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Donald Trump’s criminal cases: Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation report

A federal judge in Florida blocked the Justice Department from releasing a report on two criminal probes of Donald Trump, setting up a potential legal fight between the president-elect and the prosecutors that investigated him. US District Judge Aileen Cannon said she was temporarily prohibiting public release of the findings of Special Counsel Jack Smith‘s investigations into Trump. Former federal …

Unsealed court filings in the federal classified documents investigation show that former President Donald Trump’s valet and personal aide Walter Nauta was promised he’d be pardoned for lying to the FBI if Trump won the 2024 election. “NAUTA was also told that even if he gets charged with lying to the FBI, FPOTUS will pardon him in 2024,” reads the …

The judge overseeing Donald Trump's Florida classified documents criminal case is expected to determine Friday the validity of charges that say two of Trump's co-defendants obstructed the investigation into the case. Last year, Nauta and De Oliveira asked Judge Aileen Cannon to throw out the charges because, as they alleged, Special Counsel Jack Smith didn't meet the burden of proof …

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Lawyers for two co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the classified documents case asked a judge on Friday to dismiss charges against them. Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira are charged with conspiring with Trump to obstruct an FBI investigation into the hoarding of classified documents at the former president’s …

WASHINGTON — An information technology director at Mar-a-Lago struck a cooperation agreement with federal prosecutors last summer in their investigation of Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents at the former president’s Florida property, according to the worker’s ex-lawyer. Stanley Woodward, a former attorney for the IT manager, made the revelation in a court filing responding to Justice Department arguments that …

WASHINGTON — It’s a stunning new allegation in an already serious case: Former President Donald Trump sought to delete Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage to obstruct the Justice Department’s investigation into his handling of classified documents. All he can do is claim he’s being persecuted and hope for a holdout juror or something.” Trump resorted to that familiar playbook on Friday, writing …

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump faced new charges Thursday in a case accusing him of illegally possessing classified documents, with prosecutors alleging that he asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct a federal investigation into the records. The new indictment includes extra charges of obstruction and willful retention of national …

Former President Trump was indicted on 37 charges, including 31 counts of violations of the Espionage Act, as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents from his time in the White House. The 49-page indictment, released Friday by the Department of Justice, details accusations that Trump stored boxes containing classified documents in various locations …

A Mar-a-Lago maintenance worker provided prosecutors key evidence in Justice Department’s investigation of Donald Trump over the former president’s handling of classified documents, The New York Times reports. The Times’ Alan Feuer and Maggie Haberman write that “The worker’s account is potentially significant to prosecutors as they piece together details of how Mr. Trump handled sensitive documents he took with …

Washington CNN — The federal criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s potential mishandling of classified documents has escalated with additional charges against the former president. February 9, 2022 NARA asks the Justice Department to investigate Trump’s handling of White House records and whether he violated the Presidential Records Act and other laws related to classified information. He reveals that he personally …