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DOJ Torches Trump's Arguments for Impunity in Mar-a-Lago Docs Case: Special Counsel Jack Smith wasn't having any of Trump's arguments in his motion to dismiss ...
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DOJ Torches Trump's Arguments for Impunity in Mar-a-Lago Docs Case
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Mar-a-Lago property manager latest charged in Trump legal woes: De Oliveira joins a long line of former Trump associates, employees and supporters who have faced ...
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Mar-a-Lago property manager latest charged in Trump legal woes
Quick Glance: Mar-a-Lago Manager's Involvement in Classified Documents Probe
  • Carlos De Oliveira, Mar-a-Lago manager, released on $100,000 bond.

  • De Oliveira added to obstruction conspiracy charge against Trump and Nauta.

  • He is also charged with making false statements during an FBI interview.

  • Indictment identifies De Oliveira as the person who assisted in moving Trump's boxes and received an attorney offer from Trump.
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Judge appears to reject Trump bid to talk classified info at Mar-a-Lago: Government lawyers fought Donald Trump’s request to be allowed to discuss classified ...
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Judge appears to reject Trump bid to talk classified info at Mar-a-Lago
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Trump Has Now Been Indicted for Even More Crimes: And worse
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Trump Has Now Been Indicted for Even More Crimes
Quick Glance: New Developments in Trump's Indictment: Documents Case
  • Trump displayed a classified document during a July 2021 meeting at his Bedminster, New Jersey resort.

  • Last month, Trump was indicted on 37 counts related to mishandling classified documents.

  • The charges include retaining classified information, obstructing justice, making false statements, and other crimes.

  • A federal judge in Florida has set a trial date for former President Donald Trump in May next year.
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Trump Can’t Bluster His Way Through Court: A courtroom is an inhospitable place for the former president’s efforts to define his own reality.
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Trump Can’t Bluster His Way Through Court
Quick Glance: Florida Grand Jury Joins Probe into Trump's Classified Docs
  • Federal prosecutors are presenting evidence to a grand jury in Miami as part of the investigation into former President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents.

  • Several witnesses have testified before the Florida grand jury, with more expected in the coming days.

  • The investigation previously relied on grand juries in Washington, D.C. It's unclear why the south Florida grand jury is now involved.

  • However, a Florida court approved the warrant to search Mar-a-Lago, where Trump kept classified documents, and an assistant US attorney from Miami was present during the raid, according to CNN.
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Mar-a-Lago property manager and Trump's aide to return to court in the classified documents case
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Quick Glance: Trump and Nauta refute latest charges in document case
  • The new charges accuse the two men and a third assistant of conspiring together to conceal surveillance footage at Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort from the FBI.

  • The former president, 77 years old, and Mr Nauta had previously pleaded not guilty to earlier charges against them.

  • The document case is led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is also overseeing a separate indictment against Mr Trump that involves alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

  • Mr Nauta, a former military valet in Trump's White House who then became a personal assistant, was also accused and charged with hiding files from the FBI in the indictment.
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Yuscil Taveras Flipping Could Spark Domino Effect Against Donald Trump: The Mar-a-Lago IT worker implicated the former president in the classified documents case ...
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Yuscil Taveras Flipping Could Spark Domino Effect Against Donald Trump
Quick Glance: Taveras' Testimony Implicates Trump in Document Case
  • Evidence shows Taveras' previous testimony was false and now he implicates Trump and others.

  • Possible domino effect if more people get new counsel and could implicate Trump.

  • Special counsel's effective tactic to strengthen the prosecution's case by encouraging honest testimony.

  • Indictment against De Oliveira and Trump expanded, listing Taveras as Trump Employee 4.
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Hearing set on possible attorney conflicts of interest in Mar-a-Lago documents case - UPI.com
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EXCLUSIVE: One of former Pres. Trump's long-time assistants told federal investigators that he repeatedly wrote to-do lists for her on documents from the White ... Show more   abcnews.go.com/US/trump-wrote-lists-assistant-white-house-documents-marked/story
Quick Glance: Trump wrote to-do lists on classified White House documents: Sources
  • A former assistant of Donald Trump revealed that he frequently wrote to-do lists on classified documents from the White House.

  • Trump allegedly told her, 'You don't know anything about the boxes,' after learning about the FBI's interest in interviewing her.

  • The person identified as 'Trump Employee 2' in the indictment handled Trump's White House-era boxes and provided him with photos of those boxes.

  • A representative for the assistant declined to comment.
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Aileen Cannon Asks Trump Aide to Explain Jack Smith's Grand Jury: Walt Nauta was charged in the classified documents case for trying to obstruct the federal ...
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Aileen Cannon Asks Trump Aide to Explain Jack Smith's Grand Jury
Quick Glance: Judge questions use of 2 grand juries in Trump documents case
  • Judge Aileen M. Cannon wants federal prosecutors to explain why grand juries were used in Florida and Washington in the classified documents case against Donald Trump.

  • Cannon, the federal judge in South Florida, posed the question in a court filing and requested a response from prosecutors by Aug. 22.

  • The secret proceedings provided the majority of the evidence crucial to the case.

  • In May, the activity of the grand jury appeared to continue at a federal courthouse in Miami.
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Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case: Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira was again unable to enter a plea in the ...
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Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case
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Robbins: Security tapes spell trouble for ‘the boss,’ will voters care?: The only thing worse than a conspiracy to obstruct justice is a conspiracy to obstruct ...
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Robbins: Security tapes spell trouble for ‘the boss,’ will voters care?
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Former US President Donald Trump reaffirmed this morning that he would not end his run for the White House, even if he is jailed ... Show more   nine.social/hye   #9News
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"These were my tapes": Trump pushes back on new charges in classified docs case
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"These were my tapes": Trump pushes back on new charges in ...
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DOJ fights Trump effort to reestablish secure facility at Mar-a-Lago: The Justice Department (DOJ) is fighting an effort from former President Trump’s legal team ...
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DOJ fights Trump effort to reestablish secure facility at Mar-a-Lago
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Who is Walt Nauta, the Trump aide indicted in classified documents case?: Editor’s note: This file has been updated to reflect the number of criminal counts Walt ...
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Who is Walt Nauta, the Trump aide indicted in classified documents case?
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Mar-a-Lago prosecutors eye July episode with Trump surveillance cameras: Investigators believe a Mar-a-Lago employee had a conversation with an IT worker about ...
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Mar-a-Lago prosecutors eye July episode with Trump surveillance cameras
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Former President Donald Trump faces 37 felony counts connected to the mishandling of classified documents, according to an indictment unsealed Friday by the ... Show more
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Schiff says classified documents case against Trump ‘a lot stronger’ after new indictment
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Schiff says classified documents case against Trump ‘a lot stronger’ after ...
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Quick Glance: Trump seeks to delay trial with classified documents until after 2024 election
  • Trump pleads not guilty during court proceedings in Florida.

  • Trial date initially set for August 14, then postponed to December 11.

  • Prosecutors requested delay anticipating defense opposition.

  • They argue it will be challenging to prepare for the trial before the 2024 presidential election.
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Surveillance footage of Trump boxes paved way for FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search: Prosecutors suspected Trump kept classified documents because only a small number were ...
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Surveillance footage of Trump boxes paved way for FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search
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Former Trump adviser on new indictment: ‘Further proof’ DOJ wants to block him from winning in 2024
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Former Trump adviser on new indictment: ‘Further proof’ DOJ wants to block ...
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Exclusive: Mar-a-Lago pool flood raises suspicions among prosecutors in Trump classified documents case
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Exclusive: Mar-a-Lago pool flood raises suspicions among prosecutors in ...
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Hawley on new Trump indictment: ‘We cannot allow this to stand’: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) slammed the new charges brought against former President Trump in the ...
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Hawley on new Trump indictment: ‘We cannot allow this to stand’
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Mar-a-Lago worker’s lawyer has conflicts of interest in documents case, prosecutors say
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Mar-a-Lago worker’s lawyer has conflicts of interest in documents case ...
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DOJ's New Trump Evidence Will Be Hard for Jury to Ignore: Former Prosecutor: Federal prosecutors charged the former president on three new counts in the ...
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DOJ's New Trump Evidence Will Be Hard for Jury to Ignore: Former ...
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Signs emerge that Justice Department is edging closer to possible federal indictment of Trump
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Federal prosecutors tell Trump that he is a target in classified files probe: The notice from the Department of Justice gives Trump's lawyers a chance to argue ...
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Federal prosecutors tell Trump that he is a target in classified files ...
Quick Glance: Mark Meadows Testifies in Trump Special Counsel Investigation
  • Wore a dark suit and red tie.

  • Involved in pivotal moments around the 2020 election as President Trump sought to remain in office.

  • The final White House chief of staff under President Trump, Mark Meadows, has testified before a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the investigations being led by the special counsel’s office, according to two people briefed on the matter.

  • The timing and scope of Meadows' testimony remain unclear.
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Reports: Trump employees moved boxes at Mar-a-Lago day before officials sought documents
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Reports: Trump employees moved boxes at Mar-a-Lago day before officials ...
Quick Glance: Trump employees moved Mar-a-Lago boxes before FBI visit
  • Prosecutors have evidence that Trump kept classified documents in his office and showed them to others.

  • The timing of the box movement is a significant element in the investigation.

  • A Mar-a-Lago employee cooperated with the government and helped move boxes.

  • Investigators are looking for evidence of deliberate withholding of classified papers.
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Judge Aileen Cannon Kills Trump's Hopes of a Post-Election Trial: Cannon has set a trial date for the federal case less than six months before the 2024 election.
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Judge Aileen Cannon Kills Trump's Hopes of a Post-Election Trial
Quick Glance: Trump Mar-a-Lago Classified Documents Trial Begins
  • Trial begins on May 20: Trump's illegal possession of classified documents in Mar-a-Lago

  • Prosecutors accuse Trump of withholding secret documents after leaving office and obstructing their retrieval

  • Jury decision in the Mar-a-Lago case must be unanimous

  • Mar-a-Lago case is one of several legal challenges Trump is facing
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Trump aide Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case: Walt Nauta is accused of moving boxes containing top-secret government materials at ...
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Trump aide Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case
Quick Glance: Evidence Shows Box Movement at Mar-a-Lago Before FBI Search
  • Witness evidence reveals movement of boxes, including brown cardboard boxes and Bankers boxes.

  • The Justice Department has released additional photographic and video evidence collected from Mar-a-Lago last year.

  • The search affidavit provides detailed information on box movement and the whereabouts of documents from the Trump presidency.

  • Video footage indicates recent movement of evidence, but the exact location of the removed boxes is unknown.
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Melania Ignoring ‘Reality’ and Donald Trump’s Stormy Daniels Problems at Mar-a-Lago, Report Says
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Melania Ignoring ‘Reality’ and Donald Trump’s Stormy Daniels Problems at ...
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Donald Trump’s federal trial on charges related to the classified documents seized at his Mar-a-Lago estate is scheduled Aug. 14 ... Show more   https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/20/judge-sets-trump-federal-criminal-trial-for-aug-14/70337300007/

Quick Glance: Trump indicted: GOP base remains loyal
  • Trump sees the indictment as another attempt to sideline him.

  • Critics argue that even public documents are often wrongly marked as classified.

  • Unlike Trump, Pence and Biden cooperated with authorities and returned the classified documents.

  • The indictment could boost Trump's electoral chances, as he remains popular among GOP voters and most of his primary opponents rushed to support him after the charges.
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Trump heads to Florida ahead of court appearance: live updates: Former President Trump will be arraigned in a Florida court on Tuesday on federal charges of ...
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Trump heads to Florida ahead of court appearance: live updates
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Trump indictment unsealed in documents case | Live updates: The Democratic leaders of both congressional chambers are urging supporters and detractors of former ...
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Trump indictment unsealed in documents case | Live updates
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Josh Hawley Catches Flak For Harebrained Take On New Trump Document Charges: Critics pointed to the Missouri senator's law background in disgust.
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Josh Hawley Catches Flak For Harebrained Take On New Trump Document ...
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Trump Documents Investigation Heating Up: Here’s What We Know As Grand Jury Reportedly Meeting This Week
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Trump Documents Investigation Heating Up: Here’s What We Know As Grand ...
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Trump's Mar-a-Lago danger: Special counsel nears end of classified documents probe
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Quick Glance: Trump indictment imminent? Lawyers seek meeting with prosecutors on documents case
  • Donald Trump's legal team is requesting a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland to discuss the investigation of classified documents, which is often a sign of an impending indictment.

  • The letter from Trump's lawyers suggests that an indictment may be forthcoming and such a meeting is often used to negotiate a resolution.

  • It is unclear whether Garland will agree to a meeting with Trump's legal team, as he assigned the documents case to Special Counsel Jack Smith last year.

  • Smith is investigating whether the former president mishandled classified documents and obstructed justice by ignoring a subpoena to return presidential documents taken from the White House.
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Federal appeals court halts special master review of Trump's Mar-a-lago documents
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Federal appeals court halts special master review of Trump's ...
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Justice Department Probing Links Between Donald Trump and Saudi-Backed LIV Golf, Report Says
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Justice Department Probing Links Between Donald Trump and Saudi-Backed LIV ...
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Justice Department had video of boxes being moved at Mar-a-Lago before FBI search, unredacted document shows
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Justice Department had video of boxes being moved at Mar-a-Lago before FBI ...
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Secret Service agents subpoenaed in special counsel's probe of Mar-a-Lago documents
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Secret Service agents subpoenaed in special counsel's probe of Mar-a-Lago ...
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After former President Donald Trump was indicted by a New York grand jury Thursday, his supporters and opponents gathered near his Mar-a-Lago estate in ... Show more

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Justice Department seeking to hold Trump in contempt over classified documents: The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to hold Donald Trump in contempt ...
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Justice Department seeking to hold Trump in contempt over classified ...
Quick Glance: Mar-a-Lago special master fired formally; Trump unlikely to appeal
  • This dismissal brings to an end a protracted legal saga centered on the appointment of the special master, with the case pinging through the appeals courts as the Justice Department attempted to halt what its representatives argued was a "intrusion" into the criminal investigation into alleged mishandling of sensitive government documents after Trump left the White House.

  • Trump has appointed two of the panel's three judges to the appeals court.

  • The former president's legal team had requested that the special master evaluate if Trump may assert any protections over the legal documents in order to shield them from criminal investigators.
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Trump says he's been indicted in classified documents probe: The Department of Justice did not immediately confirm or comment on the development.
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Trump says he's been indicted in classified documents probe
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Trump Employee Charged in Classified Docs Case: The Justice Department has charged a third man in connection with their investigation into former President ...
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Trump Employee Charged in Classified Docs Case
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Garland to name special counsel for Trump Mar-a-Lago, 2020 election probes: Justice Department decision comes days after Donald Trump formally declared himself a ...
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Garland to name special counsel for Trump Mar-a-Lago, 2020 election probes
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Document affair: U.S. Justice Department shows information on Trump - with fewer redactions.
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Document affair: U.S. Justice Department shows information on Trump - with ...
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The Department of Justice unsealed a 37-count indictment against Donald Trump on Friday for allegedly storing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, then hiding them from the government.

Who got close to the secret records? Tens of thousands of people, according to the government, explaining that documents remained on site as members and guests streamed in and out of the club.

Forbes mined social media to figure out some of the people who came into Trump’s office, one of the places where Trump kept the records, for this September 2022 story.

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<p>The Department of Justice unsealed a 37-count indictment against Donald ...
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How Trump Tried to Delete Mar-a-Lago Security Footage, Indictment Claims: The revised indictment accusing Donald Trump of new crimes over his retention of ...
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How Trump Tried to Delete Mar-a-Lago Security Footage, Indictment Claims
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DOJ turns over Mar-a-Lago grand jury testimony to Trump team: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has turned over a trove of evidence in the Mar-a-Lago case to ...
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DOJ turns over Mar-a-Lago grand jury testimony to Trump team
Quick Glance: DOJ delivers Mar-a-Lago grand jury testimony to Trump team
  • The Department of Justice has provided evidence in the Mar-a-Lago case to former President Trump and his attorneys, including testimony from witnesses before the grand jury.

  • Prosecutors interviewed a variety of witnesses, including former members of Trump’s legal team who were compelled to appear before the grand jury.

  • The files also contain the testimony of Walt Nauta, Trump’s valet and co-defendant in the case.

  • The files are part of the discovery phase and contain only unclassified materials.
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A timeline of events leading to Donald Trump’s indictment in the classified documents case
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A timeline of events leading to Donald Trump’s indictment in the ...
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Trump Calls to Defund FBI and DOJ After Arrest: Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that Republicans should defund the DOJ and the FBI "until they come to ...
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Trump Calls to Defund FBI and DOJ After Arrest
Quick Glance: Trump, who is facing criminal charges, calls for the FBI to be defunded.
  • Former President Donald Trump waves to supporters after speaking at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, hours after being arraigned in New York City.

  • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump called on his Republican colleagues in Congress on Wednesday to cut funding for the US Justice Department and the FBI, just one day after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

  • DOJ is an abbreviation for the Department of Justice.

  • Trump is the subject of two Justice Department criminal investigations, one of which is being led by a special counsel appointed by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.
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Trump lawyers say he designated seized Mar-a-Lago documents 'as personal records' — DOJ says he can't do that 'simply by saying so'
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Quick Glance: Justice Department vs. Trump Lawyers Over Seized Documents
  • A pair of unsealed filings dispute the former president's authority to claim White House materials as his personal property and use executive privilege.

  • The Justice Department said in a recently unsealed brief that Mr. Trump would have required to declare them as personal property before leaving office.

  • Another important question is whether Mr. Trump can use executive privilege to prevent the executive branch from investigating executive branch records for criminal purposes.

  • The Justice Department argued that Mr. Trump could not invoke executive privilege in this case.
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You Can Get Married in a Room Where It Appears Donald Trump Hoarded Classified Documents
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You Can Get Married in a Room Where It Appears Donald Trump Hoarded ...
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Appeals court strikes down special master in Trump Mar-a-Lago documents case: A three-judge panel, including two Trump employees, said they would not "carve out ...
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Quick Glance: Appeals Court Abandons Special Master Review in Trump Documents Case
  • The appeals court decision, however, did not address that question since it terminated Judge Cannon's review on jurisdictional grounds.

  • Mr. Trump's lawyers claimed during the early days of the special master's investigation that he personally possessed a large number of papers that the government claimed were public property under the Presidential Records Act.

  • The court of appeals stated that it was neither considering or endorsing that theory.

  • The appeals court decided in favor of the government within a week.