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A court filing by the Justice Department just minutes before midnight on Aug. 30 says documents seized by the FBI don’t belong to former President Donald Trump and someone has deliberately concealed documents marked classified from a federal grand jury. Read more» 1

The Justice Department investigation into the handling of classified documents by former President Donald Trump is still in the early stages - and more information undoubtedly will come out - but the timeline of events leading to the warrant begins back in 2021. Read more»

The Department of Justice said Monday that a “limited set” of materials potentially containing information covered by attorney-client privilege was found among the 20 boxes of documents seized earlier this month from former President Donald Trump. Read more»

Within the 15 boxes of documents the National Archives received earlier this year, the federal agents found 184 documents with classified markings, including 67 marked confidential, 92 marked secret, 25 marked top secret.

The U.S. government on Friday posted a redacted version of the affidavit used by the FBI to gain court approval for the search of former President Donald Trump’s south Florida resort home, Mar-a-Lago. Read more»

A cache of weapons found in the car of a Phoenix-area man during outgoing inspections at the Lukeville Port of Entry in 2016. One of the rifles included a 3-D printed receiver.

Companies that sell firearm frames, known in the industry as “receiver blanks” and “lower receivers,” that can be readily converted to shoot bullets must comply with a new ATF rule after a bid to block the new regulations was rejected by a federal judge. Read more»

Former President Donald Trump, at an event in Texas in  January, 2021.

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump filed a motion Monday asking a Florida federal court to appoint a “special master” to review classified documents the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago home two weeks ago. Read more»

Since the 2020 election, elections officials across the country have faced an unprecedented number of violent threats.

With less than three months until the midterm election, election officials say a continuing onslaught of violent threats makes them worried about safety, but federal efforts to provide financial support to state and local election officials appear to have fallen short. Read more»

Government attorneys warned that disclosure of the affidavit could jeopardize 'several witnesses'” and a national security investigation described as is 'in its early stages.'

A federal judge indicated Thursday that he will have a decision this time next week that will ostensibly allow the public to access portions of the affidavit used to execute a search warrant on the estate of former President Donald Trump. Read more»

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer questions election officials during a Jan. 5, 2022, hearing at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. Maricopa County Elections Department officials were responding to claims about the 2020 General Election made by Senate contractors Cyber Ninjas, Cyfir, and EchoMail.

A Missouri man was indicted Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice for threatening to kill Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer because he opposed the Arizona Senate’s partisan election review. Read more»

The Supreme Court has not weighed in on whether Trump could unilaterally ignore past executive orders on declassification procedures.

Former President Donald Trump's statement claiming he had a standing order that documents removed from the Oval Office and taken to his residence were deemed to be declassified isn't plausible - and may be irrelevant to his criminal investigation. Read more»

Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, home to former President Donald Trump.

The sworn affidavit the FBI used to obtain a search warrant last week for Mar-a-Lago - the south Florida home of former President Donald Trump - remains under seal and hotly sought after by both members of the media and a conservative nonprofit. Read more»

President Donald Trump in a shadow at a February 2017 ceremony in North Charleston, S.C., recognizing the first Boeing 787-10 produced.

A federal judge on Friday unsealed the warrant that allowed the FBI to search former President Trump’s property at Mar-a-Lago in Florida earlier this week, revealing he’s under investigation for possibly violating the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice. Read more»

Former President Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

Former President Donald Trump said late Thursday night that he will not oppose the Department of Justice's motion to unseal the search warrant approved by a federal judge for the FBI's raid on his south Florida home, Mar-a-Lago. Read more»

The search appears to be related to the National Archives and Records Administration’s ongoing efforts to recover presidential documents.

Social media posts claiming the FBI search of the home of former President Donald Trump was politically motivated have been swirling online, despite there being no evidence that President Biden “had his department of justice’s FBI raid” Trump’s home. Read more»

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the U.S. Department of Justice moved Thursday to release the search warrant a federal judge issued earlier this week that allowed federal agents to enter former President Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago. Read more»

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