'A criminal investigation is warranted': CNN legal analyst changes mind on Trump liability after J6 hearings
2 years, 6 months ago

'A criminal investigation is warranted': CNN legal analyst changes mind on Trump liability after J6 hearings

Raw Story  

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin has long been skeptical that criminal charges will be brought against former President Donald Trump for his attempts to stay in power despite losing the 2020 presidential election. However, after Thursday's House Select Committee hearings on Trump's efforts to strongarm the United States Department of Justice into declaring the 2020 election "corrupt," Toobin has changed his mind. But yesterday, when you saw the totality of President Trump's behavior, it certainly looked like a criminal investigation was warranted at the minimum and, you know, we will see about a prosecution." 'A criminal investigation is warranted' into Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 www.youtube.com NOW WATCH: FBI raids multiple churches said to be recruiting soldiers

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'Everybody wants to look at it': Hegseth FBI file in high demand as questions grow
3 weeks ago

'Everybody wants to look at it': Hegseth FBI file in high demand as questions grow

Raw Story  

There is a growing demand outside of normal channels within the U.S. Senate among lawmakers who want access to the file compiled on Donald Trump's choice to be the secretary of defense. According to a report from Politico's Joe Gould, under normal circumstances the investigation materials on ex-Fox News personality Pete Hegseth would only be viewed by the two most …

A criminal trial while in office? Will Trump's hush money conviction stand?
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

A criminal trial while in office? Will Trump's hush money conviction stand?

Firstpost  

Donald Trump has lost a bid to dismiss his hush money conviction, as a Manhattan judge ruled that the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision does not apply to this case. The ruling keeps the legal drama alive as Trump, now elected for a second term, faces the unprecedented situation of a criminal conviction while in office Former US President Donald …

'Outrageous': GOP lawmaker turns on Trump's DOJ after revelation it spied on Congress
4 weeks, 2 days ago

'Outrageous': GOP lawmaker turns on Trump's DOJ after revelation it spied on Congress

Raw Story  

Rep. Mike Turner, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, lashed out at President-elect Donald Trump's former Department of Justice for obtaining records of lawmakers, staffers and journalists during an investigation of leaks. In a report released Tuesday, the Justice Department's inspector general said the DOJ targeted two lawmakers and 43 staffers in an effort to unearth leaks to journalists. "This …

'Deep state' DOJ lawyers 'steeling themselves for confrontations' with Trump: report
1 month, 1 week ago

'Deep state' DOJ lawyers 'steeling themselves for confrontations' with Trump: report

Raw Story  

Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher has been talking with career attorneys at the United States Department of Justice and has found that they are determined to stay on the job despite threats from President-elect Donald Trump and his allies. According to Fisher, these lawyers know that the second Trump administration will likely be even more hostile to them than the …

‘Lawyer up guys’: MAGA lawyer threatens Trump's prosecutors — with a specific statute
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Lawyer up guys’: MAGA lawyer threatens Trump's prosecutors — with a specific statute

Raw Story  

Right-wing lawyer Mike Davis upped his rhetoric against prosecutors who brought criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, even going as far as to suggest which charge he thinks Jack Smith and other prosecutors could face. Declaring that people who engaged in the filing of criminal charges against Trump “must face consequences,” Davis said a criminal probe under 18 …

‘It’s over’: Legal expert shuts the door on Trump's charges ever being revived
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘It’s over’: Legal expert shuts the door on Trump's charges ever being revived

Raw Story  

For a former president embroiled in a head-spinning number of criminal cases, Jack Smith’s move to dismiss charges in Donald Trump’s election subversion matter on Monday closed the door on the legal saga that likely won’t be reopened again, according to a former federal prosecutor. For all intents and purposes, it's over.” Honig added that Smith’s move on Monday to …

'Won't break the law': 'Morning Joe' panelist doubts Trump loyalists will follow commands
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Won't break the law': 'Morning Joe' panelist doubts Trump loyalists will follow commands

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's latest attorney general nominee has called for the prosecution of law enforcement officials who charged the former president with crimes, but panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" said their actions had already passed legal scrutiny. Pam Bondi told Fox News last year, after Trump's indictment in Georgia, that "the prosecutors will be prosecuted" and "the investigators will be investigated." …

'The clock is ticking': Fears raised Trump will now gut sex crimes investigation reforms
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'The clock is ticking': Fears raised Trump will now gut sex crimes investigation reforms

Raw Story  

With President-elect Donald Trump poised to assume power after he is sworn in next January, federal officials overseeing reforms in multiple police departments and how they conduct sex crimes investigations are fearful their work will be shunted aside and their work shut down. According to a report from the New York Times, two years ago the Department of Justice opened …

Trump allies call for DOJ to go after president-elect’s political enemies
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump allies call for DOJ to go after president-elect’s political enemies

Raw Story  

With the nomination of former congressman Matt Gaetz, a MAGA loyalist known for hyperbolic rhetorical attacks against Donald Trump’s enemies, to serve as attorney general, the president-elect appears to be eying the U.S. Justice Department as a cudgel against his political enemies. “There must be severe legal, political and financial consequences,” Davis said, after citing the FBI raid on Trump’s …

Republicans face a 'double-edged sword' if they seek revenge for Trump: legal expert
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Republicans face a 'double-edged sword' if they seek revenge for Trump: legal expert

Raw Story  

Members of Congress bent on getting revenge for the way they think Donald Trump was treated after he left office may be stepping into precarious territory — particularly if they make good on threats to go after special counsel Jack Smith. In a column for MSNBC, attorney Shan Wu noted a post on X from owner Elon Musk –– now …

Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win
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2 months ago

Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win

The Independent  

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Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win
2 months ago

Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump before the president-elect takes office in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. But Trump’s election defeat of Kamala Harris means that the Justice Department believes he …

Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win
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2 months ago

Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win

LA Times  

Donald Trump speaks after voting on at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center on Tuesday in Palm Beach, Fla. Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump before the president-elect takes office in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted, a person familiar with …

Trump promised to get revenge. Here are his targets.
2 months ago

Trump promised to get revenge. Here are his targets.

Politico  

Cheney angered Trump while serving as vice chair of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Last year, Trump reposted a social media message from conservative talk show host Mark Levin saying Smith “must go to prison.” In August, Trump reposted a message calling “Jackal Smith … a career criminal” and saying he …

Special Counsel Releases Redacted Documents in 2020 Election Subversion Case Against Trump
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Special Counsel Releases Redacted Documents in 2020 Election Subversion Case Against Trump

CNN  

Special counsel Jack Smith has released nearly 2,000 heavily redacted pages of documents in his 2020 election subversion case against former President Donald Trump. The documents contain snippets of the evidence Smith relied on to charge the former president, including transcripts and notes from FBI interviews conducted during the yearslong investigation.

Legal expert gasps at previously unknown detail in unsealed election interference filing
3 months ago

Legal expert gasps at previously unknown detail in unsealed election interference filing

Raw Story  

New bombshell evidence unsealed Wednesday in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case aroused gasps on MSNBC from a legal analyst stunned by the former president’s cavalier “so what” response to reports that his vice president was facing direct danger on Jan. 6. “I don’t usually gasp at things,” said MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin during an appearance with host …

Ex-Prosecutor Points Out 1 Crucial Thing Trump ‘Doesn’t Realize’ About His Rants
4 months ago

Ex-Prosecutor Points Out 1 Crucial Thing Trump ‘Doesn’t Realize’ About His Rants

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner thinks former president and current GOP nominee Donald Trump’s latest controversial comments about his myriad legal woes could come back to seriously haunt him. In a recent interview with Fox News’ Mark Levin, Trump declared: “Whoever heard you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election, where you have every right to …

Lawmakers are moving quickly to launch investigations into the Trump assassination attempt
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Lawmakers are moving quickly to launch investigations into the Trump assassination attempt

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Congressional committees are moving quickly to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania that also saw one rallygoer killed and two others seriously wounded. “The United States Secret Service has a no-fail mission, yet it failed on Saturday when a madman attempted to assassinate President Trump, killed an innocent victim, …

Trump makes last-ditch push to halt damaging 'mini-trial' in Jan. 6 case
6 months ago

Trump makes last-ditch push to halt damaging 'mini-trial' in Jan. 6 case

Raw Story  

There's still a chance former President Donald Trump could still face damaging criminal hearings before the November election in his January 6 election conspiracy case — and he's scrambling to prevent that from happening. The Supreme Court's controversial decision earlier this month granted a presumption of immunity for "official acts" undertaken by presidents in office, but gave little to no …

Judge in classified documents case grants Trump’s request for hearing on evidence
6 months, 1 week ago

Judge in classified documents case grants Trump’s request for hearing on evidence

LA Times  

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Trump on Thursday granted a defense request for a hearing on whether prosecutors improperly breached attorney-client privilege when they obtained crucial evidence from one of Trump’s ex-lawyers. But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon also denied a request for a hearing on a separate Trump team claim that the …

Trump trial reaches its end game
7 months, 1 week ago

Trump trial reaches its end game

Raw Story  

NEW YORK — The historic trial of Donald Trump enters its final act Tuesday, with closing arguments to the jury who must then decide whether to hand down the first ever criminal conviction of a former U.S. president. Speaking to reporters before and after each day in court, Trump launched regular tirades against Judge Juan Merchan — calling him "corrupt" …

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from making statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from making statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case

LA Times  

Prosecutors asked the judge to curb Donald Trump’s communications after he issued distorted and false statements about the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022. Federal prosecutors Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” …

'Beyond reason': Ex-FBI agent deconstructs conspiracy theory about Trump assassination
7 months, 2 weeks ago

'Beyond reason': Ex-FBI agent deconstructs conspiracy theory about Trump assassination

Raw Story  

The explosion of a conspiracy theory that the Justice Department, or possibly President Joe Biden himself, ordered an assassination against former President Donald Trump, is worth deconstructing, wrote former FBI Special Agent Asha Rangappa and House January 6 Committee investigator Tom Joscelyn in an analysis for Just Security. The claim stems from a small section in documents about the Mar-a-Lago …

The staggering number of Americans who want Trump's prosecutions investigated as 'election interference' is revealed in new Daily Mail poll
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The staggering number of Americans who want Trump's prosecutions investigated as 'election interference' is revealed in new Daily Mail poll

Daily Mail  

Americans overwhelmingly want Congress to investigate whether the wave of prosecutions against Donald Trump amount to interference in the 2024 presidential race, a new poll shows. The survey of more than 1,400 US adults comes as Trump's fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen gives evidence against his former boss in his hush money payments trial in New York City. Voters overwhelmingly say Congress …

Column: The Trump prosecution has a Michael Cohen problem — and a plan to solve it
8 months, 1 week ago

Column: The Trump prosecution has a Michael Cohen problem — and a plan to solve it

LA Times  

Since the opening of the Donald Trump’s New York trial — when the former president’s counsel told the jury that the prosecution’s star witness “cannot be trusted” — the defense has telegraphed its principal strategy: Eviscerate Michael Cohen. But before the jury has even heard from Trump’s bête noire, the prosecution has made great strides to neutralize any plan to …

'Big deal': Ex-prosecutor says Trump just made criminal court history in hush money trial
8 months, 1 week ago

'Big deal': Ex-prosecutor says Trump just made criminal court history in hush money trial

Raw Story  

Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin Tuesday took a harsh view of the contempt order handed down by Manhattan criminal court judge Juan Merchan to former President Donald Trump. "I think it is historic and I think we need to pause and recognize what a big deal this," Toobin told a CNN panel Tuesday night. Trump has not been convicted in …

How Fox News is lying about Trump’s trial
8 months, 1 week ago

How Fox News is lying about Trump’s trial

Raw Story  

David Pecker, long-time publisher of the National Enquirer and Donald Trump’s bosom buddy, spent hours on the witness stand in Manhattan last week. Trump, Pecker and Cohen paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to “kill” news that could hurt Trump’s campaign, without reporting those payments to the Federal Election Commission as the campaign contributions they were. He said he told …

The New Jan. 6 Testimony Against Trump Will Be Devastating at Trial
55 years ago

The New Jan. 6 Testimony Against Trump Will Be Devastating at Trial

Slate  

On Sunday, ABC News reported on new evidence now in the hands of special counsel Jack Smith that signals a turning point for the prosecution against Donald Trump. The statements that ABC reported are new, in part, because witnesses like Scavino and Mark Meadows, the Trump White House chief of staff, didn’t speak with the House Jan. 6 committee. Scavino …

One Trump co-defendant is having a 'coming to Jesus moment': Jan. 6 investigator
1 year ago

One Trump co-defendant is having a 'coming to Jesus moment': Jan. 6 investigator

Raw Story  

He pleaded guilty and since then maybe he's trying to make amends. That's the thinking of former House Jan. 6 Committee investigator Temidayo Aganga-Williams when it comes to pro-Trump attorney and now-convicted felon Kenneth Chesebro. The disgraced attorney's peeling back of the curtain into Trumpworld on the concerted effort and many hands involved to deliver critical documents to D.C. in …

How the 2016 election could factor into the case accusing Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 race
1 year ago

How the 2016 election could factor into the case accusing Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 race

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — To hear his lawyers tell it, Donald Trump was alarmed by Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, motivated as president to focus on cybersecurity and had a good-faith basis four years later to worry that foreign actors had again meddled in the race. “There’s usually multiple data points that each side will argue indicates one mental state or …

Trump is demanding prosecutors find 'evidence that probably doesn't exist': legal expert
1 year ago

Trump is demanding prosecutors find 'evidence that probably doesn't exist': legal expert

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump recently made a demand that special counsel Jack Smith turn over evidence as part of the discovery process to help him prove the 2020 election was really "stolen" from him. While such evidence would likely be helpful to Trump at his upcoming election subversion trial, it also is highly unlikely to actually exist since multiple recounts …

Revealed: New bombshell filing contains interviews with Trump intel officials
1 year ago

Revealed: New bombshell filing contains interviews with Trump intel officials

Raw Story  

Late Saturday special counsel Jack Smith's office submitted a 45-page filing that contained the results of extensive interviews with senior intelligence officials who worked under Donald Trump, all of whom undercut his claims of outside 2020 presidential election interference. According to a report from Politico's Kyle Cheney, the filing is designed to put a halt to the former president's legal …

Ex-Prosecutor Predicts Trump Tactic Backfire: They’ll ‘Figuratively Disembowel Him’
1 year, 1 month ago

Ex-Prosecutor Predicts Trump Tactic Backfire: They’ll ‘Figuratively Disembowel Him’

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner on Tuesday explained why Donald Trump’s usual “throw all the s**t against the wall and see what sticks” strategy likely won’t work in his upcoming trial in his election interference case in Washington. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan last week ruled Trump couldn’t claim presidential immunity from the federal prosecution in …

In new challenge to indictment, Trump’s lawyers argue he had good basis to question election results
1 year, 1 month ago

In new challenge to indictment, Trump’s lawyers argue he had good basis to question election results

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump had a “good faith” basis to question the results of the 2020 election, his lawyers said in demanding that prosecutors turn over any evidence related to voting irregularities and potential foreign interference in the contest won by Democrat Joe Biden. The lawyers seek permission to force special counsel Jack Smith’s team to produce vast swaths of …

Experts: "Increased violence" possible as Trump's criminal cases move forward
1 year, 3 months ago

Experts: "Increased violence" possible as Trump's criminal cases move forward

Salon  

Threats against law enforcement, judges and elected officials are on the rise as Donald Trump's prosecutions gain momentum, The New York Times reported on Monday. These concerns have amplified amid complaints by Trump supporters and many Republicans that the Justice Department has been "weaponized" — a narrative the former president has extensively promoted on social media. "Trump's pattern of lashing …

Ex-DOJ Official Predicts More Indictments In Trump Election Subversion Case
1 year, 3 months ago

Ex-DOJ Official Predicts More Indictments In Trump Election Subversion Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Washington, D.C., grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s bid to flip the 2020 election result will reportedly meet again this week, and a former Department of Justice official doesn’t think it will bring good news for the former president. On Sunday, MSNBC’s Jen Psaki asked former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal if he thought more indictments were …

Trump’s comments risk tainting jury pool in federal election subversion case, special counsel says
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump’s comments risk tainting jury pool in federal election subversion case, special counsel says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith warned Tuesday that former President Donald Trump’s “daily” statements threaten to taint a jury pool in Washington in the criminal case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s provocative comments about both Smith’s team and U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan — who is presiding over …

Trump rages on social media at Judge Chutkan — and demands Jan. 6 committee be criminally charged
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump rages on social media at Judge Chutkan — and demands Jan. 6 committee be criminally charged

Raw Story  

Donald Trump assailed Judge Tanya Chutkan in a social media rant Monday after the federal judge set the former president’s trial date in the 2020 election conspiracy case for March 4, 2024. Trump’s lawyers had sought an April 2026 start for the election conspiracy case, while special counsel Jack Smith requested a Jan. 2, 2024 start date. “Today a biased, …

Ex-DOJ Official Thoroughly Dismantles Trump's Election Conspiracy Defenses
1 year, 4 months ago

Ex-DOJ Official Thoroughly Dismantles Trump's Election Conspiracy Defenses

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Mary McCord, a former top Justice Department official, shot down multiple defenses that Donald Trump and his defense team have been floating in his election conspiracy case. On Sunday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” McCord examined talking points the former president and his allies have been using against criminal charges that he conspired to overturn his 2020 …

Trump election interference case: What happens next?
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump election interference case: What happens next?

Al Jazeera  

Former US president has pleaded not guilty to charges, but case could affect his 2024 re-election campaign. Trump, who has denied all wrongdoing, remains the top Republican contender in the 2024 presidential nomination race, and the election case is expected to create further scheduling headaches as the break-neck GOP primary season approaches. Here’s what happens next in Trump’s election interference …

Fox News Host Spars With Trump-Loving Republican: Charges 'Can't All Be Specious'
1 year, 5 months ago

Fox News Host Spars With Trump-Loving Republican: Charges 'Can't All Be Specious'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Fox News’ Neil Cavuto on Wednesday pressed Donald Trump-defending Rep. Nick Langworthy to point out which of the 78 criminal charges now pending against the former president are “specious.” Langworthy, once a member of Trump’s transition team who was endorsed by the former president last year, told the host that he expects “a continuation of more of …

Trump supporters view the latest indictment as evidence of a crime — against Trump
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump supporters view the latest indictment as evidence of a crime — against Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump and his supporters are reacting to a third indictment against him with a now-familiar playbook: deflecting with unrelated accusations, distracting with misleading claims about the charges, and demonizing the prosecution. He has created this seamless world, where to his followers, everything just confirms his victimhood.” Trump’s repeated lies about the election are at the …

Trump is arraigned and pleads not guilty to charges he conspired to overturn election
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump is arraigned and pleads not guilty to charges he conspired to overturn election

NPR  

Trump is arraigned and pleads not guilty to charges he conspired to overturn election Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to four felony charges that he attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Enlarge this image toggle caption Dana Verkouteren/AP Dana Verkouteren/AP Trump, the …

Trump lawyer hints at a First Amendment defense in the Jan. 6 case. Some legal experts are dubious
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump lawyer hints at a First Amendment defense in the Jan. 6 case. Some legal experts are dubious

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s legal team is characterizing his indictment in the special counsel’s 2020 election interference investigation as an attack on the former president’s right to free speech. Those efforts, prosecutors wrote in the indictment, amounted to a disruption of a “bedrock function of the United States federal government: the nation’s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results …

Trump faces criminal charges over efforts to overturn 2020 US election
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump faces criminal charges over efforts to overturn 2020 US election

Deccan Chronicle  

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday on four felony counts that accuse him of working to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol. But the defendant repeated and widely disseminated them anyway — to make his knowingly false claims appear legitimate, to create an intense …

Trump faces criminal charges for efforts to overturn 2020 election
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump faces criminal charges for efforts to overturn 2020 election

Al Jazeera  

Prosecutors say Trump, who is seeking the White House in 2024, assaulted the ‘bedrock function of democracy’ to cling on to power. Former United States President Donald Trump has been criminally indicted for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, with prosecutors accusing the Republican politician of attempting to obstruct “a bedrock function” of democracy in order …

'That timeline is devastating': CNN legal analyst says Trump's legal problems just got much worse
1 year, 5 months ago

'That timeline is devastating': CNN legal analyst says Trump's legal problems just got much worse

Raw Story  

CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams on Friday said that a new indictment leveled against Donald Trump shows how the former president has made all of his legal problems even worse with ham-handed efforts to obstruct the investigation. In particular, Williams said that the new indictment really lays out the ways Trump tried to pull the wool over investigators' eyes at …

Justice Department will make prosecutor in Hunter Biden case available to testify before Congress
1 year, 5 months ago

Justice Department will make prosecutor in Hunter Biden case available to testify before Congress

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The lead prosecutor in the case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter says he is willing to testify publicly this fall, setting up a clash with House Republicans who have demanded he come in soon for a closed-door interview. In a two-page letter to Rep. Jim Jordan on Monday, the Justice Department offered to make U.S. Attorney David …

Former prosecutor provides roadmap for proving Trump's 'criminal state of mind' in election tampering
1 year, 5 months ago

Former prosecutor provides roadmap for proving Trump's 'criminal state of mind' in election tampering

Raw Story  

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show," former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner claimed he expects at least two more Donald Trump indictments to be forthcoming and slapped aside any concerns prosecutors will have trouble proving the former president's "criminal intent" when they go to trial. "Katie, I don't often like to go where I'm about to go, because …

Explained: The charges looming over Donald Trump in US 2020 election probe
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained: The charges looming over Donald Trump in US 2020 election probe

Firstpost  

Former US president Donald Trump faces a slew of potential charges in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. A letter reportedly listed three federal criminal statutes: conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of an official procedure, and deprivation of rights Donald Trump, who has already indicted and pleaded not guilty for hoarding confidential documents and paying out hush …

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