Republicans voted on Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department’s refusal to turn over audio recordings of interviews President Joe Biden gave to Special Counsel Robert Hur. The 216-207 vote came down largely on party lines. In January of last year, Garland …
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According to some in his inner circle, Donald Trump’s most effective and not-so-secret weapon in his 2024 effort to reclaim the White House is a federal judge he appointed in Florida. Judge Aileen Cannon is presiding over one of Trump’s two federal criminal cases — the classified documents case in …
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Donald Trump‘s trial start date over his mishandling of classified documents has been pushed back thanks to a Florida judge overseeing the case. On Tuesday, District Judge Aileen M. Cannon indefinitely postponed the trial, previously scheduled for May 20, increasing the odds that Trump’s hush money trial in New York …
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Former Special Counsel Robert Hur’s highly anticipated testimony before the House Judiciary Committee began with a compilation of Donald Trump’s many gaffes and errors — undercutting the MAGA Republicans who presumably want to use the hearing to impugn President Joe Biden’s mental fitness. The supercut, prepared by Ranking Member Jerry …
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A binder containing highly classified information regarding Russia’s efforts to meddle with the 2016 election disappeared from the West Wing at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency —- and has never been found, according to a report from CNN. The binder, described as 10 inches thick and containing a trove …
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Special counsel Jack Smith rejected Donald Trump‘s plea to postpone his criminal trial for his hoardingofclassified documentsat hisMar-a-Lagoestatepost-presidency. Earlier this week, Trump implored a federal court to delay on setting a date, arguing that it would be virtually impossible to seat an impartial jury while he remains a presidential candidate. …
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Donald Trump on Monday night asked a federal court to delay on setting a date for his criminal trial over his hoardingof classified documentsat hisMar-a-Lagoestatepost-presidency, arguing that it would be virtually impossible to seat an impartial jury while he remains a presidential candidate. “Proceeding to trial during the pendency of …
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After Donald Trump was caught hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estatepost-presidency, the former president and his staff claimed a “standing order” authorized him to declassify the docs. Turns out, the mysterious “order” was bullshit. In August, Bloomberg News filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, suing the Office of …
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“These are the papers… this is secret information” Trump can be heard saying in a recording of a 2021 meeting held at his Bedminster, New Jersey resort, audio of which was obtained by CNN on Monday. CNN first reported on the existence of such a recording in May, just days …
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A week after his second post-presidential arrest, this one for his alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving the White House, Donald Trump turned to Fox News host Bret Baier on Monday to make the case for why he should lead the country again. But he ended up essentially confessing …
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