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
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.
The witness told investigators having a recorded interview would be a ‘risk’ for him in ‘the Trump world’
(The Center Square) – As former President Donald Trump's defense team works to pick a jury in his New York hush money case, his attorneys are asking a judge in Florida for more time to prepare. Trump's legal team has asked Judge Aileen Cannon to push back deadlines in the Florida classified documents case. Specifically, Trump has asked that the May 9 deadline for expert disclosures and Classified Information Procedures Act notice be postponed until three weeks after the...
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...
Carlos De Oliveira and Walt Nauta were charged with multiple counts of obstruction of justice alongside the former president last year
The payments come in spite of the DNC's repeated attacks against former President Donald Trump for using campaign funds to cover legal fees.
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...
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
Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, has reportedly decided on the college he wants to attend. If you’re wondering why this is sports news, it’s because young Barron is freakishly tall and has been tipped to play college basketball, though he’s hardly indicated such intentions. The 18-year-old, who stands at 6’ 7”, will soon graduate …
There is a fundamental flaw in Everett Piper’s argument in “The heart of Donald Trump and the immutable truth” (web, April 13).
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutor Chris Conroy captured the quintessential Donald Trump in a single sentence at the ex-president’s hush money trial on Tuesday. “He knows what he’s not allowed to do, and he does it anyway.” Conroy was referring to Trump’s incessant testing of a gag order protecting witnesses, court staff