Author: Jacqueline Thomsen
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Georgia charges Trump with illegally trying to overturn 2020 loss
ATLANTA • Former President Donald Trump was hit with a sweeping fourth set of criminal charges Monday when a Georgia grand jury issued an indictment accusing him of efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. The charges, brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, add to the legal woes facing…
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Filing: Clark raid tied to DOJ probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Trump administration lawyer Jeffrey Bossert Clark told Washington, D.C., legal regulators that a federal raid of his home in June was tied to a U.S. Justice Department investigation for conspiracy, false statements and obstruction of justice, according to a filing released on Wednesday. The filing, made by a District of Columbia…
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Panel urges judge to allow Meadows’ testimony
WASHINGTON • Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ conversations with then-President Donald Trump during last year’s siege on the U.S. Capitol should not be shielded from lawmakers, a lawyer for the congressional committee probing the riots told a judge in Washington on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols did not immediately rule on…
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Finding special master in Trump classified documents case no easy task
WASHINGTON • A federal judge has given the U.S. Justice Department and Donald Trump’s lawyers until Friday to come up with a list of potential candidates to serve as a special master to review records the FBI seized from the former president’s Florida estate. But finding people who have the necessary experience and security clearances…
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Trump adds power attorney to Mar-a-Lago legal team
WASHINGTON • Republican former President Donald Trump has added former Florida Solicitor General Chris Kise to his legal team in the case involving classified documents he stored at his Mar-a-Lago club, a source familiar with the situation said Tuesday. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed a report by NBC News that Kise…