The United States Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject former President Donald Trump’s request to re-authorize an independent arbiter to vet classified records seized from his Florida home.
People familiar with the situation say a senior Justice Department official recently informed Donald Trump’s legal team that law enforcement agents do not believe the ex-president returned all of the federal records. Despite the claim that he returned the documents, he took them with him after he left the White House.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has given the DOJ until early next week to respond to former President Donald Trump’s legal filing; Trump’s filing requests that the special master assigned to the case be allowed to review dozens of documents seized in the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida.
Hillary Clinton is denouncing the Biden administration’s “open borders” to position herself for a presidential run in 2024, according to veteran political adviser Dick Morris in a new interview.
Trump Reminds the Nation of What President Biden Said Before the Suspicious Explosion at Nord Stream: “World War III Anyone?” It would appear that fear of American leadership overseas has ended with the election of President Joe Biden.
On September 26, the FBI revised the total amount of papers taken from former President Donald Trump’s property. According to a revised inventory list, the FBI took 63 more papers or images without classified marks from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate than was previously disclosed.
On September 21, former president Donald Trump received news of yet another legal headache. Letitia James, who is the Attorney General of New York, made the announcement that she had filed a civil lawsuit against the former president.
A former Trump confidant goes on trial this week on claims he improperly lobbied U.S. officials to promote United Arab Emirates (U.A.E. ) policy. The case could reveal the small Gulf state’s back-channel ties and outsize clout in Washington.
On Wednesday, a discussion between a federal judge and a lawyer for one of the Oath Keepers devolved into a screaming match. The Oath Keeper, Kelly Meggs, is charged with seditious conspiracy as well as other charges. His lawyer suggested that she may argue at trial that her client deleted evidence after the riot on the instruction of another lawyer.
Attorneys for Donald Trump and the Justice Department have agreed on a possible candidate to be the special master. The special masters will look over the documents taken from Mar-a-Lago. The Justice Department said in a court filing Monday evening that Judge Raymond Dearie, suggested by Trump’s legal team, is a good choice for the third-party attorney who will review the seized materials independently.