Washington — Special Counsel Jack Smith and attorneys for former president Donald Trump are returning to a Florida federal courtroom Friday to begin three days of hearings to determine, among other issues, whether Smith should even be allowed to prosecute Trump. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, Southern District of Florida U.S. District Court, Southern District … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland will not be charged with contempt of Congress over his refusal to release audio of Interview with President Joe Biden in his classified documents affair “did not constitute a crime,” the Justice Department said Friday. In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Justice Department official cited … Read more
Washington — The House voted Wednesday to suspend Attorney General Merrick Garland in defiance of Congressintensifying the fight over audio recordings linked to President Biden’s handling of classified documents. Garland defied subpoenas from the Republican-led House Judiciary and Oversight committees, demanding that the Justice Department turn over audio tapes of the president’s interview with special … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over classified documents affair Former President Donald Trump and two of his associates deleted a paragraph from the indictment on Monday, but rejected a defense request to dismiss some of the charges. The paragraph concerns allegations that Trump, in 2021 and when he was no longer president, showed … Read more