Aug 10 All 16 Michigan Republicans accused of being fake electors for Trump plead not guilty By Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press Last month, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced criminal charges, including forgery and conspiracy to commit election forgery, against the 16 Republicans who participated in the fake elector scheme. Continue reading
Aug 10 Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case By Curt Anderson, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira was again unable to enter a plea in the case on Thursday because he hasn't secured a Florida-based attorney. Continue reading
Aug 10 Mar-a-Lago property manager and Trump’s aide to return to court in the classified documents case By Curt Anderson, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Property manager Carlos De Oliveira is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Fort Pierce on charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice in the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith, while Walt Nauta, a Trump aide, is expected to enter… Continue reading
Aug 09 Where the criminal cases against Trump stand By Lisa Desjardins, Joshua Barajas A guide to each federal and state case facing Donald Trump, who’s also the current Republican front-runner in the 2024 presidential race. Continue reading
Aug 09 Trump wants his election conspiracy trial moved away from Washington. That won’t be easy By Alanna Durkin, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Trump and his attorney say they're eyeing West Virginia, which Trump easily won in 2020. But there's a notoriously high bar for proving the jury pool is so biased or tainted by pretrial publicity that the trial must be moved. Continue reading
Aug 09 Special counsel obtained search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump’s account, documents say By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The details were included in a decision from the federal appeals court in Washington rejecting Twitter's claim that it should not have been held in contempt or sanctioned. Continue reading
Aug 09 Two weeks out from the first GOP debate, which candidates have qualified and which might not make it? By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump has indicated he's likely to skip the debate and hold a competing event. Continue reading
Aug 08 Trump lawyers say proposed protective order would restrict his First Amendment rights By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Prosecutors asked Friday for the protective order, which would impose rules on what Trump and his defense team can do with evidence shared by the government as they prepare for trial in the case unsealed last week. Continue reading
Aug 07 Trump lawyers say proposed protective order is overly broad, urge judge to impose more limited rules By Alanna Durkin, Associated Press Lawyers for Trump said Monday that the judge should impose a more limited protective order that would prevent the defense team from publicly disclosing only materials deemed "sensitive," such as grand jury witness testimony. Continue reading
Aug 07 Judge tosses Trump’s defamation suit against E. Jean Carroll By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press The judge ruled Monday that Trump can't claim that E. Jean Carroll defamed him by continuing to say she was not only sexually abused but raped. She won a $5 million judgment against him in May and is pursuing her… Continue reading