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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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Mar 25

Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over Biden documents case

By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

House Republicans are threatening to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he does not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents.

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Mar 14

Judge rejects bid by Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Terry Spencer, Associated Press

A federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid by Donald Trump to throw out out his classified documents criminal case, and appeared skeptical during hours of arguments of a separate effort to scuttle the prosecution ahead of trial.

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Mar 14

Trump arrives for classified documents hearing on whether his case can be dismissed

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Terry Spencer, Associated Press

The dispute centers on the Trump team's interpretation of the Presidential Records Act, which they say gave him the authority to designate the documents as personal and maintain possession of them after his presidency.

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Mar 12

Watch 3:48
Biden classified documents special counsel testifies in House hearing

By William Brangham, Matt Loffman

The special counsel who said President Joe Biden’s age and memory factored into his decision not to charge the president for his retention of classified documents testified on Capitol Hill today. As William Brangham reports, Republicans sought answers as to…

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Mar 12

Standing by report on Biden’s memory, Robert Hur to testify on classified documents case

By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

On Capitol Hill, Hur appeared set to be the rare witness likely to be vilified all around — by Republicans angry over his decision not to charge the president, and by Democrats for his unflattering commentary about Biden.

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Mar 11

WATCH: Special counsel Robert Hur defends Biden classified documents report in House hearing

By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

Lawmakers turned a Tuesday hearing on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents into a proxy battle between the Democratic president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump…

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Feb 29

Federal prosecutors seek July trial for Trump in classified documents case

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Federal prosecutors are requesting a July 8 trial for Trump on charges that he illegally retained and concealed classified documents. The former president's lawyers say no trial should be conducted this year but have proposed August 12 as an alternative…

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