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May 22

Judge to hear arguments to dismiss Trump’s Florida classified documents case

By Terry Spencer, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump are due in court Wednesday for the first time since the judge indefinitely postponed the trial earlier this month. The…

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May 16

White House blocks audio of Biden’s special counsel interview, arguing GOP has political motives

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Colleen Long, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

“The absence of a legitimate need for the audio recordings lays bare your likely goal — to chop them up, distort them, and use them for partisan political purposes," White House counsel Ed Siskel wrote in a scathing letter to…

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May 08

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Where Trump’s classified documents case stands after judge indefinitely postponed start

By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz, Saher Khan

The classified documents case against former President Trump has been officially, and indefinitely, delayed by Judge Aileen Cannon. To many legal observers, this was considered the strongest, clearest-cut case against Trump. But now, a trial that was supposed to start…

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May 07

Judge postpones Trump’s classified documents trial indefinitely

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had been expected in light of still-unresolved issues in the case and because Trump is currently on trial in a separate case in Manhattan.

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Apr 16

WATCH: Garland defends Biden’s mental fitness and says he has ‘complete confidence’ in him

By Associated Press

Garland appeared Tuesday before a House committee overseeing funding for the Justice Department and answered questions on the report from special counsel Robert Hur about Biden's handling of classified material.

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Apr 12

In classified documents case Trump’s co-defendants are asking judge to dismiss charges against them

By Eric Tucker, Stephany Matat, Associated Press

Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira are charged with conspiring with Trump to obstruct an FBI investigation into the hoarding of classified documents at the former president’s Palm Beach estate.

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Apr 10

Judge will redact witness names in Trump’s classified documents case to protect identities

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The 24-page order centers on a dispute between special counsel Jack Smith’s team and lawyers for Trump over how much information about witnesses and their statements could be made public ahead of trial.

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Apr 08

DOJ blasts GOP effort to hold Garland in contempt over Biden special counsel audio

By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the Justice Department rejected the demand from House Republicans that the agency turn over the full audio of Special Counsel Robert Hur's hourslong interviews with Biden and his ghostwriter.

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Apr 04

Judge rejects Trump request to dismiss classified documents prosecution

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Lawyers for Trump had cited a 1978 statute known as the Presidential Records Act in arguing that he was permitted to designate records from his time in office as personal and take them with him when he left the White…

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Mar 27

Trump’s classified documents case is mired in delays that may run past election

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The classified documents investigation of Donald Trump appeared to have clear momentum in 2022 when FBI agents who searched the former president's Mar-a-Lago estate recovered dozens of boxes containing sensitive documents.

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