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The Smoking Gun

Website that posts legal documents, arrest records, police mugshots

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Dec 15, 2025
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What medical deferments did Trump receive and were they legitimate?

Donald Trump received five draft deferments during the Vietnam War era: four educational deferments while he was a student and one medical deferment for bone spurs (a 1‑Y medical classification later ...

Jan 23, 2026
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What primary-source medical or Selective Service records exist publicly about Donald Trump’s 1968 deferment?

Publicly available primary-source Selective Service paperwork establishes that received multiple college deferments in the 1960s and then a medical classification (1‑Y) in 1968, later reclassified to ...

Dec 20, 2025
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“Reverend Al Sharpton revealed he was a confidential FBI informant for years and helped take down mob bosses, music executives, and more.”

Public reporting shows that Al Sharpton cooperated with FBI and NYPD organized‑crime investigators in the 1980s and is identified in agency files as “Confidential Informant No. 7,” with documents indi...

Dec 1, 2025

Which doctors and medical records documented Trump's 1968-1972 deferments and how were they obtained?

Donald J. Trump received four student (2‑S) deferments while at Fordham and Wharton and then a medical deferment in October 1968 that was later changed to a permanent 4‑F in February 1972; Selective S...

Jan 23, 2026

How did Donald Trump receive a medical deferment from the Vietnam War draft?

avoided service in Vietnam by receiving four student deferments while in college and a later medical deferment for bone spurs in his heels that led to a permanent 4‑F classification; contemporaneous S...

Jan 16, 2026

How often are firearms used in U.S. mass shootings traced to legal retail purchases versus theft or straw purchases?

There is no single, authoritative percentage in the public record that definitively divides mass‑shooting guns into those traced to legal retail purchases versus those obtained via theft or straw purc...

Jan 10, 2026

What do Donald Trump’s Selective Service records show in full, and where can they be accessed?

Donald J. Trump’s Selective Service files made public by the National Archives show his registration card and a local draft board ledger documenting multiple student deferments between 1964–1968, a pe...

Dec 14, 2025

What contemporary medical records exist for Trump's 1968 draft evaluation?

Contemporary official Selective Service records show Donald Trump was reclassified 1‑Y (qualified for service only in time of war or national emergency) after an Armed Forces physical on Sept. 19, 196...

Dec 5, 2025

How did contemporaneous media and political opponents investigate or challenge Trump’s draft avoidance claims during his presidential campaigns?

Contemporaneous media, fact-checkers and Trump’s political opponents repeatedly probed his Vietnam-era deferments, highlighting five deferments culminating in a 4‑F classification and questioning the ...

Dec 5, 2025

Were there any investigations into the legitimacy of Trump's draft deferments and what were their conclusions?

Multiple news outlets and records show Donald Trump received five Vietnam-era draft deferments—four educational and one medical for bone spurs—and those deferments have been the subject of media scrut...

Nov 24, 2025

How did Trump’s medical records and the National Archives document or contradict the bone spurs claim?

Most government draft records showing why Donald Trump received a 1968 medical deferment are limited or missing; National Archives holdings confirm his Selective Service draft card and classification ...

Nov 23, 2025

Have new documents or investigations emerged about Trump's draft status since 2020–2025?

Reporting through late 2025 does not show a new, authoritative federal investigation or newly released classified documents specifically revising or overturning the long‑running public record about Do...