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Another source identified Trump Organization employee Yuscil Taveras as the unnamed computer specialist whose fees prosecutors said were paid by Trump's political group. Trump's legal spokesperson Alina Habba, who is also general counsel at Save America, did not respond to detailed questions on the payments. In July, after Save America reported its legal expenses to the Federal Election Commission, Cheung said Save America was helping people who had worked for Trump avoid "financial ruin." Asked how legal spending would affect his campaign, Trump told a SiriusXM podcast earlier this month: "Fortunately, I have a lot more money." Save America and the Trump campaign have not responded to requests for comment on the legal fee estimates.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Morgan, Donald Trump's, Brand Woodward, Greenberg Traurig, Trump, Jason Osborne, Trump's, Osborne, Stanley Woodward, Jason Miller, Margo Martin, Dan Scavino, Matt Calamari Jr, Yuscil Taveras, Miller, Martin, Calamari Jr, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Michael Roman, Boris Epshteyn, Taylor Budowich, William Russell, Kash Patel, Brian Jack, Roman, Dhillon, Epshteyn, Jack, Patel, De Oliveira, Russell, Alina Habba, Steven Cheung, Cheung, Stephen Gillers, Jason Lange, Andrew Goudsward, Nathan Layne, Sarah N, Lynch, Karen Freifeld, Ted Hesson, Scott Malone, Deepa Babington Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Trump, Save, Federal, Commission, Make, Inc, MAGA Inc, Republican Party, America, Save America, Trump Organization, Scavino, New York University, Thomson Locations: Dubuque , Iowa, U.S, Save America, America's, Georgia, Budowich

Congress so far has failed to finish any of the 12 regular spending bills to fund federal agency programs in the fiscal year starting on Oct. 1. "Republicans need to vote for Republican bills" to avert a shutdown, McCaul said on ABC's "This Week" broadcast. They just kick the can down the road," Republican Representative Tony Gonzalez told CBS News' "Face the Nation." Even some of the Senate's most conservative Republicans on Sunday appealed to House counterparts to stop blocking a stop-gap bill. Reporting by Richard Cowan and Sarah N. Lynch; Editing by Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Michael McCaul, Anna Voitenko, Kevin McCarthy, McCaul, Tony Gonzalez, Joe Biden, McCarthy, Tim Burchett, CNN's, Burchett, Pete Buttigieg, Marsha Blackburn, Blackburn, Richard Cowan, Sarah N, Lynch, Bill Berkrot Organizations: House Foreign Affairs Committee, Saint, REUTERS, Rights, Washington, Republican Party, U.S, Congress, Sunday, Republicans, Republican, House Intelligence, CBS, Internal Revenue Service, Democratic, Transportation, ABC, Fox Business, Biden, Thomson Locations: Saint Michael's, Ukraine, Kyiv, Washington, United States, Mexico

☆ US Attorney General Merrick Garland tells Republicans defunding FBI would be 'catastrophic'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | 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: +5 min

The Justice Department works for the American people." [1/3]U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and attendees in the room hold their hands over their hearts for the U.S. Republicans have also been critical of the department's handling of a five-year-long tax investigation into Hunter Biden, 53. Hunter Biden lives in California. Republicans on Wednesday grilled Garland about the Hunter Biden case.

Persons: General Merrick Garland, Garland, Donald Trump, Joe Biden's, Hunter Biden, Biden, Hunter, Jerrold Nadler, Jack Smith, Trump, Smith, Tanya Chutkan, David Weiss, Weiss, Mike Johnson, Sarah N, Lynch, Scott Malone, Matthew Lewis, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, FBI, Justice Department, Republican, Department of Justice, Democratic, Department, Trump, Capitol, Chinese Communist Party, House, U.S . Department of Justice, Republicans, Attorney, Internal Revenue, Justice, D.C, DOJ, Thomson Locations: U.S, New York, Georgia, Delaware, Washington, Central California, California

☆ US attorney general to tell House Republicans: 'I am not Congress's prosecutor'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | 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

This will be Garland's first testimony before Congress since two historic firsts: the department's criminal charges against a former U.S. president, Trump, and against a sitting president's adult child. Republicans have also been critical of the department's handling of a five-year-long tax investigation into Hunter Biden, 53. Weiss' office this month charged Hunter Biden with three counts related to purchase and possession of a firearm while he was using illegal drugs. Hunter Biden intends to plead not guilty. "Singling out individual career public servants who are just doing their jobs is dangerous," Garland plans to say.

Persons: General Merrick Garland, David Weiss, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Bonnie Cash, Garland, Republican Donald Trump, Joe Biden's, Trump, Biden, Hunter, Jack Smith, Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Weiss, Sarah N, Lynch, Scott Malone, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Justice Department, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Republican, House, Democratic, Department, Republicans, Delaware U.S, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, U.S, New York, Georgia, Delaware, Washington

Hunter Biden walks to the motorcade after arriving at Fort McNair, after U.S. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. The move comes two days after House of Representatives Republicans opened an impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden related to Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings. SPECIAL COUNSEL STATUSWeiss was elevated to special counsel status in August after investigating Hunter Biden's business dealings for years as the U.S. attorney in the Democratic president's home state of Delaware. Hunter Biden has worked as a lobbyist, lawyer, investment banker and artist, and has publicly detailed his struggles with substance abuse. Hunter Biden described in a 2021 memoir dealing with substance abuse issues in his life including crack cocaine use and alcoholism.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Julia Nikhinson, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, David Weiss, Biden, Weiss, Hunter, Abbe Lowell, Lowell, Trump, James Comer, Barack Obama, Ashley Biden, Beau Biden, Naomi Biden, Aaron Crawford, Sarah N, Lynch, Jarrett Renshaw, Andrew Goudsward, Tom Hals, Nate Raymond, Scott Malone, Lisa Shumaker, Alistair Bell, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Fort McNair, U.S, Camp, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, of Columbia, District of California, Prosecutors, Republicans, MAGA Republicans, Supreme, Democratic, Trump, DOJ, Justice, U.S . Navy, University of Tennessee, Thomson Locations: Fort, Washington , U.S, U.S, Delaware, Los Angeles, District, Ukraine, China, Ukrainian, Washington, Wilmington , Delaware, Boston

REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 8 (Reuters) - A Georgia grand jury recommended criminal charges against Republican U.S. The six were among 39 people the special grand jury recommended charging in its Dec. 15 report, which had been sealed for nine months. Wood, a conservative lawyer who promoted conspiracy efforts about the election, denied wrongdoing and said he was surprised to find out the special grand jury recommended charges against him. The grand jury voted 20-1 in favor of indicting Trump with respect to the national effort to overturn the election. The special grand jury report remained secret at Willis's request while she determined what charges to bring.

Persons: Donald Trump, Lindsay DeDario, Lindsey Graham, Trump's, Graham, Kelly Loeffler, David Perdue, Michael Flynn, Boris Epshteyn, Lin Wood, Cleta Mitchell, Fani Willis, Willis, Trump, Loeffler, Perdue, Flynn, Epshteyn, Wood, Mitchell, Rudy Giuliani, Brian Kemp, indicting Graham, indicting Trump, Robert McBurney, Andrew Goudsward, Jasper Ward, Sarah N, Lynch, Makini Brice, Joseph Ax, Andy Sullivan, Noeleen Walder, Howard Goller Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Republican U.S, Trump, Trump's, Supreme, Trump loyalists, Democratic, Reuters, Biden, Thomson Locations: Erie , Pennsylvania, U.S, Georgia, South Carolina, Fulton County, Jasper

[1/3] Peter Navarro, a White House economic adviser under former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to reporters outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2023. "The defendant choose allegiance to former President Trump over compliance with the subpoena," federal prosecutor Elizabeth Aloi told the jurors during closing arguments on Thursday. Navarro is a hawk on China policy who advised Trump on trade issues during his presidency and also served on the COVID-19 task force. Navarro became the second close associate of Trump to be convicted for spurning the committee after Steve Bannon was found guilty last year of contempt of Congress for similarly defying a subpoena and was sentenced to four months in prison. Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on the day that Congress met to certify Biden's victory, attacking police and sending lawmakers and others fleeing for safety.

Persons: Peter Navarro, Donald Trump, Barrett, Julia Nikhinson, Donald Trump's, Navarro, Trump, Elizabeth Aloi, Steve Bannon, Bannon, Judge Amit Mehta, Stanley Woodward, Jack Smith, Joe Biden's, Andrew Goudsward, Scott Malone, Will Dunham Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Former U.S, Democratic, Trump, Republican, Justice Department, Congress, Capitol, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Former, China, Washington

☆ Former Trump Adviser Navarro Convicted of Contempt of Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

"The defendant choose allegiance to former President Trump over compliance with the subpoena," federal prosecutor Elizabeth Aloi told the jurors during closing arguments on Thursday. Navarro became the second close associate of Trump to be convicted for spurning the committee after Steve Bannon was found guilty last year of contempt of Congress for similarly defying a subpoena and was sentenced to four months in prison. The panel sought to interview Navarro about a plan devised by him and other Trump allies, dubbed the "Green Bay Sweep," to delay Congress from certifying Democratic President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. Navarro had said publicly that he was protecting the presidency by not sharing information with Congress. Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on the day that Congress met to certify Biden's victory, attacking police and sending lawmakers and others fleeing for safety.

Persons: Andrew Goudsward, Sarah N, Lynch WASHINGTON, Donald Trump's, Peter Navarro, Navarro, Trump, Elizabeth Aloi, Steve Bannon, Bannon, Judge Amit Mehta, Stanley Woodward, Jack Smith, Joe Biden's, Scott Malone, Will Dunham Organizations: Former U.S, Democratic, Trump, Republican, Justice Department, Congress, Capitol Locations: Former, China, Washington

☆ US prosecutors urge jurors to convict Trump ex-adviser Navarro for contempt of Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | 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

The House committee wanted to interview Navarro about a plan that was devised by Trump allies to delay Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. The committee ultimately issued the findings from its investigation in December 2022 without getting the chance to interview Navarro. "Congress believed that Mr. Navarro had information about what happened on Jan. 6, or more specifically about why it happened," Crabb said. "So Congress issued Mr. Navarro a subpoena. Steve Bannon, another key associate of Trump, was convicted last year of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the same committee and sentenced to four months in prison.

Persons: Peter Navarro, Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Navarro, Mr, John Crabb, he's, " Navarro, Trump, Joe Biden's, Jan, " Crabb, Judge Amit Mehta, Stan Woodward, Woodward, Steve Bannon, Sarah N, Lynch, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, U.S . Capitol, White, Democratic, House, Capitol, Trump's, Trump, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, WASHINGTON, Washington, China, U.S

"If we don't have a peaceful transfer of power in this country, we don't have anything," said U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly. Dominic Pezzola, a member of the Proud Boys, did not play a leadership role but was convicted of felonies including obstructing an official proceeding and assaulting police. Pezzola's attorneys had asked for their client to be sentenced to around five years in prison. Steven Metcalf, one of Pezzola's attorneys, told the judge that Pezzola was caught in the "heat of the moment." More than 1,100 people have been arrested on charges related to the Capitol assault.

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, Trump, Donald Trump's, Ethan Nordean, Stewart Rhodes, Timothy Kelly, Nordean, Nick Smith, Dominic Pezzola, Prosecutors, Mark, Steven Metcalf, Pezzola, Joe Biden, Sarah N, Lynch, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Grant McCool, Jonathan Oatis, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Trump, U.S, Capitol, U.S . Congress, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Capitol, Proud Boys, Capitol Police, Prosecutors, Republican, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Washington

REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A federal judge will sentence two more members of the far-right Proud Boys on Friday who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed bid by then-President Donald Trump's supporters to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's election victory. The second defendant, Ethan Nordean, was a leader of the group who was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes. The sentencing of Pezzola and Nordean follows U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on Thursday ordering two other former Proud Boys leaders, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl, to serve 17 years and 15 years in prison, respectively. The government is seeking a 20-year prison term for Pezzola and a 27-year term for Nordean. Former Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio will be sentenced on Sept 5.

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, Donald Trump's, Joe Biden's, Dominic Pezzola, Ethan Nordean, Trump, Biden, Pezzola, Nordean, Timothy Kelly, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Biggs, Stewart Rhodes, Rehl, Mark, Nick Smith, Smith, Enrique Tarrio, Sarah N, Lynch, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Grant McCool Organizations: Trump, U.S, Capitol, U.S . Congress, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, Proud Boys, Capitol Police, Boys, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Washington

☆ Judge sentences ex-Proud Boys leaders to 17 and 15-year terms for US Capitol attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | 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: +5 min

In one of the debates during his 2020 presidential campaign, Trump famously told the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" when he was asked by the moderator to denounce white supremacists. [1/2]A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. They are requesting a 20-year term for Pezzola, who was acquitted of seditious conspiracy, but convicted of other serious felonies. The sentences he imposed, while far lower than what the government requested, still represent among the most stringent to date in connection with the Capitol attack. It is one of four indictments now facing Trump, as the 2024 campaign is about to kick into high gear.

Persons: Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Donald Trump's, Timothy Kelly, Biggs, Rehl, Kelly, Jan, ”, “ I’m, ” Rehl, “, Joe Biden's, Trump, Jason McCullough, ” Trump, Biden, Donald Trump, Leah Millis, Ethan Nordean, Dominic Pezzola, Enrique Tarrio, Rehls, Stewart Rhodes, Jack Smith, Stormy Daniels, Sarah N, Lynch, Scott Malone, Mark Porter, Grant McCool Organizations: Boys, U.S, Capitol, Prosecutors, Democratic, Republican, REUTERS, Trump, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Georgia, Florida, New York

☆ Judge sentences ex-Proud Boys leader Biggs to 17 years over US Capitol attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | 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: +5 min

[1/2] A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Ahead of his sentencing, Biggs apologized for his actions as he faced Kelly, choking up as he spoke about his daughter whom he said was a sexual assault victim who needs him. Together, Biggs and Rehl will become the first Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy to be sentenced for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Norm Pattis, an attorney for both Biggs and Rehl, asked Kelly to sentence his clients to a term that is below U.S. sentencing guidelines. In May, a jury convicted Biggs, Rehl, Tarrio and Nordean of seditious conspiracy, a Civil War-era law that makes it a crime to conspire to oppose the government by force, and other felonies.

Persons: Donald Trump, Leah Millis, Joseph Biggs, Donald Trump's, Timothy Kelly, Kelly, Jan, Biggs, “, ”, “ I’m, Zachary Rehl, Rehl, Stewart Rhodes, Jason McCullough, Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joe Biden's, Trump, Biden, Jack Smith, Norm Pattis, Pattis, Dominic Pezzola, Pezzola, Sarah N, Lynch, Scott Malone, Mark Porter Organizations: U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, Democratic, Republican, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S

☆ Former Proud Boys leaders could face longest sentences yet for US Capitol attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | 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

Proud Boys member Joe Biggs speaks during a rally in Portland, Oregon, September 26, 2020, before he was later arrested for his involvement in the storming of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington. Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence Joseph Biggs to 33 years in prison and they are seeking a 30-year sentence for co-defendant Zachary Rehl. They are due to become the first Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy to be sentenced for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Former Proud Boys Chair Enrique Tarrio and another former leader, Ethan Nordean, were scheduled for sentencing on Wednesday but their hearings were postponed after the judge called out sick. Rehl, meanwhile, "spent his time as president of the Philadelphia Proud Boys trying to present a legitimate-looking front while behind the scenes amassing an army that was ready and willing to fight," they added.

Persons: Joe Biggs, Jim Urquhart, Donald Trump's, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Stewart Rhodes, Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joe Biden's, Trump, Biden, Timothy Kelly, Biggs, Rehl, Jack Smith, Norm Pattis, Kelly, Dominic Pezzola, Pezzola, Sarah N, Lynch, Scott Malone, Mark Porter Organizations: U.S . Capitol, Washington . D.C, REUTERS, Rights, Boys, Democratic, Republican, U.S, Philadelphia Proud, Capitol, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: Portland , Oregon, Washington ., U.S, American

☆ Sentencing of two ex-Proud Boys leaders postponed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | 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: +5 min

[1/6] Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gestures as he leaves the D.C. Central Detention Facility where he had been held since September 2021, in Washington, U.S., January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein E/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The sentencing hearings for two former leaders of the right-wing Proud Boys who were convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes for the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters were abruptly postponed on Wednesday. Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and another former leader Ethan Nordean were supposed to be the first of five Proud Boys to face sentencing this week, with three other co-defendants due to be sentenced on Thursday and Friday. Prosecutors are planning to ask U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly to sentence Tarrio to 33 years in prison and Nordean to 27 years. Attorneys for Tarrio and Nordean will ask the judge to reject the terrorism enhancement request.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Evelyn Hockstein E, Donald Trump, Ethan Nordean, Nordean, Timothy Kelly, Tarrio, Stewart Rhodes, Joe Biden's, Trump, Biden, Jack Smith, Timothy James McVeigh, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Biggs, Rehl, Prosecutors, Dominic Pezzola, Mark Ode, Pezzola, Sarah N, Lynch, Scott Malone, Alistair Bell, Mark Porter Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Capitol, U.S, Attorney's, District of Columbia, Proud Boys, Prosecutors, Democratic, Republican, Tarrio, Oklahoma City, Rehl, Baltimore . Capitol Police, Capitol Police, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Washington, Baltimore

☆ Ex-Proud Boys leaders face sentencing for Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | 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

The attack was meant to stop Congress from certifying Democratic President Joe Biden's election, which Trump falsely claims was the result of widespread fraud. "These defendants and the men in their command saw themselves as the foot soldiers of the right — they were prepared to use, and they did use, force to stop the 'traitors' from stealing the election,'" federal prosecutors wrote in their sentencing memo. More than 1,000 people have been arrested on charges related to the Capitol assault, and of those at least 570 have pleaded guilty and 78 have been convicted at trial. All of the five defendants except Tarrio entered the Capitol during the attack. Capitol Police described at a hearing on Tuesday the toll the attack took on them.

Persons: Enrique Tarrio, Evelyn Hockstein E, Donald Trump, Timothy Kelly, Ethan Nordean, Stewart Rhodes, Joe Biden's, Trump, Biden, Jack Smith, Timothy James McVeigh, Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Biggs, Rehl, Prosecutors, Dominic Pezzola, Mark, Pezzola, Sarah N, Lynch, Scott Malone, Alistair Bell Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Capitol, Prosecutors, U.S, Democratic, Republican, Tarrio, Oklahoma City, Rehl, Baltimore . Capitol Police, Capitol Police, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, U.S, Washington, Baltimore

☆ Trump DC trial set for March 2024, in thick of GOP presidential fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | 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

A trial date in a fourth criminal case has not yet been set. Trump's lawyers had pressed for an April 2026 trial date, but Chutkan said they did not need that long to prepare. Trump will have to make the trial date work, regardless of his schedule," Chutkan said. A trial date for the fourth criminal case in Georgia has not yet been set. In Washington, Trump's attorneys said they need time to sort through the government's evidence, which totals about 12.8 million pages.

Persons: Donald Trump, John Lauro, Judge Moxila, Jane Rosenberg, Tanya Chutkan, Trump, Joe Biden, Chutkan, Mr, Fani Willis, Mark Meadows, ” Lauro, ”, Sarah N, Lynch, Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone, Alistair Bell Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, House, Democratic, Trump, White, White House, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: Washington, House ., Maine, California, New York, Florida, Georgia, Fulton County, Chutkan

☆ Donald Trump federal election trial to start March 4, 2024, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | 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

A trial date in a fourth criminal case has not yet been set. Trump's lawyers had pressed for an April 2026 trial date, well past the November 2024 presidential election, arguing that they needed time to go through the 12.8 million pages of evidence the government had amassed. Trump's trial is due to start one day before "Super Tuesday," when more than a dozen U.S. states will hold their presidential nominating contests. A trial date for the fourth criminal case in Georgia has not yet been set. Trump will have to make the trial date work, regardless of his schedule," Chutkan said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Tanya Chutkan, Trump, Chutkan, Fani Willis, Mr, Mark Meadows, John Lauro, ”, Sarah N, Lynch, Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone, Alistair Bell Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, White, White House, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, Washington, New York, Florida, Georgia, Fulton County, Chutkan

☆ US judge to set trial date for Trump over efforts to overturn 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | 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, who on Thursday appeared at a Georgia jail to face state criminal charges of trying to overturn his defeat there, is not expected to attend Monday's hearing. Trump has previously lashed out at U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, saying, without evidence, that she is biased against him. In Georgia, where Trump faces racketeering and other state charges related to his alleged efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat there, District Attorney Fani Willis has asked the court to set a March 4, 2024 date. Last week, a judge agreed to set a trial date of Oct. 23 for Trump co-defendant, attorney Kenneth Chesebro, after he requested a speedy trial. The judge has not yet set a trial date for the other defendants, though Sidney Powell, an attorney who advised Trump and promoted false fraud claims after the election, has also requested a speedy trial.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Donald Trump's, Jack Smith, Democrat Joe Biden, Trump, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan, Leo Tolstoy's, Fani Willis, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Smith, Sarah N, Lynch, Scott Malone, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Rights, Washington , D.C, Trump, Democrat, U.S, Washington, House, Attorney, White, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Washington ,, Georgia, New York, Manhattan, Florida, New York , Florida, Washington

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The white gunman who shot and killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, was a 21-year-old who bought his guns legally and had no criminal history, local law enforcement said on Sunday. The shooter, Ryan Christopher Palmeter, lived with his parents in a suburb of Jacksonville, Sheriff T.K. Acquire Licensing RightsPalmeter also left a will and a suicide note that were retrieved by his father, the Jacksonville sheriff said. Waters said the suspect was caught on video shooting Angela Michelle Carr, a Black 52-year-old woman, in her car outside the Dollar General, a U.S. discount chain. Authorities said he was spotted trying to enter a local historically Black college, Edward Waters University, on Saturday before heading to the Dollar General store.

Persons: Ryan Christopher Palmeter, Sheriff T.K, Waters, Palmeter, Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, Angela Michelle Carr, Joseph, AJ, Laguerre, De’Shaun, Walters, Maria Caspani, Sarah N, Lynch, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Sheriff, Authorities, Reuters, Jacksonville Sheriff’s, REUTERS, Acquire, Washington, Dollar, Edward Waters University, Thomson Locations: Jacksonville , Florida, Jacksonville, U.S, EWU, New York, Washington

Mark Meadows, Trump's former White House chief of staff, and lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman were among those charged. "Rather than abide by Georgia's legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal, racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia's presidential election result," Willis said at a press conference. A third indictment, in Washington federal court, accuses him of illegally seeking to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Trump persists in falsely claiming he won the November 2020 election although dozens of court cases and state probes have found no evidence to support his claim. Willis's investigation drew on testimony from Trump advisers including Giuliani, who urged state lawmakers in December 2020 not to certify the election, and Republican state officials like Raffensperger and Governor Brian Kemp, who refused to echo Trump's false election claims.

Persons: Donald Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Fani Willis, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Willis, Trump, Drew Findling, Jennifer Little, Marissa Goldberg, Georgia's, Brad Raffensperger, Trump's, Prosecutors, Giuliani, Meadows, Scott Morgan, Brian Kemp, Kemp, Raffensperger, Jean Carroll, Sarah N, Lynch, Rami Ayyub, Jack Queen, Tim Ahmann, Andrew Goudsward, Kanishka Singh, Nilutpal, Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone, Howard Goller Organizations: Former U.S, Democrat, Fulton, Trump, Republican, White House, Reuters, U.S . Capitol, Electoral College, Fair, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Former, Georgia, Fulton County, Trump's, Arizona , Pennsylvania, Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, New York, Florida, Washington

"Trump and the other defendants charged in this indictment refused to accept that Trump lost, and they knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of Trump," the indictment said. A third indictment, in Washington federal court, accuses him of illegally seeking to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Trump denies wrongdoing in this case as well, and a trial date has yet to be set. Willis's investigation drew on testimony from Trump advisers including Giuliani, who urged state lawmakers in December 2020 not to certify the election, and Republican state officials like Raffensperger and Governor Brian Kemp, who refused to echo Trump's false election claims. While many Republican officials have echoed Trump's false election claims, Kemp and Raffensperger have refused to do so.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Democrat Joe Biden, Fani Willis, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Trump, Georgia's, Brad Raffensperger, Trump's, Prosecutors, Willis, Giuliani, Brian Kemp, Kemp, Raffensperger, Jean Carroll, Jack Queen, Tim Ahmann, Jacqueline Thomsen, Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone, Howard Goller Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Former U.S, Democrat, Trump, Republican, White House, U.S . Capitol, Electoral College, Giuliani, Meadows, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Former, Georgia, Fulton County, Trump's, Georgia county, Arizona , Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, Washington, York

☆ Factbox: The legal troubles of former US President Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

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. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File PhotoAug 15 (Reuters) - Here is a list of legal troubles facing former U.S. President Donald Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to prevent certification of Biden's victory. Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records. Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and other crimes and was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 during Trump's presidency.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Morgan, Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Jack Smith, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, De Oliveira, Nauta, Trump's, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Daniels, reimbursing Cohen, Cohen, Jean Carroll, Carroll, Letitia James, James, Donald Jr, Eric, Joseph Ax, Luc Cohen, Karen Freifeld, Susan Heavey, Sarah N, Lynch, Jonathan Stempel, Jacqueline Thomsen, Noeleen Walder, Howard Goller Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Democrat, Trump, White House, CAPITOL, U.S, Capitol, Prosecutors, Congress, White, Mar, Trump's, CNN, NEW, GENERAL, New York, Trump Organization, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, GEORGIA, Georgia, Trump's, Washington, Miami, Lago Florida, New Jersey, York, Manhattan, Lago, Florida, New York

He and other Trump allies are also accused of making false statements to Georgia lawmakers about the election, including claims about vote counting errors by Dominion voting machines. SIDNEY POWELLAttorney Sidney Powell played a leading role in promoting false fraud claims after the 2020 U.S. election. She became an adviser to Trump on fraud claims after the election. The indictment alleges that Ellis was part of an effort to get false electors appointed by state lawmakers in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania. The indictment claims he was in touch with those organizing a meeting of the fake Trump electors in Georgia.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, MARK MEADOWS Mark, Frances Watson, Fulton, Brad Raffensperger, Meadows, RUDY GIULIANI, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Jack Smith's, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, JEFFREY BOSSERT CLARK Jeffrey Clark, Clark, Jeffrey Rosen, Smith, Rosen, SIDNEY POWELL, Sidney Powell, KENNETH CHESEBRO Kenneth Chesebro, Chesebro, JENNA ELLIS, Jenna Ellis, Ellis, Pence, DAVID SHAFER, David Shafer, Shafer, MICHAEL ROMAN Michael Roman, Sarah N, Lynch, Jacqueline Thomsen, Jack Queen, Ross Colvin, Howard Goller Organizations: Republican, U.S . House, White, White House, Trump, New, New York City, JOHN EASTMAN, U.S, Electoral College, Department, Georgia Republican, Thomson Locations: Washington, Georgia, MARK MEADOWS Mark Meadows, U.S, New York, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Coffee County , Georgia, Arizona , Georgia, Colorado, Fulton

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