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Donald Trump
Official White House presidential portrait. Head shot of Trump smiling in front of the U.S. flag, wearing a dark blue suit jacket with American flag lapel pin, white shirt, and light blue necktie.
Official portrait, 2017
45th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
Vice PresidentMike Pence
Preceded byBarack Obama
Succeeded byJoe Biden
Personal details
Born
Donald John Trump

(1946-06-14) June 14, 1946 (age 78)
Queens, New York City, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (1987–1999, 2009–2011, 2012–present)
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(m. 1977; div. 1992)​
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Children
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RelativesFamily of Donald Trump
ResidenceMar-a-Lago
Alma materWharton School (BS Econ.)
Occupation
AwardsList of awards and honors
SignatureDonald J. Trump stylized autograph, in ink
Website
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is a media personality and businessman who became the 45th president of the United States, serving from 2017 to 2021. Graduating from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, he took control of his father's real estate business in 1971, renaming it The Trump Organization and expanding its portfolio to include skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump also owned the Miss USA pageant from 1996 to 2015 that was broadcast on NBC, and for that same network from 2004 to 2017, he hosted and produced The Apprentice.

July 13, 2024, during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania where 2024 presidential candidate Trump was speaking, a rooftop sniper, later identified as 20 year old Thomas Matthew Crooks, fired several shots from an AR-15 style rifle in his attempt to assassinate the former president. A bullet grazed the top of Trump's right ear.[1] The Trump campaign released a memo from Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), former Trump White House physician, describing Trump's injury as a gunshot wound to the right ear that came “less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head".[2] A bystander, Corey Comperatore, was killed by the sniper while heroically using his body to shield his wife and children. Two other bystanders were injured and hospitalized in critical but stable condition.[3] When Trump felt the sting of the bullet, he immediately took cover behind the lecturn. Secret Service surrounded him in a protective stance, and started to escort him off stage to a waiting ambulance.[4] Trump's face was smeared with blood, yet he stood strong in defiance of the attack, demonstrating boldness, strength and courage while pumping his fist in the air, mouthing to his followers to "Fight! Fight!".[5] Two days after Crooks' failed assassination attempt, Trump attended the Republican National Convention, and received rapturous support from delegates.[6]

Trump's political career began when he became the Republican nominee for the 2016 presidential election, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Electoral college, despite her winning the popular vote. Trump's political career was marked by significant controversies, such as Russiagate resulting from false allegations of collusion with Russia, and obstruction of justice. The allegations stem from the Steele dossier, which was opposition research funded by Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign. Unsubstantiated allegations comprised the dossier, including false allegations of salacious misconduct, conspiracy, and collusion. From 2017 to 2019, the dossier heavily influenced media coverage and Trump's interactions with the press, which he referred to as "fake news".[7] Some media coverage of Trump has been described as a catastrophic media failure, and as media's WMD. The dossier also led to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller, and his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, which took place from 2017 to 2019. Mueller failed to establish collusion but confirmed interference by Russia.

In the 2020 election, Trump lost to Joe Biden and reluctantly agreed to an orderly transition of power while disputing the results and expressing concerns over widespread voter fraud. This led to controversial investigations and charges against Trump and some of his associates, including felony racketeering and conspiracy counts. Trump was impeached twice by the House of Representatives and acquitted twice by the Senate. The first impeachment was related to his interactions with Ukraine, and the second to his role in the January 6 Capitol protests.[8] Trump's legal battles have continued, including federal felony charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith, totaling 91 criminal counts. However, questions have been raised regarding the legality of Special Counsel Jack Smith's appointment by Attorney General Merrick Garland. An amicus brief has been filed in the Supreme Court by Schaerr Jaffe, LLP. The brief, submitted on behalf of former Attorney General Edwin Meese and law professors Steven G. Calabresi and Gary Lawson, pertains to the case U.S. v. Trump.[9]

May 30, 2024, Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 charges brought against him in the State of New York for actions tied to his hush money case during his 2016 presidential campaign.[10] The verdict came amidst a contentious environment; according to a Rasmussen Reports survey in which 51% of likely voters believed Trump would not receive a fair trial, with 31% stating a fair trial was "not at all likely." CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig criticized the New York criminal case as an "unjustified mess" and stated "Prosecutors got their man, for now at least — but they also contorted the law in an unprecedented manner in their quest to snare their prey."[11] In a significant legal turn, Trump’s sentencing for hush money convictions has been postponed from July 11, 2024, to at least September 18, 2024. The delay comes as Justice Juan Merchan considers the implications of a fresh Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity which includes certain presidential acts being used as evidence in prosecutorial cases unrelated to his/her presidential duties while serving in the White House.[12] [13][10] Trump remains eligible to run as the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential election.[14]

Personal life

A black-and-white photograph of Donald Trump as a teenager, smiling, wearing a dark pseudo-military uniform with various badges and a light-colored stripe crossing his right shoulder
Trump at the New York Military Academy in 1964

Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, at Jamaica Hospital in the borough of Queens in New York City,[15][16] the fourth child of Fred Trump, a Bronx-born real estate developer whose parents were German immigrants, and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, an immigrant from Scotland. Trump grew up with older siblings Maryanne, Fred Jr., and Elizabeth, and younger brother Robert in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood of Queens, and attended the private Kew-Forest School from kindergarten through seventh grade.[17][18][19] At age 13, he was enrolled at the New York Military Academy, a private boarding school,[20] and in 1964, he enrolled at Fordham University. 2 years later, he transferred to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in May 1968 with a B.S. in economics.[21][22]

While in college, Trump obtained 4 student draft deferments during the Vietnam War era.[23] In 1966, he was deemed fit for military service based upon a medical examination, and in July 1968, a local draft board classified him as eligible to serve.[24] In October 1968, he was classified 1-Y, a conditional medical deferment,[25] and in 1972, he was reclassified 4-F due to bone spurs, permanently disqualifying him from service.[26]

Family

Main article: Family of Donald Trump

In 1977, Trump married Czech model Ivana Zelníčková.[27] They had three children: Donald Jr. (born 1977), Ivanka (born 1981), and Eric (born 1984). Ivana became a naturalized United States citizen in 1988.[28] The couple divorced in 1992, following Trump's affair with actress Marla Maples.[29] Trump and Maples married in 1993 and divorced in 1999. They have 1 daughter, Tiffany (born 1993), who was raised by Marla in California.[30] In 2005, Trump married Slovenian model Melania Knauss.[31] They have 1 son, Barron (born 2006).[32] Melania gained U.S. citizenship in 2006.[33]

Religion

Trump went to Sunday school and was confirmed in 1959 at the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens.[34][35] In the 1970s, his parents joined the Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan, which belongs to the Reformed Church in America.[34][36] The pastor at Marble, Norman Vincent Peale,[34] ministered to the family until his death in 1993.[36] Trump has described him as a mentor.[37] In 2015, the church stated that Trump was not an active member.[35] In 2019, he appointed his personal pastor, televangelist Paula White, to the White House Office of Public Liaison.[38] In 2020, he said he identified as a non-denominational Christian.[39]

Health habits

Trump has called golfing his "primary form of exercise" and "usually" does not walk the course.[40] He considers exercise a waste of energy, because exercise depletes the body's energy "like a battery, with a finite amount of energy."[41] In 2015, Trump's campaign released a letter from his longtime personal physician, Harold Bornstein, stating that Trump would "be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency."[42] In 2018, Bornstein said Trump had dictated the contents of the letter, and that 3 Trump agents had seized his medical records in a February 2017 raid on the doctor's office.[42][43]

Wealth

Main article: Wealth of Donald Trump
Ivana Trump and King Fahd shake hands, with Ronald Reagan standing next to them smiling. All are in black formal attire.
Trump (far right) and wife Ivana in the receiving line of a state dinner for King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 1985, with U.S. president Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan

In 1982, Trump made the initial Forbes list of wealthy people for holding a share of his family's estimated $200 million net worth. His losses in the 1980s dropped him from the list between 1990 and 1995.[44] After filing the mandatory financial disclosure report with the FEC in July 2015, he announced a net worth of about $10 billion. Records released by the FEC showed at least $1.4 billion in assets and $265 million in liabilities.[45] Forbes estimated his net worth at $4.5 billion in 2015 and $3.1 billion in 2018.[46] In its 2021 billionaires ranking, it was $2.4 billion (1,299th in the world), making him 1 of the wealthiest officeholders in American history.[47]

Journalist Jonathan Greenberg reported in 2018 that Trump, using the pseudonym "John Barron" and claiming to be a Trump Organization official, called him in 1984 to falsely assert that he owned "in excess of ninety percent" of the Trump family's business, to secure a higher ranking on the Forbes 400 list of wealthy Americans. Greenberg wrote that Forbes had vastly overestimated Trump's wealth and wrongly included him on the Forbes 400 rankings of 1982, 1983, and 1984.[48]

Trump has sometimes said he began his career with "a small loan of one million dollars" from his father, and that he had to pay it back with interest.[49] He was a millionaire by age 8, borrowed at least $60 million from his father, largely failed to repay those loans, and received another $413 million (adjusted for inflation) from his father's company.[50] His investments underperformed the stock and New York property markets.[51][52] Forbes estimated in October 2018 that his net worth declined from $4.5 billion in 2015 to $3.1 billion in 2017 and his product licensing income from $23 million to $3 million.[53]

Business career

Main article: Business career of Donald Trump
Further information: Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia

Real estate

Exterior ground view of Trump tower, a contemporary skyscraper with a glass curtain and stepped façade
Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan

Starting in 1968, Trump was employed at his father Fred's real estate company, Trump Management, which owned middle-class rental housing in New York City's outer boroughs.[54] In 1971, he became president of the company and began using The Trump Organization as an umbrella brand.[55]

Manhattan developments

Trump attracted public attention in 1978 with the launch of his family's first Manhattan venture, the renovation of the derelict Commodore Hotel, adjacent to Grand Central Terminal. The financing was facilitated by a $400 million city property tax abatement arranged by Fred Trump[56] who also, jointly with Hyatt, guaranteed a $70 million in bank construction financing.[57] The hotel reopened in 1980 as the Grand Hyatt Hotel,[58] and that same year, Trump obtained rights to develop Trump Tower, a mixed-use skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan.[59] The building houses the headquarters of the Trump Corporation and Trump's PAC and was Trump's primary residence until 2019.[60][61]

In 1988, Trump acquired the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan with a loan of $425 million from a consortium of banks. Two years later, the hotel filed for bankruptcy protection, and a reorganization plan was approved in 1992.[62] In 1995, Trump sold the Plaza Hotel along with most of his properties to pay down his debts, including personally guaranteed loans, allowing him to avoid personal insolvency.[63][64]

In 1996, Trump acquired the mostly vacant 71-story skyscraper at 40 Wall Street, later rebranded as the Trump Building, and renovated it.[65] In the early 1990s, Trump won the right to develop a 70-acre (28 ha) tract in the Lincoln Square neighborhood near the Hudson River. Struggling with debt from other ventures in 1994, Trump sold most of his interest in the project to Asian investors, who were able to finance completion of the project, Riverside South.[66]

Mar-a-Lago

Main article: Mar-a-Lago

In 1985, Trump acquired the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.[67] In 1995, he converted the estate into a private club with an initiation fee and annual dues. He continued to use a wing of the house as a private residence.[68] In 2019, Trump declared Mar-a-Lago his primary residence.[61]

Atlantic City casinos

The entrance of the Trump Taj Mahal, a casino in Atlantic City. It has motifs evocative of the Taj Mahal in India.
Entrance of the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City

In 1984, Trump opened Harrah's at Trump Plaza, a hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with financing and management help from the Holiday Corporation.[69] It was unprofitable, and Trump paid Holiday $70 million in May 1986 to take sole control.[70] Trump had earlier bought a hotel and casino in Atlantic City from the Hilton Corporation for $320 million. On completion in 1985, it became Trump Castle. His wife Ivana managed it until 1988.[71][72]

Trump bought a third Atlantic City venue in 1988, the Trump Taj Mahal. It was financed with $675 million in junk bonds and completed for $1.1 billion, opening in April 1990.[73][74] It went bankrupt in 1989.[75] Reorganizing left him with half his initial stake and required him to personally guarantee future performance.[76] To reduce his $900 million of personal debt, he sold his failing Trump Shuttle airline, his megayacht, the Trump Princess, which had been leased to his casinos and kept docked, and other businesses.[77]

In 1995, Trump founded Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts (THCR), which assumed ownership of Trump Plaza, Trump Castle, and the Trump Casino in Gary, Indiana.[78] THCR purchased the Taj Mahal in 1996 and went bankrupt in 2004, 2009, and 2014, leaving Trump with 10 percent ownership.[79] He remained chairman until 2009.[80]

Golf courses

Main article: Donald Trump and golf

The Trump Organization began building and buying golf courses in 1999.[81] It owns fourteen and manages another three Trump-branded courses worldwide.[81][82]

Trump visited a Trump Organization property on 428 (nearly one in three) of the 1,461 days of his presidency and is estimated to have played 261 rounds of golf, one every 5.6 days.[83]

Branding and licensing

See also: List of things named after Donald Trump

The Trump name has been licensed for various consumer products and services, including foodstuffs, apparel, adult learning courses, and home furnishings.[84][85] According to an analysis by The Washington Post, there are more than 50 licensing or management deals involving Trump's name, which have generated at least $59 million in revenue for his companies.[86] By 2018, only two consumer goods companies continued to license his name.[84]

Side ventures

Trump, Doug Flutie, and an unnamed official standing behind a lectern with big, round New Jersey Generals sign, with members of the press seated in the background
Trump and New Jersey Generals quarterback Doug Flutie at a 1985 press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower

In September 1983, Trump purchased the New Jersey Generals, a team in the United States Football League. After the 1985 season, the league folded, largely due to Trump's strategy of moving games to a fall schedule (where they competed with the NFL for audience) and trying to force a merger with the NFL by bringing an antitrust suit against the organization.[87][88]

Trump's businesses have hosted several boxing matches at the Atlantic City Convention Hall adjacent to and promoted as taking place at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City.[89][90] In 1989 and 1990, Trump lent his name to the Tour de Trump cycling stage race, which was an attempt to create an American equivalent of European races such as the Tour de France or the Giro d'Italia.[91]

A red star with a bronze outline and "Donald Trump" and a TV icon written on it in bronze, embedded in a black terrazzo sidewalk
Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

From 1996 to 2015, Trump owned all or part of the Miss Universe pageants, including Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.[92][93] Due to disagreements with CBS about scheduling, he took both pageants to NBC in 2002.[94][95] In 2007, Trump received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work as producer of Miss Universe.[96] NBC and Univision dropped the pageants from their broadcasting lineups in June 2015.[97]

Trump University

Main article: Trump University

In 2004, Trump co-founded Trump University, a company that sold real estate training courses priced from $1,500 to $35,000.[98] After New York State authorities notified the company that its use of the word "university" violated state law (as it was not an academic institution), its name was changed to Trump Entrepreneur Initiative in 2010.[99]

In 2013, the State of New York filed a $40 million civil suit against Trump University, alleging that the company made false statements and defrauded consumers.[100] In addition, two class actions were filed in federal court against Trump and his companies. Internal documents revealed that employees were instructed to use a hard-sell approach, and former employees testified that Trump University had defrauded or lied to its students.[101][102][103] Shortly after he won the 2016 presidential election, Trump agreed to pay a total of $25 million to settle the three cases.[104]

Foundation

Main article: Donald J. Trump Foundation

The Donald J. Trump Foundation was a private foundation established in 1988.[105][106] In the foundation's final years its funds mostly came from donors other than Trump, who did not donate any personal funds to the charity from 2009 until 2014.[107] The foundation gave to health care and sports-related charities, as well as conservative groups.[108]

In 2016, The Washington Post reported that the charity had committed several potential legal and ethical violations, including alleged self-dealing and possible tax evasion.[109] Also in 2016, the New York State attorney general's office said the foundation appeared to be in violation of New York laws regarding charities and ordered it to immediately cease its fundraising activities in New York.[110][111] Trump's team announced in December 2016 that the foundation would be dissolved.[112]

In June 2018, the New York attorney general's office filed a civil suit against the foundation, Trump, and his adult children, seeking $2.8 million in restitution and additional penalties.[113][114] In December 2018, the foundation ceased operation and disbursed all its assets to other charities.[115] In November 2019, a New York state judge ordered Trump to pay $2 million to a group of charities for misusing the foundation's funds, in part to finance his presidential campaign.[116][117]

Media career

Main article: Media career of Donald Trump

Books

Main article: Bibliography of Donald Trump

Using ghostwriters, Trump has produced up to 19 books on business, financial, or political topics under his name.[118] His first book, The Art of the Deal (1987), was a New York Times Best Seller. While Trump was credited as co-author, the entire book was written by Tony Schwartz.[119] According to The New Yorker, "The book expanded Trump's renown far beyond New York City, making him an emblem of the successful tycoon."[119] Trump has called the volume his second favorite book, after the Bible.[120]

Film and television

Main article: Donald Trump filmography

Trump made cameo appearances in many films and television shows from 1985 to 2001.[121]

Trump had a sporadic relationship with the professional wrestling promotion WWE since the late 1980s.[122] He appeared at WrestleMania 23 in 2007 and was inducted into the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013.[123]

Trump, in a suit, sits in a crowded baseball stadium
Trump at a New York Mets baseball game in 2009

Starting in the 1990s, Trump was a guest about 24 times on the nationally syndicated Howard Stern Show.[124] He also had his own short-form talk radio program called Trumped! (one to two minutes on weekdays) from 2004 to 2008.[125][126] From 2011 until 2015, he was a weekly unpaid guest commentator on Fox & Friends.[127][128]

From 2004 to 2015, Trump was co-producer and host of reality shows The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice. On The Apprentice, Trump played the role of a chief executive, and contestants competed for a year of employment at the Trump Organization. On The Celebrity Apprentice, celebrities competed to win money for charities. On both shows, Trump eliminated contestants with the catchphrase "You're fired."[129]

Trump, who had been a member since 1989, resigned from the Screen Actors Guild in February 2021 rather than face a disciplinary committee hearing for inciting the January 6, 2021, mob attack on the U.S. Capitol and for his "reckless campaign of misinformation aimed at discrediting and ultimately threatening the safety of journalists."[130] Two days later, the union permanently barred him from readmission.[131]

Post-presidency (2021–present)

See also: Legal affairs of Donald Trump
Trump speaks at the "Rally to Protect Our Elections" in Phoenix, Arizona, July 2021.

At the end of his term, Mar-a-Lago became Trump's primary residence.[132] As provided for by the Former Presidents Act,[133] he established an office there to handle his post-presidential activities.[133][134]

Trump's concerns over voter fraud in the 2020 election were referred to as the "big lie" by left-leaning media, Trump's Democrat opposition, and various other detractors. In May 2021, Trump and his supporters began referring to the election itself as the big lie.[135][136] Contentious elections are not new in the United States, and date back to the 1800s:

No evidence of widespread voter fraud has been presented in the 2020 election, but there have been incidents of voter fraud that resulted in legal action.[138] The Republican Party supported Trump's concerns about election fraud, and began an effort to prevent it from reoccuring.[139][140]

On July 9, 2022, the day after a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that prohibited the use of most drop boxes for voters returning absentee ballots, Trump telephoned Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos asking him to invalidate the results of the election based on the court's decision, and urged him to "support a resolution that would retract the state’s 10 electoral votes cast for Mr. Biden." Voss expressed a different opinion based on Wisconsin law which does not provide a legal process to rescind the state’s electoral votes, nor does the US Constitution "allow for a state’s presidential election to be overturned after Congress has accepted the results."[141]

Trump resumed his campaign-style rallies with an 85-minute speech at the annual North Carolina Republican Party convention on June 6, 2021.[142][143] On June 26, he held his first public rally since the January 6 rally that preceded the riot at the Capitol.[144]

Unlike other former presidents, Trump continued to dominate his party; he has been compared to a modern-day party boss. He continued fundraising, raising more than twice as much as the Republican Party itself, hinted at a third candidacy, and profited from fundraisers many Republican candidates held at Mar-a-Lago. Much of his focus was on the people in charge of elections and how elections are run. In the 2022 midterm elections he endorsed over 200 candidates for various offices, most of whom support his claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.[145][146][147] Though there are exceptions, Trump's endorsement has been seen as important for candidates in Republican primary elections.[146]

Trump registered a new company in February 2021. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) was formed for providing "social networking services" to "customers in the United States".[148][149] In October 2021, Trump announced the planned merger of TMTG with Digital World Acquisition,[150] a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). A main backer of the SPAC is China-based financier ARC Group, who was reportedly involved in setting up the proposed merger. The transaction is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[151][152] In February 2022, TMTG launched Truth Social, a Twitter-like social media platform.[153]

Post-presidential investigations

Trump has endured several probes into his business dealings and his actions both before and during his presidency.[154] In February 2021, the district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, announced a criminal probe into Trump's phone calls to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.[155] The New York State Attorney General's Office is conducting criminal investigations into Trump's business activities in conjunction with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.[156] By May 2021, a special grand jury was considering indictments.[157][158] In July 2021, New York prosecutors charged the Trump Organization with a "15 year 'scheme to defraud' the government". The organization's chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, was arraigned on grand larceny, tax fraud, and other charges.[159][160]

In December 2021, the New York State Attorney General's office subpoenaed Trump to produce documents related to the business.[161] On April 25, 2022, New York state judge Arthur Engoron held Trump in contempt of court for failing to comply with the subpoena. He imposed a fine of $10,000 per day until he complies.[162] Trump was deposed in August and invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 400 times.[163] In September 2022, the Attorney General of New York filed a civil fraud case against Trump, his three oldest children, and the Trump Organization.[164]

FBI investigation

Main article: FBI search of Mar-a-Lago
Classified intelligence material found during search of Mar-a-Lago

When Trump left the White House in January 2021, he took government documents and material with him to Mar-a-Lago. By May 2021, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the federal agency that preserves government records, realized that important documents had not been turned over to them at the end of Trump's term and asked his office to locate them. In January 2022, they retrieved 15 boxes of White House records from Mar-a-Lago. NARA later informed the Department of Justice that some of the retrieved documents were classified material.[165] The Justice Department began an investigation in April 2022 and convened a grand jury.[166] The Justice Department sent Trump a subpoena for additional material on May 11.[165] On June 3, Justice Department officials visited Mar-a-Lago and received some classified documents from Trump's lawyers.[165] One of the lawyers signed a statement affirming that all material marked as classified had been returned to the government.[167] Later that month an additional subpoena was sent requesting surveillance footage from Mar-a-Lago, which was provided.[165][168][169]

FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago

On August 8, 2022, FBI agents raided Trump's residence, office, and storage areas at Mar-a-Lago to recover classified documents and material allegedly taken by Trump in violation of the Presidential Records Act,[170][171] some of which may be related to nuclear weapons.[169] The search warrant, authorized by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and approved by a federal magistrate judge, and the written inventory of the seized items were made public on August 12. The text of the search warrant indicates an investigation of potential violations of the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice laws.[172] The items taken in the search included 11 sets of classified documents, four of them tagged as "top secret" and one as "top secret/SCI", the highest level of classification.[170][171]

The raid sparked intense reactions from Trump, his supporters, and Republican members of Congress. Released FBI documents reveal turmoil within the bureau, prompting Director Christopher Wray to manage the fallout. An email from an FBI employee, disclosed through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, lamented the bureau's leadership and accused them of being political hacks.[173] This email, along with others, highlighted the dissatisfaction and perceived politicization among the FBI's rank and file. The documents show that some employees likened the bureau to a banana republic and criticized its actions. The FBI's internal Office of the Ombudsman gathered these concerns, forwarding them to deputy director Paul Abbate. Some agents expressed sympathy for the January 6th insurrectionists, comparing it to Black Lives Matter protests and attributing the unrest to COVID-19 hardships and misinformation. The documents also reveal that the FBI faced significant threats to their personnel and property following the raid. This reflects the broader issue of the bureau's politicization and its impact on both the agency and its employees.[173]

Assassination attempt by Thomas Matthew Crooks

Main article: Assassination attempt on Donald Trump (2024)
Trump after a bullet shot from an AR-15 style rifle grazed his right ear, only inches away from a fatality. Trump boldly pumped his fist while mouthing "Fight! Fight!"

On July 13, 2024, during a rally for former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, a dramatic and troubling event unfolded when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks carrying an AR-15 style rifle assumed a sniper's position on a rooftop roughly 400 feet (120 m) from the podium where Trump was speaking. The building was located outside the security perimeter.[174] Secret Service counter-snipers first noticed Crooks on the rooftop at 5:52 p.m. ET, but despite their awareness, it took 20 minutes before shots were fired at 6:12 p.m. ET, during which Trump was shot and injured when the sniper's bullet grazed the top of his right ear. At that point, Secret Service counter-snipers neutralized Crooks within 26 seconds of his initial shot, but the incident has spotlighted significant lapses in preventive measures which not only led to Trump's injury, it resulted in the death of Corey Comperatore, a bystander who heroically used his body to protect his wife and children; two other bystanders, David Dutch (57), and James Copenhaver (74), were injured and hospitalized in critical but stable condition.[175][176]

Following the incident, the Secret Service’s failure to prevent the shooting came under heavy scrutiny, with Director Kimberly Cheatle summoned to testify before Congress. Despite Crooks being identified as a person of interest an hour before the shooting, the response time and the failure of Secret Service to act preemptively is being critically questioned.[176] Two sources told NBC News that before the rally, Secret Service had already identified the rooftop chosen by Crooks "as a security vulnerability", and flagged it as a "security concern."[177] A later analysis by ABC News’ visual verification team revealed additional details of the shooting incident, showing that three minutes before the first gunshots, a sniper team originally stationed on the roof south of the rally stage repositioned towards the north—the direction of the shooter’s location. This repositioning occurred just before the shots were fired, indicating a possible missed opportunity to prevent the attack.[178][179]

Trump demonstrated his courage and determination by appearing at the Republican National Convention sporting a visible bandage over his right ear. He entered the convention to chants of "Fight!" from emotional delegates, as his presence was lauded as a demonstration of resilience.[6]

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