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The 81-Year-Old Trump-Loyalist Prosecutor Handpicked to Run a "Grand Conspiracy" Investigation of the President's Enemies — the Officials Who Once Investigated Him — Resigned Without Charging a Single Person, Five Months After Vowing He Could Bring Charges in 30 Days, After a Career Prosecutor Was Pushed Out for Refusing to Move Faster and the Justice Department Lost Confidence in Him
Joe diGenova, the 81-year-old longtime Trump loyalist installed in April 2026 to lead a sprawling "grand conspiracy" investigation in the Southern District of Florida targeting Trump's perceived political enemies, told the Associated Press on September 10 that he has resigned from the Justice Department — without bringing charges against anyone. The probe is a revenge project: it examines what DOJ officials cast as "possible crimes" embedded in the very investigations of Trump, stretching from the 2016 Russia inquiry through the January 6 prosecution and the Mar-a-Lago classified-documents case. In other words, it seeks to criminalize the people who investigated Trump. diGenova got the job after a seasoned career prosecutor, Maria Medetis Long, was ousted for balking at bringing charges quickly; he took over vowing he could indict within 30 days. Five months later he has produced no prosecutions, a lead prosecutor on the John Brennan piece had already been replaced for questioning the strength of the case, DOJ officials had reportedly lost confidence in diGenova's leadership, and now he is gone — declining to say why, while calling it "an honor and a privilege to serve the president and the department." The pattern is the story: career prosecutors keep concluding these cases are too weak to charge, so they are replaced by loyalists willing to promise otherwise — and even the loyalist, given the machinery of a federal investigation and a mandate to deliver, could not manufacture a case that was not there.
The Ballroom Trump Promised Would Cost $200 Million and Be Paid For by Him and Private Donors Has Ballooned to Roughly $900 Million in White House Construction — Now Primarily Billed to Taxpayers, With About $500 Million Reportedly Diverted Without Congress's Approval, After the Historic East Wing Was Demolished to Build It
When Trump announced his White House ballroom in July 2025, the White House said it would cost about $200 million — and that Trump himself and unnamed private donors would pay for it. A Washington Post investigation published August 12, 2026 found the reality: the administration is now set to spend at least $900 million — roughly $927 million — on White House construction, and it is primarily taxpayers, not Trump or donors, footing the bill. The figure covers the roughly 90,000-square-foot ballroom (built where the historic East Wing was demolished), a new South Lawn helipad, and the paving-over of the Rose Garden. The cost has more than quadrupled from the promised $200 million, climbing to $600 million by June 2026 and past $900 million by August. Reporting indicates roughly $500 million in taxpayer funds was diverted to the projects without congressional approval — Congress holds the constitutional power of the purse, and appropriating public money to a president's vanity construction without its sign-off is exactly the kind of end-run that power exists to prevent. Trump defends the ballroom as a secure, modernized venue with bomb shelters and hardened communications. But the through-line is simple: a president promised to build a monument to himself on his own dime, tore down a piece of the People's House to do it, and then sent the public a nine-figure bill it never agreed to pay.
Florida Renamed Palm Beach International Airport After Trump While He Is Still in Office — the First Sitting President Ever to Get One — Changing PBI to "DJT" at a $5.5 Million Taxpayer Cost, Imposed by the Legislature Over Community Objections, With Trump Keeping Control of His "Name, Likeness and Image" at the Airport
On July 9, 2026, Palm Beach International Airport — which had carried that name for over half a century — officially became "President Donald J. Trump International Airport." The FAA identifier code changed from PBI to DJT. It makes Trump the first sitting president in U.S. history to have an airport named after him; the dozen other presidential airports (JFK, Reagan National, George Bush Intercontinental) were all named after their namesakes left office. The renaming was not a grassroots decision by the local community — it was imposed from above by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature, which passed HB 919 along party lines (House 81-30, Senate 25-11), signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in March, giving the state authority to name "major commercial service airports." The airport sits about four miles from Mar-a-Lago. The change cost an estimated $5.5 million, with $2.75 million allocated in the state budget. Travelers interviewed at the airport were blunt: "I think it's disgusting, ridiculous, pompous and a lot of other bad things," said Florida resident Pat Brown. "I resent that the name is on every institution that we have, this included," said Phyllis Malmuth. Rep. Lois Frankel called it "a clear overreach," noting airports are "traditionally designated once they leave office and through decisions made by local communities — not imposed from above." Eric Trump crowed that his father's plane was the first to land at 5:01 a.m. and that he would "forever be proud to see the initials DJT on my boarding pass." The Trump Organization says the family will collect "no royalty licensing fee or financial consideration whatsoever" — but Trump retains control over any use of his "name, likeness, image and biographical information" at the airport, letting his organization dictate how he is presented on signage and photos. On the same day, a Tennessee bridge was also renamed after him.
Trump's Financial Disclosure: $1.4 Billion in Crypto Income in 2025 — His Meme Coin Made Him $635 Million While Retail Investors Lost $2.3 Billion — He Also Bought Private Prison Stock as ICE Detainees Doubled
Trump's 2025 financial disclosure — 927 pages, compared to Obama's 8 and Biden's 11 — reveals at least $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency income and $2.24 billion in total revenue. The breakdown: $635 million from licensing his $TRUMP meme coin, which he launched three days before inauguration and which has since crashed 97.7% (from $74.27 to $1.68), leaving over one million retail investors with $2.3 billion in combined losses. Another $526 million from World Liberty Financial token sales — the company where an Abu Dhabi royal family member secretly purchased a 49% stake for $187 million to Trump entities, then received approval for hundreds of thousands of advanced AI chips despite national security concerns. And $100+ million in bitcoin held in cold wallets — the first time a sitting president has disclosed direct crypto ownership. Forbes estimates Trump's net worth nearly tripled from $2.3 billion to $6.5 billion, driven by crypto. The same disclosure reveals Trump's investment accounts bought stock in GEO Group, the private prison company, starting 10 days after inauguration — as ICE detainees swelled from 35,000 to 70,000 and GEO reported record $254 million profits (a 700% increase). In 2021, Trump called Bitcoin "a scam." The crypto industry then became the largest corporate donor of the 2024 election at $238 million. He now calls himself the "crypto president." His SEC dropped enforcement actions against Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple, and others. He disbanded the DOJ unit that investigated crypto crime. He signed crypto-friendly legislation. And he made $1.4 billion. A May 2026 poll found 62% of voters don't trust Trump to regulate crypto; even 59% of Republicans oppose officials maintaining crypto business interests while in office.
Bondi's DOJ Accidentally Gave Congress Damning Smith Evidence Against Trump
Pam Bondi's DOJ released Jack Smith case files to Congress to discredit the investigation — but accidentally included a prosecution memo revealing Trump kept classified docs for "business interests" and showed them on his plane.
Hoarding Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago
After leaving office, Trump took hundreds of classified documents — including top secret and compartmented intelligence — to his Florida resort and repeatedly obstructed government efforts to retrieve them.
Trump's 15-Year Friendship with Jeffrey Epstein: "He Likes Them on the Younger Side"
Trump maintained a 15-year friendship with Epstein, flew on his plane 7+ times, hosted a Mar-a-Lago party where only Trump and Epstein were the male guests with 28 women, and praised him publicly — noting Epstein likes women "on the younger side."