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 …
Read More »Trump Turns to SCOTUS Over Mar-a-Lago Docs, But ‘It Won’t Stop DOJ’
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 …
Read More »Siding With DOJ, Appeals Court Rules Trump Judge ‘Abused’ Discretion by Halting Criminal Probe
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 …
Read More »U.S. Justice Department To Appeal Trump Special Master Order
Jacob Fischler, Louisiana Illuminator The U.S. Justice Department will appeal a Florida federal judge’s ruling this week appointing an independent arbiter to review thousands of sensitive materials the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach residence, the department notified the court Thursday. Government prosecutors are also asking U.S. …
Read More »Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Halt to DOJ Review of Seized Materials
Political observers on Monday said U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon “engaged herself in obstruction of justice” by ruling that the U.S. Department of Justice must halt its review of materials seized at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago. Cannon, who was appointed by the former Republican president and …
Read More »DOJ Releases Photo of ‘Top Secret’ Documents Seized From Trump’s Home
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday released a photo of classified documents it retrieved from Donald Trump‘s Florida home earlier this month, the latest disclosure in its investigation into the former president’s removal of secret government records from the White House following his 2020 election loss. …
Read More »Court Releases Partially Redacted Affidavit For Mar-a-Lago Search
Jennifer Shutt, New Jersey Monitor A federal court released a partially redacted affidavit Friday detailing some of the reasons the Federal Bureau of Investigation provided to a judge in order to get a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s private residence in Mar-a-Lago. The request to search the property …
Read More »Judge Says Mar-a-Lago Affidavit ‘Can Be Unsealed’ With Redactions
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams A U.S. judge on Thursday gave the federal government a week to propose redactions to the warrant affidavit detailing the information that led to last week’s search of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. “I’m not prepared to find that the affidavit should be fully …
Read More »House Democrats Request ‘Damage Assessment’ Following Recovery of Classified Docs
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 …
Read More »Suspect Killed By Ohio Police After Attempting To Breach FBI Office
An armed suspect who attempted to breach an FBI office in Cincinnati was shot and killed by police after fleeing into a nearby rural area and exchanging gunfire with officers, law enforcement said Thursday evening. Lt. Nathan Dennis, a spokesperson for the Ohio State Highway Patrol, said efforts to negotiate …
Read More »Search Warrant Indicates FBI Investigating Trump for Espionage Act Violation
This is a developing story… Please check back for possible updates… Former President Donald Trump is being investigated for potential violations of the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice, and unlawful removal of government records, according to the warrant authorizing the recent federal search of Mar-a-Lago, which was released Friday. “This …
Read More »DOJ Moves to Unseal Warrant Used to Search Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday moved to unseal the warrant authorizing Monday’s FBI search of former President Donald Trump‘s Florida home, explaining that he personally authorized the decision to raid Mar-a-Lago but offering few details about the unfolding case. Speaking briefly in an afternoon …
Read More »Former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Largo Home Searched By FBI
Former President Donald Trump announced that FBI agents had conducted a raid of his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, and some House Republicans were quick to take his side. It was not immediately clear what the FBI may have been seeking, though the former president made a point of saying in …
Read More »National Archives Confirms Trump Took Classified Documents From White House
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has confirmed that former President Donald Trump took classified national security documents to Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House in January 2021. The New York Times reports that the National Archives sent a letter to Congress in which it confirmed that it has …
Read More »A $211,000 Trump Campaign Bill Was Sent To Collection Agency
The city of Albuquerque sent a $211,175.94 bill from former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign rally in 2019 to a debt collection agency. “In my mind, he owes us a lot more because there was about a day and a half where we couldn’t even function as a city,” Albuquerque Mayor …
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