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Before his presidency, Donald Trump was frequently seen flying around the world in his eye-catching Boeing 757. Dubbed Trump Force One following its appearance on the campaign trail in 2016, the jet went largely unused once Trump took office and began flying on government transport instead. So, where is it now?

Before he was allowed to use a converted Boeing 747 under the Air Force One callsign for his trips, Donald Trump used to jet around the world in his own personal Boeing 757. Affectionately dubbed Trump Force One, the aircraft has been sitting idle since Trump took up the US presidency in January 2017.

During his time at the White House, Trump Force One operated a few executive trips for the Trump Organization, but in mid-2019, was placed into long-term storage at Stewart International Airport. Its maintenance was overdue, and Trump didnt think he would need it again for at least another four years.

There were rumors it would come out of mothballs ahead of his departure from the White House in January. However, there was a big problem one engine had been removed. A loan engine was reportedly being sought to enable the jet to fly to Citadel Completions in Louisiana for maintenance. That engine was never found, and Trump flew to Mar-a-Largo on board the VC-25A Air Force One 747.

As of today, the 757 remains stranded in Stewart, north of New York. The almost 30-year-old aircraft is still in need of an engine, a Rolls-Royce RB211, to get it ferried for maintenance. All that costs money, and it doesnt seem to be an investment Trump is keen to make right now.

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For most aircraft owners, storage has become a hot topic in recent months. With airlines keen to keep their grounded jets in good order, desert storage locations have become the location of choice. The warm, dry conditions are ideally suited to keeping aircraft in tip-top shape, and have seen the likes of Victorville, Alice Springs and Teruel in Spain filling up with planes.

New York Stewart International Airport, in Orange County, is not such a super place to keep an aircraft. Although the summer is warm and often dry, the winter can be cold, with temperatures dropping to seven degrees C (44 F) or below. The cold season can bring with it plenty of rain, and sometimes also snow, making for a poor storage environment for aircraft.

With the 757 unable to fly, Trump has been left to fly in his smaller corporate jet. His Cessna 750 Citation X has frequently been spotted flying between Palm Beach and LaGuardia. Seating just eight passengers, its not as luxurious as the 757, and doesnt have his name on the side.

Trumps 757 was once his pride and joy. It featured front and center in his 2016 presidential campaign, with several rallies held at airports with the plane as a backdrop. Its a lavishly appointed VIP space, with cream leather seats, 24-karat gold fixings and a huge master bedroom.

But Trump doesnt have cash to burn, as 2020 has taken its toll on the billionaires worth. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his net worth is down to $2.3 billion from $3 billion before his presidency. For now, it seems that Trump is condemned to rely on his somewhat less glamorous Cessna Citation.

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Federal investigators are still examining Donald Trumps role in inciting the attack on the US Capitol.

Michael Sherwin, the departing acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, confirmed that the former president is still under investigation over the 6 January putsch in an interview with CBS 60 Minutes on Sunday.

Maybe the president is culpable, he said.

Sherwin also said there were now more than 400 cases against participants in the riot and said that if it is determined Brian Sicknick, the Capitol police officer who died, did so because he was hit with bear spray, murder charges would likely follow.

Its unequivocal that Trump was the magnet that brought the people to DC on 6 January, Sherwin said. Now the question is, is he criminally culpable for everything that happened during the siege, during the breach?

Based upon what we see in the public record and what we see in public statements in court, we have plenty of people we have soccer moms from Ohio that were arrested saying, Well, I did this because my president said I had to take back our house. That moves the needle towards that direction. Maybe the president is culpable for those actions.

But also, you see in the public record, too, militia members saying, You know what? We did this because Trump just talks a big game. Hes just all talk. We did what he wouldnt do.

Trump addressed a rally outside the White House on 6 January, telling supporters to fight like hell to stop Congress certifying his election defeat by Joe Biden, which he falsely claims was the result of voter fraud. A mob broke into the Capitol, leading to five deaths, including a Trump supporter shot by law enforcement.

Trump was impeached for inciting an insurrection but acquitted when only seven Republican senators could be convinced to vote him guilty.

Lawsuits over the insurrection, one brought by the Democratic congressman Bennie Thompson under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, are among proliferating legal threats to Trump now he has lost the protections of office.

More than 100 police officers were allegedly assaulted during the riot. Sicknick died the next day. Cause of death has not been released. But two men have been charged with assaulting the 42-year-old officer with a spray meant to repel bears.

Asked if a determination that Sicknicks death was a direct result of being attacked with the spray would lead to murder charges, Sherwin said: If evidence directly relates that chemical to his death, yeah. We have causation, we have a link. Yes. In that scenario, correct, thats a murder case.

He also said: That day, as bad as it was, could have been a lot worse. Its actually amazing more people werent killed. We found ammunition in [one] vehicle. And also, in the bed of the vehicle were found 11 Molotov cocktails. They were filled with gasoline and Styrofoam. [Lonnie Coffman, the man charged] put Styrofoam in those, according to the [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives], because when you throw those, when they explode, the Styrofoam will stick to you and act like napalm.

He also said pipe bombs placed near the Capitol by an unidentified suspect were not armed properly.

They were not hoax devices, they were real devices, Sherwin said.

Sherwin also said sedition charges, as yet not part of cases against participants in the riot, were likely.

We tried to move quickly to ensure that there is trust in the rule of law, he said. You are gonna be charged based upon your conduct and your conduct only.

The world looks to us for the rule of law and order and democracy. And that was shattered, I think, on that day. And we have to build ourselves up again. The only way to build ourselves up again is the equal application of the law, to show the rule of law is gonna treat these people fairly under the law.

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Trump still being investigated over Capitol riot, top prosecutor says - The Guardian

Donald Trump may no longer be POTUS, but his opinions remain as trenchant as ever. In an interview with Fox News contributor Lisa Boothe that launches her new podcast, the former U.S. president held forth on a number of matters.

On the subject of the U.S. presidential elections, which he lost, Trump said: We did much better in the second election than we did in the first election. Much better in every way. If you look at with African Americans, with Asian Americans, with women, with Hispanics, we did much better in every single way. And it was a rigged election. And thats a shame.

Trump is banned for life from Twitter but that appears not to deter him in the least. Im doing things having to do with putting our own platform out there, that youll be hearing about soon, Trump told Boothe.

Youre seeing that we put out statements from the president, et cetera, et cetera, Trump said. And its getting picked up by everybody, everything we say. So if I endorse somebody cause were endorsing some very good people it gets tremendous pickup. I would almost say better than a tweet.

Trump also weighed in on the freedom of the press, or lack thereof.

We dont have a freedom of the press for one thing, Trump said. Certainly you dont have freedom of the press. Big tech has gone wild. And Im able to get the word out becauseeverybody picks it up, including big tech, which is sort of interesting. But other people, when they get canceled, they dont have that. They cant put out a press release that everybody picks up. It doesnt work that way.

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It Was A Rigged Election: Donald Trump Weighs in on Elections, Teases New Platform in Podcast - Variety

What does he have to offer anybody? And in fact theres every incentive to crush him, DAntonio told the Post.

Though there are many to choose from, presumably the most worrisome legal issue facing Trump is Vances criminal investigation, which is looking into possible insurance, bank, and tax fraud. Last month, the Manhattan D.A.s officehiredMarkPomerantz,who helped put John Gotti and others involved in organized crime behind bars, to work on the Trump case. Among other things, Pomerantz hasreportedlybeen working on gettingAllen Weisselberg,the Trump Organizations longtime CFO who knows where all the bodies are buried, to flip. Equally terrifying, for someone trying to stay out of prison, is the fact that Vance has something no other investigator looking into Trumps affairs has had before: the ex-presidents tax returns, which the former real estate developer curiously refused to release while running for office and fought tooth and nail to keep secret. After the Supreme Court rejected his last-ditch attempt to keep the information out of Vances hands, Trump flew off the handle, calling himself the victim of the greatest political Witch Hunt in the history of our Country.And while thats not actually true, you can probably understand why he was upset! As former fixer Michael Cohen told the Post, the level of review being undertaken by Vances office, is unprecedented in Trumps corporate history, on par with a proctological exam of the highest order.

P.S. Trump is also financially screwed

Yes, hes still worth some $2.5 billion, but thats down $700 million since he became president and it appears the number may continue to plummet, per the Post:

Several of his hotels and resorts reported sharp downturns in 2020. At Trump Tower in Manhattan, one major commercial tenantTiffany & Co.is planning to vacate its space. Another, Marc Fisher Footwear, stopped paying rent in November, according to a lawsuit the Trump Organization filed against the footwear company this month. The company owes more than $1.4million in back payments, according to the suit.

Meanwhile, thanks to the events of January 6, 2021, Trump can no longer rely on previous sources of income like hosting LPGA events, which may make it difficult to repay the $1 billion he owes creditors. On the other hand, who knows how much money hell make scamming his supporters through his super PAC!

Oh: The officer who sympathetically noted the accused Atlanta shooter had had a bad day has a side gig promoting racist T-shirts

Jay Baker, who told reporters on Wednesday that Robert Aaron Long had had a really bad day and this is what he did while discussing the fact that Long allegedly murdered eight people, is reportedly no longer the spokesman for the case, which makes sense. Per the Daily Beast:

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Donald Trump Is Drowning in Criminal Investigations and Legally Screwed - Vanity Fair