October 21, 2020
A D.C. federal judge denied a request Wednesday to release more documents tied to the probe into Russia's 2016 election interference, ruling a declaration from White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows means President Donald Trump's recent tweets did not authorize any declassification, despite his call for "no redactions."
October 20, 2020
President Donald Trump's tweet saying he has "fully authorized the total declassification" of all Russia probe documents was not a "self-executing" declassification order, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told a D.C. federal judge Tuesday.
October 16, 2020
A D.C. federal judge rejected the government's push for him to ignore President Donald Trump's recent tweets saying he has "fully authorized the total declassification" of all Russia probe documents, telling federal attorneys Friday the White House Counsel's Office must directly confer with Trump about his intent.
October 13, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice told a D.C. federal judge Tuesday to ignore President Donald Trump's tweets that he "fully authorized the total declassification" of documents related to the Russia investigation and Hillary Clinton's emails, saying that tweets are not actual orders and it has received no orders on the topic.
September 30, 2020
The D.C. federal judge who excoriated Attorney General William Barr's handling of the public release of former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russian election interference report ordered the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday to release more redacted materials by Nov. 2.
June 12, 2020
Federal prosecutors on Friday signaled the government may make public more redacted materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election concerning onetime Trump campaign adviser and longtime confidant Roger Stone.
March 31, 2020
A D.C. federal judge said ongoing court disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic is preventing him from immediately reviewing the unredacted version of former special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
March 06, 2020
The government pushed back Friday at a D.C. federal judge who said Attorney General William Barr was making "misleading public statements" about the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller, saying the court's assertions are "contrary to the facts."
March 05, 2020
A D.C. federal judge blasted U.S. Attorney General William Barr's public communications about the report produced by former special counsel Robert Mueller, saying Thursday it appears Barr "distorted" the document's contents and issued "misleading public statements."
December 18, 2019
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday shut down a request by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and BuzzFeed for access to materials produced by former special counsel Robert Mueller concerning onetime Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone, saying that doing otherwise could potentially affect the embattled GOP operative's sentencing slated for early February.