Former DOJ official: Indictment for Trump's alleged election crimes will be a much bigger deal than the docs scandal
1 year, 8 months ago

Former DOJ official: Indictment for Trump's alleged election crimes will be a much bigger deal than the docs scandal

Raw Story  

Mary McCord, former acting assistant attorney general for national security, said that despite the talk about Donald Trump's indictments for stealing the White House documents upon leaving office. Speaking to Symone Sanders-Townsend, filling in for MSNBC's Chris Hayes, McCord explained that in many ways, a second Trump indictment will be much more severe than the first one will be, despite the first dealing with national security. In the seven swing states where he lost, went ahead and met as though they were the real electors, cast their votes, and sent them to the former vice president urging him to count them." From there was the pressure campaign on former "Vice President Pence," she said.

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DOJ 'on the edge of a full-scale revolt' over Trump appointee's threats: legal expert
1 month ago

DOJ 'on the edge of a full-scale revolt' over Trump appointee's threats: legal expert

Raw Story  

The resignation of the acting U.S. attorney representing the Southern District of New York, followed by several of her colleagues also walking, over demands and threats from the top DOJ officials to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams could be the precipitating event that leads to a revolt in the department. During an appearance on MSNBC's …

Ex-US attorney goes off on 'nasty' Trump DOJ official for selling 'his soul for power'
1 month ago

Ex-US attorney goes off on 'nasty' Trump DOJ official for selling 'his soul for power'

Raw Story  

Reacting to the chaos created by Donald Trump's second in command at the Department of Justice this week that led to well-regarded prosecutors resigning to avoid dropping corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former U.S. attorney slammed him on MSNBC. Appearing on "The Weekend," Kristy Greenberg, former deputy chief of the criminal division for the U.S. …

Eric Adams Charges Dispute: What dispute between the DOJ and top SDNY officials really means.
1 month, 1 week ago

Eric Adams Charges Dispute: What dispute between the DOJ and top SDNY officials really means.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. A rolling Thursday afternoon massacre has unraveled the usually staid workings of the United States Justice Department, spreading from the Southern District of New York to the Public Integrity Section in Washington D.C. On Thursday at 2 p.m., the …

Conservative Pundit Slams Trump DOJ For 'Ridiculous' Hypocrisy In Eric Adams Case
1 month, 1 week ago

Conservative Pundit Slams Trump DOJ For 'Ridiculous' Hypocrisy In Eric Adams Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Conservative lawyer and Fox News contributor Andrew McCarthy is calling out President Donald Trump, who spent years decrying the Justice Department as “weaponized” against him under his predecessor — only to intervene in the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. “Bondi, acting through, is poised to abandon the case against Adams on explicit political grounds …

'Unacceptable': Top Trump prosecutor rages at coworkers after email 'immediately' leaks
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Unacceptable': Top Trump prosecutor rages at coworkers after email 'immediately' leaks

Raw Story  

The prosecutor President Donald Trump appointed to an acting role near the top of the Department of Justice had a particularly rough first week at work, according to several emails leaked by his colleagues. On Tuesday, Martin sent an email to DOJ personnel complaining that a Monday email he sent ordering an internal review of how federal prosecutors handled January …

Trump DOJ dismisses charges against Republican for lying to the FBI
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump DOJ dismisses charges against Republican for lying to the FBI

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump's Justice Department has moved to dismiss the case prosecuting former Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry. Fortenberry was convicted in 2022 of hiding illegal foreign donations to his congressional campaign, which is a breach of federal law. The case was paused after an appeals court ruled that the charges should have been brought in a different venue, either Nebraska …

Trump fires a dozen who worked with Jack Smith as DOJ reviews Jan. 6 cases: reports
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump fires a dozen who worked with Jack Smith as DOJ reviews Jan. 6 cases: reports

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump has fired a dozen officials who worked with special counsel Jack Smith and a a high-ranking Trump-appointed prosecutor is poised to give fresh scrutiny to the Justice Department’s decision to slap hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters with felony obstruction charges in connection with the Capitol attack, according to reports. The move comes as the Justice Department fires …

DOJ Releases Special Counsel Jack Smith's Findings In Trump Jan. 6 Probe
2 months, 1 week ago

DOJ Releases Special Counsel Jack Smith's Findings In Trump Jan. 6 Probe

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Justice Department delivered part of special counsel Jack Smith’s report to Congress early Tuesday morning, explaining his charging decisions related to the probe into now-President-elect Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election leading up to and during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In the report, Smith defended the investigation …

Jack Smith rebuts Trump's claims of "exoneration," details campaign to overturn the 2020 election
Top News
2 months, 1 week ago

Jack Smith rebuts Trump's claims of "exoneration," details campaign to overturn the 2020 election

Salon  

Special counsel Jack Smith 's final report on Donald Trump’s attempts on and before January 6 to overturn the 2020 election states that the case against the president-elect would’ve been strong enough to convict him if he hadn’t won his re-election bid. Smith’s report alleges that Trump was fully aware that his voter fraud claims weren’t true, noting that “some …

How the DOJ ran out of time prosecuting Trump for January 6 riot
2 months, 2 weeks ago

How the DOJ ran out of time prosecuting Trump for January 6 riot

CNN  

CNN — Several months after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, FBI investigators began pursuing a tantalizing tip suggesting that Donald Trump had possibly met with members of the Proud Boys, the far-right group that took part in some of the most brutal violence that day, people briefed on the investigation told CNN. “Many times, when people …

How the DOJ ran out of time prosecuting Trump for January 6 riot
2 months, 2 weeks ago

How the DOJ ran out of time prosecuting Trump for January 6 riot

CNN  

CNN — Several months after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, FBI investigators began pursuing a tantalizing tip suggesting that Donald Trump had possibly met with members of the Proud Boys, the far-right group that took part in some of the most brutal violence that day, people briefed on the investigation told CNN. “Many times, when people …

‘Fatal Mistake’: Democrats Blame DOJ As Trump Escapes Accountability For Jan. 6
2 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Fatal Mistake’: Democrats Blame DOJ As Trump Escapes Accountability For Jan. 6

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― After a mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, it looked like Donald Trump’s political career was over. “The evidence the Jan. 6 committee used was available from the beginning.” “Had they proceeded with those prosecutions, I think he would have been convicted and we’d have a different president now,” …

'Outrageous': GOP lawmaker turns on Trump's DOJ after revelation it spied on Congress
3 months, 1 week 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 …

Has Trump’s legal storm blown away?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Has Trump’s legal storm blown away?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In light of the legal immunity afforded to U.S. Presidents for official acts, Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith recently moved to drop the charges against President-elect Donald Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, specifically the criminal charges for encouraging a violent mob to attack the U.S. Capitol on January …

Trump's plan for retribution against DOJ prosecutors gets GOP senator's backing: analyst
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump's plan for retribution against DOJ prosecutors gets GOP senator's backing: analyst

Raw Story  

Donald Trump is reportedly planning to go after the career prosecutors who worked under special counsel Jack Smith in the two federal cases against him — which legal experts have called a gross violation of precedent. Sen. Eric Schmitt said on last weekend's "Meet the Press," that "First and foremost, the people involved with this should be fired immediately," and …

'Deep state' DOJ lawyers 'steeling themselves for confrontations' with Trump: report
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

‘Prosecutors will be prosecuted’: Pam Bondi vowed DOJ ‘Deep State’ will be ‘cleaned out’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Prosecutors will be prosecuted’: Pam Bondi vowed DOJ ‘Deep State’ will be ‘cleaned out’

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump's latest pick to become Attorney General, former Florida AG Pam Bondi, is a MAGA supporter who vowed last year that if Trump were to return to the White House, the "deep state" would be eliminated from the U.S. Dept. In 2023, Bondi told Fox News host Sean Hannity that "when Republicans take back the White House and …

"Do not do that at my table": CNN's Abby Phillip shuts down Trump surrogate's "condescending" remark
4 months ago

"Do not do that at my table": CNN's Abby Phillip shuts down Trump surrogate's "condescending" remark

Salon  

A CNN panel over Donald Trump’s since-withdrawn attorney general pick Matt Gaetz’s sordid history of sexual misconduct investigations got heated on Wednesday night when a Trump surrogate hurled a condescending dismissal. In a segment discussing a web of former Florida Rep. Gaetz’s Venmo transactions leaked to the New York Times, host Abby Phillip had to shut down MAGA surrogate and …

Trump allies call for DOJ to go after president-elect’s political enemies
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Legal expert reveals what he says is the 'biggest mistake' DOJ made in going after Trump
4 months, 1 week ago

Legal expert reveals what he says is the 'biggest mistake' DOJ made in going after Trump

Raw Story  

Donald Trump is likely to escape accountability for any alleged crimes he may have committed in the federal cases brought against him now that he has been elected president, and one former prosecutor highlighted what he says is the "biggest mistake" that led to that particular scenario. During an appearance on MSNBC, former Department of Justice white-collar crime prosecutor Ankush …

DOJ lawyer provides roadmap to slowing down Trump's revenge-minded 'maniacs'
4 months, 1 week ago

DOJ lawyer provides roadmap to slowing down Trump's revenge-minded 'maniacs'

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's election victory of Vice President Kamala Harris already has staffers at the Justice Department planning their exits, fearful they will either be fired because they are not considered loyal to him or because they want no part of what is expected to be a wave of investigations of his enemies. The fear is that career leadership and career …

'Make them riot': Politico pulls 6 key details from Jack Smith's massive Trump filing
5 months, 2 weeks ago

'Make them riot': Politico pulls 6 key details from Jack Smith's massive Trump filing

Raw Story  

Politico legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney shared on X Wednesday afternoon his immediate takeaways on the 165-page document Smith filed moments earlier in Washington D.C. federal court. "As the defendant placed alternating phone calls to and throughout November 13 informed, another private Campaign advisor, of the change," the filing states, "writing, "Close hold don't tell anyone Trump just fired and …

GOP lawmaker 'badly undermines' Mike Johnson’s 'core' argument against Jack Smith
9 months, 1 week ago

GOP lawmaker 'badly undermines' Mike Johnson’s 'core' argument against Jack Smith

Raw Story  

During an interview with right-wing Fox News this week, House Speaker Mike Johnson offered some possible ways to "rein in" Jack Smith — the U.S. Department of Justice special counsel who is prosecuting two federal criminal cases against former President Donald Trump. But The New Republic's Greg Sargent, in an article published Friday, argues that a conservative congressman — long-time …

The Worst Possible Trump Attorney General Is the One He’d Be Likeliest to Pick
9 months, 1 week ago

The Worst Possible Trump Attorney General Is the One He’d Be Likeliest to Pick

Slate  

Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was a nightmare. Corruption and cruelty defined the former president’s DOJ and his approach to public service overall, and he has now identified someone who could immediately make a second Trump DOJ even worse: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Even as Paxton has directed public resources to support his friends at right-wing influence shops, he …

DOJ To Supreme Court: No, Trump’s Coup Attempt Is Not Immune From Prosecution
11 months, 1 week ago

DOJ To Supreme Court: No, Trump’s Coup Attempt Is Not Immune From Prosecution

Huff Post  

Protesters gather on the second day of pro-Trump events fueled by former President Donald Trump's continued claims of election fraud in an attempt to overturn the results before Congress finalizes them in a joint session on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images WASHINGTON ― Federal prosecutors Monday urged the nation’s high court to …

'This is such a red herring': Ex-DOJ official rips Judge Cannon's new Trump trial worries
1 year ago

'This is such a red herring': Ex-DOJ official rips Judge Cannon's new Trump trial worries

Raw Story  

The former chief of the Fraud Section in the Department of Justice blew off the worries Judge Aileen Cannon expressed on Friday about a DOJ policy about initiating a trial that would be looked upon as "political" based on who is under investigation. "Can you explain what the DOJ rule actually is, and your level of concern that Judge Cannon, …

Ex-DOJ Official Says This Chain Of Donald Trump's Logic Is A 'Recipe For Disaster'
1 year, 1 month ago

Ex-DOJ Official Says This Chain Of Donald Trump's Logic Is A 'Recipe For Disaster'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Obama-era acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal on Thursday marveled at the gall of Donald Trump’s multilayered argument about why he shouldn’t be prosecuted in a hush money payment case he’s facing. It’s a recipe for disaster.” Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, had earlier in the day rejected Trump’s request to dismiss 34 felony counts …

Trump freaks out on the DOJ over government document prosecution
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump freaks out on the DOJ over government document prosecution

Raw Story  

The special counsel investigating President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents isn't expected to file any charges, and Donald Trump predictably raged against the news. Special counsel Robert Hur and his team are expected to issue a detailed report criticizing the current president and his staff for their handling of sensitive materials, but two sources close to the investigation told …

Ex-DOJ Official Predicts More Indictments In Trump Election Subversion Case
1 year, 6 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 …

Ex-DOJ Official Thoroughly Dismantles Trump's Election Conspiracy Defenses
1 year, 7 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 …

DeSantis blasts DOJ while conceding he has 'not read the indictment' of Trump
1 year, 7 months ago

DeSantis blasts DOJ while conceding he has 'not read the indictment' of Trump

Raw Story  

Ron DeSantis, acknowledging he hadn’t ready Tuesday’s indictment of former President Donald Trump for seeking to violently disrupt the election of President Joe Biden and cling to power, has decried the charges. “As President, I will end the weaponization of government, replace the FBI Director, and ensure a single standard of justice for all Americans,” DeSantis wrote on X, the …

Why Trump Is the Most Furious About This Indictment
1 year, 7 months ago

Why Trump Is the Most Furious About This Indictment

Slate  

The third time is definitely not the charm for the former president. It went on to compare the latest charges brought against him with “Nazi Germany in the 1930’s, the former Soviet Union, and other authoritarian, dictatorial regimes.” According to insiders, this indictment has Trump “extremely angry and unsettled,” which, as journalist Maggie Haberman has suggested, might be because it …

'Borders on frivolous': DOJ destroys Trump's bid to delay docs case indefinitely
1 year, 8 months ago

'Borders on frivolous': DOJ destroys Trump's bid to delay docs case indefinitely

Raw Story  

The Department of Justice on Thursday in a strongly worded court filing rejected efforts by Donald Trump’s legal team to delay the federal case against the former president over allegations he mishandled classified documents until after the 2024 presidential election. The DOJ in particular cited Trump’s legal team’s assertion that the Presidential Records Act warrants a dismissal of the case, …

Jack Smith looks to hit Trump with up to 45 new charges and indict attorneys: report
1 year, 8 months ago

Jack Smith looks to hit Trump with up to 45 new charges and indict attorneys: report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump could soon be facing additional indictments from the Department of Justice, The Independent reports. Andrew Feinberg writes for The Independent that "Prosecutors are now prepared to 'stack' an 'additional 30 to 45 charges' on top of the 37-count indictment brought against Mr Trump on 8 June. Feinberg writes, “Additionally, it is understood that special counsel Jack Smith’s team …

MAGA Republicans are once again trying to intimidate the DOJ against Jan. 6 indictments: report
1 year, 8 months ago

MAGA Republicans are once again trying to intimidate the DOJ against Jan. 6 indictments: report

Raw Story  

The Department of Justice was intimidated into delaying investigations into the larger conspiracy allegations connected to the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt, and now MAGA Republicans are trying the same tactic now that the probe is finally ramping up, Vice reported. Vice noted a recent Washington Post report, which found that the "DOJ avoided even investigating Trump and his lieutenants in …

Trump was on the verge of being off the hook until the DOJ obtained incriminating doc tapes: report
1 year, 8 months ago

Trump was on the verge of being off the hook until the DOJ obtained incriminating doc tapes: report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump could have walked away unscathed from his squabble with the Department of Justice over sensitive documents he was hoarding at his Mar-a-Lago resort up until the moment investigators received recordings of him boasting about the documents and then sharing them with aides, a report revealed Friday. As they wrote, "Some officials at the time, even with evidence Trump …

"Planted by scoundrels": Trump melts down on Truth Social after DOJ reveals evidence against him
1 year, 9 months ago

"Planted by scoundrels": Trump melts down on Truth Social after DOJ reveals evidence against him

Salon  

Former President Donald Trump erupted on social media early Thursday after special counsel Jack Smith began turning over evidence Wednesday from his investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents and alleged attempts to obstruct government retrieval efforts. The former president, who pleaded not guilty to all 37 criminal charges in the indictment last Tuesday, took to Truth Social Thursday morning …

Opinion: Republicans are gunning for the DOJ, but it's Democrats who should have a beef with the feds
1 year, 9 months ago

Opinion: Republicans are gunning for the DOJ, but it's Democrats who should have a beef with the feds

LA Times  

This week opened with more proof: If Democrats are weaponizing the federal government against their political opponents, as Republicans charge, they’re doing a really bad job of it. The latest evidence underscoring the lunacy of Republicans’ complaints about a diabolical Democratic Deep State was the Washington Post’s lengthy investigative piece this week with the headline: “FBI resisted opening probe into …

"Shocking revelation": Report reveals DOJ didn't target Trump for Capitol riot until Jan. 6 hearings
1 year, 9 months ago

"Shocking revelation": Report reveals DOJ didn't target Trump for Capitol riot until Jan. 6 hearings

Salon  

The FBI resisted opening an investigation into former President Donald Trump's role in the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot for more than a year, according to The Washington Post. "The problem is there is no ladder between militia members, the Oath Keepers, and the Proud Boys wearing flak jackets and bullet-proof vests and carrying bear spray and emails to Mark …

‘No one is above the law’: Reactions to Trump indictment
1 year, 9 months ago

‘No one is above the law’: Reactions to Trump indictment

Al Jazeera  

Democrats welcome charges as US prosecutors unseal indictment over Donald Trump’s handling of classified files. House Republicans will hold this brazen weaponisation of power accountable.” Ron DeSantis, Florida governor and candidate for the Republican nomination “The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society. Eye for an eye.” Adam Schiff, Democratic representative “Trump’s apparent indictment …

Trump says on Truth Social that DOJ has told him he is indicted in docs case
1 year, 9 months ago

Trump says on Truth Social that DOJ has told him he is indicted in docs case

Raw Story  

On Thursday, former President Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that the Justice Department has informed his attorneys that he has been indicted in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. "The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax, even though Joe Biden has 1850 Boxes at the University of …

Trump lobs wild bribery claim against DOJ lawyer in all-caps midnight Truth Social rant
1 year, 9 months ago

Trump lobs wild bribery claim against DOJ lawyer in all-caps midnight Truth Social rant

Raw Story  

Donald Trump hurled bribery allegations at an unnamed prosecutor with the Department of Justice in a late-night, all-caps rant. One of the top prosecutors at the department of injustice was reportedly so obsessed with 'getting Trump' that he tried to bribe & intimidate a lawyer representing someone being targeted & harassed to falsely accuse & fabricate a story about president …

Trump Was Implicated in a Vote Machine Theft. Why Isn’t DOJ Investigating?
1 year, 10 months ago

Trump Was Implicated in a Vote Machine Theft. Why Isn’t DOJ Investigating?

Slate  

With a sexual assault verdict, campaign finance and fraud indictment, multiple federal investigations under Special Counsel Jack Smith, and more investigations pending in New York and Georgia, it seems that Donald Trump may finally face accountability for his criminal misconduct. Yet federal investigators appear to be ignoring Trump’s potential involvement in a criminal conspiracy to access and copy voting software …

'Sweeping election criminality' is the centerpiece of every major Trump investigation: conservative
1 year, 11 months ago

'Sweeping election criminality' is the centerpiece of every major Trump investigation: conservative

Raw Story  

According to conservative commentator Amanda Carpenter, if the seemingly endless reports of investigations into Donald Trump blur together that is because they are all, at the end of the day, about the same thing. In her column for the Bulwark, she stated that "election criminality" is at the center of the 34 felony count Manhattan indictment, the Fulton County, Georgia …

‘National security implications’: Former DOJ official speculates on ruling ordering Trump attorney to hand over docs
1 year, 11 months ago

‘National security implications’: Former DOJ official speculates on ruling ordering Trump attorney to hand over docs

Raw Story  

A former top Dept. of Justice official says a federal judge’s expedited ruling ordering an attorney for Donald Trump to testify against his client before a grand jury and hand over documents very well may be related to “national security.” U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled that DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith had successfully made the case Donald Trump may …

Busted: DOJ has evidence the Trump campaign knew there was no election fraud
2 years ago

Busted: DOJ has evidence the Trump campaign knew there was no election fraud

Raw Story  

Before Donald Trump made his infamous call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger imploring him to find votes that would help him secure the state's electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election, the now-former president's own campaign staff had created a report that showed there was little to no evidence of voter fraud in the state. Worse for Trump, …

Some members of Trump's inner circle looking forward to the DOJ possibly indicting him: report
2 years, 2 months ago

Some members of Trump's inner circle looking forward to the DOJ possibly indicting him: report

Raw Story  

Appearing very early on MSNBC on Monday morning, the Guardian's Hugo Lowell reported that there are some members of Donald Trump's inner circle who are willing to gamble that his being hauled into court by the DOJ would jumpstart his moribund 2024 presidential campaign despite the legal peril. "I think it's a really interesting question, you have to see how …

New York lawmaker calls on DOJ to open a 'conspiracy' investigation into 'complete fraud' George Santos
2 years, 2 months ago

New York lawmaker calls on DOJ to open a 'conspiracy' investigation into 'complete fraud' George Santos

Raw Story  

During an appearance on "CNN This Morning," incoming Democratic lawmaker and former Donald Trump House impeachment lawyer Dan Goldman claimed there is plenty of evidence to compel the Justice Department to open an investigation into the embattled Rep-elect. Following a tsunami of reports from multiple media outlets that Santos has outright lied about his personal work and educational history -- …

Special counsel’s latest move shows DOJ is opening a new front in Trump probes: NBC reporter
2 years, 3 months ago

Special counsel’s latest move shows DOJ is opening a new front in Trump probes: NBC reporter

Raw Story  

The recently appointed special counsel has issued a subpoena to Georgia's secretary of state for records related to Donald Trump's effort to overturn his election loss, signaling a new direction for the federal investigation. Jack Smith, who was appointed to oversee Trump-related investigations for the Justice Department, asked Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for documents related to Trump's request to …

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