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Smith: Case Is Active Against Trump Employees

Walt Nauta, Carlos de Oliveira prosecutions are awaiting a court decision

(Newser) - Although special counsel Jack Smith decided to drop the felony prosecutions of the president-elect, he said the case against two employees of Donald Trump remains active. Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira are accused of helping Trump obstruct a federal investigation into the removal of classified government documents when his...

Trump: If I Win, Jack Smith Will Be Fired in 2 Seconds

Special counsel 'is a scoundrel,' Trump says

(Newser) - If Donald Trump is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, Jack Smith could be out of a job by Jan. 21. In an interview Thursday morning, Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that he would fire the "crooked" special counsel "within two seconds" on his first...

Smith Asks Court to Reverse Ruling in Trump Docs Case

He says Cannon's ruling last month went against decades of precedent

(Newser) - Special counsel Jack Smith has asked a federal appeals court to reverse Judge Aileen Cannon's decision last month to dismiss the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case against Donald Trump. In a brief filed Monday—a day before the deadline—Smith argued that Cannon ignored decades of precedent when she threw...

Report: Trump Is Suing the US Over Mar-a-Lago Raid

Fox News reports on $100M suit against Justice Department

(Newser) - Donald Trump has long called the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022 a direct result of political bias against him. Now he's making the same argument in a $100 million lawsuit against the Justice Department, reports Fox News . The surprise search for classified documents was done with...

Smith Files Notice to Appeal Trump Documents Ruling

Aileen Cannon threw out the indictment on Monday

(Newser) - Special counsel Jack Smith made his decision to appeal the dismissal of the classified documents case against Donald Trump official on Wednesday, filing notice with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. US District Judge Aileen Cannon threw out the indictment against Trump and two co-defendants on Monday in...

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Judge Dismisses Documents Case Against Trump

Special counsel promises appeal after Aileen Cannon gives former president a huge victory

(Newser) - Donald Trump has just scored another huge legal victory. A federal judge on Monday dismissed the case against him that he illegally kept classified documents upon leaving the White House, reports Politico . In what the New York Times describes as a "stunning" decision, Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that special...

Separate Thomas Opinion Has Big Implications

Justice questions authority of Jack Smith, who also is handling classified documents case

(Newser) - Clarence Thomas joined the Supreme Court's bombshell majority opinion on Monday in favor of Donald Trump on the question of presidential immunity . The opinion focused on allegations that Trump illegally tried to undo the results of the 2020 election, but Thomas wrote a separate concurring opinion that could help...

Judge to Reconsider Issues in Trump Documents Case

Judge will take up matters involving attorney-client privilege, search of Mar-a-Lago

(Newser) - The federal judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump said Thursday she'll revisit a past court victory for the prosecution in a hearing, a move that at a minimum will further delay the start of trial . US District Judge Aileen Cannon's ruling says she'll reconsider...

Jack Smith's Team Makes New Request in Mar-a-Lago Case

Prosecutors want Trump barred from making remarks that could endanger law enforcement

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that "pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents" participating in the prosecution. The request to US District Judge Aileen Cannon follows a...

FBI Answers Trump Claim He Could've Been Shot

Fundraising email misconstrues wording of policy intended to limit the use of force

(Newser) - Donald Trump included a false claim in a fundraising email this week that President Biden had authorized the FBI to shoot him when agents searched his Florida estate for classified documents in 2022—though the agency had intentionally chosen a day for the raid when the former president wouldn't...

Trump Documents Trial Postponed Indefinitely

Judge Aileen Cannon scraps May 20 start date

(Newser) - Donald Trump's federal classified documents case has been postponed indefinitely, meaning it is unlikely to conclude before the November election. In a court order Tuesday, US District Judge Aileen Cannon canceled the trial's May 20 start date and did not set a new one. Cannon, a Trump appointee,...

FBI Code Name for Trump Documents Probe Was a Doozy

'Plasmic Echo' sounds like a prog-rock band name

(Newser) - It's no secret that law enforcement agencies often assign code names to various cases to keep them as hush-hush as possible, but one used for the investigation into Donald Trump's handling of classified documents is a bit of a head-scratcher. The Hill reports that the FBI deemed the...

Judge Denies Trump Bid to Toss Documents Case

Federal judge Aileen Cannon rejects argument he was within his rights to keep them

(Newser) - A federal judge refused Thursday to throw out the classified documents prosecution against Donald Trump, turning aside defense arguments that a decades-old law permitted the former president to retain the records after he left office, per the AP . Lawyers for Trump, in asking for the case to be tossed out,...

Jack Smith Fires Off Warning to Judge in Trump Docs Case

Special counsel hits at 'fundamentally flawed' jury instructions, threatens oversight

(Newser) - After toying with the idea that the classified documents allegedly taken and concealed by President Trump might've been his personal records, US District Judge Aileen Cannon has received an unusual "direct challenge" from special counsel Jack Smith, the Washington Post reports. Indeed, in Tuesday's filing , Smith makes...

Trump: I'll Testify I Didn't Order Any Tapes Destroyed

Former president denies Mar-a-Lago allegation in 'Meet the Press' interview

(Newser) - Former President Trump says he's willing to testify under oath that he didn't order staffers to destroy surveillance tapes at Mar-a-Lago. In an interview with Meet the Press that airs Sunday, Trump denied prosecutors' allegations that he ordered the tapes destroyed to cover up his handling of classified...

Mar-a-Lago's Ex-IT Chief Will Testify Against Trump: Report

Yuscil Taveras reportedly signs deal to avoid prosecution in classified documents case

(Newser) - A former attorney for the Mar-a-Lago ex-employee who flipped against his onetime boss , former President Trump, has revealed more about what allegedly went down. The former head of IT at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, identified by media outlets as Yuscil Taveras, has agreed to testify as a witness for the...

DOJ: After 180 on Testimony, Employee Implicated Trump

DOJ says Trump employee switched lawyers and immediately retracted prior testimony

(Newser) - Lawyers in the classified documents case against former President Trump say that one of Trump's employees, a potential witness in the case, changed his grand jury testimony to be more incriminating for Trump. The witness, described in court documents only as Mar-a-Lago's director of information technology, has been...

Mar-a-Lago's Property Manager Enters Plea

Carlos De Oliveira denies 4 charges in classified documents case

(Newser) - Mar-a-Lago's property manager pleaded not guilty Tuesday to four charges in former President Trump's classified documents case. Carlos De Oliveira, 56, is accused of conspiring with Trump to keep boxes of documents from being returned to the federal government, including through the attempted deletion of security footage . The...

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Trump, Valet Enter Plea in Documents Case

They plead not guilty; arraignment of new defendant, Mar-a-Lago property boss, postponed

(Newser) - Donald Trump aide Walt Nauta appeared in a federal courtroom on Thursday to plead not guilty to charges in a superseding indictment in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Trump also entered a plea of not guilty to charges, including new allegations that he tried to delete security footage, but he...

Mar-a-Lago Worker Makes First Court Appearance

Carlos De Oliveria is accused of scheming with Trump to try to delete security footage

(Newser) - The property manager of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate made his first court appearance on Monday on charges in the classified documents case against the former president but did not enter a plea because he has not found a Florida-based attorney to represent him. Carlos De Oliveira is accused of...

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