Aug 15 Justice Department opposes unsealing affidavit for Mar-a-Lago warrant By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The Justice Department is rebuffing an effort to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump's estate in Florida. Continue reading
Aug 15 Rudy Giuliani is a target of Georgia election probe, lawyers say By Kate Brumback, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Rudy Giuliani's lawyer says prosecutors in Atlanta have said Giuliani is a target of their criminal investigation into possible illegal attempts by then-President Donald Trump and others to interfere in the 2020 general election in Georgia. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 6:13 Democrats celebrate legislative win in passing of climate, health and tax bill Congressional Democrats are celebrating a landmark legislative victory after passing the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden is set to sign into law this week. Meanwhile, the Justice Department is investigating Donald Trump for potentially violating the Espionage Act after… Continue watching
Aug 13 A timeline of events leading up to the FBI search of Trump's Florida estate By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate sent reverberations across the country, even before court papers were unsealed Friday. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch 9:28 FBI retrieved top secret documents from Trump's Florida home A federal judge on Friday unsealed and made public the search warrant for former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. A review of the warrant reveals that the FBI collected more than 20 boxes of items, including some material classified as top… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 8:21 Charlottesville reckons with trauma 5 years after a deadly white supremacist rally By Laura Barrón-López, Tess Conciatori Five years ago on Friday, extremists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia in a violent demonstration that forced the city and the nation to confront the growing threats of white supremacy and domestic terrorism. Laura Barrón-López visited the city to see what's… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 12:41 Brooks and Capehart on the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, the investigations surrounding Trump New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the multiple investigations hanging over former President Trump and primary victories by his supporters who are election… Continue watching
Aug 12 GOP Trump supporters escalate dark rhetoric after FBI search By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Republicans in Congress are not only defending Donald Trump against the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home. Continue reading
Aug 12 Read the warrant behind FBI search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago A property receipt unsealed by the court shows FBI agents took 11 sets of classified records from the estate during a search on Monday. Continue reading
Aug 12 FBI seized 'top secret' documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, according to warrant By Michael Balsamo, Zeke Miller, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The papers released Friday indicate the seized records include some marked as "sensitive compartmented information," a special category meant to protect the nation's most important secrets. Continue reading