Federal Bureau of Investigation
How Classified Information Is Handled
But for the most part, Mr. Gerstell said, “You can’t go to a government computer and push a button and say, ‘Print out a list of all classified documents.’ There is no system that does that.” Is the classification system enforced by criminal law? Not directly — for the most part. The legal basis for […]
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How Biden’s Discovery of Classified Files Compares With the Trump Case
Follow for the latest on the discovery of the second batch of classified documents from Biden’s vice presidency. WASHINGTON — The disclosure that classified documents were found in a private office that Joseph R. Biden Jr. had used before beginning his 2020 campaign and at his residence in Wilmington, Del., has prompted comparisons to former […]
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With FBI Search, US Escalates Global Fight Over Chinese Police Outposts
The nondescript, six-story office building on a busy street in New York’s Chinatown lists several mundane businesses on its lobby directory, including an engineering company, an acupuncturist and an accounting firm. A more remarkable enterprise, on the third floor, is unlisted: a Chinese outpost suspected of conducting police operations without jurisdiction or diplomatic approval — […]
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Special Master Expresses Skepticism of Declassification Claims by Trump’s Lawyers
A federal judge expressed skepticism on Tuesday about the efforts by former President Donald J. Trump’s legal team to avoid offering any proof of his claims that he had declassified sensitive government documents that were seized from his Florida estate last month. The statements by the judge, Raymond J. Dearie, who is acting as a […]
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Justice Dept. Charges 48 in Brazen Pandemic Aid Fraud in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — The Justice Department said on Tuesday that it had charged 48 people with running a brazen fraud against anti-hunger programs in the coronavirus pandemic, stealing $240 million by billing the government for meals they did not serve to children who did not exist. The case, in Minnesota, is the largest fraud uncovered in […]
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Trump Was Warned Late Last Year of Potential Legal Peril Over Documents
A onetime White House lawyer under President Donald J. Trump warned him late last year that Mr. Trump could face legal liability if he did not return government materials he had taken with him when he left office, three people familiar with the matter said. The lawyer, Eric Herschmann, sought to impress upon Mr. Trump […]
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Read the Search Warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home
Case 9:22-mj-08332-BER Document 17 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/11/2022 Page 2 of 7 AO 93 (Rev. 11/13) Search and Seizure Warrant To: In the Matter of the Search of (Briefly describe the property to be searched or identify the person by name and address) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT the Premises Located at 1100 S. Ocean […]
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Trump Claims He’s a Victim of Tactics He Once Deployed
WASHINGTON — Two days after the 2020 election that Donald J. Trump refused to admit he lost, his oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., made an urgent recommendation: “Fire Wray.” The younger Mr. Trump did not explain in the text he sent why it was necessary to oust Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director his father […]
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The search appears to signal a major escalation in the various investigations into the Trump presidency.
Former President Donald J. Trump said on Monday that the F.B.I. had searched his Palm Beach, Fla., home and had broken open a safe — an account signaling a major escalation in the various investigations into the final stages of his presidency. The search, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation, appeared to be […]
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