Whether an FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence is a prelude to criminal charges is unknown — especially unclear since other investigations into mishandling of classified information have ended without prosecution or in misdemeanor plea deals.
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Trump claims political persecution after FBI search of Mar-a-Lago residence
A Trump attorney confirmed that authorities searched for classified documents related to the Presidential Records Act. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., threatened to investigate the Justice Department if Republicans win back the chamber.
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Biden administration to halt controversial ‘Remain in Mexico’ program
“Remain in Mexico,” formally known as the Migration Protection Protocols Policy, or MPP, forced back more than 60,000 asylum-seekers during the Trump administration.
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Top Republicans echo Trump’s evidence-free claims to discredit FBI search
The quick defense of Trump and combative posture by leading officeholders and potential 2024 presidential candidates underlined the former president’s status as a Republican standard-bearer.
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Trump says FBI conducted search of Mar-a-Lago estate
The action marks a dramatic escalation in law enforcement scrutiny of former President Donald Trump.
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Collins-Manchin bill to protect electoral count endorsed at key hearing
The bill would reform the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which former President Donald Trump attempted to exploit in trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
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Republican-ordered probe found ‘absolutely no’ election fraud in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin judge says a taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election found ‘absolutely no evidence of election fraud,’ but did reveal contempt for the state’s open records law by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and a former state Supreme Court justice he hired.
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Trump returning to Washington to deliver policy speech
Former President Donald Trump is returning to Washington for the first time since leaving office.
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Biden says Trump lacked ‘courage to act’ during Jan. 6 riot
President Biden has previously slammed Trump for helping to incite the mob on Jan. 6, 2021, with a ‘web of lies’ about the 2020 presidential election.
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Steve Bannon convicted of contempt for defying Jan. 6 panel
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, faces up to 2 years in a federal lockup when he’s sentenced, and his attorney pledges to appeal.