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Dearie asked Trump's lawyers to submit by Sept. 30 a list of specific items in that inventory "that plaintiff asserts were not seized from the premises." He also has claimed, without providing evidence, both that he had declassified any documents found at Mar-a-Lago and that the FBI planted documents. On Trump's request, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon appointed Dearie to vet the materials. The Justice Department has said more than 11,000 documents were seized, including about 100 documents marked as classified. A federal appeals court ruled on wednesday that the Justice Department can resume reviewing those classified records in its criminal investigation.

☆ How Mar-a-Lago figures into New York AG Letitia James' lawsuit against Donald Trump, his business, and his children
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

New York AG Letitia James said Mar-a-Lago was part of an alleged yearslong fraud scheme by Trump. Trump claimed Mar-a-Lago was worth $739 million, nearly 10 times its actual worth of $75 million, James said. In this aerial view, former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on September 14, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. James' lawsuit brought a new intensity to just one of the many areas of legal jeopardy for the former president. In an appeal, the Justice Department said the decision would cause "irreparable harm" to efforts by the intelligence community to protect national security.

☆ New York AG Letitia James is asking the feds to investigate Trump after finding his business practices 'plausibly' violated federal law
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Sonam Sheth | C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

NY AG Letitia James said her office will ask federal prosecutors to probe Trump's business practices. James' office filed a sprawling civil lawsuit against the Trumps accusing them of fraud and seeking $250 million in penalties. The AG said she believes the conduct outlined "also violates federal criminal law," including bank fraud and false statements. AG Letitia James made the announcement earlier Wednesday after filing a sprawling civil lawsuit against Trump, his three eldest children, and the Trump Organization. James on Wednesday said her office believes the conduct outlined in the civil suit "also violates federal criminal law, including issuing false statements to financial institutions and bank fraud."

She called the "pattern of fraud and deception" used by Trump and the Trump Organization "astounding." 'DISASTERS OF THE WORLD'(L-R) Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump attend the ground breaking of the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington, July 2014. Donald Trump Jr tweeted that James was "weaponizing her office to go after her political opponents!" Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has separately charged the Trump Organization with criminal tax fraud, and is preparing for an Oct. 24 trial. read more"Our criminal investigation concerning former President Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization, and its leadership is active and ongoing," Bragg said in a statement.

☆ Florida Republicans prefer Ron DeSantis for president over Donald Trump in 2024, poll shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Republicans in Florida would prefer DeSantis over Trump for a 2024 White House ticket. According to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll published Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leads former President Donald Trump 48% to 40% in a hypothetical 2024 presidential primary. The USA Today/Suffolk University poll projected DeSantis would win reelection by a 7-point lead of 48% to 41%. The USA Today/Suffolk University poll found Trump would beat Biden in Florida 47% to 44% in a hypothetical matchup.

☆ Read the highlights of the new lawsuit against Donald Trump by New York Attorney General Letitia James
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. A bombshell lawsuit against former President Donald Trump filed Wednesday contains a head-spinning amount of detail about real estate, loans and other financial arrangements that New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges were elements of a wide-ranging fraud that spanned years. James claims that Trump and his company, the Trump Organization fraudulently manipulated the valuations of properties owned by the company to obtain better terms on loans and insurance and to lower their tax burdens. Trump strongly denies any wrongdoing. Here are some highlights from the civil suit, which names Trump but his three oldest children, the Trump Organization, and two company executives as defendants.

☆ Explainer: Trump was sued by New York's attorney general. What legal woes does he face?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL CIVIL SUITNew York Attorney General Letitia James said her office uncovered more than 200 examples of misleading asset valuations by Trump and the Trump Organization between 2011 and 2021. James accused Trump of inflating his net worth by billions of dollars to satisfy loan terms and get better insurance coverage. NEW YORK CRIMINAL PROBEThe Trump Organization is set to go on trial on Oct. 24 on New York state criminal tax fraud charges. read moreAlvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, has also been investigating whether Trump misled lenders and others about asset valuations. Legal experts said Trump may have violated at least three Georgia criminal election laws: conspiracy to commit election fraud, criminal solicitation to commit election fraud and intentional interference with performance of election duties.

☆ Trump lawyers claim classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago may be privileged because they contain handwritten notes
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump's lawyers said classified Mar-a-Lago documents could be privileged because they contain his handwritten notes. Trump is backing up an order preventing DOJ from reviewing classified records seized from his home. They went on to note that according to court documents, some of the classified records seized from Mar-a-Lago "allegedly contain what appear to be President Trump's handwritten notes." In court filings, Trump's lawyers have not echoed his declassification claims, but they have asserted that a current president has absolute authority to declassify information. Ahead of that hearing, Trump's lawyers opposed Dearie's request for more information about the classification status of the seized documents.

☆ 'No one' gets to keep classified information, says Mike Pompeo, an apparent criticism of Trump in the wake of the Mar-a-Lago raid
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid. He said that no one has a right to possess classified material outside a secure setting. Executing a search warrant, agents retrieved stashes of classified information they believe Trump wrongly kept hold of after leaving office. "No one gets to keep classified information outside of a place classified information should be. The DOJ has appealed a ruling that denied them access to classified material they seized until the special master is done, arguing that the delay could harm US national security.

☆ Joe Biden says it was 'totally irresponsible' for Donald Trump to keep top-secret documents at Mar-a-Lago
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

President Biden sat down with "60 Minutes" in an interview that aired on Sunday night. Biden said that Trump's retention of classified documents was "totally irresponsible." "I don't want to get myself in the middle of whether or not the Justice Department should move or not move on certain actions they could take," Biden told "60 Minutes." Biden also reiterated that he was not given advance notice of the FBI search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on August 8. In the wide-ranging interview with "60 Minutes", Biden also declared that the "pandemic is over" and that he wouldn't commit to running again in 2024.

Companies Us Justice Department FollowWASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday asked a federal appeals court to let it resume reviewing classified materials seized in an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate. The Justice Department must now convince the Atlanta-based appeals court, with a conservative majority, to take its side in litigation over the records probe. The government's motion comes after U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday rejected the same requests from the Justice Department. REUTERS/Al Drago/File PhotoThere were roughly 100 classified documents among the 11,000 records gathered in the FBI's court-approved Aug. 8 search at the former president's Mar-a-Lago resort. If Cannon's ruling stands, experts said, it would likely stall the Justice Department investigation involving the government records.

☆ Trump paid his new lead attorney an 'unusually high' $3 million retainer after others rejected him
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump put down a $3 million retainer for attorney Christopher M. Kise, a sum that The New York Times called "unusually high." The competency of Trump's current legal team has been questioned by his advisors and others. Christopher M. Kise, formerly the solicitor general of Florida, agreed to defend Trump with an "unusually high" $3 million retainer, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the matter. With Trump facing numerous legal battles, his legal team has also been at the center of controversy since the 2020 election and the January 6 insurrection. A former Trump attorney, Eric Herschmann, has called into question the competency of some attorneys on the team, The Times reported.

☆ Ex-CIA officer calls judge's ruling in Trump case 'silly'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon selected a special master to review the classified documents found in former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and rejected the Justice Department's bid to resume its criminal investigation. David Priess, a former CIA officer, discusses the judge's ruling.

☆ George Conway says 'any fair jury' would convict Trump over his handling of classified documents
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-03 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

George Conway said "any fair jury" would convict Trump over his handling of classified documents. "The one way he had out of this was to basically turn the documents over a year ago," Conway said. "I think it's going to be very difficult for the Justice Department to decline prosecuting him," Conway said. "I think before any fair jury, he'd have to be convicted based upon what we're seeing. When Jong-Fast asked what a "good lawyer" could do for Trump, Conway replied: "Nothing."

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were a high-profile couple long before they became fixtures in the White House. Coming from two prominent real-estate families, some estimates project the couple's net worth to be $1.1 billion. Jared Kushner spoke about the Mar-a-Lago raid following speculation that he may have tipped off the FBI. But Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump have long courted media speculation and frenzy as a high-powered celebrity couple. Both hailing from prominent New York City real-estate families, Kushner and Trump had impressive houses and habits since before they settled in Washington, DC.

☆ The life of Jared Kushner: How a rich kid from New Jersey went from buying buildings with his dad and owning a newspaper to advising the president of the United States
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-22 | by ( Michal Kranz | James Pasley | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jared Kushner this week broke his silence about the FBI raid at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. After studying at Harvard, Kushner made a name for himself as a publisher and young real estate mogul. But just like Trump, he comes from a wealthy and influential New York family that made its money in real estate. After studying at Harvard and New York University, Kushner made a name for himself as young real estate magnate and a publisher of the New York Observer. The former first-son-in-law this weekend broke his silence on the FBI raid at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort earlier this month.

☆ George Conway says individuals defending Trump over his handling of presidential records are 'basically desperate'
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-13 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

George Conway during a CNN interview was highly critical of Trump's handling of classified documents. "Having top-secret FBI information in our home? Conway said individuals defending Trump and criticizing the FBI were "basically desperate." On CNN, Conway proceeded to lambast individuals who have backed Trump's claims regarding the FBI's search. He had no business bringing top-secret FBI material from the Situation Room or the Oval Office up to the residence.

☆ Trump is under investigation for breaking these 8 federal laws
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-12 | by ( Camila Dechalus | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The DOJ is investigating if Trump violated three federal laws related to his handling of national security information. Soon after, it surfaced that the Justice Department is investigating whether Trump violated three federal laws related to his handling of national security information and classified documents. The House select committee running a parallel congressional investigation into the siege has sought to build the case that Trump violated at least five federal laws connected to his efforts to overturn the 2020 US election. Here's a breakdown of the eight federal laws that Trump may have violated:The Espionage ActThe DOJ is investigating if Trump violated a key facet of the Espionage Act relating to the removal of information pertaining to the US's national defense. Concealment, removal, or mutilation of recordsThere are two other laws Trump is suspected of violating in connection to his handling of government documents.

William Barr said in his confirmation hearings to become Trump's attorney general, that he might recuse himself on overseeing matters related to Epstein. A photo from 2000 shows Trump, Melania Trump (then Melania Knauss), Epstein, and Maxwell at the resort together. The photo at the top of the page is of the two together in Palm Beach in 1997. The entry for Donald Trump as it appears in Jeffrey Epstein's "black book" that was published by Gawker in 2015. The complaint, brought against Trump and Epstein, alleged that the victim attended multiple parties at Epstein's residence in the summer of 1994, that Trump also attended.

Trump's Save America PAC released a photo showing the former president meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on January 28. It added: "President Trump will always and forever be a champion for the American People." Millions of Trump supporters would likely follow Trump to a new political party — if he chose to break away from the Republican Party. Afterward, McCarthy predicted intraparty peace, saying in a statement: "President Trump committed to helping elect Republicans in the House and Senate in 2022." "President Trump has agreed to work with Leader McCarthy on helping the Republican Party to become a majority in the House."

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