In a Miami courtroom, Walt Nauta, an aide of former President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Thursday to helping Mr. Trump hide classified documents from law enforcement. Mr. Nauta was indicted last month in special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of the former president’s handling of classified documents. Although he was initially scheduled to appear in…

According to legal analyst Mike Davis, former President Donald Trump had the right to hold onto records from his time as president despite federal prosecutors arguing the move constituted willful retention of national defense information. Davis—who served as a legal counsel to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), as clerk for a federal judge, and who now…

The indictment of former President Donald Trump on charges of mishandling classified documents is an overreach by the government, according to Paul Kamenar, counsel for the National Legal and Policy Center. Kamenar also sees the charges as a potential rallying point for Trump’s supporters. “I think the government has overreached in this area and I…

Former president Donald Trump said on June 8 that he had been indicted by special counsel Jack Smith as part of the investigation into his handling of classified documents. The indictment is the conclusion of a yearslong saga that started when the president moved out of the White House following the 2020 election. The federal…

Former President Donald Trump revealed “shocking” allegations against the Department of Justice (DOJ) amid reports that a federal prosecutor is poised to indict him for alleged mishandling of classified documents. Trump took to his Truth Social platform and wrote: “Shocking! One of the top prosecutors at the Department of Injustice was reportedly so obsessed with…

If a federal indictment of former President Donald Trump was imminent during the afternoon of June 7, he denied being informed about it. Throughout the day, numerous news reports were circulating that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had alerted Trump or his lawyers that he would be formally charged in connection with the classified documents…

Former president and Republican 2024 frontrunner Donald Trump lashed out at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI in a series of posts on his Truth social media account on Tuesday over their ongoing investigation of his handling of classified documents. “The Marxists and Fascists in the DOJ & FBI are going after me…

Former President Donald Trump may not face charges over his handling of classified documents, according to one of his former attorneys. During a June 4 interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Timothy Parlatore said he would be “not at all” surprised if special counsel Jack Smith were to decline to prosecute the case. “You…

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Tuesday requested a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland over the work of a special counsel who is handling two investigations into the former president. “No President of the United States has ever, in the history of our country, been baselessly investigated in such an outrageous and…