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☆ GOP Sees Skulduggery in Hunter Biden Paying His Father Back for Truck
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Annie Linskey | C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hunter Biden and President Biden in Washington earlier this year. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Associated PressWASHINGTON— Hunter Biden paid his father, Joe Biden, three installments totaling a little more than $4,000 in 2018 from a business account that held funds from his Chinese business dealings, according to documents released by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. While House Republicans said the money transfers link President Biden, who wasn’t in office at the time, to his son’s business activity in China, Democrats said they merely showed Hunter Biden reimbursing his father for some payments his father was making on a 2018 Ford F-150 Raptor that Hunter Biden was using.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Biden, Andrew Harnik, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden, Joe Biden Organizations: Associated Press WASHINGTON, Republicans, Ford Locations: Washington, China

House Speaker Mike Johnson could set a vote on formalizing impeachment proceedings against President Biden in the coming week. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/ShutterstockWASHINGTON—House Republican leaders are moving toward a vote on formalizing an impeachment probe into President Biden, aiming to bolster an investigation that some in the party are still wary of pushing forward too quickly. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) and committee chairmen made a case to rank-and-file lawmakers on Friday, with a vote possible as soon as this week. House Republicans have already spent months trying to tie Biden to his family members’ overseas business dealings and gather support for their claims—which he denies—that he benefited from them.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Biden, Jim Lo Scalzo, — Organizations: WASHINGTON — House Republican, House Republicans

Former President Donald Trump is facing four separate indictments at both state and federal levels. WSJ breaks down each of the indictments and what they mean for his 2024 presidential campaign. Photo Illustration: Annie ZhaoWASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump’s efforts to claim absolute immunity to ward off criminal and civil legal actions against him were rebuffed twice Friday in separate legal decisions. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan , presiding over Trump’s election-interference case brought by special counsel Jack Smith, rejected the former president’s bid to have that case tossed out on the grounds that he enjoys “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution. In court papers, the former president’s lawyers argued that his efforts to challenge his November 2020 election loss had been “within the ‘outer perimeter’ of his official responsibility” as president.

Persons: Donald Trump, Annie Zhao WASHINGTON —, Donald Trump’s, Tanya Chutkan, Jack Smith Organizations: U.S

☆ Hunter Biden Says He Will Testify in Public Before Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

House Republicans subpoenaed Hunter Biden earlier this month. Photo: jonathan ernst/ReutersWASHINGTON— Hunter Biden is willing to testify publicly before Congress, his lawyer said in a letter Tuesday, responding to a subpoena demanding that he appear as part of the House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into his father, President Biden. The three-page letter from the younger Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, marked the latest escalation in the monthslong standoff between the president’s son and GOP lawmakers. The more aggressive approach seeks to ward off the prospect of a closed-door hearing after which Republican committee members could cherry-pick parts of Hunter Biden’s testimony, but it also augurs a more public phase of his travails.

Persons: Hunter Biden, jonathan ernst, Reuters WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden, Biden, Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden’s Organizations: Reuters WASHINGTON, House Republicans

☆ Trump’s Gag Order Comes Under Appeals Court’s Scrutiny
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former President Donald Trump recently criticized the limited gag order as unprecedented censoring of a political candidate. Photo: Eric Gay/Associated PressWASHINGTON—A federal appeals-court panel sharply questioned prosecutors and Donald Trump’s defense lawyers alike on Monday as it weighs whether to affirm restrictions on what the former president can say about his election-interference case. The hearing before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was the latest clash between Trump’s lawyers and special counsel Jack Smith ’s team over a gag order issued last month by Trump’s trial judge, Tanya Chutkan .

Persons: Donald Trump, Eric Gay, Donald Trump’s, Jack Smith ’, Trump’s, Tanya Chutkan Organizations: Associated Press WASHINGTON, U.S ., Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

☆ Trump’s Gag Order Should Stand, Appeals Panel Signals
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former President Donald Trump is facing four separate indictments at both state and federal levels. WSJ breaks down each of the indictments and what they mean for his 2024 presidential campaign. Photo Illustration: Annie ZhaoWASHINGTON—A federal appeals court signaled Monday that it would affirm but potentially narrow a gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump in the criminal case alleging he conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss. During a more than two-hour hearing in Washington, a three-judge panel expressed skepticism toward the argument from Trump’s lawyer that the gag order infringed on the former president’s First Amendment rights and “core political speech.”

Persons: Donald Trump, Annie Zhao WASHINGTON —, ” Locations: Washington

☆ Hunter Biden Seeking Trump, Barr Documents in Gun Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hunter Biden arrived for a court appearance last month in Wilmington, Del. Photo: Matt Rourke/Associated PressPresident Biden’s son, Hunter Biden , is seeking to subpoena Donald Trump and former Attorney General William Barr as he prepares to raise a defense that his prosecution on felony gun charges stems from an “unrelenting pressure campaign” by the former president and his Republican allies. In a 16-page court filing Wednesday, the younger Biden asked a federal judge to sign off on subpoenas for communications among Trump administration officials about investigating and prosecuting him. His lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said the information he is pursuing “goes to the heart of his defense that this is, possibly, a vindictive or selective prosecution arising from an unrelenting pressure campaign beginning in the last administration.”

Persons: Hunter Biden, Matt Rourke, Biden’s, Donald Trump, William Barr, Biden, Abbe Lowell, “, ” Organizations: Associated Press, Republican, Trump Locations: Wilmington, Del

☆ Trump, Prosecutors Clash Over Televising Election-Interference Trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Jan Wolfe | C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former president Donald Trump is facing four separate indictments at both state and federal levels. WSJ breaks down each of the indictments and what they mean for his 2024 presidential campaign. Photo Illustration: Annie ZhaoWASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump has breathed new life into a push by media companies to televise his federal trial on election-subversion charges, but the odds of cameras being in the courtroom remain slim. On Friday, Trump’s lawyers urged U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to allow broadcasting of the trial, scheduled to begin in March, saying that the “prosecution wishes to continue this travesty in darkness” and that “President Trump calls for sunlight.”

Persons: Donald Trump, Annie Zhao WASHINGTON —, Trump’s, Tanya Chutkan, Trump Organizations: U.S, “

☆ House Republicans Subpoena Biden’s Son, Brother for Business Probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hunter Biden faces allegations that he traded on the family name. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/ReutersHouse Republicans subpoenaed Hunter and James Biden on Wednesday, demanding their testimony as lawmakers seek to tie President Biden to his family’s business dealings. The subpoenas to the president’s son and brother came as Republicans pushed to rekindle an impeachment inquiry that faced delays during the jockeying to select a new House speaker, a race that exposed fissures within the GOP conference. In the buildup to Wednesday’s subpoenas, lawmakers focused a spotlight on Hunter and James Biden as they alleged that the president’s relatives traded on the family name as they made millions of dollars.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Jonathan Ernst, Hunter, James Biden, Biden Organizations: Reuters, GOP

Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings and private life have provided political fodder for Republicans seeking to pin wrongdoing on his father. Here’s what you need to know about the legal challenges facing the president’s son. Photo Illustration: Ryan TrefesThe yearslong criminal investigation into Hunter Biden has aired a lot of dirty laundry about the president’s son’s attempts at foreign business and his descent into drug addiction. A parallel congressional probe is now airing a lot of dirty laundry about the government officials investigating him. The younger Biden was indicted in September on three felony gun charges and pleaded not guilty last month in Delaware federal court.

Persons: Hunter, Ryan Trefes, Hunter Biden, Biden Organizations: Republicans, Internal Revenue Locations: Delaware

☆ Trump Gag Order Lifted in Federal Election-Interference Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former President Donald Trump was fined $10,000 last week after being called to the witness stand by the judge in his civil fraud trial to answer for comments he made during a break in the proceedings. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/Associated PressDonald Trump has been released, at least for now, from a limited gag order in the federal case alleging that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election results. At the urging of Trump’s lawyers, a federal appeals court agreed Friday to temporarily lift the gag order while the former president challenges restrictions on what he can say about prosecutors, potential witnesses and court staff involved in the criminal case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit set an expedited briefing schedule, with an oral argument scheduled for Nov. 20 before a three-judge panel.

Persons: Donald Trump, Yuki Iwamura, Associated Press Donald Trump Organizations: Associated Press, U.S, Appeals

☆ Judge Reinstates Donald Trump Gag Order
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Donald Trump’s lawyers are expected to ask a federal appeals court to intervene and put a hold on the restrictions while they challenge the gag order. Photo: scott morgan/ReutersWASHINGTON—A federal judge late Sunday reinstated a gag order barring Donald Trump from publicly criticizing prosecutors, potential witnesses and court staff involved in the criminal case charging him with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election. With the ruling from Judge Tanya Chutkan , the gag order returns to effect and raises the specter of sanctions for Trump if he’s found to violate its terms. Trump’s lawyers are expected to ask a federal appeals court to intervene immediately and put a hold on the restrictions while they challenge the gag order.

Persons: Donald, scott morgan, Donald Trump, Tanya Chutkan, he’s Organizations: Reuters WASHINGTON, Trump

Former President Donald Trump is facing four separate indictments at both state and federal levels. WSJ breaks down each of the indictments and what they mean for his 2024 presidential campaign. Photo Illustration: Annie ZhaoJustice might be blind, but the two separate federal prosecutions of former President Donald Trump are showing how differently judges mete it out, coloring the pace and tenor of the high-profile cases months before they come to trial. In a courthouse blocks from the U.S. Capitol, the judge presiding over Trump’s trial on charges of conspiring to reverse the 2020 presidential election agreed this week with prosecutors arguing that the former president’s attacks on the special counsel team and potential witnesses threatened the integrity of the case and should be restricted. When Trump’s lawyer said existing limits on Trump’s contact with witnesses sufficed, the judge, Tanya Chutkan , laughed.

Persons: Donald Trump, Annie Zhao, sufficed, Tanya Chutkan Organizations: U.S . Capitol

☆ Trump’s Freewheeling Posts Raise Prospect of Federal Gag Order
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Sadie Gurman | C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ IRS Contractor Pleads Guilty to Leaking Trump’s Tax Returns
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Hunter Biden’s Legal Saga Enters Fraught New Chapter
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ House Republicans Open Impeachment Inquiry Into Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Federal Judge Rejects Trump’s Request to Step Away From His Jan. 6 Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Judge Tanya Chutkan says her past statements ‘certainly do not manifest a deep-seated prejudice that would make fair judgment impossible ‘Photo: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts/Associated Press

Persons: Tanya Chutkan, ‘ Organizations: U.S, Associated

☆ Hunter Biden Sues Rudy Giuliani Over Release of Personal Data
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ A Trump-Era Lawsuit Over a Hack Was Going Nowhere. Then a Lobbyist Switched Sides.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Aruna Viswanatha | C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Hunter Biden Sues IRS for Alleged Breach of His Privacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Justice Department Seeks ‘Narrowly Tailored’ Gag Order on Trump in Election Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Jan Wolfe | C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Hunter Biden Indicted on Gun Charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Donald Trump Seeks Recusal of Judge Presiding Over His Federal Jan. 6 Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, an Obama appointee confirmed in 2014, was randomly assigned to preside over the case. Photo: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts/Associated Press

Persons: Tanya Chutkan Organizations: U.S, Associated

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