Matt Gaetz wanted Trump to give him pre-emptive pardon over sex investigation, report says Spokesperson for Florida congressman calls allegation ‘malicious rumor’ The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022
Justice Department asks circuit court to stay special master decision in Trump records case WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to stay a portion of a federal judge’s decision to appoint a special master to review materials seized during the Aug. 8 search of former President Trump’s Florida home. Los Angeles Times · Sep 17, 2022
DeSantis could be charged with kidnap after moving migrants to Martha’s Vineyard California Governor Gavin Newsom asks DoJ to ‘investigate whether the alleged fraudulent inducement would support charges of kidnapping under relevant state laws’ The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022
Fears for safety of incarcerated children after fire in Perth maximum security prison WA Department of Justice reports one person treated for smoke inhalation but concerns remain about conditions inside Caruarina detention facility The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2022
Newsom calls for US inquiry into DeSantis and migrant flight to Martha’s Vineyard Gov. Gavin Newsom called Thursday for a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to fly several immigrant families to Martha’s Vineyard. Tribune News Service · Sep 15, 2022
Mar-a-Lago documents: Trump delaying tactics causing ‘irreparable harm’ – DoJ Justice department court filing argues that judge’s special master ruling impedes its review of highly classified documents The Guardian - US · Sep 14, 2022
Donald Trump could become president of the United States again — even if he's in jail As Donald Trump faces mounting allegations of impropriety, experts say even a prison sentence wouldn't necessarily stop him becoming US president for a second time. ABC News · Sep 13, 2022
DOJ blankets TrumpWorld with subpoenas The Justice Department blanketed TrumpWorld with subpoenas and seized phones from top Trump aides Salon · Sep 13, 2022
Commentary: Trump doesn’t just threaten the rule of law, he threatens the legal profession as a whole The mounting evidence that Donald Trump mishandled classified information after leaving office — and the response of his legal team to the Department of Justice investigation — reveals the former president’s threat to another critical institution: the legal profession. Chicago Tribune · Sep 13, 2022
Trump lawyers push dubious docs claim Attorneys suggest Trump may have declassified or designated documents as personal but won't actually say he did Salon · Sep 12, 2022
Trump lawyers say classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago may not be classified Mr Trump’s allies often claim he issued sweeping declassification orders before leaving office in January 2021 The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2022
Senate intelligence chair urges judge to allow briefing on Trump Mar-a-Lago search Democrat says clarification from judge urgently needed and the mishandling of state secrets could have disastrous consequences The Guardian - US · Sep 11, 2022
Trump’s increasing tirade against FBI and DoJ endangering lives of officials The ex-president’s cries of a witch-hunt by law enforcement, echoed by his allies, have imperiled officers’ physical safety The Guardian - US · Sep 11, 2022
Two Trump officials subpoenaed for fundraising to undermine elections Stephen Miller and Brian Jack were summoned as authorities investigate funds related to the Save America Pac, currently sitting at $100m The Guardian - US · Sep 10, 2022
WEKU · Sep 10, 2022 Justice Dept. and Trump lawyers dispute how the Mar-A-Lago special master should work Late Friday, lawyers for former President Trump and the Department of Justice released different names for who they would want to review documents found in the court-authorized search of Trump's club.
The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022 Trump news – live: Hillary Clinton mocks Melania as Trump border wall charity fraud case ramps up Rolling coverage of the former president’s latest legal woes
Input · Sep 9, 2022 DOJ testifies that Google spends billions on search engine supremacy A Department of Justice attorney said in court that Google's default contracts keep it on top.
Los Angeles Times · Sep 9, 2022 Justice Department plans to appeal ruling for a special master in Trump Mar-a-Lago search WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice intends to appeal a federal judge’s decision to grant former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home, a ruling that temporarily halts the use of the records for investigative purposes.
Benzinga · Sep 8, 2022 Florida: Nikki Fried's Guns And Weed Filing Slams DOJ For Offensive Characterization Of Cannabis Users In August, the Department of Justice urged a federal court to dismiss the lawsuit broughy by Florida's Agriculture Minister Nikki Fried, which seeks to allow legal medical marijuana
Los Angeles Times · Sep 8, 2022 Commentary: Why we’re drowning in a ‘tsunami’ of government secrets While the eyes of journalists, Congress and the public are on the Department of Justice investigation of the classified documents that former President Donald Trump removed from the White House, a recent report about a different critical issue of government secrecy has gone unnoticed.
Tribune News Service · Sep 8, 2022 Noah Feldman: Do ‘Trump judges’ exist? We’re about to find out (Bloomberg Opinion) — Start circling the wagons. That’s the message a federal district judge is sending to other Trump-appointed judges by allowing a special master to review the documents seized from a Mar-A-Lago safe. By suggesting that former president Donald Trump might be able to invoke executive privilege after leaving…
Los Angeles Times · Sep 7, 2022 Commentary: The special master order for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents is perverse and potentially disastrous U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s order requiring the appointment of a special master to sift through the property seized in the search of Mar-a-Lago has found few defenders. Its tendentious factual account and muddled legal reasoning are easy to denigrate.
Tribune News Service · Sep 6, 2022 Sen. Richard Burr avoided loss, made money on ‘well-timed’ stock deal, court records show RALEIGH, N.C. — Court records released Tuesday reveal that U.S. Sen. Richard Burr avoided an estimated $87,000 in losses and gained more than $164,000 due to his “well-timed” stock sales at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tribune News Service · Sep 5, 2022 Trump praises ‘courage and guts’ after federal judge agrees to special master in top secret document review Former President Donald Trump appeared to praise a federal judge Monday for agreeing to his demand for a special master in the investigation into mishandling of top secret documents.
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022 Trump says US is ‘broken’ because FBI never searched Joe or Hunter Biden’s homes Former president is marking Labor Day by airing a string of unhinged grievances about the man who defeated him nearly two years ago