#New recording shows Trump discussing ‘secret’ documents he did not declassify: report 

#New recording shows Trump discussing ‘secret’ documents he did not declassify: report 

A newly released audio recording obtained by CNN includes former President Trump discussing holding onto classified documents in a 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey. The recording, which first aired on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” offers new insights into a conversation that is a piece of evidence in special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment against Trump…

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#Hunter Biden attorney pushes back on GOP howls

#Hunter Biden attorney pushes back on GOP howls

Chris Clark, an attorney for Hunter Biden, pushed back on GOP claims that the president’s son received favorable treatment after accepting a plea deal. Biden, the president’s son, agreed to a plea deal on Monday to two counts of willful failure to pay income tax, concluding a five-year investigation. He separately agreed to enter a…

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#Hutchinson: Federal charges against Trump ‘serious and disqualifying’

#Hutchinson: Federal charges against Trump ‘serious and disqualifying’

Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson on Sunday said the federal charges former President Trump now faces in the classified documents case are “serious and disqualifying.” Hutchinson said on ABC’s “This Week” that “cases don’t get any more serious than what’s been outlined” by special counsel Jack Smith “because you’re talking about the allegations of not…

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#House GOP ponders action against DOJ in defense of Trump

#House GOP ponders action against DOJ in defense of Trump

House Republicans coming to former President Trump’s defense in the Mar-a-Lago documents care are turning their attention to the possibility of using congressional funding and oversight authority against the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday called to defund special counsel Jack Smith and his office — which is…

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#Five Takeaways from Trump’s arraignment 

#Five Takeaways from Trump’s arraignment 

Former President Trump was arraigned on 37 criminal charges on Tuesday in Miami — a day that was at once extraordinary and mundane. The extraordinary element was the nature of the event itself — the first-ever federal arraignment of a former president. The charges against Trump pertain to his possession of sensitive documents at his…

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#Trump pleads not guilty in classified documents indictment

#Trump pleads not guilty in classified documents indictment

Former President Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges on 37 counts following a Department of Justice indictment alleging he violated both the Espionage Act and obstructed justice in taking classified records from his presidency and refusing to return them. The arraignment was Trump’s second this year but his appearance in a Miami courthouse was…

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