Chris Geidner
Federal Agents Have Seized Communications Of Trump’s Personal Lawyer And Trump Is Very Upset
"I have this witch hunt constantly going on," Trump said of the search warrants executed Monday against Michael Cohen, adding, "It’s an attack on our country [and] what we all stand for."
Chris Geidner
Sessions Has Asked A Federal Prosecutor To Oversee Document Production From The Clinton Email Investigation After Trump's Criticism
US Attorney John Lausch will be overseeing the production of documents to a House committee relating to the Justice Department's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private server. Over the weekend, President Trump accused the department of stalling.
Chris Geidner
Paul Manafort Says The FBI Illegally Searched A Storage Unit Where He Kept Files
As a result, his lawyers argued in a late Friday night filing, "all evidence that the government seized from the storage unit must be suppressed."
Chris Geidner
Trump Denied Knowing About The $130,000 Payment His Lawyer Facilitated For Stormy Daniels
Asked aboard Air Force One on Thursday afternoon about whether he knew about the payment, Trump simply said, "No."
Chris Geidner
Another Senior FBI Official Brought In By Comey Has Left His Government Job
Greg Brower's last day as the FBI's legislative liaison was March 30, he told BuzzFeed News.
Chris Geidner
Trump Has Declared DACA Dead. But More Than 50,000 Renewals Have Been Approved This Year.
Nearly 65,000 DACA renewal applications have been received by the Trump administration since a federal court ordered it on Jan. 10 to keep accepting them.
Chris Geidner
The Trump Lawyers Fighting Stormy Daniels' Lawsuit Asked A Judge To Send The Dispute To Private Arbitration
It's the latest effort to keep the facts underlying the 2016 "hush agreement" secret.
Chris Geidner
A Newly Released Document Shows 1,903 People Were Stopped Under Trump's First Travel Ban
The document, released under the Freedom of Information Act, was among hundreds of records made public by Customs and Border Protection this week.
Chris Geidner
A Prominent Liberal Judge From The 9th Circuit Court Has Died At 87
Judge Stephen Reinhardt — appointed to the appeals court in 1980 — died on Thursday, two days after his 87th birthday. President Trump will now get to appoint his successor.
Chris Geidner
Jeff Sessions Is Not Appointing A Second Special Counsel, But Reviews Will Continue
The attorney general sent a letter to congressional leaders Thursday. Some Republicans have asked for a second special counsel to look into allegations that the FBI abused the FISA warrant process in recent years.
Chris Geidner
Stormy Daniels Accuses Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Of Defamation
Expanding her previously filed lawsuit, which is now in federal court, Daniels added a claim against Cohen directly, alleging that a February statement he made defamed her.
Chris Geidner
Five Questions That Remain Now That The Stormy Daniels Interview Has Aired
The interview explored the adult film star's interactions with Donald Trump. The next developments are likely to come in court.
Chris Geidner
Trump's Lead Attorney In The Russia Inquiry, John Dowd, Just Resigned
John Dowd's resignation comes five days after he had to walk back comments he made to the press saying he and the president wanted Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to shut down special counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry.
Chris Geidner
The Supreme Court Just Sided With Criminal Defendants In Two Cases
Justices rejected a higher standard set by a court for inmates seeking funds to challenge their conviction and a lower standard sought by the government for convicting people of obstructing IRS investigations.
Chris Geidner
A Manhattan Judge Has Allowed A Former Apprentice Contestant's Defamation Lawsuit Against Trump To Go Forward
Summer Zervos sued Trump for comments he made about her during the campaign. "No one is above the law," Justice Jennifer Schecter wrote Tuesday, denying Trump's request to dismiss the lawsuit.
Chris Geidner
The Supreme Court Won't Stop A New Pennsylvania Congressional Map Favored By Democrats From Going Into Effect This Year
Pennsylvania Republicans had tried to stop the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's ruling redrawing the state's congressional map from going into effect. On Monday, a trial court and the US Supreme Court rejected their requests.
Chris Geidner
Death Penalty Opponents See Some Good News In The Supreme Court's Decision Not To Hear A Case
Four justices made clear their view that the death penalty — at least as it exists in Arizona — merits further review.
Chris Geidner
Andrew McCabe, The Fired Former No. 2 At The FBI, Wrote Memos About His Interactions With Trump
Special counsel Robert Mueller reportedly has the memos.
Chris Geidner
Jeff Sessions Has Fired The Former No. 2 At The FBI Two Days Before His Scheduled Retirement
"[B]ased on the report of the Inspector General, the findings of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility, and the recommendation of the Department’s senior career official, I have terminated the employment of Andrew McCabe effective immediately."
Chris Geidner
Trump Joins Legal Fight In Stormy Daniels' Lawsuit To End Her "Hush Agreement"
Lawyers for the company behind the 2016 payment say they could seek as much as $20 million from Stephanie Clifford, who goes by Stormy Daniels, for alleged breaches of the agreement.
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