U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday denied motions by two of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants to dismiss charges in the classified documents case. Trump aide Walt Nauta's lawyers asked this month for five charges against him to be dismissed, while lawyers for Carlos De Oliveira, who was the property manager at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida estate, requested that all charges against him be tossed out. In her filing in Florida, Cannon said De Oliveira "does not meaningfully...
By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s obstruction case in the classified documents prosecution survived an early test, with a federal judge on Thursday denying several bids by Donald Trump’s co-defendants to dismiss charges against them. Judge Aileen Cannon rejected efforts by Trump’s co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De
Carlos De Oliveira and Walt Nauta were charged with multiple counts of obstruction of justice alongside the former president last year
The judge presiding over former President Trump’s classified documents case unsealed a slew of documents Monday evening pertaining to the FBI’s investigation into the former president and the FBI’s raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ordered the release of the new documents, which provided a detailed look into the personnel involved in the raid on Mar-a-Lago and a play-by-play timeline of the raid. One of the documents is an FBI file that suggests the...
A federal judge in New York rejected former President Trump's appeal of the $83.3 million fine the jury awarded E. Jean Carroll after he denied allegations he raped her in the 1990s. The judge also denied his request for a new trial. A federal jury decided in January Trump must pay $18.3 million in compensatory damages, and $65 million in punitive damages. Trump and his attorneys filed a motion requesting a new trial in the case, arguing that the court limited his testimony during the trial...
by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2024 On Friday, five more alternate jurors were seated in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, completing jury selection. As noted on social media, the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president is being conducted in a heavily Democrat city, by a Democrat judge, Democrat […]
The FBI's code name for its investigation into former President Trump's handling of classified documents was "Plasmic Echo," according to court filings published Monday. The name was listed in unredacted court documents filed Monday in the former president's classified documents case. Electronic communication from the FBI included in the court documents lists a case ID, which was
Seven jurors were sworn in on Tuesday, but with the excusal of two of them, lawyers now
Jury selection in Donald Trump ’s hush money case encountered new setbacks Thursday as two previously sworn-in jurors were excused.
Former President Donald Trump was advised that he should return the classified documents kept in his Mar-a-Lago estate almost a year before the FBI conducted its search, new court filings show.
Prosecutors cited 10 posts on Trump’s social media account and campaign website that they said breached the order, which bars him from making public statements about witnesses in the case.
The witness told investigators having a recorded interview would be a ‘risk’ for him in ‘the Trump world’