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☆ Trump is wooing oil and gas tycoons to financially support his 2024 campaign, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Former President Trump is working to ramp up his support among energy executives, WaPo reported. Support from oil and gas executives would be crucial to his 2024 reelection campaign. Harold Hamm, the billionaire founder and chairman of Continental Resources, for instance, told Trump during a phone conversation earlier this year that he should end his presidential bid, per The Financial Times. "Trump was good on energy, and I think energy policy under Trump would be fine," Eberhart, the DeSantis supporter, told The Post. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe extent of Trump's pitches to energy executives is not a shock to environmental groups, as they battled with the administration over regulations throughout his entire time in the White House.

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CNN has assembled a comprehensive picture of how prosecutors are structuring their case against Trump over his mishandling of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. Currently, the trial is set to begin in Florida in May, well before the 2024 presidential election. In all, prosecutors could use these witnesses to explain to a jury the free-wheeling environment presided over by Trump after he left the White House. Eye-witness accountsSome of the witnesses told investigators what they saw at Mar-a-Lago caught their attention and seemed unusual, out-of-place or potentially suspicious. Pratt visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago after Trump left office, and the former president shared with Pratt sensitive information regarding US nuclear submarines, two sources told CNN.

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The memo, shared with The Associated Press, pointed to Reynolds' surprise endorsement — a rarity for sitting Iowa governors before the caucuses — as proof that DeSantis could cut into Trump's margins. In her own memo, Haley campaign manager Betsy Ankney on Monday described the Iowa contest as a “dead heat” between DeSantis and Haley, while ignoring Trump's massive lead. He has no end game.”The new DeSantis memo points to the political infrastructure that he and an allied super PAC have established across several early voting states. In Iowa, the memo claims “there will soon be 50 dedicated paid staff" and the organizing help of Reynolds, who has her own statewide operation. But learning of Reynolds’ support for DeSantis Sunday did nothing to move her toward him, she said Monday.

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☆ Developments in Trump’s galaxy of legal problems, explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Zachary Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Try to keep track of the galaxy of former President Donald Trump’s legal problems. The trial marks the first of Trump’s criminal cases expected to proceed. Federal criminal court in Florida: Mishandling classified materialTrump has pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges brought by Smith over his alleged mishandling of classified documents. A federal judge threw out the lawsuit in November 2022. A New York judge dismissed The New York Times from Trump’s lawsuit regarding disclosure of his tax returns and ordered Trump to pay the newspaper’s legal fees.

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Homes a tenth the size of Mar-a-Lago on tiny inland lots sell for that in the Town of Palm Beach, a wealthy island enclave. It is also a club, private beach resort, historical artifact and banquet hall with a ballroom that features gold leaf. The much smaller Palm Beach compound once owned by the Kennedy political dynasty sold for $70 million three years ago. SO HOW DID PALM BEACH COUNTY COME UP WITH SUCH A LOW TAX ASSESSMENT? If Mar-a-Lago had a $1 billion assessed value, it’s property tax bill would be approximately $18 million.

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Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a 2024 presidential campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A New York appeals court on Thursday refused to delay Donald Trump's scheduled Oct. 2 civil fraud trial, after the former U.S. president accused the trial judge of wrongly refusing to throw out most of the case. In a brief order, a five-judge panel of the Appellate Division, a mid-level appeals court in Manhattan, denied Trump's motion to postpone the trial. Engoron's decision on Tuesday showed that he believed the appeals court ruling had little effect on James' case. Donald Trump and his adult sons appear on both lists, as do former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg and controller Jeffrey McConney.

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Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, U.S., August 8, 2023. Woodward currently represents Walt Nauta, one of the two Trump employees also charged in the documents case, in addition to having previously represented the IT head, who is not named in Wednesday's filing. But he suggested in Wednesday's filing that prosecutors' handling of the IT manager's testimony was improper. Prosecutors have charged Trump, Nauta and a third Mar-a-Lago employee, Carlos De Oliveira, with trying to thwart government efforts to retrieve sensitive documents taken to the Florida resort after Trump left office. Prosecutors said in an August court filing that the witness initially denied any knowledge of obstruction.

Persons: Donald Trump, Reba Saldanha, Jack Smith’s, Stanley Woodward, Woodward, Walt Nauta, Aileen Cannon, Trump, Joe Biden, Yuscil Taveras, Nauta, Taveras, Carlos De Oliveira, Prosecutors, Andrew Goudsward, Scott Malone, Andrea Ricci Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Trump's, Walt, Trump, IT, Prosecutors, Democratic, Politico, CNN, Thomson Locations: Windham , New Hampshire, U.S, Lago Florida, Florida

☆ DeSantis Super PAC will launch a $25 million ad blitz in Iowa and New Hampshire to reverse campaign's slide in the GOP presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Never Back Down is looking to reverse DeSantis' presidential campaign slump with a sizable ad buy. DeSantis has promoted his conservative record on the trail, but Trump continues to dominate the GOP race. Top officials for Never Back Down, who were encouraged by DeSantis' debate performance on Wednesday, outlined their strategy at a lunch shortly before the debate, according to The Post. Such a development would also be welcome news amid headlines about layoffs and campaign shakeups in the DeSantis campaign. AdvertisementAdvertisement"We are totally dominating DeSanctus right here in the state of Florida," Trump said at the time, mispronouncing the governor's last name.

Persons: DeSantis, Trump, Ron DeSantis —, Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Kristin Davison, " Davison, Joe Biden, DeSanctimonious, Ramaswamy Organizations: GOP, Service, White, The Washington Post, Gov, Republican Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire, Wall, Silicon, Florida, coalescing

Ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and former Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker are board members. The complaints come as many experts expect an uptick in challenges to corporate diversity programs following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that prohibited race-conscious college admissions policies. “There certainly is a deep psychological effect that is putting the brakes on the forward movement of diversity in the workplace,” Rossein said. America First has also filed lawsuits accusing Target Corp and Progressive Insurance of breaching their duties to shareholders by adopting diversity programs and progressive marketing campaigns, for instance celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month. Commissioner Andrea Lucas, a Trump appointee, filed a dozen charges last year, more than any of her colleagues.

Persons: Trump, Stephen Miller, Donald Trump's Mar, Jonathan Ernst, Activision's, Kellogg, Morgan Stanley, Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Matthew Whitaker, Rick Rossein, ” Rossein, Hershey, Andrea Lucas, Lucas, Gene Hamilton, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Activision Blizzard Inc, Kellogg, U.S, Opportunity Commission, America, Starbucks Corp, McDonald's Corp, Anheuser, Busch Companies, Hershey Co, Republican, Trump, Supreme, City University of New York School of Law, Target Corp, Progressive Insurance, Activision, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, U.S, America, Albany , New York

☆ Trump co-defendant Carlos De Oliveira pleads not guilty in classified docs case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

De Oliveira pleaded not guilty to four criminal counts related to an alleged attempt to delete surveillance footage from Trump's Mar-a-Lago club. De Oliveira, a property manager at Trump's Palm Beach resort, was added to the case in a superseding indictment filed late last month. Walt Nauta, Trump's valet and co-defendant in the original indictment filed by special counsel Jack Smith, also received additional charges in the superseding indictment. Trump had already pleaded not guilty to the new charges and waived his appearance in last week's hearing. Trump's charges in Florida are one of four active criminal cases against him as he seeks the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Persons: Carlos De Oliveira, Donald Trump, James L, Donald Trump's, De Oliveira, Trump's, Shaniek Maynard, Walt Nauta, Jack Smith, Nauta, De, Larry Murrell, Trump, Joe Biden Organizations: King, Trump's Mar, Trump, White House Locations: Miami , Florida, Palm, U.S, Fort Pierce , Florida, New Jersey, Florida, Georgia

☆ Feds say Trump not entitled to 'special treatment' in documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Prosecutors told Judge Aileen Cannon that Trump is not entitled — as he has requested — to review or discuss any classified information in the case in a newly constructed sensitive compartmented information facility in one of his homes. Federal prosecutors on Monday said former President Donald Trump is seeking "special treatment that no other defendant would receive" in the criminal case accusing him of retaining classified documents at his Florida club after leaving the White House . "In essence, he is asking to be the only defendant ever in a case involving classified information (at least to the Government's knowledge) who would be able to discuss classified information in a private residence," the filing said. Prosecutors want Cannon to order that Trump and his lawyers only be allowed to discuss classified information within special secured locations, also known as SCIFs. The filing said that the proposed protective order that prosecutors are seeking "reflects standard procedures for handling classified information in criminal cases and is consistent with the law."

Persons: Aileen Cannon, Trump, Donald Trump, Cannon, Trump's Organizations: Court, Prosecutors, White Locations: Southern Florida, Florida, Lago, Palm Beach

☆ Trump swoops into Iowa Fair to scramble DeSantis' effort to reboot campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. August 12, 2023. DeSantis is making a high-risk bet that he can halt Trump's march to the Republican presidential nomination by winning Iowa. We'll take the consequences and let the chips fall where they may," he said in an interview with Iowa's Republican Governor Kim Reynolds at the fair. According to that Aug. 3 poll, Trump also leads DeSantis by 34 points, 47% to 13%. Trump turned down her invitation, angered by her public neutrality in the primary race and her appearance with DeSantis at several of his Iowa events.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Morgan DES, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Trump's, We'll, Kim Reynolds, Reynolds, Trump, David Ljunggren, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Republican, Fair, REUTERS, Iowa, Iowa's Republican, . Iowa, Trump, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Scott Morgan DES MOINES , Iowa, Florida, ., New Hampshire, South Carolina, Des Moines

☆ Trump swoops into Iowa Fair to scramble DeSantis' effort to reboot his campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, U.S., August 8, 2023. DeSantis is making a high-risk bet that he can halt Trump's march to the Republican presidential nomination by winning Iowa. Trump's appearance at the Iowa State Fair just hours after DeSantis' could steal the limelight from the governor and dominate the headlines. According to that Aug. 3 poll, Trump also leads DeSantis by 34 points, 47% to 13%. Trump has been angered by her public neutrality in the primary race and her appearance with DeSantis at several of his Iowa events.

Persons: Donald Trump, Reba Saldanha, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Trump's, Trump, Kim Reynolds, Tim Reid, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Reba Saldanha DES, Fair, Iowa, Trump, Iowa State Fair, Thomson Locations: Windham , New Hampshire, U.S, Reba Saldanha DES MOINES , Iowa, Iowa, Florida, Iowa . Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Des Moines

☆ Donald Trump aide pleads not guilty to new charges in US documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Trump's valet Walt Nauta pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction of justice and false statements in an appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Shaniek Mills Maynard in Florida. Neither defendant spoke to reporters when leaving the courthouse, where a handful of Trump supporters had gathered to protest the case. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 40 counts of unauthorized retention of national defense information, obstruction of justice and false statements. Nauta had already pleaded not guilty to some charges in the documents case, but returned to court to face additional counts filed in a superseding indictment in July. Trump pleaded not guilty to the new charges in a court filing and did not appear in court on Thursday.

Persons: Donald Trump, Reba Saldanha, FORT, Walt Nauta, Shaniek Mills, Carlos De Oliveira, Nauta, Trump, Joe Biden, Jack Smith's, De Oliveira, John Irving, Smith, Jack Queen, Andy Sullivan, Will Dunham, Noeleen Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Trump's, Trump, Democratic, Prosecutors, White House, Mar, FBI, White, Manhattan, Thomson Locations: Windham , New Hampshire, U.S, FORT PIERCE , Florida, Shaniek Mills Maynard, Florida, Lago, Palm Beach, Bedminster , New Jersey, Georgia

☆ Donald Trump's aides set to enter pleas in US classified documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets the crowd during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, U.S., August 8, 2023. Nauta moved boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago to hide them from Trump's lawyer and federal investigators, according to prosecutors. In the documents case, Nauta has pleaded not guilty but must be arraigned on additional counts filed in a July superseding indictment. Trump pleaded not guilty to the new charges in a court filing and will not appear in-person Thursday. Trump has denied wrongdoing in Georgia involving an investigation into his efforts to reverse his election loss in that state.

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☆ Exclusive: A veteran FBI agent told Congress that investigations into Giuliani and other Trump allies were 'suppressed'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

An FBI veteran said his superiors suppressed investigations of Trump, Insider can exclusively reveal. Those figures, the statement claims, explicitly included "anyone in the [Trump] White House and any former or current associates of President Trump." The directions he received included a strict prohibition on filing intelligence reports relating to Giuliani or any other Trump associate. Even before the emergence of this new whistleblower, there has been ample evidence of individual FBI agents with pro-Trump partisan sympathies. Some FBI agents were reportedly satisfied by an assertion made by Trump's legal team that he'd turned over all his classified documents, and wanted to close the Mar-a-Lago government records investigation down.

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"She ignored the public trial right entirely. Scott Berry, Spearman's federal public defender, declined to comment, as did a Justice Department spokesperson. Five former federal judges -- four appointed by Democrats and one by a Republican -- said in interviews that Cannon’s errors likely reflect relative inexperience on the bench. A public trial also has been found to implicate First Amendment rights of freedom of assembly, speech and press. One of the pivotal Supreme Court cases on the right to a public trial is Waller v. Georgia.

Persons: Aileen Cannon, Donald Trump's, Cannon, Trump, William Spearman, Spearman's, Stephen Smith, Spearman, Jeremy Fogel, Scott Berry, Paul Grimm, Grimm, Brian Steel, Mark Bennett, It's, Waller, Berry, Greg Schiller, Schiller, Clara's Smith, Jacqueline Thomsen, Sarah N, Lynch, Will Dunham, Scott Malone Organizations: U.S ., Dirksen, Trump, WASHINGTON, Reuters, U.S, Constitution's, Santa Clara School of Law, Berkeley Judicial, Republican, Duke Law School, Supreme, Chief U.S, Northern, Northern District of, . Georgia, Senate, Circuit, Appeals, FBI, Trump's Mar, Thomson Locations: Florida, Washington , U.S, Alabama, Cannon, California, Maryland, Northern District, Northern District of Iowa, ., Atlanta, Trump's, Lago, Washington, New York, U.S

A defendant's right to a public trial is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution's Sixth Amendment. "She ignored the public trial right entirely. A public trial also has been found to implicate First Amendment rights of freedom of assembly, speech and press. Scott Berry, a federal public defender representing Spearman, declined to comment, as did a Justice Department spokesperson. LIMITED EXPERIENCEAs a judge, Cannon so far has presided over four criminal trials that resulted in jury verdicts.

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Carlos De Oliveira, the property manager of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, did not enter a plea as he has yet to obtain local counsel. Prosecutors first charged Trump and his aide Walt Nauta in the case in June, alleging Trump haphazardly stored hundreds of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home and enlisted staff to hide them from investigators. A superseding indictment unveiled on Thursday added charges against Trump and Nauta along with De Oliveira, in a sign the case is widening. De Oliveira and Nauta also moved boxes of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago to conceal them from the FBI and Trump's lawyers, the indictment said. "Never saw nothing," De Oliveira told the agents, according to the indictment.

Persons: Donald Trump, Carlos De Oliveira, Trump’s, Edwin Torres, De Oliveira, De Oliveira’s, John Irving, “, ” De Oliveira, Trump, Walt Nauta, Nauta, Donald Trump's Mar, Marco Bello, Prosecutors, Jack Smith, Fani Willis, Jack Queen, Noeleen Walder, Andrea Ricci, Howard Goller Organizations: MIAMI, Justice Department, Prosecutors, Trump, REUTERS, Mar, FBI, U.S, Manhattan’s Democratic, Media, Thomson Locations: Miami, Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, Florida, Miami , Florida, U.S, Georgia, Fulton County

☆ New Trump co-defendant's plea delayed while he seeks Florida lawyer
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Carlos De Oliveira (L), personal aide to former US President Donald Trump, arrives at the James L. King Federal Courthouse in Miami, Florida, on July 31, 2023. Carlos De Oliveira — the new co-defendant in the Trump classified documents criminal case — appeared in Miami federal court Monday morning, but had the entry of his plea postponed to give him time to hire a local Florida lawyer. De Oliveira was ordered free on a $100,000 signature bond by Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres at the brief hearing after Torres read out the four charges facing the defendant. De Oliveira's failure so far to get a Florida lawyer mirrors the difficulties that Trump had hiring a local attorney for the case. Nauta had his arraignment twice postponed because of the same issue.

Persons: Carlos De Oliveira, Donald Trump, James L, Carlos De Oliveira —, —, De Oliveira, Edwin Torres, Torres, Donald Trump's Mar, Walt Nauta, De, Trump, Nauta Organizations: King, Trump Locations: Miami , Florida, Miami, Florida, Lago, Palm Beach , Florida

☆ Trump says he handed over security tapes, denies wrongdoing after latest charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Friday denied wrongdoing in his handling of security tapes sought by federal investigators, a day after prosecutors added new charges alleging the former president ordered employees at his Florida resort to delete the videos. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said in an interview with conservative radio host John Fredericks that he believed he wasn't required to hand over security tapes from his Mar-a-Lago resort but did so anyway. "These were security tapes. De Oliveira, 56, told another worker at the resort where Trump lives that "the boss" wanted security videos of the property in Florida deleted after the Justice Department subpoenaed them. Trump also said he would not end his 2024 presidential campaign if he is convicted and sentenced on the various charges against him.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, John Fredericks, I'm, Jack Smith, Carlos De Oliveira, De Oliveira, Prosecutors, De Oliveira's, Kat Jackson, Doina, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Trump, Trump's, Justice Department, FBI, Mar, Thomson Locations: Florida, Lago

Trump now faces 40 charges in the case, after originally being indicted on 37 counts last month. His valet, Walt Nauta, is also facing new charges, and prosecutors have added a third defendant and another Trump employee, Carlos De Oliveira, to the criminal case. Prosecutors have charged Trump, Nauta and De Oliveira with obstruction over the attempt to delete the footage. The indictment also adds De Oliveira to an existing obstruction charge, claiming he conspired with Trump and Nauta to hide sensitive government documents. UNLAWFUL RETENTIONThe new indictment alleges Trump retained one more document containing national defense information than was listed in the original charges.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Nauta, De Oliveira, Jacqueline Thomsen, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Former U.S, Trump's, Trump, Prosecutors, Nauta, FBI, Thomson Locations: Former, Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, Mar, New Jersey, Washington

☆ Prosecutors blast Trump bid to discuss classified information at home with lawyers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 7, 2023. Federal prosecutors in a new court filing blasted a request by Donald Trump to be allowed to discuss classified information for his criminal case in Florida at home with his defense attorneys, outside of a specially secured room. "Defendant Trump's personal residences and offices are not lawful locations for the discussion of classified information, any more than they would be for any private citizen," prosecutors wrote. The filing noted that since the end of Trump's presidency in January 2021, neither Mar-a-Lago nor his summer residence at his Bedminster, New Jersey, club have been authorized locations to store, possess or discuss classified information. Prosecutors are proposing that Judge Aileen Cannon issue a protective order that would require Trump and his lawyers only to discuss classified information with each other with a so-called SCIF, or sensitive compartmented information facility, which is designed to prevent people not authorized to hear the information from doing so.

Persons: Donald Trump, Prosecutors, Walt Nauta, Trump's, Carlo de Oliveira, Jack Smith, Trump, Aileen Cannon, Nauta Organizations: U.S, Republican, Southern, Southern District of, Trump, Mar, Department of Justice, Prosecutors Locations: Bluffs , Iowa, Florida, U.S, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Lago, Palm Beach, Bedminster , New Jersey, Iran, Bedminster

De Oliveira, 56, told another worker at the resort where Trump lives that "the boss" wanted security videos of the property in Florida deleted after the Justice Department subpoenaed them. Trump pleaded not guilty in Miami last month to federal charges of unlawfully retaining the classified government documents after leaving office in 2021 and obstructing justice. Prosecutors filed additional charges against another Trump aide, Walt Nauta. Nauta pleaded not guilty earlier this month to charges he helped the former president hide documents. According to the new indictment, Nauta and De Oliveira moved 64 boxes of records to Trump's residence after the Justice Department subpoenaed Trump for any classified records in May 2022.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jack Smith, Carlos De Oliveira, Trump, De Oliveira, Prosecutors, De Oliveira's, Democrat Joe Biden, Biden, Trump's, Ron DeSantis, Smith's, Walt Nauta, Nauta, Evan Corcoran, Smith, Jacqueline Thomsen, Tim Ahmann, Dan Whitcomb, Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone, Grant McCool Organizations: Trump, Trump's, Justice Department, FBI, Mar, Democrat, of Justice, REPUBLICAN, Republican, Reuters, Republicans, Monday, Thomson Locations: Florida, Lago, Miami, U.S, New York, New Jersey

☆ Trump's lawyers to appear in Florida court in classified documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

July 18 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers are due in court in Florida on Tuesday for a hearing in which a federal judge will begin to consider how to hold a trial of the former U.S. president on charges of mishandling classified documents without publicly exposing top secret information. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland last year. Among the logistical issues Trump's lawyers and prosecutors are expected to discuss are deadlines for prosecutors to turn over classified documents that may be used as evidence and the timing for when Trump's lawyers must notify the government whether he intends to use classified documents to defend himself against the charges. The charges against Trump include violations of the Espionage Act, which criminalizes unauthorized possession of defense information. The defense has sought an indefinite delay, citing among other factors the rigors of Trump's campaign schedule.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Trump, Joe Biden, Jack Smith, General Merrick Garland, Aileen Cannon, Biden, Cannon, Cannon's, Andrew Goudsward, Will Dunham, David Bario Organizations: Republican, Democratic, U.S, Trump, FBI, Trump's, Thomson Locations: Florida, Fort Pierce, U.S, Lago, Palm Beach

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