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Ryan Wedding, former Olympic snowboarder on FBI's 'Most Wanted,' has been arrested
WASHINGTON — Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder from Canada who was among the FBI's top fugitives and faces charges related to multinational drug trafficking and the killing of a federal witness, has been arrested in Mexico, top Justice Department officials said Friday. kAm(655:?8[ cc[ :D 244FD65 @7 CF??:?8 2 5CF8 EC277:4<:?8 @A6C2E:@?[ 2?5 @77:4:2=D D2J 96 @C496DEC2E65 D6G6C2= <:==:?8D E@ 7FCE96C E96 5CF8 4C:>6D] w6 H2D @? E96 uqxVD %6?
Dismissal of Comey, James cases won't be the final word. Here's what the path ahead may look like
A federal judge's dismissal of criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney Letitia James, two political foes of President Donald Trump, won't be the final word on the matter. kAm%96 yFDE:46 s6A2CE>6?E D2JD :E A=2?D E@ :>>65:2E6=J 2AA62= 2 A2:C @7 CF=:?8D E92E D2:5 {:?5D6J w2==:82? H2D :==682==J 2AA@:?E65 :?E6C:> &]$] 2EE@C?6J 7@C E96 t2DE6C? s:DEC:4E @7 ':C8:?:2] xE 2=D@ 92D E96 23:=:EJ E@ ECJ E@ C67:=6 E96 42D6D[ E9@F89 H96E96C :E 42?
Ex-Trump national security adviser Bolton charged
GREENBELT, Md. — Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was charged Thursday in a federal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. kAm%96 :?G6DE:82E:@? :?E@ q@=E@?[ H9@ D6CG65 7@C >@C6 E92? 2 J62C :? !C6D:56?E s@?2=5 %CF>AVD 7:CDE 25>:?:DEC2E:@? 367@C6 36:?8 7:C65 :? a_`h[ 3FCDE :?E@ AF3=:4 G:6H :? pF8FDE H96? E96 uqx D62C4965 9:D 9@>6 :? |2CJ=2?5 2?5 9:D @77:46 :? (2D9:?8E@?
Authorities recover high-powered rifle as search for Charlie Kirk's killer continues
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OREM, Utah — The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk has not yet been identified by law enforcement and is believed to have jumped off the roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing a single shot, the authorities said Thursday in disclosing that they recovered a high-powered rifle from the scene.
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Justice Department official orders firing of some prosecutors in Jan. 6 riot cases
WASHINGTON — A top Justice Department official ordered the firing Friday of some prosecutors who were hired to work on cases stemming from the U.S. Capitol riot, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. Trump administration officials are moving to fire at least some of the FBI agents who participated in investigations involving President Donald Trump in the coming days, two people familiar with the plans said Friday.
Bondi says she won't play politics as attorney general but won't rule out probes of Trump foes
WASHINGTON — Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, sought to reassure Democratic senators Wednesday that her Justice Department would not prosecute anyone for political purposes but refused to rule out the potential for investigations into adversaries of the Republican president-elect.
FBI now says driver responsible for deadly New Orleans rampage acted alone
Justice Department brings criminal charges in thwarted Iranian plot to kill Trump
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump before this week's presidential election. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an unnamed official in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard instructed a contact this past September to put together a plan to surveil and ultimately kill Trump.
Intelligence officials say video falsely depicting voter fraud in Georgia linked to Russia
WASHINGTON — A video that purports to show election fraud in Georgia by a man who claims to be from Haiti is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors,” U.S. intelligence officials said Friday. The video in question shows someone claiming to be a Haitian immigrant talking about how he’s intending to vote multiple times in two Georgia counties for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Justice Department prepares to file charges in Iranian hack of Trump campaign, sources say
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is preparing criminal charges in connection with an Iranian hack that targeted Donald Trump's presidential campaign, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Trump team will seek dismissal of federal election subversion case as each side mulls the next steps
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Donald Trump intend to urge a judge to dismiss the federal election subversion case against the former president after a Supreme Court opinion that narrowed the scope of the landmark prosecution, according to a court filing.
Acting Secret Service boss 'cannot defend' why roof in Trump rally shooting was't secured
WASHINGTON - The acting director of the Secret Service says he "cannot defend" why the roof used by the gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was not secured. Ronald Rowe is testifying Tuesday before two Senate committees. Rowe says he recently traveled to the Pennsylvania shooting site and says what he saw made him ashamed. Rowe is being joined by FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate at a joint hearing of the Senate committees on the Judiciary and Homeland Security.
Former President Donald Trump is calling for national unity and resilience as he recovers after apparent attempt to kill him
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BUTLER, Pa. — On the heels of an apparent attempt to kill him, former President Donald Trump called Sunday for unity and resilience as shocked leaders across the political divide recoiled from the shooting that left him injured but “fine” and the gunman and a rally-goer dead. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said the upper part of his right ear was pierced in the shooting. His aides said he was in “great spirits” and doing well.
By Jill Colvin Verified, Colleen Long Verified, Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Colleen Long, Eric Tucker, Michelle Price Verified
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Jury in Trump hush money trial resumes deliberations after rehearing instructions, testimony
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NEW YORK — The jury in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumed deliberations Thursday after revisiting portions of the judge's instructions and rehearing testimony from multiple key witnesses about the alleged scheme at the heart of the history-making case. The judge responded to a jury request by rereading 30 pages of jury instructions related to how inferences may be drawn from evidence.
By Michael Sisak Verified, Jennifer Peltz Verified, Eric Tucker, Michelle Price Verified, Eric Tucker
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Hulk Hogan, hurricanes and a blockbuster recording: A review of Trump trial's second week
WASHINGTON — Crucial witnesses took the stand in the second week of testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial, including a California lawyer who negotiated deals at the center of the case and a longtime adviser to the former president. Jurors heard a potentially pivotal piece of evidence — a 2016 recording of Trump discussing a plan to buy a Playboy model's silence — as well as testimony about the wrestler Hulk Hogan and hurricanes, literal and figurative.
Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here's what's next
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president's historic hush money trial.
By Michael Sisak Verified, Jennifer Peltz Verified, Eric Tucker, Jake Offenhartz Verified, Eric Tucker
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Ship that caused bridge collapse had apparent electrical issues while still docked, AP source says
BALTIMORE — The massive container ship that caused the deadly collapse of a Baltimore bridge experienced apparent electrical issues before it left port but set out anyway, someone with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Monday, hours after the FBI said it was investigating whether any laws might have been broken.
Judge rejects Trump request to dismiss classified documents prosecution
WASHINGTON — A federal judge refused Thursday to throw out the classified documents prosecution against Donald Trump, turning aside defense arguments that a decades-old law permitted the former president to retain the sensitive records after he left office. Lawyers for Trump had cited a 1978 statute known as the Presidential Records Act in demanding that the case, one of four against the presumptive Republican nominee, be tossed out before trial.
Prosecutors in Trump's classified documents case sharply rebuke judge's unusual and 'flawed' order
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors chided the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida, warning her off potential jury instructions that they said rest on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.” In an unusual order, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had asked prosecutors and defense lawyers to formulate proposed jury instructions for most of the charges even though it remains unclear when the case might reach trial.
Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A federal judge rejected a bid by Donald Trump to throw out out his classified documents criminal case Thursday and appeared skeptical during hours of arguments of a separate effort to scuttle the prosecution ahead of trial. Please subscribe to continue reading… Video Player is loading. Current Time 0:00 Duration 0:02 Remaining Time -0:02 Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window.
Judge appears skeptical of Trump's bid to dismiss his classified documents prosecution
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge appeared reluctant Thursday to dismiss the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump after his lawyers argued for hours that the case trampled on the former president’s rights. Please subscribe to continue reading…
Trump appears at federal court in Florida for closed hearing in his classified documents case
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Seeking to turn legal problems into political gain, former President Donald Trump arrived Monday to a crowd of supporters at a federal courthouse in Florida for a closed hearing in the criminal case charging him with mishandling classified documents.
Uproar over Biden classified documents report carries echoes of 2016 Clinton email case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The release of a harshly critical Justice Department special counsel report on President Joe Biden has triggered instant flashbacks to history-shaping events of 2016. That's when FBI Director James Comey castigated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over her email practices despite recommending against charges.
Special counsel finds evidence Biden willfully mishandled classified info but no charges warranted
WASHINGTON (AP) — A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including documents about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan, but concluded that criminal charges were not warranted. The report from special counsel Robert Hur resolves a criminal investigation that had shadowed Biden's presidency for the last year.
Special counsel: Biden 'willfully' disclosed classified materials, but no criminal charges warranted
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden "willfully" retained and disclosed highly classified materials when he was a private citizen, including documents about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan and other sensitive national security matters, according to a Justice Department report that nonetheless says no criminal charges are warranted for him or anyone else.
By Eric Tucker, Lindsay Whitehurst Verified, Zeke Miller Verified, Colleen Long Verified, Eric Tucker, Colleen Long
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What's next as Trump tries to stave off his 2020 election trial? All eyes are on the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — In Donald Trump's federal 2020 election interference case, all eyes are on the Supreme Court, whose next moves could determine whether the former president stands trial in Washington ahead of the November election. An appeals court panel on Tuesday unanimously rejected Trump's claims that he is immune from prosecution, with the judges saying they cannot accept the idea that former presidents are “above the law for all time" once they leave the White House.
With a single word — ‘lover’ — Trump employs familiar playbook in tweaking his investigators
WASHINGTON — Each time Donald Trump refers to a Georgia prosecutor's colleague as her “lover,” he's invoking a strikingly familiar turn of phrase. After all, Trump as president repeatedly used the same word to mock two FBI officials, including an agent who helped lead the Russia election interference probe, after revelations that the pair had an extramarital relationship and had traded pejorative text messages about him.
Federal judge in DC postpones Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president continues to work its way through the courts. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday vacated the March 4 trial date in the case brought by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith but did not immediately set a new date.
Chinese hackers are determined to 'wreak havoc' on US critical infrastructure, FBI director warns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States, FBI Director Chris Wray will tell House lawmakers on Wednesday in a fresh warning from Washington about Beijing's global ambitions.
Testy encounters between lawyers and judges a defining feature of Trump’s court cases so far
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from a courtroom last week by a judge angry over the former president's behavior in a defamation case brought by a writer who accuses him of sexual abuse. His lawyer didn't fare much better.
In new filing, Trump lawyers foreshadow potential lines of defense in classified documents case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump foreshadowed elements of their defense in the criminal case charging him with illegally retaining classified documents, saying in a motion filed Tuesday that they will dispute prosecutors' allegations that the estate where the records were stored was not secure.
With Trump present in court, judges express skepticism of claims that he's immune from prosecution
WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump present for the first time in months, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former president was immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The panel of three judges also also questioned whether they had jurisdiction to consider the appeal at this point in the case, raising the prospect that Trump's effort could be dismissed.
Donald Trump returns to court as judges hear arguments on whether he's immune from prosecution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump returned for the first time in months to the federal courthouse in Washington on Tuesday as his lawyers argued to appeals judges that he was immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. “To authorize the prosecution of a president for official acts would open a Pandora’s box from which this nation may never recover,” said D.
Trump will return to federal court as judges hear arguments on whether he's immune from prosecution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is set to return for the first time in months to the federal courthouse in Washington as an appeals court hears arguments Tuesday on whether the former president is immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
With the Supreme Court on sideline for now, Trump's lawyers press immunity claims before lower court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was acting within his role as president when he pressed claims about “alleged fraud and irregularity” in the 2020 election, his lawyers told a federal appeals court in arguing that he is immune from prosecution. The attorneys also asserted in a filing late Saturday night that the “historical fallout is tremendous” from the four-count indictment charging Trump with plotting to overturn the election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Supreme Court rejects prosecutor's push to fast-track ruling in election subversion case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions to overturn the 2020 election results. The ruling is a scheduling win for Trump and his lawyers, who have sought repeatedly to delay the criminal cases against him as he campaigns to reclaim the White House in 2024.
Trump's lawyers ask Supreme Court to stay out of dispute on whether he is immune from prosecution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to stay out of a dispute over whether he can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. Special counsel Jack Smith's team last week urged the nation's high court to take up and quickly consider Trump's claims that he enjoys immunity from prosecution as a former president.
2022 federal elections in the US not tainted by foreign interference, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign hackers did not change vote totals or otherwise compromise the integrity of federal elections last year in the United States, according to a declassified U.S. government report made public Monday. The report does identify multiple instances in which hackers linked to Iran, China and Russia connected to election infrastructure, scanned state government websites and copied voter information.
Trump's lawyers ask full appeals court to review gag order restricting his speech in election case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked the full federal appeals court in Washington to review a gag order restricting the former president's speech in the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election. The request Monday follows a decision by a three-judge panel of the appeals court that upheld but narrowed a gag order that barred Trump from verbally attacking witnesses over their participation in the case and imposed other restrictions on what he may say.
How the 2016 election could factor into the case accusing Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 race
WASHINGTON (AP) — To hear his lawyers tell it, Donald Trump was alarmed by Russia's interference in the 2016 election, motivated as president to focus on cybersecurity and had a good-faith basis four years later to worry that foreign actors had again meddled in the race. But to federal prosecutors, 2016 is significant as the year that Trump spread misinformation about voter fraud and proved himself resistant to accepting the outcome of elections that might not go his way.
Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court on Monday to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. Smith made his request for the court to act with unusual speed to prevent any delays that could push back the trial of the 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner, scheduled to begin March 4, until after next year's presidential election.
Appeals court upholds gag order on Trump in Washington case but narrows restrictions on his speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday upheld a gag order on former President Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case but narrowed the restrictions on his speech. The three-judge panel's ruling modifies the gag order to allow the Republican 2024 presidential front-runner to make disparaging comments about special counsel Jack Smith.
Trump appeals ruling rejecting immunity claim as window narrows to derail federal election case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of time to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades
MIAMI (AP) — A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with serving as a mole for Cuba's intelligence services dating back decades, the Justice Department said Monday. Newly unsealed court papers allege that Manuel Rocha engaged in “clandestine activity” on Cuba's behalf since at least 1981, including by meeting with Cuban intelligence operatives and providing false information to U.S. government officials about his travels and contacts.
Ex-ambassador charged with serving as secret agent for Cuba's intelligence services for decades
MIAMI (AP) — A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with serving as a covert agent for Cuba's intelligence services dating back decades, the Justice Department said Monday. Newly unsealed court papers allege that Manuel Rocha engaged in “clandestine activity” on Cuba's behalf since at least 1981, including by meeting with Cuban intelligence operatives and providing false information to U.S. government officials.
Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says
MIAMI (AP) — A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, The Associated Press has learned.
Lawsuits against Trump over Jan. 6 riot can move forward, appeals court rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawsuits against Donald Trump over the U.S. Capitol riot can move forward, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday, rejecting the former president's bid to dismiss the cases accusing him of inciting the violent mob on Jan. 6, 2021. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit court knocked down Trump's sweeping claims that presidential immunity shields him from liability in the lawsuits brought by Democratic lawmakers and police officers.
Biden interviewed as part of special counsel investigation into handling of classified documents
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press Updated 10/10/2023 7:27 AM WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden has been interviewed as part of an independent investigation into his handling of classified documents, the White House said late Monday. It's a possible sign that the investigation is nearing its end.
Biden interviewed as part of special counsel investigation into handling of classified documents
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been interviewed as part of an independent investigation into his handling of classified documents, the White House said late Monday. It's a possible sign that the investigation is nearing its end.
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