Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, Fla)
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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Discovery of More Classified Records Raises Questions Over Biden’s Handling of Documents
Follow for the latest on the discovery of the second batch of classified documents from Biden’s vice presidency. WASHINGTON — President Biden’s aides have found a new batch of classified documents at a second location associated with Mr. Biden, a person familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. It was the second such disclosure in […]
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Prosecutors Seek Testimony on Trump’s Claims to Have Declassified Documents
Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of national security documents want to question one of his confidants about a claim that Mr. Trump had declassified national security documents he took when he left the White House. That claim has hovered over the investigation since the confidant, Kash Patel; Mr. Trump himself; and […]
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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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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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Email Shows Early Tension Between Trump and National Archives
Less than four months after former President Donald J. Trump left office, the general counsel of the National Archives reached out to three lawyers who had worked with Mr. Trump to convey a firm message: The archives had determined that more than two dozen boxes of Mr. Trump’s presidential records were missing, and it needed […]
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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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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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How DeSantis Transformed Florida’s Political Identity
Not long ago, such a shift would have seemed out of the question in a state notorious for its tight election margins and nail-biting recounts. Mr. DeSantis won the governorship by about 32,000 votes in 2018, hardly a mandate. His aloof personality did not exactly sparkle. Read More on Florida’s Fight With Disney But beginning […]
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