Tag Archives: DOJ

Trump Formally Notified He’s A Target In Docs Probe

The New York Times reports: Federal prosecutors have informed the legal team for former President Donald J. Trump that he is a target of their investigation into his handling of classified documents after he left office, according to two people familiar with the matter. The notification to Mr. Trump’s team by prosecutors from the office of the special counsel, Jack …

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Special Counsel Subpoenas Dozens In Docs Probe

Bloomberg News reports: Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office in recent weeks has issued federal grand jury subpoenas out of southern Florida to multiple witnesses linked to the classified documents probe involving former President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the investigative steps. One witness is expected to testify this week before a grand jury in Florida, the people …

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Meadows Testifies Before Special Counsel’s Grand Jury

The New York Times reports: Mark Meadows, the final White House chief of staff under President Donald J. Trump and a potentially key figure in inquiries related to Mr. Trump, has testified before a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the investigations being led by the special counsel’s office, according to two people briefed on the matter. Mr. Meadows is …

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Jordan Seeks DOJ Memo On Appointing Special Counsel

The Hill reports: House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is asking the Justice Department to break down the scope of special counsel Jack Smith’s probe into former President Trump amid signs he may be wrapping his investigation. The letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland — Jordan’s second in a week — seeks the memo that formalized Smith’s appointment and his …

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Trump’s Lawyers Apparently Got Bad News From DOJ

Posted this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: HOW CAN DOJ POSSIBLY CHARGE ME, WHO DID NOTHING WRONG, WHEN NO OTHER PRESIDENT’S WERE CHARGED, WHEN JOE BIDEN WON’T BE CHARGED FOR ANYTHING, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT HE HAS 1,850 BOXES, MUCH OF IT CLASSIFIED, AND SOME DATING BACK TO HIS SENATE DAY WHEN EVEN DEMOCRAT SENATORS ARE SHOCKED. ALSO, PRESIDENT …

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Watergate Prosecutor: “I Think Trump Is Toast” [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks said she thinks former President Trump is “toast” after prosecutors secured a tape recording of Trump discussing what seemed to be classified material on a potential military strike in Iran. “This evidence just adds to the mound of stuff that already exists, and no one piece is the ‘be all and end …

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Trump Lawyers Meet With DOJ As Indictment Looms

CNN reports: Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are meeting with Justice Department officials on Monday following a public request for a meeting about what they characterize as prosecutorial misconduct, according to sources familiar with the matter. The meeting comes as the special counsel’s investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents and possible obstruction appears to nearing its final stages. …

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Grand Jury In Trump Docs Case To Meet This Week

NBC News reports: The federal grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the Justice Department’s investigation of former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is expected to meet again this coming week in Washington, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation. Based on reporting from NBC News and other outlets, prosecutors face two central legal questions: 1) …

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Trump Lawyers Can’t Find Doc Sought By Subpoena

The New York Times reports: Shortly after learning that former President Donald J. Trump had been recorded discussing what appeared to be classified material describing military options for confronting Iran, federal prosecutors issued a subpoena to his lawyers seeking the return of all records that resembled the document he mentioned. But Mr. Trump’s legal team has informed the Justice Department …

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Pastor Sentenced To Ten Years On Child Sex Charges

From the Justice Department: A Canadian pastor was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for using the internet to entice of a 15-year-old girl to engage in illegal sexual activity, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced. Timothy Milley, 69, of suburban Toronto, Canada, was sentenced by United States District Judge Judith E. Levy. In October 2022, Milley was …

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DOJ: No Charges For Pence In Classified Docs Case

NBC News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence will not be charged in the discovery of classified documents at his Indiana home, according to a letter obtained by NBC News. On Thursday, the DOJ’s national security division formally informed Pence’s attorney that it had closed its investigation and that based on the “results” of that probe, no charges will be …

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Notorious Rioter Loses Bid For Cushy Prison Camp

Law & Crime reports: A Jan. 6th rioter seen gleefully kicking his foot up on a desk inside of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office had wanted the rest of the summer to “arrange for his affairs” before reporting to prison. That man, Richard “Bigo” Barnett, also wanted a federal judge to recommend a low-security camp for him to serve his 4 …

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Audio Shows Trump Admitting He Kept Classified Doc

CNN reports: Federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting in which former President Donald Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran, multiple sources told CNN, undercutting his argument that he declassified everything.The recording indicates Trump understood he retained classified material after leaving the White House, according to …

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Feds Sue WV Gov For $7.6M In Unpaid Mining Fines

From the Justice Department: The Justice Department today announced the filing of a civil action against James C. Justice III and 13 coal companies he owns or operates seeking to collect unpaid civil penalties previously assessed by the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), as well as Abandoned Mine Land (AML) reclamation fee …

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Mar-A-Lago Staffer Questioned Over Security Cameras

The Washington Post reports: A Mar-a-Lago employee who helped move boxes of documents last June has been questioned about his conduct weeks later related to a government demand for surveillance footage from Donald Trump’s property. Around that time, the employee allegedly had a conversation with an IT worker at the site about how the security cameras worked and how long …

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Trump Seeks The Names Of Feds Investigating Him

Rolling Stone reports: Donald Trump just needs a few names. In recent months, the former president has asked close advisers, including at least one of his personal attorneys, if “we know” all the names of senior FBI agents and Justice Department personnel who have worked on the federal probes into him. That’s according to two sources with direct knowledge of …

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DOJ: Woman Made Terror Threat Calls To CO Gay Bars

From the Justice Department: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Sharon Robinson, age 40, of New York, has been arrested and charged by indictment with making multiple threatening calls to LGBTQ businesses in Denver and Glendale. According to allegations in the indictment, the defendant called at least four businesses catering to the LGBTQ community …

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Rioter Who Ransacked Pelosi’s Office Gets 4.5 Years

The Washington Post reports: The Jan. 6 rioter who was photographed with his foot propped on a desk inside then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and then tried to raise money off the images was sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison Wednesday. The photograph of Richard “Bigo” Barnett in the California Democrat’s suite of offices became one of the defining …

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Judge Sentences “One Of Worst” Rioters To 5.5 Years

Yahoo News reports: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to over five years in prison for assaulting police officers and other charges during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol building. Robert Morss was convicted on Aug. 23, 2022 and was sentenced today to 66 months in prison for assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon, obstruction of …

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Rioter Who Tried To Cut Power To Capitol Gets 7 Years

The New York Times reports: A Texas man who joined other rioters at the U.S. Capitol trying to break into the Speaker’s Lobby, where a woman who was a part of the mob on Jan. 6, 2021, was fatally shot by the police, was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly seven years in prison. The man, Christopher R. Grider, 41, of …

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