Tag: FBI

Trump Returns to Mar-a-Lago for 1st Time Since FBI Raid

Former President Donald Trump has returned to Florida for the first time since FBI agents searched his home there early last month and says he will provide updates on his Truth Social platform. “Arrived in Florida last night and had a long and detailed chance to check out the scene of yet another government ‘crime,’ the FB’s…


Trump Says the FBI ‘Colluded With Russia’

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday reversed a long-held Democrat narrative by saying it was the FBI that colluded with Russia—not him. For years, Trump has categorically denied the Russian collusion narrative. Several investigations, including one carried out by former special counsel Robert Mueller, found no evidence Trump colluded with Moscow to win the 2016…


Arizona Man Charged After Girls Found in Enclosed Trailer

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—A leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah line pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges of tampering with evidence, weeks after being stopped on a highway with young girls in an enclosed trailer. Samuel Bateman, 46, was indicted earlier this month on three counts of destroying or attempting to destroy records,…


DOJ Asks Appeals Court to Partially Block Special Master Review of Classified Documents

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday asked an appeals court to partially block the court-appointed “special master” duties of senior Judge Raymond Dearie to review documents the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago. This comes one day after U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon tasked Dearie with independently reviewing the documents taken in August from the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump. Part…


DOJ Asks Appeals Court to Partially Block Special Master Review of Seized Documents

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday asked an appeals court to partially block the court-appointed “special master” duties of senior Judge Raymond Dearie to review documents the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago. This comes one day after U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon tasked Dearie with independently reviewing the documents taken in August from the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump. Part…


FBI Makes 6,000 Arrests, Seizes Firearms in Summer-Long Operation

FBI agents arrested about 6,000 alleged violent criminals across the United States over the past four months and have seized more than 2,700 firearms and large quantities of fentanyl, the bureau announced Thursday. “Violent crime is on the minds of a lot of Americans right now and top of mind for police chiefs and sheriffs,…


Here Is What We Know About the Special Master Named to Review Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Documents

U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie will serve as the independent arbiter to review documents that were taken from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, according to a federal judge’s order on Thursday. Dearie, 79, was the only candidate for the special master role that both Trump’s team and the Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed on….


5 Officers Injured in Unexpected Explosion During FBI Bomb Training in Pennsylvania

Five bomb technicians have been injured after a device unexpectedly detonated Thursday during an FBI live explosives response training for the Philadelphia field office, officials said. FBI Philadelphia was holding the response training at the State Correctional Institution Phoenix, a prison in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, when the incident occurred, the agency said in a statement…


Judge Names Special Master to Review FBI Raid Documents, Rejects DOJ Criminal Probe Request

Florida-based U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday appointed a senior Brooklyn federal judge to serve as special master to independently review documents the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump‘s Florida estate. U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie will serve as an independent arbiter in the case, tasked with deciding whether any of the seized documents are privileged—either due to attorney-client confidentiality or…


Senior Judge Proposed by Trump is Named Special Master to Review Records Seized by FBI

Florida-based U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday appointed a senior Brooklyn federal judge to serve as special master to independently review documents the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump‘s Florida estate. U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie will serve as an independent arbiter in the case, tasked with deciding whether any of the documents are privileged—either due to attorney-client confidentiality or…