March 01, 2024
The special counsel's office prosecuting Donald Trump's criminal case on mishandling classified documents told the Florida federal judge overseeing the case on Friday that his attorneys don't have a viable claim challenging the origins of the prosecution team, arguing that intelligence agencies had no role in determining the charges against the former president.
February 29, 2024
Donald Trump on Thursday asked a Florida federal court not to schedule a trial in the criminal classified documents case against him until after this year's presidential election, arguing that a fair trial "cannot be conducted this year in a manner consistent with the Constitution."
February 29, 2024
Florida federal prosecutors want to ask potential jurors in Donald Trump's classified documents case if they believe the 2020 election was "stolen" and if they hold opinions about how the FBI executed a highly publicized search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
February 28, 2024
The Florida federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's criminal case over allegedly mishandling secret documents after leaving office ruled Wednesday that defense counsel can't see government motions asking to restrict classified information produced in discovery, a day after Trump's two co-defendants were prohibited from reviewing 5,100 pages of classified material.
February 23, 2024
Former President Donald Trump filed a slew of motions late Thursday night asking a Florida federal judge to dismiss the criminal charges against him over the alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, arguing that he has presidential immunity from prosecution and that the appointment of the special counsel is unlawful.
January 18, 2024
The Special Counsel's Office on Thursday urged a Florida federal judge to reject former President Donald Trump's recent discovery request in the criminal case over allegedly mishandled classified documents, slamming Trump's motion alleging interagency collusion as "replete with mischaracterizations and baseless arguments."
January 17, 2024
Special counsel Jack Smith should be forced to hand over what Donald Trump insists is "evidence of collusion" by the Biden administration, the DOJ, intelligence agencies and even a Georgia district attorney's office involved in the prosecution of the former president over allegations that he swiped classified documents, Trump told a Florida federal judge Tuesday.
January 08, 2024
The Special Counsel's Office urged a Florida federal court to force former President Donald Trump to reveal advice he received from his attorneys about retaining classified records if he plans to cite that as a defense in his upcoming criminal trial, in which he's accused of illegally keeping said documents after leaving office in 2021.
January 01, 2024
The criminal case against former President Donald Trump might take top billing in Florida in 2024, but state and federal courts in the Sunshine State will also be busy grappling with how to apply new state laws in insurance disputes and death penalty cases and potentially upending a multibillion-dollar gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe.
January 01, 2024
Numerous historic prosecutions of former President Donald Trump are poised to reach a head in 2024, with trial dates dotting the months preceding a November election in which Trump is predicted to be the Republican nominee.