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Trump reacted to cocaine being found where guests enter for White House tours by claiming that special counsel Jack Smith looks like a crackhead to him. Trump posted on Truth Social: Does anybody really believe that the COCAINE found in the West Wing of the White House, very close to …

By Brett Rowland (The Center Square) U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland defended Special Counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday after former President Donald Trump’s arraignment the previous day. “As I said when I appointed Mr. Smith, I did so because it underscores the Justice Department’s commitment to both independence and accountability,” Garland …

Jonathan Goodman, the magistrate judge assigned to handle Donald J. Trump’s arraignment, did something of a double take during the proceeding on Tuesday, when the Justice Department offered the former president a bond deal that was not merely lenient but imposed virtually no restrictions on him at all. Jack Smith, …

The decision to indict former President Donald J. Trump in Miami, rather than Washington, eliminated the risk of a potentially thorny fight over where the charges should have been filed, but created a different risk entirely: that the case would end up before a Trump-friendly judge, Aileen M. Cannon. On …

The FBI lacked “actual evidence” to investigate Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and relied too heavily on tips provided by Trump’s political opponents to fuel the probe, U.S. Special Counsel John Durham concluded in a new report. The report released Monday, May 15, marks the end of a four-year probe …

A federal judge ruled that Special Counsel Jack Smith presented evidence that Donald Trump lied to his attorneys and committed classified documents crimes. Video: Trump knowingly misled his lawyers and committed crimes in classified documents case, “A federal judge has ruled that the special counsel investigating Trump’s handling of classified …

Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to cling to office after he lost his bid for re-election, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The move by the Justice Department sets up a likely clash …

Donald Trump has increasingly been attacking Special Counsel Jack Smith, which suggests that the ex-president is scared. Here are some of Trump’s latest posts that suggest fear: I was President of the U.S. and covered and protected by the Presidential Records Act, which is not criminal and allows and encourages …

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s appointment of a special counsel to investigate President Biden’s handling of classified documents drew a mixed reception from Republicans, who had hoped to spearhead the effort themselves. Representative James R. Comer, Republican of Kentucky and chairman of the House Oversight Committee, insisted Thursday …

“I will conduct the assigned investigation with fair, impartial, and dispassionate judgment,” he said in a statement. “I intend to follow the facts swiftly and thoroughly, without fear or favor, and will honor the trust placed in me to perform this service.” Mr. Hur, a partner at the white-collar law …