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☆ Trump Can Be Sued for Jan. 6 Incitement, Judges Rule
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Jan Wolfe | ) 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—Civil lawsuits seeking to hold Donald Trump accountable for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol can move forward, a federal appeals-court panel ruled Friday, expressing skepticism toward the former president’s claims of “absolute immunity” from allegations that he incited violence that day. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said while presidents can carry out their official duties without exposure to lawsuits, plaintiffs including Capitol Police officers had adequately established that Trump wasn’t acting in that capacity while campaigning for re-election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Annie Zhao Organizations: U.S ., Appeals, Circuit, Capitol Police, Trump Locations: Annie Zhao WASHINGTON

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

☆ Watchdog to Probe FBI Headquarters Selection Process
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

FBI Director Christopher Wray has cited a potential conflict of interest in the site-selection process. Photo: elizabeth frantz/ReutersWASHINGTON—A government watchdog is launching an investigation into how the Biden administration chose a suburban Maryland site for the FBI’s new headquarters after Director Christopher Wray and Virginia lawmakers accused a political appointee of inappropriately interfering with the siting decision. Robert Erickson, acting inspector general for the General Services Administration, told lawmakers Thursday his office would immediately probe the decision to relocate the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s main campus to Greenbelt, Md., after a decadelong drama that engulfed the site-selection process.

Persons: Christopher Wray, elizabeth frantz, Biden, Robert Erickson Organizations: Reuters WASHINGTON, General Services Administration, Federal Bureau Locations: Maryland, Virginia, Investigation’s, Greenbelt, Md

☆ Ex-Officer Derek Chauvin Expected to Survive Prison Assault
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is concurrently serving a state sentence for second-degree murder and a federal sentence for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Photo: Court TV/ReutersDerek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, is expected to survive after he was assaulted at a federal prison in Arizona, according to law-enforcement officials. He was attacked with a knife, but his injuries weren’t life-threatening, one of the officials said.

Persons: Derek Chauvin, George, Reuters Derek Chauvin, George Floyd Organizations: Minneapolis, Reuters Locations: Minneapolis, Arizona

Two people died inside a vehicle that crashed and exploded at the Rainbow Bridge U.S.-Canada border crossing, according to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Photo: Saleman Alwishah/ReutersTwo people died inside a vehicle traveling toward Canada that exploded Wednesday at a U.S.-Canada border crossing, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said, adding that a preliminary investigation found no indication the incident was a terrorist attack. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident, which forced authorities to shut down the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Persons: Kathy Hochul, Saleman Organizations: Rainbow Bridge, New York Gov, Federal Bureau of Investigation Locations: Canada, U.S, Niagara Falls, N.Y, Niagara Falls , Ontario

☆ 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.”

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☆ Biden Expected to Face Harsh Criticism in Classified-Document Probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Aruna Viswanatha | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Justice Department is investigating how classified documents got to the home of former President Trump and the home and personal office of President Biden. Here’s how documents are supposed to be handled during a transition. Illustration: Adele MorganThe prosecutor investigating why classified documents ended up at President Biden’s home and former office is preparing a report that is expected to be sharply critical of how he and his longtime aides handled the material, but the probe isn’t likely to result in a criminal case, according to people familiar with the matter. Since his appointment in January, Special Counsel Robert Hur has interviewed roughly 100 of Biden’s aides, colleagues and family members, including his son, Hunter, culminating in a two-day interview with the president last month.

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☆ Maryland Wins Bid for New FBI Headquarters Over Virginia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The J. Edgar Hoover Building has been home to the FBI for nearly 50 years. Photo: Ting Shen for The Wall Street JournalThe Federal Bureau of Investigation will move from its crumbling home in downtown Washington to the Maryland suburbs, opening a new chapter in the tortured saga of the future of the bureau’s headquarters. The agency’s new main offices are set to be built in Greenbelt, Md., about 15 miles from the hulking, brutalist J. Edgar Hoover Building that has been its iconic home for nearly 50 years.

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☆ FBI Accuses Biden Appointee of Bias in Selection of Headquarters Site
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

‘We have concerns about fairness and transparency in the process and GSA’s failure to adhere to its own site selection plan,’ FBI Director Christopher Wray wrote to staff. Photo: Chris Machian/Associated PressA final pick this week for a new Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in the Maryland suburbs was supposed to end a decadelong drama that had engulfed the site-selection process. Instead, it looks like it’s only heating up. In a sharply worded note to employees Thursday, the usually taciturn FBI Director Christopher Wray blasted the General Services Administration’s decision-making process and said a Biden appointee might have inappropriately interfered with the outcome.

Persons: Christopher Wray, Chris Machian Organizations: Federal Bureau of Investigation, General Services, Biden Locations: Maryland

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’s Bad Week: Ex-Advisers Line Up Against Him
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Alex Leary | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Jenna Ellis, a lawyer who advised Donald Trump during his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case on Tuesday. Photo: John Bazemore/AFP/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—Donald Trump has had a tough few days on the legal front, his defense effort buffeted by one blow after another from once-loyal aides. The former president was fined a second time on Wednesday for violating a gag order in a civil-fraud trial where his scorned ex-confidant Michael Cohen said Trump commanded him to “reverse engineer” estimates of his financial wealth. A day earlier it emerged that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows , once one of Trump’s closest advisers, had been talking to federal prosecutors about the effort to overturn the 2020 election. And the same day a third Trump legal adviser, Jenna Ellis , pleaded guilty in Fulton County, Ga., where Trump is the prime defendant in a racketeering case on similar allegations.

Persons: Jenna Ellis, Donald Trump, John Bazemore, WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, Trump, Mark Meadows Organizations: Getty, WASHINGTON, White House, Trump Locations: Georgia, AFP, Fulton County ,

☆ Trump Files New Arguments for Dismissal of Election-Interference Charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WSJ breaks down four separate indictments that former President Donald Trump is facing—and what they mean for his 2024 campaign. Photo Illustration: Annie ZhaoWASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s lawyers stepped up their challenges to federal charges that the former president conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss, arguing in court filings that the indictment violates his free-speech rights and targets him because he is President Biden’s chief rival for the White House in 2024. The long-shot legal motions represent Trump’s latest effort to have dismissed his federal election-interference prosecution and add to a mounting pile of requests under consideration by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan , who has indicated she has a low tolerance for politics in her courtroom.

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

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

☆ Judge Imposes Limited Gag Order on Trump in Federal Election-Interference Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ 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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☆ Judge in Trump Documents Case Upbraids Prosecutors for ‘Wasting the Court’s Time’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Aruna Viswanatha | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Biden Interviewed by Special Counsel Regarding Classified Documents
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Trump Asks to Put Off Mar-a-Lago Documents Trial Until After Election
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Biden Administration Indicts Chinese Firms Allegedly Tied to Fentanyl Distribution
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) 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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☆ 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

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☆ Merrick Garland Asserts Justice Department’s Independence on Capitol Hill
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Ties Between Joe Biden and Merrick Garland Deteriorate From Distant to Frigid
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Aruna Viswanatha | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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