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Justice Department drops criminal proceedings against Trump co-defendants in classified records case

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The Justice Department has abandoned all criminal proceedings against President Donald Trump’s two co-defendants in the classified documents case against him in Florida, foreclosing the chance the case against them could ever be revived.

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Special counsel report says Trump would've been convicted for Jan. 6 'unprecedented criminal effort'

Read full article: Special counsel report says Trump would've been convicted for Jan. 6 'unprecedented criminal effort'

Special counsel Jack Smith says in a report his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned after submitting his Trump report, Justice Department says

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Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump.

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Appeals court denies bid to block public release of special counsel's report on Trump Jan. 6 probe

Read full article: Appeals court denies bid to block public release of special counsel's report on Trump Jan. 6 probe

A federal appeals court has denied a bid to block the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

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Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases as court fight simmers

Read full article: Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases as court fight simmers

A federal judge in Florida has temporarily blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on investigations into Donald Trump, who says it would be a “fake report” anyway.

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Trial of man accused in Trump assassination attempt in Florida pushed back to September

Read full article: Trial of man accused in Trump assassination attempt in Florida pushed back to September

A man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in South Florida won’t be tried until September 2025.

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Attorneys for man accused in Trump assassination attempt seek lengthy trial delay

Read full article: Attorneys for man accused in Trump assassination attempt seek lengthy trial delay

Attorneys for a man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in September asked a federal judge to delay his trial until next December.

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How Trump's bet on voters electing him managed to silence some of his legal woes

Read full article: How Trump's bet on voters electing him managed to silence some of his legal woes

Special counsel Jack Smith move to abandon two federal cases accusing Trump of endangering American democracy and national security does away with the most serious legal threats Trump was facing as he returns to the White House.

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Special counsel Smith asks court to pause appeal seeking to revive Trump's classified documents case

Read full article: Special counsel Smith asks court to pause appeal seeking to revive Trump's classified documents case

Special counsel Jack Smith has asked a court to pause prosecutors’ appeal seeking to revive the classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump in light of the Republican’s presidential victory.

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Trump's lawyers urge appeals court to uphold dismissal of classified documents case

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Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have urged a federal appeals court to uphold the dismissal of the classified documents case against him.

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Trump's lawyers seek dismissal of federal election case, call special counsel illegally appointed

Read full article: Trump's lawyers seek dismissal of federal election case, call special counsel illegally appointed

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have told a federal judge that the election interference case against him should be dismissed, arguing that special counsel Jack Smith was illegally appointed and that funding for his office should be cut off.

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Trump says if he takes office, he'll fire special counsel Jack Smith 'within 2 seconds'

Read full article: Trump says if he takes office, he'll fire special counsel Jack Smith 'within 2 seconds'

Donald Trump says that if wins the White House, he'll fire special counsel Jack Smith “within two seconds” of taking office.

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Things to know about AP's report on the federal criminal cases against Donald Trump

Read full article: Things to know about AP's report on the federal criminal cases against Donald Trump

A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Donald Trump will conclude without any chance at trial, leaving voters without an up-or-down jury verdict in the two most consequential cases against the Republican presidential nominee.

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This could have been a year of a federal court reckoning for Trump. Judges had other ideas

Read full article: This could have been a year of a federal court reckoning for Trump. Judges had other ideas

A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Trump will conclude without any chance at trial, leaving voters without an up-or-down jury verdict in the two most consequential cases against the Republican presidential nominee.

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Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges

Read full article: Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges

A man who authorities say spent 12 hours camped outside Donald Trump’s golf course before Secret Service spotted him with a rifle has pleaded not guilty to federal charges including attempted assassination.

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Man who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting an assassination

Read full article: Man who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting an assassination

A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him has been indicted on charges that he attempted to assassinate the former president.

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Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump

Read full article: Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith has asked a federal appeals court to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump after it was dismissed by a judge last month.

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Judge knocks down Hunter Biden's bid to use Trump ruling to get his federal tax case dismissed

Read full article: Judge knocks down Hunter Biden's bid to use Trump ruling to get his federal tax case dismissed

A federal judge has denied Hunter Biden’s latest bid to dismiss the tax charges against him, setting the stage for his trial to begin next month in California.

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Judge's order dismissing Trump classified docs case won't be final word as long court fight awaits

Read full article: Judge's order dismissing Trump classified docs case won't be final word as long court fight awaits

A judge’s stunning decision to dismiss the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump brought the prosecution to a halt.

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Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump's lawyers seek to freeze the classified documents case

Read full article: Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump's lawyers seek to freeze the classified documents case

Donald Trump has asked a federal judge to freeze the classified documents case against him in light of a Supreme Court ruling this week that said former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution.

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Trump lawyers in classified docs case ask judge to suppress evidence seized during Mar-a-Lago search

Read full article: Trump lawyers in classified docs case ask judge to suppress evidence seized during Mar-a-Lago search

Lawyers for Donald Trump are asking the judge presiding over his classified documents case to prevent prosecutors from using as evidence boxes of records seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate.

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Prosecutor in classified documents case clashes with judge over request to restrict Trump's speech

Read full article: Prosecutor in classified documents case clashes with judge over request to restrict Trump's speech

A federal prosecutor in the classified documents case of Donald Trump has clashed with the judge as he faced skeptical questioning over a request to bar the former president from making threatening comments about law enforcement agents involved in the investigation.

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Trump lawyers in classified files case challenge prosecutor's appointment at start of 3-day hearing

Read full article: Trump lawyers in classified files case challenge prosecutor's appointment at start of 3-day hearing

Lawyers for Donald Trump are arguing that the Justice Department prosecutor who charged the former president with hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate was illegally appointed and that the case should therefore be dismissed.

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Judge strikes paragraph from Trump classified docs indictment but denies request to dismiss charges

Read full article: Judge strikes paragraph from Trump classified docs indictment but denies request to dismiss charges

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump and two of his associates has struck a paragraph from the indictment but denied a defense request to dismiss some of the charges.

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Judge denies request to restrict Trump statements about law enforcement in classified records case

Read full article: Judge denies request to restrict Trump statements about law enforcement in classified records case

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida has denied prosecutors’ request to bar the Republican former president from making public statements that could endanger law enforcement agents participating in the prosecution.

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Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case

Read full article: Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case

Federal prosecutors have asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution.

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Heated hearing in classified documents case as lawyer for Trump co-defendant challenges prosecutors

Read full article: Heated hearing in classified documents case as lawyer for Trump co-defendant challenges prosecutors

A lawyer for Donald Trump’s personal valet is accusing federal prosecutors of targeting his client for prosecution because he refused to cooperate against the former president in the classified documents case.

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Judge in Trump's classified documents case cancels May trial date; no new date set

Read full article: Judge in Trump's classified documents case cancels May trial date; no new date set

The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely.

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

Read full article: Trump's co-defendants in classified documents case are asking judge to dismiss charges against them

Lawyers for two co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the Florida classified documents case are asking a judge to dismiss charges against them.

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Judge in Trump's classified files case agrees to redact witness names, granting prosecution request

Read full article: Judge in Trump's classified files case agrees to redact witness names, granting prosecution request

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has granted a request by prosecutors aimed at protecting the identities of potential government witnesses.

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Prosecutors in Trump's classified documents case sharply rebuke judge's unusual and 'flawed' order

Read full article: Prosecutors in Trump's classified documents case sharply rebuke judge's unusual and 'flawed' order

Federal prosecutors are scolding the judge presiding over ex-President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida.

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Hurry up and wait: Trump's classified documents case is mired in delays that may run past election

Read full article: Hurry up and wait: Trump's classified documents case is mired in delays that may run past election

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

Read full article: Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds

A federal judge has 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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Prosecutors in Trump classified documents case draw sharp distinctions with Biden investigation

Read full article: Prosecutors in Trump classified documents case draw sharp distinctions with Biden investigation

Federal prosecutors are drawing sharp distinctions in the classified documents investigations involving Donald Trump and President Joe Biden as they urged a federal judge to reject the former president’s claims that he was the victim of a vindictive prosecution.

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Judge in Trump's classified documents case hears arguments about a trial date during crucial hearing

Read full article: Judge in Trump's classified documents case hears arguments about a trial date during crucial hearing

The federal judge overseeing the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump has heard arguments about a potential trial date.

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Federal prosecutors seek July trial for Trump in classified documents case

Read full article: Federal prosecutors seek July trial for Trump in classified documents case

Federal prosecutors are requesting a July 8 trial for Donald Trump on charges that he illegally retained and concealed classified documents.

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Here's where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House

Read full article: Here's where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House

From allegations of plotting to overturn an election he lost to illegally stowing classified documents at his Florida estate, former President Donald Trump faces four criminal indictments in four different cities as he vies to reclaim the White House.

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Judge declines for now to push back Trump's classified documents trial but postpones other deadlines

Read full article: Judge declines for now to push back Trump's classified documents trial but postpones other deadlines

A federal judge in Florida has declined for now to postpone former President Donald Trump’s classified documents trial.

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Judge indicates she may delay Trump trial on charges he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

Read full article: Judge indicates she may delay Trump trial on charges he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

A federal judge in Florida has indicated she may delay the start of former President Donald Trump's trial on charges that he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

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Trump co-defendant in classified records case says he wants to keep lawyer despite possible conflict

Read full article: Trump co-defendant in classified records case says he wants to keep lawyer despite possible conflict

A valet to former President Donald Trump and a co-defendant in the federal classified documents case against him has told a judge that he wants to keep his lawyer despite a potential conflict of interest.

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Judge scolds prosecutors as she delays hearing for co-defendant in Trump classified documents case

Read full article: Judge scolds prosecutors as she delays hearing for co-defendant in Trump classified documents case

A judge has scolded federal prosecutors in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump as she abruptly postponed a hearing to determine if the lawyer for a co-defendant had a conflict of interest.

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Trump's lawyers seek to postpone his classified documents trial until after the 2024 election

Read full article: Trump's lawyers seek to postpone his classified documents trial until after the 2024 election

Former President Donald Trump's lawyers have asked a judge to postpone his Florida classified documents trial until after next year’s presidential election.

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With cameras capturing every word, the pressure is on for the Georgia judge over Trump’s indictment

Read full article: With cameras capturing every word, the pressure is on for the Georgia judge over Trump’s indictment

Past high-profile trials suggest additional scrutiny and stress for the four judges overseeing the indictments against former President Donald Trump.

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Florida jury pool could give Trump an advantage in classified documents case

Read full article: Florida jury pool could give Trump an advantage in classified documents case

The classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump would seem, on paper at least, to be the most straightforward of the four criminal cases the former president is facing.

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Trump, legal team must use secure facility to review classified evidence in documents case

Read full article: Trump, legal team must use secure facility to review classified evidence in documents case

A federal judge in the case charging Donald Trump with illegally hoarding top secret documents at his Florida estate has directed the former president to use a secure facility to review classified evidence and has sharply restricted his ability to discuss that information with others.

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Judge signals December may be too soon for Trump’s classified documents case but doesn't set a date

Read full article: Judge signals December may be too soon for Trump’s classified documents case but doesn't set a date

A federal judge has signaled that December may be too soon to begin Donald Trump’s criminal trial concerning the mishandling of classified documents.

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Spotlight on judge in Trump documents case intensifies following controversial earlier ruling

Read full article: Spotlight on judge in Trump documents case intensifies following controversial earlier ruling

A month after former President Donald Trump was charged with mishandling classified documents, the judge presiding over the case is set to take on a more visible role as she weighs competing requests on a trial date and hears arguments this week on a key area of law.

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Justice Department proposes December trial date for Trump in classified documents case

Read full article: Justice Department proposes December trial date for Trump in classified documents case

The Justice Department has asked a judge to postpone until December the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump for retaining classified documents.

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Trump case assigned to judge who faced criticism over her ruling in his favor in Mar-a-Lago search

Read full article: Trump case assigned to judge who faced criticism over her ruling in his favor in Mar-a-Lago search

The historic federal criminal case against former President Donald Trump has been assigned to a judge he appointed who faced blistering criticism over her earlier pro-Trump handling of a search warrant in his case.

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Veteran judge named special master in Trump documents search

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A federal judge has appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter in the criminal investigation into the presence of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida home.

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Judge unseals additional portions of Mar-a-Lago affidavit

Read full article: Judge unseals additional portions of Mar-a-Lago affidavit

A federal judge has unsealed additional portions of an FBI affidavit laying out the basis for a search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home.

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Trump documents probe: US ready to appeal judge's hold

Read full article: Trump documents probe: US ready to appeal judge's hold

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.

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Florida judge faces criticism following order in Trump case

Read full article: Florida judge faces criticism following order in Trump case

A little-known federal judge appointed to the bench two years ago by Donald Trump is in the spotlight this week over her decision to hand the former president a major procedural win.

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Judge grants Trump bid for special master in document search

Read full article: Judge grants Trump bid for special master in document search

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.

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Trump documents probe: Judge appears open to special master

Read full article: Trump documents probe: Judge appears open to special master

A federal judge appears to have given a boost to former President Donald Trump’s hopes for appointing an outside legal expert to review government records seized by the FBI.

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Judge plans to appoint special master in Trump records case

Read full article: Judge plans to appoint special master in Trump records case

A federal judge has told the Justice Department to provide her with more specific information about the classified records removed from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate.

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