Tag: docs

Trump expressed concern that returning classified docs after subpoena could result in criminal charges, according to sealed notes

Donald Trump privately expressed concerns that turning over potentially classified documents in his possession after a May 2022 subpoena could result in criminal charges while repeatedly engaging in what prosecutors have described as an effort to enlist his lawyers to lie and destroy documents for his benefit, according to transcripts of audio notes reviewed by […]

Judge Cannon Finds Another Way to Delay Trump’s Classified Docs Trial

Judge Aileen Cannon was poised Monday to do Donald Trump yet another massive favor in his classified documents case, aiming to slow down proceedings and muddy the waters by raising concerns about special counsel Jack Smith’s spending. Attorneys for the former president have continued to push the claim that Smith’s appointment was constitutionally invalid, and […]

Maddow Blog | Requested gag order becomes flash point in classified docs case

Relations between Donald Trump’s legal defense team and special counsel Jack Smith’s office were already tense, as a New York Times report explained overnight, there’s a new flash point in the former president’s classified-documents case. To briefly recap, it was last week when the suspected felon, referencing the newly unsealed court records, claimed by way […]

George Conway slams Trump’s ‘moral depravity,’ lauds Smith’s move to gag him in docs case

Conservative attorney George Conway weighed in on former President Trump’s recent false claims that the FBI was prepared to kill him when they searched Mar-a-Lago in 2022 for classified documents, criticizing Trump for his “moral depravity.” Conway, speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about Trump’s controversial fundraising email, said the accusation against a government agency was […]