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Trump Workers Might Have Practiced Moving Boxes of Files

Prosecutors collect evidence indicating classified files were kept in the open in Mar-a-Lago office

(Newser) - Federal investigators have information that two employees of former President Donald Trump moved boxes of papers at Mar-a-Lago the day before FBI agents arrived to seize classified documents. People familiar with the case also said Trump and his aides held a "dress rehearsal" for moving sensitive papers before a...

Feds Score a Win in Mar-a-Lago Documents Case

Trump lawyer ordered to hand over documents connected to investigation

(Newser) - A federal appeals court in a sealed order Wednesday directed a lawyer for Donald Trump to turn over to prosecutors documents in the investigation into the former president's retention of classified records at his Florida estate. The ruling is a significant win for the Justice Department, which has focused...

Judge: Trump's Attorney-Client Privilege May Be 'Pierced'

Sources say special counsel Jack Smith claimed Trump misled his lawyers over classified docs

(Newser) - Friday was federal Judge Beryl Howell's last day as chief judge on DC's US District Court, but before she stepped down, she entered a sealed filing with developments on the case involving classified documents seized from former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate last August. Within that filing, sources...

Special Counsel Subpoenas Pence in Trump Investigations

Jack Smith wants information on interactions with former president

(Newser) - The new special counsel in charge of the investigations of former President Donald Trump has subpoenaed former Vice President Mike Pence. The office of Jack Smith, who was appointed in November, has been negotiating with Pence's lawyers for months, ABC News reports. Prosecutors want documents and testimony concerning the...

Garland Picks Special Counsel for Trump-Tied Investigations
Merrick Garland Names
Special Counsel on Trump
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Nov 18, 2022 1:59 PM CST

Merrick Garland Names Special Counsel on Trump

DOJ's Jack Smith will oversee inquiries into Mar-a-Lago documents, 2020 election

(Newser) - (Updated with new information throughout.) A big move from Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday: He named a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Trump's Florida estate as well as key aspects of a separate probe...

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