Oct 19 Donald Trump's 3-year probe into 2016 'deep state' conspiracy reveals little evidence By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump once predicted that a special prosecutor appointed during his administration would uncover "the crime of the century" — a conspiracy to sink his 2016 campaign. Continue reading
Oct 11 Trial begins for Russian analyst who was source for flawed Trump dossier By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press A federal jury in Virginia has heard opening statements in the trial of a think tank analyst who played a major role in the creation of a flawed dossier about former President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Oct 06 Whistleblower says 665 workers left FBI over misconduct in two decades By Jim Mustian, Eric Tucker, Associated Press A U.S. senator says a whistleblower has alleged that an internal review found 665 FBI personnel have resigned or retired to avoid accountability in misconduct probes over the past two decades. Continue reading
Sep 15 Veteran New York judge named as arbiter in Trump Mar-a-Lago probe By Eric Tucker, Associated Press A federal judge has appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter and review records seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's home last month. Continue reading
Sep 14 Mike Lindell, MyPillow chief executive, says FBI agents seized his phone By Michael Balsamo, Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell says federal agents have seized his cellphone. Continue reading
Sep 08 Justice Department appeals judge's decision to grant 'special master' to review records seized from Trump's Mar-a-Lago By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department is preparing to appeal a judge's decision to name an independent arbiter to review records seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump's Florida home. Continue reading
Sep 05 Read the judge's full ruling for special master to review Trump documents The decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon came despite the objections of the Justice Department, which said an outside legal expert was not necessary in part because officials had already completed their review of potentially privileged documents. Continue reading
Sep 05 Judge grants Trump bid for special master to review documents in Mar-a-Lago case A federal judge has granted a request by former President Donald Trump’s legal team to appoint a special master to review documents seized by the FBI during a search of his Florida home last month. Continue reading
Sep 01 Judge to hear arguments on Trump request for outside expert on documents By Adriana Gomez Licon, Eric Tucker, Associated Press A federal judge in Florida is set to hear arguments Thursday afternoon on whether to appoint an outside legal expert to review government records seized by the FBI last month in a search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home. Continue reading
Aug 31 Justice Department says classified documents were 'likely concealed' to obstruct investigation By Eric Tucker, Jill Colvin, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The Justice Department says classified documents were "likely concealed and removed" from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the discovery of the government records. Continue reading