Tag: classified documents probe

Trump Aide Walt Nauta Pleads Not Guilty in Classified Documents Case

In a Miami courtroom, Walt Nauta, an aide of former President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Thursday to helping Mr. Trump hide classified documents from law enforcement. Mr. Nauta was indicted last month in special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of the former president’s handling of classified documents. Although he was initially scheduled to appear in…


Trump Had Right to Records Central to Federal Criminal Case, Legal Analyst Says

According to legal analyst Mike Davis, former President Donald Trump had the right to hold onto records from his time as president despite federal prosecutors arguing the move constituted willful retention of national defense information. Davis—who served as a legal counsel to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), as clerk for a federal judge, and who now…


Paul Kamenar: Trump Indictment Is Government Overreach, Rallying Point for Supporters

The indictment of former President Donald Trump on charges of mishandling classified documents is an overreach by the government, according to Paul Kamenar, counsel for the National Legal and Policy Center. Kamenar also sees the charges as a potential rallying point for Trump’s supporters. “I think the government has overreached in this area and I…


TIMELINE: The Trump Presidential Records Case

Former president Donald Trump said on June 8 that he had been indicted by special counsel Jack Smith as part of the investigation into his handling of classified documents. The indictment is the conclusion of a yearslong saga that started when the president moved out of the White House following the 2020 election. The federal…


Trump Seeks Probe of DOJ for Alleged Bribe, Misconduct

Former President Donald Trump revealed “shocking” allegations against the Department of Justice (DOJ) amid reports that a federal prosecutor is poised to indict him for alleged mishandling of classified documents. Trump took to his Truth Social platform and wrote: “Shocking! One of the top prosecutors at the Department of Injustice was reportedly so obsessed with…


Trump Reacts to Reports That Feds Will Indict Him, Ally Warns This Would ‘Undo Our Republic’

If a federal indictment of former President Donald Trump was imminent during the afternoon of June 7, he denied being informed about it. Throughout the day, numerous news reports were circulating that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had alerted Trump or his lawyers that he would be formally charged in connection with the classified documents…


Trump Decries ‘Marxists and Fascists’ in DOJ, FBI ‘Going After Me’ in Classified Documents Probe

Former president and Republican 2024 frontrunner Donald Trump lashed out at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI in a series of posts on his Truth social media account on Tuesday over their ongoing investigation of his handling of classified documents. “The Marxists and Fascists in the DOJ & FBI are going after me…


Ex-Trump Lawyer Says DOJ May Decline to Charge Former President Over Classified Docs

Former President Donald Trump may not face charges over his handling of classified documents, according to one of his former attorneys. During a June 4 interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Timothy Parlatore said he would be “not at all” surprised if special counsel Jack Smith were to decline to prosecute the case. “You…


Trump Lawyers Request Meeting With Garland Over Special Counsel Probes

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Tuesday requested a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland over the work of a special counsel who is handling two investigations into the former president. “No President of the United States has ever, in the history of our country, been baselessly investigated in such an outrageous and…