"It is not a legal argument": George Conway destroys Trump's "nonsensical" court filing
2 years, 2 months ago

"It is not a legal argument": George Conway destroys Trump's "nonsensical" court filing

Salon  

On Monday's edition of CNN's "The Situation Room," conservative attorney and longtime Donald Trump skeptic George Conway took down the former president's latest defense of his classified document stash in Mar-a-Lago in a clash with the Justice Department this week. Trump is now claiming, among other things, that his decision to transport records from highly classified storage facilities at the White House to his resort in Palm Beach, including Iranian weapons secrets, means he implicitly designated these as "personal" documents — a claim that Conway, the husband of a former Trump adviser, derided as absurd. In fact, Conway continued, even if Trump were correct that he had designated the presidential records as personal records, "they would still be potentially subject to subpoena" of the type the DOJ issued and that he ignored. "There is no reason that the Justice Department couldn't have personal records," said Conway.

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What is the Presidential Records Act Trump keeps citing in his defense?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

What is the Presidential Records Act Trump keeps citing in his defense?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Even if, by some stretch of the imagination, a president can hang onto classified …

Prosecutors in Trump's classified documents case sharply rebuke judge's unusual and 'flawed' order
9 months, 1 week ago

Prosecutors in Trump's classified documents case sharply rebuke judge's unusual and 'flawed' order

The Hindu  

Federal prosecutors in the U.S. chided the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida, warning her off potential jury instructions that they said rest on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.” In an unusual order, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had asked prosecutors and defence lawyers to file proposed jury instructions for most of the charges …

Judge rules Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case can proceed
9 months, 1 week ago

Judge rules Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case can proceed

NPR  

Judge rules Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case can proceed Enlarge this image toggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images MIAMI — A federal judge in Florida has denied a motion by former President Donald Trump to dismiss charges against him in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. In their motion, Trump's lawyers asserted that the former president …

Column: Aileen Cannon’s handling of Trump’s classified records case just went from bad to horrible
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: Aileen Cannon’s handling of Trump’s classified records case just went from bad to horrible

LA Times  

As the judge presiding over the federal prosecution of Donald Trump for hoarding classified records at his Florida estate, Aileen Cannon has been a dubious influence from the start. Cannon’s first scenario supposes that a jury has to make a factual finding as to whether the government proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the records Trump absconded with are presidential …

Aileen Cannon sends 'frightening' signal by considering Trump argument to dismiss: expert
10 months ago

Aileen Cannon sends 'frightening' signal by considering Trump argument to dismiss: expert

Raw Story  

Judge Aileen Cannon will hear former President Donald Trump's argument that he was entitled to keep any presidential documents he wanted, and a legal expert said that sends an ominous signal. The former president's legal team has argued in court filings that the Mar-a-Lago case should be dismissed because they say the Presidential Records Act gave him the authority to …

Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds
10 months ago

Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds

Associated Press  

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A federal judge on Thursday rejected one bid by Donald Trump to throw out out his classified documents criminal case, and appeared skeptical during hours of arguments of a separate effort to scuttle the prosecution ahead of trial. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued a two-page order saying that though the Trump team had raised “various …

Judge rejects bid by Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds
10 months ago

Judge rejects bid by Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds

LA Times  

This image, contained in the indictment against former President Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. A federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid by Donald Trump to throw out his classified documents criminal case and appeared skeptical during hours of arguments of …

FACT FOCUS: Trump twists Presidential Records Act, Clinton ‘sock drawer’ case to mount defense
1 year, 7 months ago

FACT FOCUS: Trump twists Presidential Records Act, Clinton ‘sock drawer’ case to mount defense

Associated Press  

To hear former President Donald Trump tell it, taking and withholding classified documents was perfectly consistent with federal law and a decade-old legal case involving former President Bill Clinton. “The crucial legal precedent is laid out in the most important case ever on this subject, known as the Clinton socks case.” But legal experts say Trump’s description of the law …

Trump doubles down: 'I had the right to' take confidential documents from National Archives
1 year, 8 months ago

Trump doubles down: 'I had the right to' take confidential documents from National Archives

Raw Story  

At his town hall in New Hampshire on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump was pressed about the investigation into classified documents stashed at his Mar-a-Lago country club — and he defiantly claimed he had a blanket right to take all those documents in perpetuity, and that every other president has done the same thing. "I had every right to under …

Court seems skeptical of Trump claims in Mar-a-Lago case
2 years, 1 month ago

Court seems skeptical of Trump claims in Mar-a-Lago case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court appeared deeply skeptical Tuesday that former President Donald Trump was entitled to challenge an FBI search of his Florida estate or to have an independent arbiter review documents that were seized from the home. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, including two Trump appointees, repeatedly suggested Trump …

Trump team, Justice Dept. spar over seized Mar-a-Lago docs
2 years, 2 months ago

Trump team, Justice Dept. spar over seized Mar-a-Lago docs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and lawyers for Donald Trump are at odds over whether the former president can assert executive privilege over documents seized from his Florida estate to shield them from investigators and over whether he can treat the records as his own personal belongings. Justice Department investigators want broad access to the documents as they consider whether …

Trump claims he owns pardon requests and immigration records from White House
2 years, 2 months ago

Trump claims he owns pardon requests and immigration records from White House

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former president Donald Trump has told the New York judge …

Supreme Court to decide whether Trump’s tax returns must be released to House
5 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court to decide whether Trump’s tax returns must be released to House

LA Times  

The Supreme Court stepped into the midst of a major clash between Congress and President Trump on Friday, saying it will consider three cases in which Trump argues the Constitution gives him sweeping immunity to shield his tax returns and business records from being released to House Democrats or prosecutors. If the justices uphold the subpoenas — two from House …

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