Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on July 21 called the new May 2024 court date for his federal criminal trial a “major setback” to Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors. Scheduled to begin on May 20, 2024, the new trial date was set earlier that day by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon following extension requests from…

Justice Department (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith, who was assigned to investigate Donald Trump days after the launch of the former president’s reelection campaign, has pushed back against Mr. Trump’s request to schedule the trial until after the 2024 elections. Assistant special counsel David Harbach wrote in the latest filing on Thursday that there was…

Justice Department (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith, who was assigned to investigate Donald Trump days after the launch of the former president’s reelection campaign, has pushed back against Mr. Trump’s request to schedule the trial until after the 2024 elections. Assistant special counsel David Harbach wrote in the latest filing on Thursday that there was…

The Justice Department released more of the affidavit for a search warrant for Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate (pdf) on Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart announced Wednesday in his ruling that additional parts of the document could be unsealed. Multiple media organizations had requested the entire document be unsealed, but Mr. Reinhart, a magistrate judge for…

Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he did not show the classified U.S. military document that he referred to during an audio-recorded meeting with a book publisher in July 2021. In the first of a two-part Fox News interview on Monday, Trump insisted that he never showed any classified military plan to attack Iran prepared…

In the first part of a two-part interview with Fox News’ Brett Baier, former President Donald J. Trump defended his retention of classified documents from his presidency, the subject of one of many legal battles that he faces as he campaigns for 2024. “Everything was declassified because I have the right to declassify,” Trump told…

Former Attorney General Bill Barr says he’d be willing to testify against former President Donald Trump in the ongoing case related to Trump’s handling of classified documents as president. Trump is accused of mishandling an array of classified documents, including documents classified as “top secret,” the highest level of classification. Trump has dismissed the investigation,…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a motion to prevent former President Donald Trump from publicly disclosing any of the evidence that his legal team will be granted access to as they prepare to defend him against prosecution in the federal classified documents case. Special counsel Jack Smith’s team requested the protective order in…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a motion to prevent former President Donald Trump from publicly disclosing any of the evidence that his legal team will be granted access to by prosecutors as they prepare to defend him in the federal classified documents case. Special counsel Jack Smith’s team requested the protective order in…

“It’s a travesty of justice. This is what happens in third world countries.” In this episode of ATL, I sit down with Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) to discuss Trump’s arraignment, in which the former president is pleading not guilty to federal charges. “It’s a dog and pony show and we’ll see how it turns out….