StoryGraph Biggest Story 2022-08-31 -- court filing (14), top secret (10), the search warrant (10), executive privilege (10), classified materials (10)
The DOJ’s latest filing has even more damning claims against Trump
Including that he may have obstructed justice by hiding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
Opinion | Trump simply can't handle being an ex-president
Trump thinks that ex-president's are somehow a protected class under the law. The Justice Department disagrees.
Trump’s Legal Jab Left Him Open to Justice Dept. Strike
A legal back-and-forth produced a straightforward narrative of how Mr. Trump and his lawyers repeatedly dodged the government’s attempts to recover sensitive documents for more than a year.
Trump team says sensitive info ‘should have never been cause for alarm’ in latest filing
Former President Trump’s legal team is arguing that the sensitive information contained in classified documents recovered from his Florida home “should have never been cause for alarm,” in its late…
Former President Donald Trump argued in a court filing Wednesday that the National Archives should have expected to find classified material among the 15 boxes Trump turned over in January from Mar-a-Lago because they were presidential records.
Trump team makes its 11th hour plea for independent review
The filing argues the ex-president’s team hasn’t had fair insight into what the DOJ is doing. But it’s also notable for what is omitted.
DOJ: 'Efforts Were Likely Taken' To Obstruct Probe Of Trump's Classified Documents
The Justice Department laid out a detailed timeline of events and revealed a photo of some documents recovered at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump Responds to Photo of Documents Released: 'Lucky I Declassified!'
Trump responded to a photo of allegedly classsified documents released by government prosecutors in a court filing Tuesday evening.
Judge deals blow to John Eastman's ploy to retrieve seized phone
A federal judge canceled a hearing on whether the government legally seized the pro-Trump lawyer's cellphone in June.
Trump’s Lawyers Renew Push for Special Master in Documents Inquiry
A filing claimed that the Justice Department was criminalizing the former president’s possession of “his own presidential records,” a stance at odds with the Presidential Records Act.
How the Picture of Top Secret Folders at Mar-a-Lago Came About
Federal agents arrayed classified materials on a floor at former President Donald J. Trump’s Florida residence for a photograph as a standard part of their evidence-gathering procedures.
Trump’s Lawyers May Become Witnesses or Targets in Documents Investigation
Two lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump are under increased scrutiny after new details emerged about a failure to fully comply with a subpoena for documents marked as classified.
Trump team may have hidden, moved classified papers, Justice Dept. says
In response to the Justice Department filing, lawyers for Donald Trump say prosecutors “significantly mischaracterized” some of their interactions with Trump’s representatives.
Analysis | The telling gap between what Trump says and what his lawyers argue
Trump and his allies claim that he declassified the documents he took to Mar-a-Lago. Whether his lawyers repeat those claims in court is another story.
Dissecting 7 key pieces of the Mar-a-Lago photo
Included in the government's latest court filing — in its effort to investigate Donald Trump's handling of classified materials — is a single, tantalizing photograph showing an array of documents found on the property of the former president's Florida resort.
Trump's attorneys face scrutiny over level of cooperation with Justice Department on classified docs
The Justice Department's court filing Tuesday laying out the case that classified documents had been concealed at Mar-a-Lago raises new scrutiny for former President Donald Trump's lawyers who worked with federal investigators to return classified material to the government.
Garland’s perilous path to prosecuting Trump
The attorney general has multiple hurdles to overcome if he really wants to bring a criminal case against the former president.
A filing by Alina Habba in the case over Trump’s business empire could create exposure in the matter of classified information being stored at the ex-president’s home.
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