Classified documents: Trump’s lawyers claim presidential immunity protects him

Classified documents: Trump’s lawyers claim presidential immunity protects him

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team filed multiple motions Thursday night urging a Florida judge to dismiss the criminal case charging him with illegally retaining classified documents, claiming in part that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution — an argument they have already submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in his election … Read more

Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for Capitol riot plot

Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for Capitol riot plot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago. Charles Donohoe was the second Proud Boy to plead guilty to conspiring with other group members to obstruct … Read more

Prosecutors ask judge to issue protective order after Trump post appearing to promise revenge

Prosecutors ask judge to issue protective order after Trump post appearing to promise revenge

The Justice Department has asked a federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington to step in after he released a post online that appeared to promise revenge on anyone who goes after him. Prosecutors on Friday requested that U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan issue a protective order concerning … Read more