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Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on charges related to the mishandling of classified national security records. Trump stated on social media that he has been summoned to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday. The federal indictment is the second time that Trump has been charged criminally …

Jacob Fischler, Iowa Capital Dispatch A federal judge in Florida unsealed an indictment that accuses former President Donald Trump of hiding classified national security documents after he left the White House, improperly storing them and sharing sensitive information with people who lacked security clearance. Though he’s not the only former …

Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer on Monday previewed his priorities for this Congress, which he says will include a heavy focus on the handling of classified documents, the origins of the COVID-19 virus, and what he described as possible “influence peddling” by Hunter …

Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder Former Vice President Mike Pence is the latest top public official to have been discovered possessing classified material in his personal home, according to a letter his lawyer sent to the National Archives. A dozen documents with classified markings were discovered in Pence’s residence in Carmel, …

Ashley Murray, Arizona Mirror Department of Justice officials had “unprecedented access” to every room in President Joe Biden’s Delaware home Friday during a search that followed several days of disclosures that classified material from the Obama era had been found in Biden’s garage and think tank office, White House officials …

Jennifer Shutt, South Dakota Searchlight The White House revealed Thursday morning that more classified documents from President Joe Biden’s time as vice president were discovered outside of secure government facilities, this time in the garage at his Wilmington, Delaware home. The files have since been turned over to the U.S. …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to weigh in on the battle over documents that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents took while executing a search warrant at his Florida estate.   The ex-president’s lawyers wanted the court to ensure that more than 100 classified …

Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Tuesday escalated the battle over classified documents seized by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents from his Florida residence to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ex-president’s new filing asks the high court to ensure that over 100 classified documents—among various materials seized by agents …

Jake Johnson, Common Dreams A three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled unanimously Wednesday that Judge Aileen Cannon—a Trump appointee—”abused” her discretion by barring the U.S. Department of Justice from proceeding with its criminal investigation into the former president’s removal of classified documents from the White House. In a scathing 29-page …

Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams Democratic Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Adam Schiff on Saturday asked federal intelligence officials to immediately review the top secret documents that FBI agents retrieved during last week’s search of former President Donald Trump’s resort in Florida and to provide a classified briefing on their findings as …

Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Documents sought by the U.S. Justice Department from former President Donald Trump may contain material related to what The New York Times described as “some of the most highly classified programs run by the United States.” The Washington Post reported …