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Former US President Donald Trump invoked the Fifth Amendment Wednesday in a New York State civil investigation into his business and real estate dealings, choosing not to testify in an unusual move for the vocal politician. Trump was scheduled for a deposition on August 10 in the civil case People of the State of New [...]

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The FBI Monday executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, a Florida resort that former US President Donald Trump owns and uses as a residence. In a statement, Trump labelled the unannounced action a “raid”. FBI agents reportedly entered the premises and broke open a safe. The FBI and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have [...]

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The US Department of Justice Wednesday sued former Trump aide Peter Navarro for allegedly withholding emails from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Navarro is being sued under the Presidential Records Act (PRA). The act requires that all records from the President or his high-level staff relating to “constitutional, statutory, or other official or [...]

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The US House Committee on Oversight and Reform expanded its investigation Friday into former President Donald Trump’s removal, loss, and destruction of presidential records. Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney sent a letter to National Archivist David Ferriero requesting additional information relating to Trump’s handling of those records. In the letter, Maloney stated: The National Archives [...]

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) confirmed Friday that it found classified documents among 15 boxes former President Donald Trump took from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago residence. US National Archivist David Ferriero confirmed the finding in response to a letter from Carolyn Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform for [...]

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President Joe Biden Tuesday ordered the National Archives to send the Trump White House visitor logs to a House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, rejecting former President Donald Trump’s executive privilege claims. In January, National Archives provided the Trump White House visitor logs to Biden’s White House. The documents [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Thursday granted former President Donald Trump’s request to halt the release of documents related to the January 6 Capitol riots. A three-judge panel, considering Trump’s emergency motion for an administrative injunction and expedited briefing schedule, granted the administrative injunction. This order temporarily enjoins the [...]

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