Trump documents trial start delayed indefinitely, judge orders
Reuters Donald Trump’s trial in Florida on charges of illegally keeping classified documents after leaving office has been indefinitely postponed, a judge decided on Tuesday, greatly reducing the odds he will face a jury in either of the two federal criminal cases against him before the 5th November US election. Trump, seeking to regain the […]
Judge warns Trump not to threaten witnesses in 2020 election subversion case
Washington DC, USReuters A federal judge on Friday granted former US President Donald Trump leeway to publicly share some non-sensitive evidence that will be used in his trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, but she warned him to tread carefully before making inflammatory public statements about the case. “Even arguably ambiguous […]
Trial in Trump classified documents case set for May 2024 – court document
Washington DC, US Reuters Former President Donald Trump’s trial over his alleged mishandling of classified documents will begin on 20th May next year, according to a US court order on Friday. Trump’s lawyers had resisted setting a date but said any trial should take place after the November, 2024, US presidential election, in which he […]
Trump pleads not guilty in federal documents case
Updated: 12:30pm (AEST)Miami, Florida, USReuters Former US President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them. Trump’s plea, entered before US Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman in a federal court in Miami, sets up […]
Trump arrives in Florida to face charges, maintains lead in poll
Miami, FloridaReuters Former President Donald Trump arrived in Miami on Monday to face federal criminal charges, while a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found a vast majority of his fellow Republicans believe the case to be politically motivated. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election, is scheduled to be in a Miami […]
Trump risked national secrets, US prosecutors allege in indictment
Washington DC, USReuters US prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Donald Trump on Friday, accusing the former president of risking some of the country’s most sensitive security secrets after leaving the White House in 2021. Trump mishandled classified documents that included information about the secretive US nuclear program and potential domestic vulnerabilities in the event […]
Trump faces US criminal charges for mishandling documents, obstruction – lawyer
Reuters Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction of justice, according to a lawyer for the former US president and another source familiar with the matter. The criminal case, brought by the US Department of Justice, amounts to another legal setback for Trump as he […]