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Why prosecutors might get Trump – and not Biden – for classified documents

Trump’s situation is more perilous because of his reluctance to cooperate and his suspected obstruction of justice

The Guardian - US · Feb 3, 2023

Domestic abusers have gun rights too, US appeals court rules

The decades-old U.S. law barring Americans who commit domestic-violence from possessing guns contradicts the nation’s “historical tradition” of access to firearms even for people who aren’t “model citizens,” a federal appeals court ruled.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2023

Child Welfare Algorithm May Unfairly Target Disabled Parents, Complaints to DOJ Allege

"When you have technology designed by humans, the bias is going to show up in the algorithms," said one former child welfare worker.

Reason · Feb 2, 2023

Gene Collier: Get ready for the weaponization Olympics

William Barr took another spin through the news cycle last week, and though it wasn’t anywhere near as uplifting as his star turn before the Jan. 6 committee, you can be sure he came out wearing the identical self-assured smirk he’s long since perfected.

Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023

Will Bunch: The NYT should tell readers whether it helped crooked FBI agents get Trump elected in 2016

It was arguably the most consequential "October Surprise" in the history of American presidential elections. In the waning days of the 2016 race, with polls showing Hillary Clinton clinging to a lead over Donald Trump, two last-minute stories broke that rekindled on-the-fence voters' ethical doubts about Democrat Clinton and quashed…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 2, 2023

Hunter Biden seeks federal probe of Trump allies over laptop

Lawyers for President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, have asked the Justice Department to investigate close allies of former President Donald Trump and others who they say accessed and disseminated personal data from a laptop he dropped off at a Delaware computer repair shop in 2019

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

FBI searches Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home

The FBI is conducting a search of President Joe Biden’s Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

FBI searches Biden's Delaware beach home as documents probe accelerates

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department searched President Joe Biden’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Wednesday morning, with his consent, his lawyer said, after recent discoveries of classified documents in the president’s private home and office.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

No classified documents found in FBI search of Biden's Delaware beach home

WASHINGTON — A Justice Department search of President Joe Biden’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, didn’t find any classified documents, but investigators did take for further review materials and handwritten notes from Biden’s time as vice president, the president’s lawyer said.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

Biden attorney: no classified documents found in search of Delaware beach house

The U.S. Justice Department did not find documents with classified markings during a three-and-a-half hour search of President Joe Biden's beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware, on Wednesday but did take some materials for further review, Biden's attorney said.

Reuters · Feb 1, 2023