Tag: counsel
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Special Counsel asks judge to block cameras in Trump trial – LIVE
[ad_1] Jimmy Kimmel roasts Eric Trump for claiming he is ‘a construction guy’ Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest news Sign up to our free US Evening Headlines email A federal appeals court has temporarily lifted a gag order placed on former President Donald Trump in his…
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Biden Interviewed As Part Of Special Counsel Probe Into Classified Documents
[ad_1] Spokesperson Ian Sams said in a statement that the interview was voluntary and conducted at the White House on Sunday and Monday. The interview concluded Monday, Sams said. The investigation is being led by special counsel Robert Hur, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee the politically sensitive matter to avoid…
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In election case, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team asks for gag order on Trump : NPR
[ad_1] Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. Federal prosecutors in the case charging Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020 election are seeking an order that would restrict the former president from “inflammatory” and “intimidating” comments about…
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Special counsel Jack Smith argues Judge Tanya Chutkan shouldn’t recuse herself in Trump case
[ad_1] Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a blistering motion in response to former President Donald Trump’s request that the judge overseeing his federal 2020 election interference criminal case recuse herself. “There is no valid basis, under the relevant law and facts, for the Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan, United States District Judge for the…
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Hunter Biden indicted on federal gun charges following special counsel probe
[ad_1] Federal prosecutors have indicted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden on three charges stemming from allegedly false statements in the purchase of a firearm following a special counsel investigation. The indictment follows a failed plea agreement on tax and gun charges that collapsed in July under scrutiny from a federal judge. Charges announced on…
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Merrick Garland appoints special counsel to oversee Hunter Biden investigation
[ad_1] Merrick Garland appoints special counsel to oversee Hunter Biden investigation – CBS News Watch CBS News Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to oversee the Hunter Biden investigation on Friday. U.S. Attorney David Weiss requested the upgrade to special counsel after years of investigating the president’s son and seeing a plea deal…
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Trump Has a ‘Great Idea’ to Replace Hunter Biden’s Special Counsel
[ad_1] Former President Donald Trump has proposed replacing Special Counsel David Weiss with “deranged” Special Counsel Jack Smith to oversee the federal investigation of Hunter Biden. Trump suggested the “great idea” in a Truth Social post denouncing Weiss, his own appointee for U.S. attorney, on Friday night. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Weiss to lead…
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Merrick Garland Appoints Special Counsel As Hunter Biden Plea Deal Collapses
[ad_1] WASHINGTON ― The Justice Department has elevated the federal prosecutor investigating President Joe Biden’s son Hunter to special counsel status, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday. The move coincided with the collapse of a plea deal that prosecutors previously reached with the younger Biden over tax and gun charges. Garland said that Delaware…
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Prosecutor overseeing Hunter Biden probe is named special counsel
[ad_1] The move comes after several weeks of major developments in the five-year investigation of the president’s son. In June, Biden’s lawyers said they had made a deal to resolve the probe: Biden would plead guilty to misdemeanor tax charges and would enter a pretrial diversion agreement to resolve gun charges and likely avoid prison…
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CNN Fears Garland Not Protecting Biden After Weiss Special Counsel Decision
[ad_1] CNN Inside Politics host Dana Bash and legal analyst Shan Wu reacted negatively to the news that Attorney General Merrick Garland as appointed Jack Weiss as special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation by wondering why he still has a job and worrying it implies that Joe Biden is now a subject in Weiss’s…