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June 9 (Reuters) - Aileen Cannon, the Florida judge initially assigned to oversee Donald Trump's classified documents case, made headlines last year when she decided in favor of the former U.S. president at a pivotal stage of the case and was later reversed on appeal. A member of the conservative Federalist Society, Cannon had relatively little experience as a lawyer when nominated by Trump and confirmed in November 2020 to the federal bench by the U.S. Senate then led by Trump's Republican Party. An indictment was unsealed on Friday charging Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2024, with illegally retaining classified documents and obstructing justice. The ruling was criticized by many legal observers, including William Barr, who served as attorney general under Trump. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2024, was indicted on Thursday for illegally retaining classified documents and obstructing justice.

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☆ Trump faces federal charges in classified documents case, adding to legal woes
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | Thomson Reuters | Sarah N. Lynch Is The Lead Reporter For Reuters Covering The U.S. Justice Department Out Of Washington | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Trump lawyer Jim Trusty told CNN those charges include conspiracy, false statements, obstruction of justice, and illegally retaining classified documents under the Espionage Act. It is the second criminal case for Trump, currently the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election. He describes himself as the victim of a witch hunt and accuses the Justice Department of partisan bias. Trump is not the only top government official to draw scrutiny for retaining classified documents. The Justice Department last week closed its investigation into Pence without filing any charges.

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☆ Even Fox News' top legal commentator says the indictment against Trump is 'extremely damning'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Paul Squire | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A top Fox News legal commentator called the indictment against Donald Trump "extremely damning." Turley on Friday warned Trump's legal team: "This is not an indictment you can dismiss." If Donald Trump wanted to hear good news about his unsealed indictment, Fox News on Friday wasn't the place to find it. "It is an extremely damning indictment," Turley, a conservative jurist and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, said. But even so, Turley warned Trump's legal team: "This is not an indictment you can dismiss."

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☆ Trump's Republican rivals criticize 'weaponization' of DOJ after indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society," DeSantis, who is running a distant second behind Trump in the polls, wrote on Twitter. Scott, who is polling in the single digits, also criticized what he called the "weaponization" of federal prosecutors. A spokesperson for Special Counsel Jack Smith, the Justice Department official who is handling the investigation, declined to comment. Rivals are wary of angering Trump's base, which is thought to make up 30% of the Republican electorate and is largely unshakeable in support for Trump. If the indictments pile up, Coughlin predicts the other Republican candidates will start to argue that Trump cannot win the general election.

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June 9 (Reuters) - Here are five takeaways from Friday's indictment accusing former U.S. President Donald Trump of illegally retaining classified government documents after leaving the White House and then conspiring to obstruct a federal probe of the matter. TRUMP SHARED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION WITH OTHERSDuring a July 2021 interview with a writer at his Bedminster Club in New Jersey, Trump allegedly described a "plan of attack" against another country that a military official had drawn up. TRUMP KEPT DOCUMENTS ON BALLROOM STAGE, IN SHOWEROne photo included in the indictment shows boxes allegedly containing classified documents being stored in a bathroom at Mar-a-Lago, where events and gatherings took place. TRUMP WAS AWARE OF CLASSIFICATION RESPONSIBILITIESThe indictment includes statements Trump made during his campaign and presidency indicating he understood the importance of handling classified material appropriately. "In my administration I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information," Trump said during his campaign in 2016.

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Aug. 8, 2022: Trump discloses that FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago and broke into a safe in what one of Trump's sons said was part of a federal investigation into retention of records. It shows that 11 sets of classified documents were taken from Trump's property. Nov. 16, 2022: Trump announces he will run for the Republican nomination in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Nov. 20, 2022: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith to preside over criminal matters relating to Trump, including the classified documents investigation. December 2022: Trump lawyer Tim Parlatore appears before a federal grand jury in Washington to describe efforts to search Trump properties for any remaining government documents.

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☆ Exclusive: Former White House official told federal prosecutors Trump knew of proper declassification process and followed it while in office
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Zachary Cohen Paula Reid | Zachary Cohen | Paula Reid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

During those voluntary interviews, the former official told CNN there was a distinct difference in the line of questioning from prosecutors in the two probes. Speaking to CNN on condition of anonymity, the former official said he told federal prosecutors that Trump knew the proper process for declassifying documents and followed it correctly at times while in office. Sources previously told CNN that Trump’s team returned some materials but not the document pertaining to Iran. “Nothing approaching an order that foolish was ever given,” Kelly told CNN. Most recently, Trump told CNN at a town hall that materials were “automatically declassified” when he took them.

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☆ Trump faces U.S. criminal charges for mishandling documents - source
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | Thomson Reuters | Sarah N. Lynch Is The Lead Reporter For Reuters Covering The U.S. Justice Department Out Of Washington | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

He already faces a criminal case in New York that is due to go to trial in March. Trump faces seven criminal counts in the federal case, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Justice Department has been investigating whether Trump mishandled classified documents he retained after leaving the White House in 2021. He describes himself as the victim of a politically motivated witch hunt and accuses the Justice Department of partisan bias. Trump also faces a second federal criminal investigation into efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden, a Democrat.

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News of the notification to Trump's legal team surfaced just two days after his attorneys met with Justice Department officials to discuss the case. It was not immediately clear when Trump's legal team received the target letter. A federal grand jury has been investigating Trump's retention of classified materials after leaving the White House in 2021. One hundred of these were marked as classified, even though one of Trump's lawyers had previously said that all records with classified markings had been returned. Trump's legal woes are growing.

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☆ Trump's attorneys told by federal prosecutors that he is the target of a criminal investigation, per multiple reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Sarah Gray | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald Trump's attorneys were notified by federal prosecutors that he is the target of a criminal investigation, per multiple reports. The news was first reported by Politico and the Guardian and then followed up by CNN. The investigation is related to the potential mishandling of classified documents, CNN reported. The story was reported by Politico and The Guardian and conservative outlet Just the News and followed by a report from CNN. An attorney for Trump along with representatives for the former president did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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☆ Trump's lawyers can't find the classified document he talked about keeping from the White House, CNN reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Kelly Mclaughlin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump's lawyers didn't find a classified document that he had said he kept from the White House, CNN reported. Sources told CNN in a report published in May that the document detailed a "potential attack on Iran." The sources told CNN that Trump's lawyers had handed over material related to the document — but not the document itself — when responding to a federal subpoena. Two people familiar with the situation also told the New York Times that Trump's lawyers were unable to find the document. In the recording, Trump acknowledged keeping the document after leaving the White House, the sources told CNN.

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☆ Trump was recorded acknowledging he kept classified doc after leaving White House
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A recording of former President Donald Trump shows him acknowledging a document he kept after leaving the White House was classified, NBC News reported Thursday, citing a source directly familiar with the matter. Trump's remarks on that tape, recorded in 2021, indicate the document was related to Iran, NBC reported. CNN first reported Wednesday that federal prosecutors had acquired audio of Trump acknowledging he had held onto a classified document about a possible attack on Iran. A spokesman for Trump said of CNN's report, "Leaks from radical partisans behind this political persecution are designed to inflame tensions and continue the media's harassment of President Trump and his supporters." Trump is also embroiled in a Fulton County prosecutor's investigation of potential criminal interference in Georgia's 2020 election.

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☆ Trump was recorded talking about a classified document he kept from the White House: CNN
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Madison Hall | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Federal prosecutors have obtained audio of Trump admitting he held onto classified material after leaving office, CNN reported. The classified documents detail a "potential attack on Iran," per CNN's sources. In a statement shared with Insider, a spokesperson for Trump said: "Leaks from radical partisans behind this political persecution are designed to inflame tensions and continue the media's harassment of President Trump and his supporters." "It's just more proof that when it comes to President Trump, there are absolutely no depths to which they will not sink as they pursue their witch hunts," the spokesperson said. Soon after the Wall Street Journal's report, Trump's attorneys sent US Attorney General Merrick Garland a letter requesting a meeting to discuss Smith's investigation.

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☆ DeSantis doesn't rule out pardoning Trump, Jan. 6 defendants if elected president
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

DeSantis, Trump's top rival in the 2024 Republican presidential primary race, was asked on a conservative talk show if he would consider pardoning the former president, should he be charged with federal crimes. The governor was also asked if he believed the next Republican president should look at pardoning defendants charged in relation to the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol. The governor filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday and then confirmed his candidacy in a live Twitter discussion with Elon Musk that was plagued with technical difficulties. Trump is the clear front-runner in most polls of the Republican primary, with DeSantis his closest competitor. The New York criminal case is set for trial starting March 25, 2024, in the thick of the primary election season.

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☆ Michael Cohen has 'zero confidence' that Trump will comply with a new protective order in the hush-money case
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Michael Cohen has "less than zero confidence" Trump will obey a protective order in the hush-money case. This latest development in the hush-money prosecution comes six weeks after Trump was arraigned on 34-counts of falsifying business records. Lawyers for Trump declined to comment on the protective order or Cohen's comments. It's also routine for judges to ask the defendant to acknowledge, in court, that a protective order has been issued, Saland said. Trump's words have already created a stir in the hush-money case, she added.

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But he'll stay home on Election Day should Trump win his party's nomination to take on Joe Biden in 2024. In Pennsylvania and Michigan, the size of the Ukrainian-American community outstrips Trump's margin of victory in 2016, according to the analysis. During a CNN town hall last week, Trump refused to say if he wanted Ukraine to win its war with Russia, when questioned about the conflict. Neither politician responded to requests for comments about the Ukraine war, nor did the Republican National Committee. Democratic U.S. Representative Susan Wild, who won Stawnyczyj's district by less than 5,000 votes in 2022, said that courting the Ukrainian-American vote would be crucial.

☆ Trump deposition in E. Jean Carroll rape defamation case released in court
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks his plane "Trump Force One" at Aberdeen Airport on May 1, 2023 in Aberdeen, Scotland. The transcript of the deposition of former President Donald Trump by a lawyer for E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accuses him in a civil lawsuit of raping and defaming her, was released in a court filing Friday. The deposition, taken in October at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, was filed a day after Carroll's lawyers rested their case at the trial for the suit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Portions of the transcript have previously been released in separate court filings. That's my wife," Trump said before his lawyer Alina Habba stepped in during the deposition to tell him, "No, that's Carroll," Habba said.

☆ Viktor Bout, the 'Merchant of Death' arms dealer exchanged for Brittney Griner, says he fears for Trump's life and urged him to flee to Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Arms dealer Viktor Bout, nicknamed the "Merchant of Death," is asking Trump to flee to Russia. He sent Trump a telegram, warning him to escape charges in New York and that his "life is in peril." Bout said Trump would find "safe haven" in Russia, where he could rebel against "globalists." They would sooner end your life than let you stand in their way," Bout's message read, Russian state media first reported. A photo of Bout's telegram, posted by Russian state media on the messaging app Telegram, shows the message was addressed to Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.

☆ Former AG Bill Barr says Trump should be 'most concerned' about the classified documents investigation: 'He was jerking the government around'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Sarah Al-Arshani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The FBI raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate last year and found a cache of classified documents. The investigation into those documents is only one of several legal controversies surrounding Trump. Former AG Bill Barr said the classified documents investigation should be the one Trump's "most concerned" about. "He had no claim to those documents, especially the classified documents. The FBI seized dozens of classified documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate during a raid last year.

☆ There was little love in New York for Trump, but at home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, the MAGA faithful rallied around him
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Aditi Bharade | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump delivered a defiant speech in Mar-a-Lago after his arraignment in New York on Tuesday. Trump allies like Roger Stone, Mike Lindell, Kari Lake, and Marjorie Taylor Greene were there. GOP lawmakers like Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made it down to Mar-a-Lago to cheer Trump on. Greene — who earlier on Tuesday gave a short 10-minute speech at a mini pro-Trump protest in New York — tweeted about the Mar-a-Lago event. Trump on Tuesday was arrested in New York, and later in a Manhattan courtroom pleaded not guilty to 34 low-level felony charges.

☆ Trump praised his family in his post-arraignment speech, but didn't mention Melania, who was nowhere to be seen
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Neither Melania nor Ivanka Trump were seen during Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago speech Tuesday. Donald Jr, Eric and Tiffany Trump all showed up to hear the former president speak. While Donald Jr, Eric and Tiffany Trump and their partners were seen in the ballroom, his wife and eldest daughter were notably absent. During his speech, Trump singled out several family members for praise, including Ivanka — but notably didn't mention his absent wife, a transcript of the speech shows. Speaking about the "fantastic job" his "great family" have done, he indicated Donald Jr, Eric, Ivanka, and Barron Trump, per the paper.

☆ Justice Department has more evidence of possible Trump obstruction in documents probe, Washington Post reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department and FBI investigators have amassed new evidence indicating possible obstruction by former President Donald Trump in the probe into classified documents found at his Florida estate, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing sources. FBI agents seized thousands of government records, some marked as highly classified, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in August. The FBI referred questions to the Justice Department, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a statement to the Post, Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said that the "witch-hunts against President Trump have no basis in facts or law," and accused Special Counsel Smith and the Justice Department of leaking information to manipulate public opinion. In addition to the New York probe, Trump faces a Georgia inquiry over whether he tried to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state.

☆ Justice Dept has more evidence of possible Trump obstruction in documents probe, The Washington Post reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Trump's expected appearance before a judge in Manhattan on Tuesday, as the Republican mounts a bid to regain the presidency, could further inflame divisions in the United States. The specific charges are not yet known, though CNN reported that Trump faced more than 30 counts related to business fraud. Daniels has said she was paid to keep silent about a sexual encounter she had with Trump in 2006. Bragg said Congress does not have authority to interfere with a New York legal proceeding and accused the lawmakers of escalating political tensions. Bragg's office prosecuted Trump's business on tax-fraud charges last year, leading to a $1.61 million criminal penalty, but Trump himself was not charged.

The specific charges against Trump are not yet known as the indictment remains under seal, but CNN on Thursday reported Trump faced more than 30 counts related to business fraud. "This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history," Trump said in a statement. Shortly after, Trump appealed to supporters to provide money for a legal defense. The Manhattan charges will likely be unsealed by a judge in the coming days and Trump will have to travel there for fingerprinting and other processing at that point. Trump could use the case to stoke anger among his core supporters, though other Republican voters might tire of the drama.

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