Judge in Trump's classified files case agrees to redact witness names, granting prosecution request
The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has granted a request by prosecutors aimed at protecting the identities of potential government witnesses.
Prosecutors in classified files case say Trump team's version of events 'inaccurate and distorted'
Prosecutors in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump have told a judge that defense lawyers had painted an โinaccurate and distorted picture of eventsโ and had unfairly sought to โcast a cloud of suspicionโ over government officials who were simply trying to do their jobs.
Judge scolds prosecutors as she delays hearing for co-defendant in Trump classified documents case
A judge has scolded federal prosecutors in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump as she abruptly postponed a hearing to determine if the lawyer for a co-defendant had a conflict of interest.
Prosecutors say witness in Trump's classified documents case retracted false testimony
The Justice Department says a witness in the federal prosecution of Donald Trump over the hoarding of classified documents retracted โprior false testimonyโ after switching lawyers last month and provided new information that implicated the former president.
Reports: Prosecutors have tape of Trump discussing holding onto classified doc after leaving office
There are media reports that Justice Department prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of former President Donald Trump from after he left office in which he talks about holding onto a classified document related to a potential attack on Iran.
PHOTOS: Pro-Trump and anti-Trump protestors gather over possible indictment of former president
As we sit and wait to find out of former President Donald Trump will be arrested at some point over the next few days, pro-Trump and anti-Trump protestors have gathered around the country to let their voices be heard.
A side-by-side look at the Trump, Biden classified documents
Revelations that classified materials were discovered at think tank offices formerly used by President Joe Biden, as well as at the president's Delaware home, have prompted questions on how the circumstances compare with the seizure last year of hundreds of classified documents at former President Donald Trump's Florida residence.
Trump probe: Court halts Mar-a-Lago special master review
A federal appeals court has halted an independent review of documents seized from former President Donald Trumpโs Florida estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said had delayed its criminal investigation into the retention of top-secret government information.
Trump records probe: Tensions flare over special master
The FBI search of Donald Trumpโs Florida estate has spawned a parallel โspecial masterโ process that has slowed the Justice Department's criminal investigation and exposed simmering tensions between department prosecutors and lawyers for the former president.
Biden nominates US attorney for Florida Mar-a-Lago district
President Joe Biden has nominated a Miami litigator and longtime government lawyer to serve as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the office currently involved in the search warrants at the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump.
Trump search inventory reveals new details from FBI seizure
Along with highly classified government documents, FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trumpโs Florida home last month found dozens of folders marked classified but with nothing inside and no explanation of what might have been there.
Feds cite efforts to obstruct probe of docs at Trump estate
The Justice Department says classified documents were โlikely concealed and removedโ from former President Donald Trumpโs Florida estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the discovery of the government records.
Timeline of events leading up to FBI search of Trumpโs home
The FBI search of former President Donald Trumpโs Mar-a-Lago estate has already sent reverberations across the country even as new details emerge about what federal agents were looking for in the investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence.
Watch live: Attorney General Merrick Garland expected to make first statement since the FBI search of Donald Trumpโs residence
The director of the FBI has strong words for supporters of former President Donald Trump who have been using violent rhetoric in the wake of his agencyโs search of Trumpโs Mar-a-Lago home.
Did Trump break the law? FBI search raises fresh questions
Whether an FBI search of Donald Trumpโs Mar-a-Lago residence is a prelude to criminal charges is unknown โ especially unclear since other investigations into mishandling of classified information have ended without prosecution or in misdemeanor plea deals.
Trump rejects Dems' request to testify at impeachment trial
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)WASHINGTON โ House Democrats on Thursday asked Donald Trump to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial, challenging him to respond to their charge that he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol. Hours after the Democrats' request was revealed, Trump adviser Jason Miller dismissed the trial as โan unconstitutional proceedingโ and said the former president would not testify. Separately, Trumpโs lawyers denounced the request as a โpublic relations stunt.โAdThe impeachment trial starts Feb. 9. He asked that Trump provide testimony about his conduct โeither before or during the Senate impeachment trial,โ and under cross-examination, as early as Monday, Feb. 8, and not later than Thursday, Feb. 11. The Senate could vote to subpoena Trump, or any other witnesses, on a simple majority vote during the trial.
Florida city declares first week of February as โDonald J. Trumpโ week
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Residents of Frostproof, Florida, will be celebrating former President Donald Trump all week long. According to a report by Fox, city officials voted to declare the first week of February in honor of the former president. State Rep. Anthony Sabatini announced the proclamation declaring Feb. 1 - 6 as โDonald J. Trump Weekโ in the city of Frostproof, which is located in Central Florida. Good to be in the City of Frostproof tonight to speak in favor of a Proclamation declaring this week โDonald Trump Week.โ First city in the nation to do this!
Trump parts with impeachment lawyers a week before trial
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)(AP) โ Former President Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just over a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, two people familiar with the situation said Saturday. Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, both South Carolina lawyers, are no longer with Trump's defense team. AdGreg Harris and Johnny Gasser, two former federal prosecutors from South Carolina, are also off the team, one of the people said. Republicans and Trump aides have made clear that they intend to make a simple argument in the trial: Trump's trial is unconstitutional because he is no longer in office. ____Associated Press writer Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.
AP Exclusive: GOP to stay neutral should Trump run again
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2020 file photo, Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee in Washington. The head of the Republican National Committee is declining to encourage former President Donald Trump to run for the White House in 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)NEW YORK โ The head of the Republican National Committee on Wednesday declined to encourage former President Donald Trump to run for the White House in 2024, saying the GOP would stay โneutralโ in its next presidential primary. Iโm not telling anybody to run or not to run in 2024,โ McDaniel told The Associated Press when asked whether she wanted to see Trump run again in the next presidential election. I think itโs dangerous.โMoving forward, she said that voters, not Trump, are the head of the Republican Party, though Trump continues to maintain โa huge, huge presenceโ with his base.
Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuits
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. Trump is en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)WASHINGTON โ The Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to lawsuits over whether Donald Trump illegally profited off his presidency. The justices threw out Trumpโs challenge to lower court rulings that had allowed lawsuits to go forward alleging that he violated the Constitutionโs emoluments clause by accepting payments from foreign and domestic officials who stay at the Trump International Hotel and patronize other businesses owned by the former president and his family. The high court also ordered the lower court rulings thrown out as well and directed appeals courts in New York and Richmond, Virginia, to dismiss the suits as moot now that Trump is no longer in office.
Trump returns to a business empire ravaged by pandemic
โThe golf business has never been stronger. Revenue at the family's golf club in Aberdeen dropped by roughly the same proportion. The financial blow from former clients and business partners cutting ties to Trump is unclear, but it could be sizable. Revenue at that course, the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, fell 20% last year to $6.4 million. Eric Trump dismissed the backlash, saying parts of the business that get less attention, such as its commercial buildings, are thriving.
Comforting rituals show in media's depiction of inauguration
(David Tulis/Pool Photo via AP)NEW YORK โ After Air Force One took Donald Trump out of Washington, an unusual Inauguration Day quickly felt more traditional โ even comforting โ for people watching at home. "What we're seeing today is an ejection of insurrection.โTrump skipped the inauguration of his successor, the first president to break that tradition since 1869. โIf Democrats need thousands of troops to occupy the Capitol on Inauguration Day, then it seems possible that their candidate wasn't actually elected by the people,โ Sharp said. โHe said that there is truth and there are lies, lies that are told for power and lies that are told for profit,โ Wallace said. The Washington Post updated its count of lies and misstatements by Trump: 30,534 heading into his last day as president.
The Latest: Clinton says Biden swearing-in lifted her heart
Biden and first lady Jill Biden watched the end of the dayโs events from a balcony in the White House on Wednesday night. The Senate has voted to confirm Avril Haines as the new director of national intelligence, giving President Joe Biden the first member of his Cabinet. Workers removed the giant sign from the departmentโs C Street lobby on Wednesday shortly after President Joe Biden was inaugurated. ___5:20 p.m.President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders from the Oval Office hours after his inauguration. ___4:55 p.m.President Joe Biden has directed that federal agencies halt all rulemaking until his administration has time to review proposed regulations.
Florida legislator: Punish Mar-a-Lago for mask-free party
David Ake, File)FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) โ A Florida legislator wants President Donald Trumpโs Mar-a-Lago club fined and closed temporarily for hosting a New Yearโs Eve party where few of the 500 guests wore masks as they sang, shouted and danced indoors for hours in possible violation of local coronavirus ordinances. They show patrons packed together on the dance floor as rapper Vanilla Ice, Beach Boys co-founder Mike Love and singer Taylor Dayne performed. He said Mar-a-Lago will be treated just like any other business and a decision should be made shortly. Vanilla Ice is playing the Mar-a-Lago New Years Eve party. Last month, a Mar-a-Lago neighbor filed a complaint with the Town of Palm Beach challenging Trumpโs possible move to Mar-a-Lago after he leaves office this month.
Attorney: Mar-a-Lago checkpoint crasher is mentally ill
Roemhild is mentally ill and wasn't taking her medication before leading a trooper on a wild chase, her attorney told a judge Monday. Attorney David Roth did not elaborate on Hannah Roemhild's illness, but Palm Beach County Judge Ted Booras agreed to have her seen by a psychologist before another hearing is held Friday. Authorities there say she swerved around concrete barriers and through two checkpoints, endangering the lives of Secret Service agents and Palm Beach County deputies staffing them. At some point, Roemheld picked up a female relative before automatic license plate readers tracked her to a motel near Palm Beach International Airport. Roemheld has appeared in several Connecticut operas and said on social media recently that she had an unspecified performance scheduled in Palm Beach this past week.