Boyhood Home
By Gotham Rex on December 8, 2020
The owner of the house in Queens wants supporters to purchase the home as a parting gift to the president. Source: New York Times
Tenants Sue Trump Over Scheme That Drove Up Their Rents
By Gotham Rex on December 3, 2020
The latest legal front against the outbound president involves a maneuver that earned him and his siblings millions while lowering their taxes. Source: New York Times
Mac's Public House Manager Arrested on Staten Island Over Covid Violations
By Gotham Rex on December 2, 2020
Mac’s Public House was shut down after the owner and manager refused to follow virus restrictions. Supporters rallied outside the bar Wednesday night. Source: New York Times
New York Shifts Its Thinking and Reopens Elementary Schools
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2020
Middle and high schools will remain closed for now, said Mayor de Blasio, who signaled changes in managing the system during the pandemic. Source: New York Times
The U.S. Has Lots of Ventilators — but Too Few Specialists to Mind Them
By Gotham Rex on November 22, 2020
A burst of production solved the dire shortage that defined the first wave of the coronavirus. But the surplus may not be enough to prevent large numbers of deaths. Source: New York Times
Trump Tax Write-Offs Are Ensnared in 2 New York Fraud Investigations
By Gotham Rex on November 19, 2020
Inquiries into the president and his businesses, one criminal and one civil, are now looking at tax deductions taken on consulting fees. Some of the payments appear to have gone to Ivanka Trump. Source: New York Times
C.D.C. Pleads With Americans to Stay Home on Thanksgiving
By Gotham Rex on November 19, 2020
Even as the White House downplays the coronavirus threat, health officials warned against traditional gatherings with those from outside the immediate household. Source: New York Times
How Republicans in N.Y. Are Responding to the Election
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2020
Many of New York State’s top Republicans have stayed largely silent about President Trump’s refusal to concede. Source: New York Times