Trump special master calls his "bluff" Trump lawyers immediately balk at Dearie's request for details on Trump's claim that he "declassified" documents Salon · Sep 20, 2022
Top Financial Media Stories Tuesday, September 20: Apple Feels The Forex Pinch, Pepsi Ends Russian Production, Beyond Meat's COO Arrested And More.. Reuters What Recession? AmEx Shares Ambitious Hiring Plans As Peers Let Go Staff Benzinga · Sep 20, 2022
Trump legal team balks at judge's declassification questions Donald Trump’s legal team has told a judge it does not want to answer his questions about the declassification status of the documents seized last month from the former president’s Florida home The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022
Trump Was Warned About Legal Implications Of Holding Government Files Before Mar-a-Lago Raid But Turned Deaf Ear To It: NYT Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s defenses in the Mar-a-Lago document case are getting weaker by the day. Benzinga · Sep 20, 2022
Oath Keepers militia trial tests prosecutors in U.S. Capitol riot cases The trial of Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, is set to begin next week in what could be the biggest test for the U.S. Justice Department in its quest to hold former President Donald Trump's supporters accountable for their Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the… Reuters · Sep 20, 2022
Judge asks Trump's lawyers if he declassified records in FBI search The U.S. judge named to review documents seized by the FBI last month at Donald Trump's Florida home pressed Trump's lawyers on Tuesday to say whether they plan to assert that the records had been declassified by the former president, as he has claimed. Reuters · Sep 20, 2022
Trump records review can be done in a month in DOJ plan Records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Florida home can be reviewed by a neutral third party at a rate of about 500 documents each business day, the Justice Department said in a court filing, as the former president’s lawyers again avoided dealing with claims he declassified them. Tribune News Service · Sep 20, 2022
Cornyn leads Senate GOP push for special counsel in Hunter Biden probe WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn of Texas and 32 other Senate Republicans are demanding special counsel powers for the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden, warning Attorney General Merrick Garland to take steps needed to avert political meddling on behalf of the president’s son. Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022
Trump team thinks Dearie is FBI skeptic Judge Raymond Dearie tasked with reviewing docs seized from Mar-a-Lago after signing off on Carter Page warrant Salon · Sep 19, 2022
Trump rages after return to Mar-a-Lago The FBI agents "didn’t even take off their shoes in my bedroom," Trump complained Salon · Sep 19, 2022
The Trump judge ruling on the Mar-a-Lago affair is defying established law Why is a young, ideologically-driven judge with a lifetime appointment to the bench allowed to ignore legal precedents? The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2022
"Day of reckoning" is coming for Trump Kenneth McCallion battled Trump in court — and says Merrick Garland has "overwhelming evidence" for conviction Salon · Sep 19, 2022
Scoop: Team Trump sees special master as FBI skeptic Judge Raymond Dearie's involvement with the Carter Page case is known. But advisers have not previously said it drove their thinking in requesting him. Axios · Sep 18, 2022
Gaetz sought trafficking pardon: report "Matt Gaetz is the only sitting Congressman to ever ask for a pardon for sex trafficking," said watchdog group CREW Salon · Sep 18, 2022
ABC News · Sep 17, 2022 US Justice Department asks appeals court to lift judge's hold on Mar-a-Lago probe The US Justice Department asks a federal appeals court to lift a judge's order that temporarily barred it from reviewing a batch of classified documents seized during an FBI search of Donald Trump's Florida home last month.
Los Angeles Times · 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.
Axios · Sep 17, 2022 DOJ seeks to block parts of judge’s ruling on documents seized in Mar-a-Lago search DOJ asked to "stay only the portions of the order causing the most serious and immediate harm to the government and the public."
The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022 US asks appeals court to lift judge's Mar-a-Lago probe hold The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to lift a judge’s order that temporarily barred it from reviewing a batch of classified documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month
Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022 Trump special master off to a fast start in documents review WASHINGTON — The newly named special master in the Donald Trump records seizure case wasted no time in scheduling a hearing for the former president’s attorneys and those from the Justice Department.
Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022 Former US attorney believes there are ‘many’ more victims of ex-cop Roger Golubski As the U.S. attorney in Kansas in 2019, Stephen McAllister said he asked the FBI to initiate an investigation into Roger Golubski, a former detective long suspected of various criminal activities.
The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022 Trump shares nasty body-shaming photo after Chris Christie criticises him in interview The former New Jersey governor defended the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search, apparently enraging the former president
The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022 Trump news – live: Gaetz ‘wanted pardon’ in sex investigation, as Trump fat shames friend ahead of Ohio rally Rolling coverage of the former president’s latest legal woes and other news from Washington, DC and beyond
Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022 Kansas teen’s fentanyl death spurs bill to hold social media accountable KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The death last year of a Johnson County, Kansas, teenager poisoned by fentanyl has led to a congressional effort to make social media companies report illegal drug activity on their platforms.
Al Jazeera · Sep 16, 2022 US judge sides with Trump, keeps document review on pause Court appoints ‘special master’ to vet files seized from former US president’s Florida home for privileged material.
Salon · Sep 16, 2022 Experts rip "partisan" pro-Trump ruling Attorneys blast Judge Aileen Cannon as a "partisan hack" after she sides with Trump in special master dispute