Bill O’Leary/Getty ImagesThe prosecutor in the case over Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents criticized a request from the judge overseeing the proceedings, claiming that it’s based on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.”In a court filing Tuesday, Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith said U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon’s orders risked putting the case in jeopardy before the trial even begins. Smith and his team also called on the court to “promptly” ma
Kevin Wurm/ReutersIn his latest counterattack, Special Counsel Jack Smith has revealed how deeply sourced his Donald Trump investigation has become, meticulously detailing for the first time how a farfetched legal theory traveled from a conservative activist to the MAGA-friendly federal judge who is employing it in a manner that could save the former president who appointed her.In his late night Tuesday court filing, federal prosecutors did more than slam U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s f
The U.S. prosecutor leading the case against Donald Trump for retaining classified documents after leaving office pushed back on a federal judge after she signaled she may accept the former president's claim that the records were his personal property. U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith said in a court filing late on Tuesday that his office would appeal any decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that would instruct jurors in the case to consider what he called Trump's "fundamentally flawed legal premise." Trump, the Republican candidate challenging Democratic President Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 election, pleaded not guilty last year to a 40-count indictment accusing him of illegally keeping classified documents after leaving office in 2021 and obstructing federal government efforts to retrieve them.
Legislation sponsored by Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., appears tailored to allegations of Donald Trump's retention of classified documents, but would rem...
Rep. Mikie Sherrill,D-N.J., on Thursday announced a bill that would bar figures such as former President Donald Trump and New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez from accessing classified documents, after the two have been battlin