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Judge: Feds Must Release Redacted Trump Affidavit

Justice Department ordered to release document related to Mar-a-Lago search Friday morning

(Newser) - A judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on for the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, per the AP . The directive from US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart came hours after federal law enforcement submitted the portions of the affidavit that...

Judge: Redactions Could Make Trump Affidavit &#39;Meaningless&#39;
Feds Submit Redacted
Version of Trump Affidavit
UPDATED
Aug 25, 2022 12:02 PM CDT

Feds Submit Redacted Version of Trump Affidavit

Whether document related to Mar-a-Lago search will be released to the public remains unclear

(Newser) - Update: The redactions are in. The Justice Department on Thursday submitted a redacted version of the affidavit for the Mar-a-Lago search warrant to a federal judge, reports CNN . Now the judge will review it and decide whether it makes sense to release it to the public. Media outlets want the...

Judge Gives Trump a Deadline Regarding Special Master Request

His legal team must refine its argument by Friday

(Newser) - Update: Donald Trump has until Friday to elaborate as to why exactly he needs a special master appointed in the matter of the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid. A federal judge in Florida gave the former POTUS' legal team that deadline for refining their legal arguments, including what exactly Trump wants,...

Report Puts a Number on Trump's Classified Documents

'New York Times' says government has retrieved more than 300 in all

(Newser) - The latest New York Times story about the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid revolves around a key number: 300. As in, that's how many classified documents the government has retrieved in total from former President Trump since he left office. The first was a batch of 150 recovered by the...

Poll: Trump Gains Steam Among GOPers After FBI Raid

Percentage of GOP voters who support Trump over Republican Party spikes from May, per NBC poll

(Newser) - After the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago earlier this month, the walls may feel like they're closing in on former President Trump, at least from a legal standpoint. In the court of public opinion with fellow Republicans, however, that search may have helped to give Trump a boost, at least...

Columnist: Biden Should Pardon Trump
Columnist
Floats Unusual
Trump Idea
for Biden
OPINION
Aug 19, 2022 5:10 PM CDT

Columnist Floats Unusual Trump Idea for Biden

Washington Post pundit suggests president should pardon him should he be indicted

(Newser) - It's very much unclear how the Justice Department investigations into Donald Trump will unfold, but Jason Willick floats one scenario that may cause supporters of both parties to do a double-take. In his Washington Post op-ed, Willick writes that President Biden should pardon Trump should the former president be...

On Mar-a-Lago Affidavit, Judge Sees a Middle Ground

He asks Justice Department to suggest redactions before release

(Newser) - With the Justice Department asking a judge to keep the affidavit behind the search of Mar-a-Lago sealed and news organizations seeking its release , a federal judge signaled Thursday that he's thinking of something in between. In a hearing in Florida, federal Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart asked the government to...

Trump's Former Money Guy Pleads Guilty, Heads to Prison

Allen Weisselberg, 75, also may have to testify about Trump Organization

(Newser) - A top executive at former President Trump's family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes in a deal that could potentially make him a star witness against the company at a fall trial, per the AP . Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty to all 15 of the...

Trump Allies Want Him to Release Search Footage

Eric Trump says family will release Mar-a-Lago footage 'at the right time'

(Newser) - The FBI's search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate has been a fundraising bonanza for the former president—and some Trump allies have urged the former president to release surveillance footage of the search, believing using the footage in campaign-style ads could "bolster Trump's claims of political...

Trump Donors Respond to Push After FBI Search

PAC stepped up emails, and donations topped $1M on at least 2 days

(Newser) - "They're coming after YOU," one email said. "They broke into my home," said another in all caps. Those were among the fundraising solicitations former President Donald Trump sent to supporters in the immediate aftermath of the FBI search of his Florida home last week. Trump'...

Liz Cheney Speaks On 2024 Buzz
Liz Cheney
Speaks on
2024 Buzz
Aug 17, 2022 10:20 AM CDT

Liz Cheney Speaks on 2024 Buzz

Wyoming Republican is 'thinking about' running for president following primary loss

(Newser) - In admitting defeat in her Wyoming primary on Tuesday night, Rep. Liz Cheney appeared to be setting her sights beyond. "The great and original champion of our party, Abraham Lincoln, was defeated in elections for the Senate and the House before he won the most important election of all,...

Tuesday&#39;s Primaries Cemented a New GOP
Tuesday's Primaries
Cemented a New GOP
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 17, 2022 9:35 AM CDT

Tuesday's Primaries Cemented a New GOP

Cheney vows to continue fighting 'against those who would destroy our republic'

(Newser) - Liz Cheney knew she was fighting a losing battle. Had she cozied up to Donald Trump, she might have easily won her Wyoming primary on Tuesday instead of losing handily (she had 29% support to Harriet Hageman's 66%, with 99% of expected votes counted, per the Washington Post )....

New Flashpoint in Trump Search: His Passports

FBI took them but is returning them; former president says they were 'stolen'

(Newser) - Donald Trump is getting his passports back. That they were taken in the first place has emerged as the latest source of controversy related to the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, reports USA Today . On Monday, Justice Department official Jay Bratt emailed Trump representatives to say that agents removed three Trump...

Primary Day: 3 Big Names on Ballot, Plus One That Isn't

Liz Cheney, Sarah Palin, and Lisa Murkowski fight to move on, all with fates tied to Donald Trump

(Newser) - Pretty much all the focus in Tuesday's primary schedule is on three high-profile names—Liz Cheney, Lisa Murkowski, and Sarah Palin—all of whom have a strong connection to former President Trump. Here's the latest on the contests out of Wyoming and Alaska:
  • Cheney: The sentiment about the
...

Man Charged With Declaring 'Open Season' on FBI Agents

Pennsylvania man allegedly posted threats both before, after Mar-a-Lago raid

(Newser) - Following the FBI raid of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, a 46-year-old Pennsylvania man allegedly posted violent threats against the bureau and has now been arrested. Adam Bies is accused of threatening to kill FBI agents, whom he compared to Nazi and KGB officers, in posts he made on...

Justice Department Wants to Keep Trump Affidavit Sealed

News organizations seek release, citing historic case

(Newser) - The Justice Department argued Monday against unsealing the affidavit it submitted in support of its search of former President Donald Trump's home, saying releasing of the information could hurt its investigation. Several news organizations asked the court to make the affidavit public, the Washington Post reports. On Friday, a...

Trump: US &#39;Temperature Has to Be Brought Down&#39;
Trump: US 'Temperature
Has to Be Brought Down'
the rundown
Aug 15, 2022 12:24 PM CDT

Trump: US 'Temperature Has to Be Brought Down'

He tells Fox he'll help do so, continues to denounce FBI's 'scam' search

(Newser) - Donald Trump spoke to Fox News Digital Monday and said the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago residence has triggered levels of anger in the country he's never before seen. The "temperature has to be brought down," he said, per Fox News . The former president pledged to help...

Anti-Semitic Threats Mount to Judge Who Signed Warrant

Florida synagogue increases security after search of Trump's home

(Newser) - Approval of the search of former President Donald Trump's home has brought a federal magistrate judge in Florida—and his synagogue—a deluge of anti-Semitic threats. Temple Beth David has added security and canceled an outdoor service because of the threats, Politico reports. The attacks against Magistrate Judge Bruce...

NYT: Trump Lawyer's June Declaration a Factor in Search

Attorney wrote that all classified material had been returned

(Newser) - The New York Times sheds some more light into the rationale behind the remarkable FBI search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence last week. The newspaper reports that one of Trump's attorneys provided a written declaration in June—following a visit to Mar-a-Lago by a top Justice Department official—...

National Archives Fact-Checks Trump on Obama Documents

Agency assures that it has all Obama records

(Newser) - Former President Donald Trump ran into an obstacle to his what-about deflection posted on social media while the FBI looks over documents it removed from his home, but it didn't slow him down. "President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified,"...

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