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…

Most Americans believe former President Donald Trump—who is way ahead among GOP candidates vying for the White House—should be tried on the charges he was indicted before the Republican presidential primaries and general election, according to a Politico magazine/Ipsos poll. The poll represents a June 27-28 survey of 1,005 Americans.   Mr. Trump has been charged…

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…

Former President Donald Trump is saying he behaved appropriately and had not shown a classified document after CNN aired a July 2021 audio recording of him talking about an attack plan against Iran. CNN aired an audio recording on Monday night in which it sounds as though Trump is describing military planning for an attack…

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…

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney John O’Connor is not particularly convinced for President Donald Trump’s mere possession of classified documents after his presidency was criminal. He believes the way Trump responded to requests to return those documents are what could spell the real legal peril. Trump was charged by special counsel Jack Smith in a 37-count…

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 said on June 8 that his attorneys informed him that he had been indicted by special counsel Jack Smith in connection to the investigation into his handling of classified documents. “The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax,” Trump wrote on…

Former President Donald Trump said on June 8 that his attorneys informed him that he had been indicted by special counsel Jack Smith in connection with an investigation into his handling of classified documents. “The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax,” Trump wrote on…