Quick Glance: Mar-a-Lago Manager's Involvement in Classified Documents Probe
- Carlos De Oliveira, Mar-a-Lago manager, released on $100,000 bond.
- De Oliveira added to obstruction conspiracy charge against Trump and Nauta.
- He is also charged with making false statements during an FBI interview.
- Indictment identifies De Oliveira as the person who assisted in moving Trump's boxes and received an attorney offer from Trump.
Quick Glance: New Developments in Trump's Indictment: Documents Case
- Trump displayed a classified document during a July 2021 meeting at his Bedminster, New Jersey resort.
- Last month, Trump was indicted on 37 counts related to mishandling classified documents.
- The charges include retaining classified information, obstructing justice, making false statements, and other crimes.
- A federal judge in Florida has set a trial date for former President Donald Trump in May next year.
Quick Glance: Florida Grand Jury Joins Probe into Trump's Classified Docs
- Federal prosecutors are presenting evidence to a grand jury in Miami as part of the investigation into former President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents.
- Several witnesses have testified before the Florida grand jury, with more expected in the coming days.
- The investigation previously relied on grand juries in Washington, D.C. It's unclear why the south Florida grand jury is now involved.
- However, a Florida court approved the warrant to search Mar-a-Lago, where Trump kept classified documents, and an assistant US attorney from Miami was present during the raid, according to CNN.
Quick Glance: Trump and Nauta refute latest charges in document case
- The new charges accuse the two men and a third assistant of conspiring together to conceal surveillance footage at Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort from the FBI.
- The former president, 77 years old, and Mr Nauta had previously pleaded not guilty to earlier charges against them.
- The document case is led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is also overseeing a separate indictment against Mr Trump that involves alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
- Mr Nauta, a former military valet in Trump's White House who then became a personal assistant, was also accused and charged with hiding files from the FBI in the indictment.
Quick Glance: Taveras' Testimony Implicates Trump in Document Case
- Evidence shows Taveras' previous testimony was false and now he implicates Trump and others.
- Possible domino effect if more people get new counsel and could implicate Trump.
- Special counsel's effective tactic to strengthen the prosecution's case by encouraging honest testimony.
- Indictment against De Oliveira and Trump expanded, listing Taveras as Trump Employee 4.
Quick Glance: Trump wrote to-do lists on classified White House documents: Sources
- A former assistant of Donald Trump revealed that he frequently wrote to-do lists on classified documents from the White House.
- Trump allegedly told her, 'You don't know anything about the boxes,' after learning about the FBI's interest in interviewing her.
- The person identified as 'Trump Employee 2' in the indictment handled Trump's White House-era boxes and provided him with photos of those boxes.
- A representative for the assistant declined to comment.
Quick Glance: Judge questions use of 2 grand juries in Trump documents case
- Judge Aileen M. Cannon wants federal prosecutors to explain why grand juries were used in Florida and Washington in the classified documents case against Donald Trump.
- Cannon, the federal judge in South Florida, posed the question in a court filing and requested a response from prosecutors by Aug. 22.
- The secret proceedings provided the majority of the evidence crucial to the case.
- In May, the activity of the grand jury appeared to continue at a federal courthouse in Miami.
Quick Glance: Trump lawyers meet with special counsel over potential indictment
- Lawyers representing Donald Trump had a meeting on Monday with special counsel Jack Smith and other Department of Justice officials.
- The meeting between Trump lawyers and DOJ officials was held at the DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C.
- Jack Smith is conducting two separate investigations concerning Trump.
- Trump is also facing a criminal investigation by a state prosecutor in Atlanta due to his efforts to overturn Joe Biden's election victory.
Quick Glance: Mar-a-Lago Worker on Trial
- Charges filed against Carlos de Oliveira
- de Oliveira accused of obstructing justice
- de Oliveira is a long-time employee of Mar-a-Lago
- Jack Smith considering charges against Trump for election fraud
Quick Glance: Trump seeks to delay trial with classified documents until after 2024 election
- Trump pleads not guilty during court proceedings in Florida.
- Trial date initially set for August 14, then postponed to December 11.
- Prosecutors requested delay anticipating defense opposition.
- They argue it will be challenging to prepare for the trial before the 2024 presidential election.
Quick Glance: Feds Supposedly Have New Evidence of Trump Obstruction
- According to The Washington Post, the Justice Department has gathered new evidence in their investigation into Donald Trump's handling of classified documents that suggests obstruction.
- According to the Post's sources, FBI investigators and the Justice Department discovered that Trump looked through boxes containing classified documents after he'd already been ordered to turn them over, hoping to keep some for himself.
- "The witch-hunts against President Trump have no basis in facts or law," Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said.
Quick Glance: Mark Meadows Testifies in Trump Special Counsel Investigation
- Wore a dark suit and red tie.
- Involved in pivotal moments around the 2020 election as President Trump sought to remain in office.
- The final White House chief of staff under President Trump, Mark Meadows, has testified before a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the investigations being led by the special counsel’s office, according to two people briefed on the matter.
- The timing and scope of Meadows' testimony remain unclear.
Quick Glance: Trump employees moved Mar-a-Lago boxes before FBI visit
- Prosecutors have evidence that Trump kept classified documents in his office and showed them to others.
- The timing of the box movement is a significant element in the investigation.
- A Mar-a-Lago employee cooperated with the government and helped move boxes.
- Investigators are looking for evidence of deliberate withholding of classified papers.
Quick Glance: Trump Mar-a-Lago Classified Documents Trial Begins
- Trial begins on May 20: Trump's illegal possession of classified documents in Mar-a-Lago
- Prosecutors accuse Trump of withholding secret documents after leaving office and obstructing their retrieval
- Jury decision in the Mar-a-Lago case must be unanimous
- Mar-a-Lago case is one of several legal challenges Trump is facing
Quick Glance: Evidence Shows Box Movement at Mar-a-Lago Before FBI Search
- Witness evidence reveals movement of boxes, including brown cardboard boxes and Bankers boxes.
- The Justice Department has released additional photographic and video evidence collected from Mar-a-Lago last year.
- The search affidavit provides detailed information on box movement and the whereabouts of documents from the Trump presidency.
- Video footage indicates recent movement of evidence, but the exact location of the removed boxes is unknown.
Donald Trump’s federal trial on charges related to the classified documents seized at his Mar-a-Lago estate is scheduled Aug. 14 ... Show more https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/20/judge-sets-trump-federal-criminal-trial-for-aug-14/70337300007/
Quick Glance: Trump indicted: GOP base remains loyal
- Trump sees the indictment as another attempt to sideline him.
- Critics argue that even public documents are often wrongly marked as classified.
- Unlike Trump, Pence and Biden cooperated with authorities and returned the classified documents.
- The indictment could boost Trump's electoral chances, as he remains popular among GOP voters and most of his primary opponents rushed to support him after the charges.
Quick Glance: Trump indictment imminent? Lawyers seek meeting with prosecutors on documents case
- Donald Trump's legal team is requesting a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland to discuss the investigation of classified documents, which is often a sign of an impending indictment.
- The letter from Trump's lawyers suggests that an indictment may be forthcoming and such a meeting is often used to negotiate a resolution.
- It is unclear whether Garland will agree to a meeting with Trump's legal team, as he assigned the documents case to Special Counsel Jack Smith last year.
- Smith is investigating whether the former president mishandled classified documents and obstructed justice by ignoring a subpoena to return presidential documents taken from the White House.
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Quick Glance: Mar-a-Lago special master fired formally; Trump unlikely to appeal
- This dismissal brings to an end a protracted legal saga centered on the appointment of the special master, with the case pinging through the appeals courts as the Justice Department attempted to halt what its representatives argued was a "intrusion" into the criminal investigation into alleged mishandling of sensitive government documents after Trump left the White House.
- Trump has appointed two of the panel's three judges to the appeals court.
- The former president's legal team had requested that the special master evaluate if Trump may assert any protections over the legal documents in order to shield them from criminal investigators.
The Department of Justice unsealed a 37-count indictment against Donald Trump on Friday for allegedly storing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, then hiding them from the government.
Who got close to the secret records? Tens of thousands of people, according to the government, explaining that documents remained on site as members and guests streamed in and out of the club.
Forbes mined social media to figure out some of the people who came into Trump’s office, one of the places where Trump kept the records, for this September 2022 story.
Quick Glance: DOJ delivers Mar-a-Lago grand jury testimony to Trump team
- The Department of Justice has provided evidence in the Mar-a-Lago case to former President Trump and his attorneys, including testimony from witnesses before the grand jury.
- Prosecutors interviewed a variety of witnesses, including former members of Trump’s legal team who were compelled to appear before the grand jury.
- The files also contain the testimony of Walt Nauta, Trump’s valet and co-defendant in the case.
- The files are part of the discovery phase and contain only unclassified materials.
Quick Glance: Trump, who is facing criminal charges, calls for the FBI to be defunded.
- Former President Donald Trump waves to supporters after speaking at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, hours after being arraigned in New York City.
- WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump called on his Republican colleagues in Congress on Wednesday to cut funding for the US Justice Department and the FBI, just one day after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
- DOJ is an abbreviation for the Department of Justice.
- Trump is the subject of two Justice Department criminal investigations, one of which is being led by a special counsel appointed by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Quick Glance: Justice Department vs. Trump Lawyers Over Seized Documents
- A pair of unsealed filings dispute the former president's authority to claim White House materials as his personal property and use executive privilege.
- The Justice Department said in a recently unsealed brief that Mr. Trump would have required to declare them as personal property before leaving office.
- Another important question is whether Mr. Trump can use executive privilege to prevent the executive branch from investigating executive branch records for criminal purposes.
- The Justice Department argued that Mr. Trump could not invoke executive privilege in this case.
Quick Glance: Appeals Court Abandons Special Master Review in Trump Documents Case
- The appeals court decision, however, did not address that question since it terminated Judge Cannon's review on jurisdictional grounds.
- Mr. Trump's lawyers claimed during the early days of the special master's investigation that he personally possessed a large number of papers that the government claimed were public property under the Presidential Records Act.
- The court of appeals stated that it was neither considering or endorsing that theory.
- The appeals court decided in favor of the government within a week.