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Democrats call for justice department to investigate migrant flights

Dozens of Congress members seek inquiry into whether transport of asylum seekers from Florida and Texas broke federal law

The Guardian - US

US Rep. Matt Gaetz unlikely to face charges in sex-trafficking probe, report says

ORLANDO, Fla. — Citing concerns about the credibility of key witnesses against him — including Seminole County’s former tax collector, Joel Greenberg — career Justice Department prosecutors have recommended against charging U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz with sex trafficking, according to a report.

Orlando Sentinel

DOJ's reproductive rights group is watching for state changes that violate federal law

The Justice Department is leading an effort to monitor changes in state law after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

WEKU

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What's up with the DOJ election rule?

There's no law that politicians can't be prosecuted before an election. It's an unwritten rule, not always honored

Salon

Commentary: Whew — the 11th Circuit slapped back at Trump’s wacko claim to the Mar-a-Lago documents

The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday evening reversed U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon’s refusal to grant the Justice Department a stay in the case of the Mar-a-Lago documents (Cannon’s second outrageous piece of work related to the purloined White House records). The appeals court decision had…

Los Angeles Times

US judge asks Trump’s team to justify claims about FBI search

Ex-president has claimed without evidence that FBI might have planted documents during search of Mar-a-Lago last month.

Al Jazeera

EXPLAINER: Declassification in spotlight during Trump probe

In the weeks since the FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and seized about 100 documents with classification markings, the former president has insisted he had declassified the information

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Special master sets tight schedule to review Trump records taken in Mar-a-Lago search

WASHINGTON — The special master picked to review more than 11,000 records removed by the FBI from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month has set out his plan of action, with a tight schedule and the intention of wrapping up the record review in late October.

Los Angeles Times

Trump's legal woes mount without protection of presidency

Donald Trump’s latest legal troubles – sweeping fraud allegations by New York’s attorney general and a stark repudiation by federal judges he appointed – have laid bare the challenges piling up as the former president operates without the protections afforded by the White House

The Independent UK

To charge or not to charge Trump? Garland has nothing but hard choices

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland is rapidly approaching a choice likely to shape American politics and the boundaries of law enforcement for decades: whether Donald Trump will be the first former U.S. president charged with a crime.

Tribune News Service

Wisconsin agent charged in nonfatal shooting of unarmed man

A prosecutor has charged a Wisconsin Department of Justice agent with reckless endangerment in the nonfatal shooting of an unarmed man during a Madison traffic stop last winter

The Independent UK

US trial begins for Trump ally accused of illicit UAE lobbying

Prosecutors say Tom Barrack involved in scheme to garner ‘power and money’; defence denies he acted as a foreign agent.

Al Jazeera

Court: Trump judge "abused" discretion

"That was the most polite way the appellate court could smack down Judge Cannon," national security attorney says

Salon

Special master asks Trump team for proof of claims that FBI planted evidence – as it happened

Special master also gives series of deadlines in the case after judges overturn ruling that temporarily blocked DoJ from the material

The Guardian - US

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The Conversation

The Justice Department's dilemma over prosecuting politicians before an election

As the 2022 midterm campaigns approach Election Day on Nov. 8, 2022, a federal probe into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is testing an unwritten policy of the U.S. Justice Department.

WEKU

An appeals court rules the DOJ can regain access to documents seized from Mar-a-Lago

A federal appeals court has permitted the Justice Department to resume its use of classified records seized from Donald Trump's Florida estate as part of its ongoing criminal investigation.

Reuters

U.S. appeals court says Trump criminal probe can resume classified records review

The U.S. Justice Department can resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump's Florida home pending appeal, a federal appellate court ruled on Wednesday, giving a boost to the criminal investigation into whether the records were mishandled or compromised.

Tribune News Service

US wins court order letting it use some Trump documents in probe

The U.S. Justice Department can use about 100 documents with classified markings seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in an ongoing criminal investigation and national security review, a federal appeals court said.

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The Independent UK

Trump docs probe: Court lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records

A federal appeals court has lifted a judge’s hold on the Justice Department’s ability to use classified records seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate in its ongoing criminal investigation

Tribune News Service

Trump backer who plotted bombing Democratic HQ in Sacramento blames beer for ‘huge mistake’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When two Bay Area supporters of former President Donald Trump were indicted last year on charges of plotting to blow up the Democratic headquarters building in Sacramento, federal officials described the plans as “despicable conduct” with no place in American society.

Roll Call

Appeals court allows review of Mar-a-Lago classified documents - Roll Call

A federal appellate court Wednesday allowed the Justice Department to use classified documents seized in a search of Donald Trump’s Florida club last month.

Reason

Judge Reviewing Mar-a-Lago Documents Complains That Trump Has Offered No Evidence He Declassified Them

In any case, that issue does not seem relevant under the statutes that the FBI cited in its search warrant.

AFP

The legal woes of former US president Donald Trump

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump has launched a new White House run despite facing legal exposure, and potential criminal charges, on several fronts -- with some suggesting the prospect may even have pushed him towards another presidential bid.

Reuters

U.S. urges appeals court to block Trump from reviewing classified records

Former President Donald Trump has failed to provide evidence he declassified any records the FBI seized from his Florida estate and he is not entitled to review them or have them returned, the U.S. Justice Department has argued to a federal appeals court.

Salon

Trump special master pick "backfired"

“You can’t have your cake and eat it,” Raymond Dearie told Trump lawyers after they refused to provide evidence

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