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☆ Federal Judge Concludes Trump Likely Misled Lawyers on Documents
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WASHINGTON—A federal judge found that special counsel Jack Smith ’s team presented convincing evidence that President Donald Trump misled his own lawyers about his retention of classified documents after leaving the White House, according to people familiar with the decision. Judge Beryl Howell made that finding Friday in a sealed decision siding with federal prosecutors in their bid to bypass attorney-client privilege claims raised by one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers, Evan Corcoran , and compel him to provide more testimony. Judge Howell wrote that prosecutors had made a “prima facie showing that the former president had committed criminal violations,” the people said.
☆ America’s Political Divide Over Jan. 6 Reaches Into FBI
  + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Aruna Viswanatha | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WASHINGTON—The U.S. government’s sweep-up of Jan. 6 suspects has led to conflict within the Federal Bureau of Investigation over the agency’s expansive efforts to pursue charges against more than 1,000 people, according to a review of testimony by three former or suspended bureau employees before a House committee and other people familiar with the matter. The investigation into a pro-Trump mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, two weeks before President Biden’s inauguration, is the largest in FBI history in terms of the number of cases and national reach. Prosecutors have said they may indict another thousand people in addition to those already charged. Led by agents in Washington, all 56 field offices were enlisted to help trace the rioters in the months after the attack.
☆ Justice Department Probes TikTok’s Tracking of U.S. Journalists
  + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Justice Department is investigating the surveillance of American journalists by TikTok’s Chinese owners, a person familiar with the matter said, a revelation that comes as the Biden administration has shifted toward a tougher approach to address the perceived security threat from the video-sharing app. The federal investigation began after the Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd. in December acknowledged that its employees misused their authority to access the data of journalists in an effort to identify leaks of confidential company information.
☆ Justice Department Probes TikTok’s Tracking Of U.S. Journalists
  + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Photo: Eric Lee for The Wall Street JournalThe Justice Department opens the probe as the Biden administration shifts to a tougher approach toward the video-sharing app. The Justice Department is investigating the surveillance of American journalists by TikTok’s Chinese owners, a person familiar with the matter said, a revelation that comes as the Biden administration has shifted toward a tougher approach to address the perceived security threat from the video-sharing app. The federal investigation began after the Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd. in December acknowledged that its employees misused their authority to access the data of journalists in an effort to identify leaks of confidential company information.
☆ Manhattan Bike Path Terrorist Avoids Death Penalty
  + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Corinne Ramey | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A courtroom sketch shows Sayfullo Saipov using headphones to listen to the reading of the jury’s verdict on Monday in New York. Convicted Manhattan bicycle-path terrorist Sayfullo Saipov will serve life in prison without the possibility of release after jurors couldn’t agree on whether to sentence him to death, a blow to the Justice Department. Jurors said Monday that they were unable to reach the unanimous verdict needed to sentence Saipov to death, according to a spokesman for the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, which prosecuted the case.
☆ Hate Crimes Increased Sharply in 2021, FBI Data Show
  + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Members of San Francisco’s Asian community demonstrated against hate crimes in 2021. Hate crimes in the U.S. rose sharply in 2021, with victims most commonly targeted because of their race or ethnicity, the FBI said Monday after earlier incomplete data had suggested a decline. Newly compiled figures showed an 11.6% jump in hate crimes, to 9,065 in 2021 from 8,120 in 2020, with 79% of law-enforcement agencies reporting. Statistics released in December suggested such offenses fell, but the agency acknowledged the data were incomplete because thousands of police departments—including in New York and California—hadn’t yet reported their numbers to the federal government.
☆ Special Counsel Set to Ask Judge to Reject Trump’s Privilege Claims in Mar-a-Lago Probe
  + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WASHINGTON—A federal judge is set to hear arguments Thursday over special counsel Jack Smith ’s push to extract more grand-jury testimony from a lawyer for Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the escalating investigation into the handling of classified documents at the former president’s South Florida estate. In a closed-door court proceeding, Mr. Smith’s team is expected to urge Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the District Court for the District of Columbia to reject attorney-client privilege claims that Evan Corcoran , a lawyer for Mr. Trump, raised on behalf of the former president during a January grand-jury appearance. Following that appearance, prosecutors asked Judge Howell to invoke the so-called crime-fraud exception to bypass the privilege claims and compel Mr. Corcoran to provide more testimony, the people said.
☆ DOJ Probe Sparked by Breonna Taylor’s Death Faults Louisville for Illegal Policing
  + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A memorial to Breonna Taylor, who was shot to death during a botched police raid, in Louisville, Ky., in September 2020. The Justice Department on Wednesday faulted the Louisville Metro Police Department for widespread unconstitutional practices in a probe launched after the 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor and said it would examine the role of special police units following the deadly January beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, underscoring the Biden administration’s focus on overhauling local law enforcement. A sweeping, two-year investigation following Ms. Taylor’s killing found officers routinely used excessive force, made illegal arrests and discriminatory traffic stops, and unlawfully executed search warrants without knocking and announcing their presence, among other civil-rights violations that had a disproportionate impact on Black people.
☆ Prince Harry lawsuit against newspaper publisher set for May trial
  + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry's lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mirror newspaper over allegations of phone hacking will go to trial in May, a judge at London's High Court ruled on Wednesday. Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is one of several public figures whose lawsuits against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) will be considered at the trial. David Sherborne, a lawyer representing Harry and the other claimants, earlier told the court that Harry would be "the only witness" relied upon in his case – raising the prospect of the prince entering the witness box to give evidence. The wave of litigation follows the collapse of Harry and his wife Meghan's relationship with Britain's media since their marriage in 2018. Harry has since – in his memoir "Spare" and accompanying TV interviews – also accused other royals of leaking stories about him and his wife Meghan to tabloid newspapers.
☆ Merrick Garland Is a Huge Taylor Swift Fan
  + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WASHINGTON – At a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, senators grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland on the Justice Department’s investigation into Ticketmaster, which botched ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s coming tour and is dominant in the concert industry. “Channeling Taylor Swift, I know that ‘All Too Well,’” Mr. Garland said, name-dropping the title of one of her songs. “I’m pretty familiar with Taylor Swift.”
☆ Netflix announces a 'Stranger Things' stage play is coming to London's West End
  + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
A new "Stranger Things" stage spinoff is coming to London's West End later this year, Netflix announced Wednesday. "Stranger Things: The First Shadow," an adaptation of the popular science fiction series, will premiere at the Phoenix Theatre as the streaming giant's first live stage production. Thorne also wrote the stage play for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child." The "Stranger Things" series debuted in 2016 and has been one of the streaming platform's most popular shows. Tickets for "Stranger Things: The First Shadow" are expected to go on sale in the spring.
☆ Lawmakers Seek More Information on Biden, Trump Classified Documents Following Briefing
  + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Mark Warner (D., Va.) and Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) said they still had questions following their Tuesday meeting with intelligence officials. WASHINGTON—Top lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee said they would continue to press for information about the classified documents that ended up in the personal possession of two presidents, after a Tuesday briefing from U.S. officials “left much to be desired.”The meeting with officials from the Justice Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation and intelligence community “helped shed some light on these issues,” Chairman Mark Warner (D., Va.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), the panel’s vice chairman, said in a statement, adding that they would “continue to press for full answers to our questions.”
☆ Special Counsel’s Trump Probe Heats Up
  + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sadie Gurman | Aruna Viswanatha | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Special counsel Jack Smith’s probe has taken steps to obtain the testimony of former Vice President Mike Pence and former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. WASHINGTON—The special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump appears to have reached the advanced stages of his sweeping inquiry after a flurry of aggressive steps in recent weeks, some of which have set the stage for court fights that could take months to resolve. In recent days, special counsel Jack Smith’s office asked a federal judge to override Mr. Trump’s assertion of executive privilege to shield former Vice President Mike Pence from testifying before a grand jury about the former president’s efforts to stay in office after his 2020 election loss, people familiar with the effort said. Mr. Pence has vowed to mount his own challenge to the subpoena and take it as far as the Supreme Court.
☆ Merrick Garland Raises the Bar for Death Penalty
  + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Aruna Viswanatha | Corinne Ramey | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Merrick Garland has said that he has grown concerned about what he described as arbitrariness in the application of capital punishment. WASHINGTON—More than a year after halting federal executions, Attorney General Merrick Garland is authorizing prosecutors to seek the death penalty in some brutal cases while withdrawing it in many others, drilling down on the circumstances surrounding even the most heinous crimes before making the final call. The approach has effectively raised the bar for the federal government’s use of the ultimate punishment after a flurry of executions during the Trump administration.
☆ FBI Searched for Biden Documents at University of Delaware
  + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Aruna Viswanatha | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Mr. Biden donated his Senate papers to the University of Delaware, turning over more than 1,850 boxes to his alma mater, according to the university’s website. WASHINGTON—The FBI has conducted two searches in recent weeks at the University of Delaware as part of a probe into how and why classified documents were on premises used by President Biden, people familiar with the matter said. The agents found no documents marked classified but did take some material from the university, the people said. The searches, like others done as part of the expanding inquiry involving Mr. Biden’s documents, took place upon agreement with Mr. Biden’s lawyers. A special counsel, Robert Hur , is now probing why classified documents followed Mr. Biden after he left the Senate and his vice presidency, an inquiry that is expected to take months.
☆ Mark Meadows, Trump’s Last Chief of Staff, Subpoenaed by Grand Jury
  + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The subpoena for Mark Meadows could set the stage for further court battles. WASHINGTON—Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election, according to a person familiar with the matter. Mr. Meadows received the subpoena in late January, the person said, as special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation escalated his probe into steps Mr. Trump and his allies took to keep him in office. As Mr. Trump’s final White House chief of staff, Mr. Meadows would be among the closest advisers of the former president to be summoned before the grand jury.
☆ Justice Department Drops Investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz
  + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Natalie Andrews | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department has ended its investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz without bringing charges against the congressman, drawing to a close a yearslong probe centered on whether the Florida Republican had inappropriate contact with a minor. Mr. Gaetz’s office said the Justice Department has “confirmed to Congressman Gaetz’s attorneys that their investigation has concluded and that he will not be charged with any crimes.”
☆ Mike Pence Plans to Fight Subpoena From Special Counsel in Jan. 6 Probe
  + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Jan Wolfe | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The issuing of a subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence came as his legal team was in talks with the Justice Department over classified documents. WASHINGTON—Former Vice President Mike Pence is preparing to challenge a subpoena issued by the special prosecutor investigating former President Donald Trump‘s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, kicking off a novel legal fight that could take months for courts to resolve. Mr. Pence will fight the subpoena on the grounds that the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause shields him from testifying, a person familiar with Mr. Pence’s deliberations said. The Speech or Debate Clause generally protects members of Congress from being questioned in court about their legislative acts. In the U.S. constitutional system, the vice president is also the president of the Senate.
☆ FBI Is Searching Mike Pence’s Home for Classified Material
  + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Alex Leary | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was searching Friday for classified material at the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence, people familiar with the matter said, after his lawyers discovered several such documents and turned them over to authorities. The search came as current and former senior government officials have drawn increased law-enforcement scrutiny over their handling of sensitive documents. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the Justice Department was in talks with Mr. Pence’s legal team about scheduling the search with the team’s consent.
☆ FBI Finds Classified Document at Pence’s Home; Trump’s Team Handed Over More Material Found at Mar-a-Lago
  + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Alex Leary | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Federal Bureau of Investigation removed several documents, including one with classified markings, during a search Friday of former Vice President Mike Pence‘s Indiana home, according to a spokesman for Mr. Pence. The search lasted five hours and came after his lawyers discovered classified material at his home last month and turned it over to authorities. In addition to the classified document, the FBI took six additional pages for further review, Pence spokesman Devin O’Malley said.
☆ FBI Finds Classified Document During Search of Mike Pence’s Indiana Home
  + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Alex Leary | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Federal Bureau of Investigation removed several documents, including one with classified markings, during a search Friday of former Vice President Mike Pence‘s Indiana home, according to a spokesman for Mr. Pence. The search lasted five hours and came after his lawyers discovered classified material at his home last month and turned it over to authorities. In addition to the classified document, the FBI took six additional pages for further review, Pence spokesman Devin O’Malley said.
☆ Mike Pence Subpoenaed by Special Counsel Jack Smith
  + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Sadie Gurman | C. Ryan Barber | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The subpoena of former Vice President Mike Pence sets the stage for a likely court battle over executive privilege. Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith, who is looking into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The move represents an escalation in the Justice Department investigation and sets the stage for a likely court battle over executive privilege, which lawyers for Mr. Trump have raised in recent years to block or slow the testimony of former administration officials in various probes.
☆ FBI to Search Mike Pence’s Home for Additional Classified Materials
  + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Aruna Viswanatha | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WASHINGTON—The FBI is expected to search former Vice President Mike Pence‘s Indiana home for classified material in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter, as senior government officials come under increased law-enforcement scrutiny of their handling of such documents. The Justice Department is in talks with Mr. Pence’s legal team about scheduling the search, the people said.
☆ Justice Department Searches Biden’s Beach Home for Classified Documents
  + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Aruna Viswanatha | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is searching President Biden’s Rehoboth, Del., beach house on Wednesday, Mr. Biden’s lawyer said, as the investigation into why classified materials ended up at his primary home and former office advances. “Today, with the president’s full support and cooperation, the DOJ is conducting a planned search of his home in Rehoboth, Delaware,” the lawyer, Bob Bauer, said.
☆ Justice Department Conducts Planned Search of Biden’s Delaware Beach House
  + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Aruna Viswanatha | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is searching President Biden’s Rehoboth, Del., beach house on Wednesday, Mr. Biden’s lawyer said, as the investigation into why classified materials ended up at his primary home and former office advances. “Today, with the president’s full support and cooperation, the DOJ is conducting a planned search of his home in Rehoboth, Delaware,” the lawyer, Bob Bauer, said.
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