Republican says he ‘fears for the future’ if Trump is not charged over Jan 6 riot
Adam Kinzinger said in an interview the former president should be charged with conspiracy over the insurrection
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Adam Kinzinger said in an interview the former president should be charged with conspiracy over the insurrection
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is shutting down, having completed a...
Wrongful death suit names former president and two rioters in connection with Officer Brian Sicknick’s death
US department of justice says 192 people have been jailed to date arising from January 6th riot by supporters of Donald Trump
Subcommittee could have power to subpoena information about Trump’s efforts to overturn 2020 election
House Republicans are gearing up to investigate the Department of Justice and the FBI, including their "ongoing criminal investigations," setting up a showdown with the Biden administration and law enforcement agencies over their criminal probes, particularly those into former President Donald Trump.
New House subcommittee expected to put inquiries into Donald Trump under scrutiny
The GOP is preparing to hammer agencies reviewing the conduct of former President Trump with a new select subcommittee poised to focus on the “weaponization” of the federal government. The panel is being drawn up to take aim at ongoing investigations at the Department of Justice and the FBI on Trump, including the taking of…
Republicans have been promising to use their new majority against federal agencies investigating Republican former president Donald Trump
The House GOP voted to create a wide-ranging subcommittee investigation which Democrats said will just be used to "settle political scores" on behalf of Trump.
The Justice Department began its case by telling the jury that five members of the far-right pro-Trump group had led scores of others in a coordinated attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The judge said prosecutors failed to prove Joshua Black’s intent was to disrupt Congress – or even whether he was familiar with the proceedings occurring that day to certify Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump.
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky,) the newly appointed House Oversight and Accountability Committee chairman on Sunday sidestepped multiple questions about why the panel won’t investigate former President Trump over his handling of classified documents, despite plans to probe President Biden for similar offenses. “With respect to investigating President Trump, there have been so many investigations of…
An associate of a former Donald Trump "fixer" who is related to a sanctioned Russian oligarch has deep ties to disgraced Long Island Rep. George Santos, whose murky campaign financing is under investigation by a House ethics committee and federal prosecutors.
The ruling said Navarro had failed to prove that former President Donald Trump wanted him to assert executive privilege over his potential testimony.
A federal judge declined Thursday to dismiss the criminal contempt of Congress charges brought against former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for his failure to comply with a subpoena from the House select committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
Former Trump White House aide John McEntee appeared on Friday before a grand jury on Trump-related investigations at the federal courthouse in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In early 2017, freshman Rep. James Comer found himself aboard Air Force One with the country's two most powerful Republicans , President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
In a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO, Doug Letter described his tenure battling a former president who tested the limits of executive power at every turn.
Four members of the Oath Keepers were convicted Monday of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack in the second major trial of far-right extremists accused of plotting to forcibly keep President Donald Trump in power.
Trump penned a last-minute letter in hopes of derailing the Justice Department's prosecution of former White House adviser Peter Navarro.
Grand juries are seen as essential tools to lend checks and balances to the justice system. But some also see them as tools of the prosecution.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday that they should have access to classified documents that were discovered in the homes of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, arguing that Biden’s administration is stonewalling them over the matter.
'Somehow the only people who are not allowed to know what was in there are congressional oversight committees,' Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) moaned Sunday.
Lawmakers from both parties on Senate Intelligence Committee renew calls to turn over classified material
The GOP lawmaker recently urged Democrats to join Republicans in a newly formed subcommittee tasked to investigate the "weaponization" of the federal agencies.
Rep. Jim Jordan argued that federal agencies are handling President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump's classified documents cases in different ways on NBC News' "Meet the Press" Sunday.
The decision by a panel of federal appellate judges temporarily blocks a lower-court ruling, escalating the battle over communications related to DOJ's probe of 2020 election challenges.
Congress and Justice are facing a reckoning over how to handle access to material related to the investigations into Biden and Trump classified documents.
Lawyers for Hunter Biden sent letters requesting probes into allies of former President Trump who they say trafficked in stolen information from his laptop.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday called for more information about the classified records discovered in the private possession of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed fellow Democratic...
The congresswoman Monday walked back her denial of Chinese spy balloons during the Trump administration and called for an investigation into the Pentagon.
Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing probes into former President Donald Trump.
Raskin criticized Republicans on the new House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government for using it to try to reelect Donald Trump.
Prosecutors have started to lay out evidence that they say shows how members of the far-right pro-Trump group conspired to use force to stop the lawful transfer of power after the 2020 election.
Mayorkas and DHS have hired a law firm that helped House Democrats in their impeachment effort of then-President Donald Trump.
Pence called the subpoena "unconstitutional" and "unprecedented."
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he plans to "fight" a subpoena from the special counsel investigating Donald Trump's actions surrounding Jan.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Matt Gaetz , a Republican firebrand known for his strong support of former President Donald Trump, said Wednesday that the Justice Department has ended a sex trafficking case with no charges against him.
A grand jury’s report into the election has been released as local US authorities consider whether to bring charges against the former president.
The top staff investigator for the House inquiry on the Capitol attack opened up about his biggest takeaways and why proving intent is the key to a criminal charge against former President Donald J. Trump.
The revelations from grand jury proceedings in Georgia are the latest signs that federal and local inquiries into the former president could reach key decision points in coming months.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump have been subpoenaed by Special Counsel Jack Smith to testify before a federal grand jury regarding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing sources.
Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have both been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating former President Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to The New York Times, in another sign the investigation is picking up steam. The subpoena of Ivanka Trump, the former president’s first daughter, and Kushner, news of which…
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., a Trump ally who supported efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, is arguing in court against the DOJ accessing his phone data.
Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal judge to compel former Vice President Mike Pence to testify to a federal grand jury on events surrounding the Jan. 6 attack.
Lawyers for Donald Trump say the revelations offered by Kohrs shattered the credibility of the entire special grand jury investigation.
A Republican congressman's court battle to protect his cell phone records has prevented federal investigators from reviewing over 2,200 documents in their investigation of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
A bipartisan group of high-ranking lawmakers received their first briefing Tuesday on the various Trump, Biden and Pence classified documents.
Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s former personal lawyer, believes he will be called to testify to the New York grand jury investigating the former president “very soon.” Cohen told reporters his prediction on the way to meeting with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which is investigating alleged hush money payments Cohen arranged on behalf of…
Barbara McQuade said that Trump's efforts would only serve to delay the Justice Department's investigative process.
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that the FBI is “not being forthcoming” about the classified documents found at the homes of President Biden and former President Trump after top lawmakers received a briefing on the matter. “Well, first off, in the things that we do know, one…
Sen. Mark Warner suggested broader consequences from Congress' lack of access to material found in the possession of the president, former president Donald Trump and Mike Pence.
Four of the AWOL Trump supporters remain at large.
Epps was captured on video urging attendees of Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally to march on the Capitol.
Mr. Cohen, Donald Trump’s onetime fixer, is a key piece of the puzzle as prosecutors move toward an indictment of the former president.
Officer Harry Dunn was one of the Capitol Police officers that led Jan. 6 attackers away from the doors where lawmakers were hiding. It has been 800 days since then and MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace wants to know why the Justice Department hasn't moved against Donald Trump or his close allies.Speaking ...
“If they want to go after Donald Trump and they have solid evidence, so be it. But Michael Cohen is far from solid evidence,” Robert Costello said.
The GOP chairs of three House committees accused Alvin Bragg of preparing to to "engage in an unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority."
The four were also convicted of conspiracy stemming from an insurrection at the Capitol in failed effort to keep Trump in office
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — House Republicans rallied to the defense of former President Donald Trump before his possible indictment , demanding that the Manhattan district attorney who is investigating him turn over documents and come for an interview.
In a letter Thursday, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said it will not heed the request of House Republicans to testify about the ongoing porn-star hush money investigation into former President Donald Trump.
The Manhattan district attorney is resisting demands by House Republicans that he provide information about the hush money inquiry, setting up a potential legal showdown.
The grand jury is investigating Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the lead-up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Letter sent to Manhattan district attorney seeks information in Stormy Daniels hush-money probe
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) defended House Republican calls for Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg to testify before the House regarding his inquiry of former President Donald Trump.
Monday was the first time in a week that the Manhattan grand jury heard evidence in the Trump case.
Former President Trump is appealing a judge's order that his former chief of staff and other aides must testify before a grand jury investigating the Jan. 6 riot.
Former President Trump’s legal team has appealed a decision from a judge ordering former chief of staff Mark Meadows and other Trump White House officials to testify in the Justice Department investigation into Jan. 6. The sealed decision from D.C. District Court Judge Beryl Howell rejected Trump’s claims of executive privilege over the officials, a…
After securing an indictment against Donald Trump, prosecutors still face an uphill battle to cinch a conviction, legal experts say.
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI, one day after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump, who is seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, took aim at federal law enforcement authorities.
The GOP chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday blasted the White House for dismissing the idea that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was chaotic and shifting blame on the Trump administration for creating unfavorable conditions for the pullout. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), whose committee is leading a probe of the Biden administration’s…
Mark Pomerantz turned down a request to voluntarily cooperate with a congressional investigation.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, expanded his investigation into the Manhattan District Attorney's office on Friday.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan is expanding his investigation into the Manhattan District Attorney's office by seeking voluntary cooperation from the office's senior counsel, Matthew Colangelo.
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee is slated to hold a hearing in New York City next week focused on violent crime in the Big Apple, the latest iteration of the House GOP zeroing in on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) after a grand jury he empaneled indicted former President Trump. The field hearing, titled…
Alvin Bragg accuses Jim Jordan of “brazen attack”
The 50-page suit asks a court to block a subpoena Jordan issued to a former Manhattan prosecutor who led the investigation into Trump.
Congressman Jim Jordan was accused in the complaint by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of an 'unprecedently brazen and unconstitutional attack' on his prosecution of the 76-year-old former president
Alvin Bragg sued Jordan in an effort to keep congressional Republicans from interfering in the criminal case against former president Trump.
Alvin Bragg is suing to block the subpoena of a former prosecutor who led an inquiry into Donald Trump’s business practices
The Manhattan DA probing Donald Trump's alleged hush-money payoff to adult film star Stormy Daniels and others filed suit Tuesday against GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, calling his congressional actions an attack on lawmakers.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a lawsuit against the House Judiciary Committee chairman, asking a court to block elements of the congressional inquiry into his case against former President Donald Trump.
Former Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller met with a federal grand jury to testify on conversations he had with the ex-president related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, multiple outlets reported on Tuesday. CNN reported that Miller would likely be questioned about a phone call he had with then-President Trump minutes before the rally…
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) ramped up his fierce battle with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday, filing a legal suit against the key Trump ally. Bragg is the most recent nemesis of former President Trump, who was indicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records last week in the…
On Monday the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on crime at a federal building in lower Manhattan. Although field hearings, held outside of Washington, D.C., are a well-established practice, Monday’s was a remarkable, sometimes rancorous display of discord.
Attorneys for House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan have struck back at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, filing an opposition to his lawsuit on Monday.
Alvin L. Bragg, Manhattan’s district attorney, had tried to stop Mark F. Pomerantz from speaking with a U.S. House committee examining the criminal case against Donald J. Trump.
The House Judiciary Committee and its Republican chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan, are seeking to question former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz about the Trump investigation.
A deposition of the former prosecutor, Mark Pomerantz, is scheduled for Thursday.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had sued to block subpoena from Rep. Jim Jordan
Lawyers on both sides were reportedly grilled by the judge on Wednesday.
A federal judge has ruled that House Republicans can question a former Manhattan prosecutor about the criminal case against former President Donald Trump.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's effort to block the Judiciary Committee's subpoena of one of his ex-investigators will be presided over by a Trump-nominated judge.
U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, one of Donald Trump's staunchest allies in Congress, on Friday urged an appeals court to let his House Judiciary Committee depose a former prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney's criminal probe of the former U.S. president.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis plans to announce this summer whether she'll bring charges against former President Donald Trump or his allies for their attempts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday.
The jury will begin deliberating Wednesday to decide whether the onetime Proud Boys national chairman and four co-defendants are guilty of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors allege was a desperate plot to keep Trump in the White House
Attorneys for the Proud Boys placed blame for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Donald Trump during closing arguments in the seditious conspiracy trial.
Former vice-president’s proximity to the ex-president during the Capitol attack makes him a key witness in the criminal inquiry
Former US Vice President Mike Pence has testified before a federal grand jury as part of the investigation into Donald Trump's actions surrounding the 2020 election and the Capitol riot. The testimony is a significant development in the ongoing probe, as investigators seek to uncover more information about the former President's behavior and conversations.
Former vice president appears a day after appeals court denied Trump’s bid to block his testimony
Former vice president Mike Pence has given evidence in private to a federal grand jury investigating efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to a source.
The US Justice Department has asked a federal judge to sentence Oath Keepers founder, Stewart Rhodes, to 25 years in prison for his conviction on seditious conspiracy and other charges over the 2021 attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former US president Donald Trump.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that special counsel John Durham’s long-awaited report on the FBI investigation into former President Trump’s ties to Russia is “damning.” “The Durham report is damning,” Graham told radio talk show host John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM’s “Cats Roundtable.” “It shows the FBI became a political weapon. They…
Republican lawmakers denounced a senior FBI official during a hearing Tuesday after she said she hadn’t read special counsel John Durham’s report on the agency’s investigation into former President Trump’s alleged Russia ties. “I’m honestly speechless at this point in time,” Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement,…
In a potential boon for former Presidential Donald Trump’s presidential bid, a majority of Americans not only believe he was the target of the so-called “Russiagate” affair but want FBI officials involved prosecuted.
John Durham is slated to testify before the GOP-led House in both a public hearing and behind closed doors in June, addressing his special counsel investigation into the Trump-Russia investigators and the findings of his bombshell report.
He will stand trial on contempt of Congress charges filed after he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the 2021 Capitol riot.
Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro will stand trial in September on contempt of Congress charges filed after he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro will stand trial in September on contempt of Congress charges filed after he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has testified before a grand jury in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into former President Trump, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. Two people briefed on the matter told the outlet that Meadows, who served during the last year of the Trump administration, had testified, but…
Former President Donald Trump's former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows testified before a federal grand jury.
Former President Donald Trump called various state and federal prosecutors investigating him for possible crimes "fascists."
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) insisted that he is going off of former President Donald Trump's word when it comes to whether he declassified documents. The comments come after Trump was indicted on his alleged mishandling of classified documents.
The resolution called for an investigation into Rep. Adam Schiff and a possible fine of $16 million.
House Intelligence leaders who met with special counsel John Durham said his review of the FBI’s handling of the investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign would serve as a basis for laying down reforms to an agency whose work must withstand scrutiny. Durham uncovered little new information in his report capping his nearly four-year investigation,…
His appearances come as Republicans once again accuse the Justice Department of unfairly targeting former President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to censure California Rep.
The House voted to censure California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff Wednesday evening for amplifying claims of the 2016 Trump campaign's ties to Russia.
The move by the G.O.P.-led House was the first in what could be a series of votes seeking to punish those whom Republicans have deemed enemies of the party.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to censure California Rep.
House Republicans on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a rare reprimand of a sitting lawmaker that the GOP conference delivered as a rebuke for his efforts against former President Trump. The vote — 213-209-6 — is the culmination of a week-long push led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), which was stymied last…
Luna filed the privileged motion on Tuesday, denouncing Schiff for his push of unproven allegations of Trump-Russia collusion while touting British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s discredited dossier.
New Jan. 6 probe details reveal "evidence of wire fraud," law professor says.
"It's been 60 years, time for the American people to know the TRUTH!" the former president wrote on Truth Social.
A federal grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election has heard testimony from dozens of witnesses in an ongoing probe.
FBI Director Chris Wray, appointed by former President Donald Trump, testified before the House Judiciary Committee.
FBI Director Christopher Wray faces questions from House Judiciary Committee Republicans amid claims of agency weaponization against conservatives, Trump and allies.
Stoked by former President Donald J. Trump, congressional Republicans have been trying to undermine the F.B.I.’s legitimacy with the public.
Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, testified before the grand jury investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election and the actions of the then-president and others, a source familiar with the testimony confirmed to CNN.
Jared Kushner says it was his impression the former president truly believed 2020 election was stolen, New York Times reports
Hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters have been charged with obstruction of an official proceeding, but the charge, which could be applied to former President Donald J. Trump, has come under scrutiny.
They have also pointed to testimony by an IRS whistleblower as proof that the department interfered with the Hunter Biden probe - a claim that both Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney in charge of the probe have denied. "Are you protecting the Bidens?" asked Republican Representative Matt Gaetz.
The House speaker’s job does not seem very fun right now.
Trump was arraigned in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday on charges related to his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Special counsel Jack Smith's team obtained a search warrant in January for records related to former President Donald Trump's Twitter account, and a judge levied a $350,000 fine on the company for missing the deadline to comply, according to court documents released Wednesday.
House Republicans are trying to prohibit the use of federal money to pay for special counsel Jack Smith's investigation and criminal cases against Trump.
House Republicans are trying to prohibit the use of federal money to pay for special counsel Jack Smith's investigation and criminal cases against Trump.
Congress eventually certified the election results even as Trump continued repeating his false assertion that he won those elections. Trump's fellow Republicans currently hold a narrow majority in the House of Representatives while Biden's fellow Democrats are in a narrow majority in the Senate.
A Republican member of the House Appropriations Committee and staunch backer of Donald Trump said Monday he will seek to withhold federal funding for legal cases against the former president.
The former top trade adviser testified that Donald Trump told him to stiff-arm the Jan. 6 committee.
Navarro urged judge to allow him to defend himself at contempt of Congress trial by testifying that Trump told him not to comply with congressional subpoena.
“Meadows in some respects has even more criminal exposure than Trump,” law professor warns.
Navarro told Judge Ahmit Mehta Tuesday that Trump had made it "very clear" that he wanted Navarro to invoke certain privileges and not respond to the Jan. 6 committee's subpoena.
Navarro was the second Trump aide to face contempt of Congress charges.
Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro brought a photo of his one-time boss to the courthouse as his contempt of Congress trial kicked off Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys for former Trump economic adviser Peter Navarro rested their case Wednesday in a trial involving charges of contempt of Congress after Navarro refused to cooperate with the House committee investigating the events of Jan. 6. The first count facing Navarro pertains to his failure to turn over documents related to…
Protesters on Thursday interrupted Peter Navarro, a former Trump economic adviser, as he sought to address the press outside a Washington, D.C., courthouse, where he had just been convicted of contempt of Congress for his failure to cooperate with the House Jan. 6 select committee. “Here we are, with one of the most important constitutional…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump White House official Peter Navarro was found guilty Thursday of contempt of Congress charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6,
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump White House official Peter Navarro was found guilty Thursday of contempt of Congress charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6,
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis sent a sharply worded response to GOP Rep. Jim Jordan after he demanded more information about her investigation.
Peter Navarro, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, was found guilty Thursday on two charges of contempt of Congress.
The ex-Trump adviser was found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress Thursday for failing to comply with a subpoena from the House January 6 committee.
Former trade adviser ‘chose allegiance to former president over compliance with subpoena’ to give evidence in January 6th investigation
Trump White House official Peter Navarro was convicted Thursday of contempt of Congress charges filed after he was accused of refusing to co-operate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The nine-page report recommended charges against Graham, the South Carolina senator and an ardent Trump supporter.
A federal appeals court has blocked federal prosecutors from obtaining a swath of cellphone records from a Pennsylvania Republican congressman who worked to overturn Donald Trump’s election defeat in 2020, in a ruling that could have dramatic legal implications that benefit federal lawmakers.
James Ray Epps, the subject of relentless conspiracy theories by the far-right, is facing a criminal misdemeanor charge for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson accused Donald Trump's ex-attorney Rudy Giuliani of groping her on the day of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Ray Epps, a onetime Donald Trump supporter who was the target of a conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for his role in the riot.
Epps, who traveled to Washington, D.C., to protest former President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, has become the face of a right-wing conspiracy theory.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal by John Eastman, a conservative lawyer indicted in August over his role in efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, in a case involving 10 emails that he had sought to shield from congressional investigators.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis declined to provide House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan with any additional information about her investigation of former President Donald Trump and his allies as well as any interactions with the Justice Department, according to a new letter obtained by CNN.
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump wants to subpoena the successor to the Jan. 6 committee and several other entities in connection with the federal election interference criminal case, contending that there are "certain missing records" that could be relevant to his defense.
Republicans have chosen Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker during internal...
Cannon scolded DOJ for making sudden request to place partial restrictions on Trump co-defendant's lawyer.
The Ohio Republican defines himself by his penchant for punching back, whether against allegations that he was derelict in a sex abuse scandal or attempts to prosecute the former president.
Decision comes after Donald Trump ally and Republican firebrand failed in two earlier votes
Trump’s former chief of staff gave evidence in special counsel investigation into effort to overturn 2020 election, ABC reports
While not the party's top choice, the deeply religious Mr Johnson has few foes and an important backer in former president Donald Trump
Republican Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House, but the Donald Trump ally inherits many of the same political problems that have tormented past GOP leaders, tested their grasp of the gavel and eventually chased them from office.
If we are to have equal justice in America, we must start with the premise that no one is too big to jail.
A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, spent nearly an hour Thursday considering former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s attempt to overturn his conviction and sentence for contempt of Congress.
Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon has appealed his criminal conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
An attorney for Steve Bannon argued in federal appeals court Thursday that Bannon should not have to serve jail time for contempt of Congress because he was merely following legal advice. The onetime senior aide to former President Trump was convicted of two counts of contempt for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6…
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y. Friday filed an ethics complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron, the judge who ruled that defendants Donald Trump and the Trump Organization committed years of systematic business fraud.
Former President Donald Trump's legal team wanted to subpoena material from the House Jan. 6 select committee.
A federal judge overseeing President Donald Trump's upcoming election interference trial said in a ruling Monday that the former president's attempt to subpoena what his legal team dubbed "missing" records from the House Jan. 6 committee appeared to be a "fishing expedition" that was not in good faith.
Lawyers for Donald Trump are requesting internal government records and private communications related to his Jan. 6 case, arguing in a lengthy Monday court filing that the information would shed light on the former president’s “good faith” efforts to scrutinize 2020 election results.
As House Republicans race to cobble together legislation to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Democrats are pointing to ex-President Donald Trump — who appears to have engaged in the same activity the GOP is accusing the current president of.Republicans, who are pushing to ...
WASHINGTON — Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) is calling the attempt to impeach President Joe Biden outright "bulls--t."Thompson, who served as the chairman for the House Select Committee investigating 2020 and Jan. 6, told Raw Story at the Capitol on Thursday that the Trump impeachment was for an actual...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday appeared to backtrack on earlier criticism of former President Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 and suggested instead that his presidential immunity defense was “a legitimate claim” as he moves forward with various court battles. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Graham was pressed on whether he…
The House Oversight and Reform Committee Democrats published a nearly 200-page report Thursday detailing what they uncovered in an over two-year investigation into cash Donald Trump brought into his businesses while president — but they said their efforts were stymied by the committee chair."The lim...
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is requesting communications and records from an Atlanta prosecutor assisting in the 2020 election case against former President Donald Trump after he visited the Biden White House and House Democrats in 2022.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is requesting a transcribed interview with a former Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) official for allegedly flagging consumer transactions that had the phrases “TRUMP” or “MAGA” in them. On behalf of the Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, Jordan sent a letter requesting testimony to Noah Bishoff, the…
Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro has asked a federal appeals court to let him remain out of prison while he appeals his contempt of C...
An appeals court denied Trump White House official Peter Navarros bid to stave off his jail sentence on contempt of Congress charges on Thursday.Navarro has been ordered to report to a federal prison by March 19.
Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has been ordered to report to federal prison in one week.
Mr. Navarro, a former adviser to President Trump, must report to a Miami prison on Tuesday for a four-month sentence after he was convicted of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena.
Navarro had been ordered to report to prison in Miami on March 19 to begin serving a four-month sentence for defying a Jan. 6 committee subpoena.
The Supreme Court rejected a bid by former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro to avoid reporting to prison to serve a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction.
The congressional hearing with former Hunter Biden associate Tony Bobulinski failed to advance the GOP's impeachment investigation of President Joe Biden — and even former President Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon knew it.On Wednesday's edition of "War Room," he raged about Republicans' inability to ...
U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes slammed the DOJ for stonewalling Congress on the subpoenas while imprisoning figures like former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for doing the same thing.
The House Judiciary Committee asked DOJ for information about its former employee Matthew Colangelo, one of the prosecutors assigned to Trump's hush money case.
Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, failed to persuade a federal appellate panel in Washington to toss his conviction for contempt of Congress.
Former Trump chief strategist’s four-month prison term had been on hold while judges considered appeal
The ruling brings Bannon a step closer to serving a four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress, but he can still mount additional appeals
In letters to nine oil CEOs, the House Oversight Committee's top Democrat asked for details of any pledges Trump made as he asked them for campaign donations.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is demanding documents from the New York attorney general related to the hiring of a lead prosecutor in Donald Trump’s hush money trial.
The long-time ally of former president Donald Trump was convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress and was handed a four-month sentence.
Steve Bannon, a close ally of Donald Trump, must report to prison by July 1 to serve a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena related to the Capitol insurrection investigation. Despite plans to appeal further, a federal judge declared that the original basis for delaying his prison term no longer exists.
Bannon looks set to appeal against the latest ruling, with his lawyer saying his case raises "constitutional issues" the Supreme Court should consider.
Rightwing podcaster ordered by judge to surrender to authorities following conviction for contempt of Congress
Another top Trump advisor, Peter Navarro, was also convicted of contempt of Congress in March.
Long-time ally of Donald Trump, convicted in 2022 of two counts of contempt of US Congress, to spend four months imprisoned
The decision means Bannon will likely be behind bars for a critical stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign as Trump faces Biden in the Nov. 5 election
A federal judge will consider whether former Trump adviser Steve Bannon should have to begin his four-month prison sentence for defying Jan. 6 Committee subpoenas.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol. U.S.
The request on Friday came after an appeals court panel rejected his bid to avoid reporting to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence.
The long-time ally of Donald Trump has been ordered to report to a federal prison in Connecticut on Monday.
Speaking to reporters, Bannon called himself a ‘political prisoner’.
The bipartisan group of Congress members got a firsthand look at the site of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
An ex-Navy SEAL congressman has demonstrated the true depth of the Secret Service's failure to protect former President Trump by broadcasting from the roof where would-be assassin Thomas Crooks opened fire.
The testimony before a congressional hearing raises questions about whether a key post was left unattended as the gunman climbed on a roof.
Republican Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania will lead a House task force charged with investigating the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) on Monday pledged to fund a "parallel independent investigation" into the attempted assassination of former President Trump, expressing disappointment at not being selected to sit on the task force to investigate the rally shooting.
During a joint committee hearing, lawmakers grilled officials from the FBI and Secret Service on the security lapses leading up to Donald Trump’s attempted assassination on July 13.
Donald Trump's former campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis has reached a deal with prosecutors in Arizona's 2020 election subversion case to cooperate and testify against other defendants in exchange for charges being dropped.
Former President Donald Trump’s federal election case was put back into the hands of Judge Chutkan on Friday, and within 48 hours, she had made about a half dozen decisions on it.
A hearing on the next steps in the federal election subversion case against former President Donald Trump will take place on September 5 after a trial judge on Friday granted an extension sought by special counsel Jack Smith.
Special counsel Jack Smith asked for additional time to settle how to proceed with former President Trump’s Jan. 6 prosecution, asking to bump back a swift set of deadlines ignited when the case returned to a lower court.
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon must face a trial in New York for criminal-fraud charges related to the 'We Build the Wall' fundraising campaign. A judge rejected his motion to dismiss the charges, and the trial is set for Dec. 9. Bannon, currently in federal prison for defying a congressional subpoena, pleaded not guilty.
On Tuesday, a process begins that could ultimately decide whether Judge Aileen Cannon will retain control of the criminal case looking into Donald Trump's allegedly unlawful retention of White House documents, a former federal prosecutor said on Sunday.Ex-prosecutor Joyce Vance wrote for her Substac...
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said the Secret Service and the FBI are “basically dragging their feet” on the Senate bipartisan investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
Members of the bipartisan congressional task force established to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump promised Monday to get to the bottom of the security failures of that day even if it may be a “slow process,” after the group toured the Pennsylvania rally site where the shooting took place.
A federal judge confirmed Thursday that former President Donald Trump's trial on charges related to his bid to overturn the 2020 election result will not take place until after voters go to the polls Nov. 5
A tense hearing over the Georgia criminal case against Trump resulted in a judge allowing one of his co-defendants the possibility to subpoena Fani Willis
Ryan Routh has been accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Despite multiple tips to US government agencies about Routh's violent and erratic behavior, including threats against President Putin, little was done to scrutinize him further. Now, authorities are being questioned about their vigilance.
Trump's attorneys said they oppose Jack Smith's request to submit a massive filing to the court that would contain evidence supporting Trump's charges.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is facing growing calls for more transparency in the wake of two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump.
Smith said in a court document that his opening brief in the federal election subversion case will not exceed 180 pages.
Special counsel Jack Smith is pushing to file a public version of his recent court brief that summaries what witnesses told investigators in Donald...
Prosecutors asked permission to file public version of brief with references to testimony from Trump’s closest aides
A federal judge gave former President Donald Trump a week to decide whether to appeal the decision to unseal a filing from special counsel Jack Smith in his Jan. 6 case.
Nathan Wade spoke to Congress during a long awaited closed-door deposition in Washington, D.C., about his work as special prosecutor on the Trump case.
Donald Trump's former chief strategist was imprisoned for two counts of contempt of Congress related to the Jan. 6 riots on the Capitol.
Donald Trump is expected to enter the White House with a Republican House and Senate, as well as a Supreme Court including several jurists he himself appointed, but there is still an unexpected source of pushback that could hamper some of his efforts, according to some legal experts.Trump defeated V...
After spending four months in federal prison for snubbing a congressional subpoena, conservative strategist Steve Bannon had a message for prosecutors.
ouse Ethics Committee Republicans voted Wednesday against releasing the panel’s long-running investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for...
A congressional ethics panel is deadlocked on whether to release a report on alleged sexual misconduct by Matt Gaetz. The controversy centers on his nomination by President-elect Trump for attorney general. The Ethics Committee remains divided, and Gaetz's confirmation hangs in the balance.
Donald Trump's transition team was caught in a "violation of federal law," a Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday.Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) appeared on MSNBC over the weekend, where he was asked about the president-elect's government takeover.Mfume called attention to a recent news development causing ...
Donald Trump winning the presidency eliminated almost all of his criminal legal concerns, but there is "one point of light amid the darkness," according to a legal expert.Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner recently lamented that special counsel Jack Smith dropped all federal charges against t...
The Thanksgiving threats come one day after several of President-elect Donald Trump's staff picks reported threats.
The officials told Senate leaders their concerns about elevating Tulsi Gabbard to become Donald Trump's director of national intelligence.
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday offered a public show of support for Pete Hegseth, his embattled choice to lead the Defense Department, whose confirmation by the Senate is in doubt as he faces questions over allegations of excessive drinking, sexual assault and his views on women in combat.
YouTuber Legal Eagle has filed a lawsuit against the FBI and the DOJ to make public their findings in the criminal cases against Donald Trump.
Trump said last week that members who served on the House select committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot "should go to jail."
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday described President-elect Donald Trump's threat to jail members of the House Jan. 6 Committee as "an outrageous statement"...
Prosecutors had a mountain of evidence — but a series of key obstacles got in their way.
On the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot, then-Attorney General Merrick Garland tried to convey the enormous scope of the law enforcement effort to bring the rioters to justice, calling it “one of the largest, most complex and most resource-intensive investigations in our history.”
Democrats want the White House to release the list of people who are now viewing the nation's secrets
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove sent a letter excoriating now-former acting Assistant Attorney General Danelle Sassoon after she sent her resignation to Attorney General Pam Bondi. And her letter makes allegations against Bove that could end up in court, a legal analyst warned Thursday on M...
WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court in Washington on Wednesday removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican President Donald
The Senate's version of Trump's big spending bill doubles down on condensing income-driven repayment plans and places caps on some student loans.
Padilla was shoved face-down in a hallway, handcuffed, and temporarily detained.
Senate Judiciary Democrats are pushing for an investigation into Ed Martin's early tenure at the Justice Department.
The hearing comes amid immigration enforcement protests in California.
Sen. Alex Padilla tried to ask questions of Trump Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, but was handcuffed and forced to the ground instead
In April, DJI urged the US government to start the mandated security audit of its business -- an audit congress ordered as part of a structured approach for evaluating the security concerns of Chinese-owned companies. Now half a year has passed and DJI says t…
PLUS: Discord invite links may not be safe; Miscreants find new way to hide malicious JavaScript; and more! Infosec In Brief A pair of Congressional Democrats have demanded a review of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program amid uncertainties …
Moore did not publicly disclose a dozen stock trades that he made throughout April until Friday, which is well after a federal deadline for doing so.
The recent shootings of lawmakers in Minnesota are part of a disturbing trend toward politically linked violence, ABC News analysts say.
What to know about the local officials and members of Congress who have been handcuffed, slammed to the ground, and detained by authorities.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth snapped back at female Democratic senators, at one point telling one that her "time was up," as he was grilled at a congressional hearing.
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 19 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. Defense S…
The suspect allegedly threatened the Congressmen with antisemitic slurs and called for the death of Israel and the lawmaker's family.
Americans deserve a vote on the war.
The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia (who we now find out, via his lawyer, prefers to be called Kilmar Abrego) keeps getting more and more bizarre. After being “accidentally” shipped to El Salvador — despite a judge’s order directly barring such a move — the Trum…
The Senate parliamentarian, often called a referee, has thrown a spanner in Trump's tax bill.
Three prosecutors dismissed in sudden move that may signal a new direction in Jan. 6 cases
The Justice Department appeared to acknowledge in an unusual statement this week the existence of investigations into former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan
Ghislaine Maxwell has been subpoenaed by the United States Congress amid questions about the so-called Epstein Files. Republican Congressman James Comer -- the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chair -- announced the news Wednesday…
House Democrats are requesting a copy of the alleged "birthday book" compiled for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday.
Maxwell's overt pitch for clemency came in a letter to the House Oversight Committee which subpoenaed Maxwell for testimony and records.
Former top officials from the justice department during the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations were sent subpoenas
The committee asked the DOJ for files related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. It is also looking to question Bill and Hillary Clinton, among several other former government officials.
Bill and Hillary Clinton -- and nearly a dozen other former feds and politicians -- have been subpoenaed for depositions by a Congressional committee ... all in connection to Jeffrey Epstein. Rep. James Comer, Chair of the House Oversight…
A US congressional panel has released a redacted copy of an alleged "birthday book" given to Epstein.
Only about 25% of Jeffrey Epstein's fortune went to his sexual abuse accusers. Congressional investigations into his finances could change that.
President Trump can't seem to shake the Jeffrey Epstein plague ... because U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi got into a fiery exchange over the "Epstein Files" with a senator during a congressional hearing. Bondi faced off Tuesday with the Senate…
Democrats on the Senate panel grilled her over her leadership of the Justice Department. She hit back, with GOP support.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday he will sue the Department of Justice (DOJ) for $500,000 over investigators obtaining his phone records during...
Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims who were in the audience to stand up and indicate whether Bondi’s DOJ h…
Bondi will face questions about the Trump administration's compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act in April.
The hearing comes a day after top counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigned.
Lutnick said last year that he cut ties with Epstein, his former neighbor, in 2005. But the Epstein files indicate that the two kept in contact, including for a 2012 lunch on Epstein's private island.