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Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Five American service members were killed in a crash late Friday after their helicopter had a “mishap” during a training exercise and went into the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the military said Sunday. Two officials confirmed that the five were Army special operations soldiers, as first reported by The New […]
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — David Weiss, the special counsel investigating President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, appeared for voluntary testimony Tuesday behind closed doors before the House Judiciary Committee. It’s rare for a special counsel to testify before a congressional committee while an investigation is ongoing, and Weiss is unlikely to reveal any […]
David McNew/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office filed a reply Friday evening to former President Trump’s opposition to the prosecution’s proposed gag order in Trump’s federal election interference case. Smith’s office raises new concerns about Trump’s recent public statements attacking prosecutors and other potential witnesses and also suggests he may have violated a […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith and his team have requested a federal judge in Washington, D.C., impose a “narrowly tailored” order restricting former President Donald Trump from making public statements that they argue could “present a serious and substantial danger of prejudicing” his 2020 federal election interference case. In an extraordinary […]
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel David Weiss intends to bring an indictment against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden by the end of this month, according to court documents filed Wednesday. The development comes a month after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Weiss as special counsel in his investigation of the younger […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team and former President Donald Trump’s lawyers are due back in court on Monday to present arguments for when Trump’s federal election interference case should go to trial. Smith said in a filing earlier this month that he is prepared to take Trump to trial by Jan. […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Special Counsel Jack Smith raised new conflict of interest concerns Wednesday about another attorney representing one of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in his classified documents case in Florida, according to a court filing. Smith’s office asked Judge Aileen Cannon to hold a hearing on conflicts that could be posed […]
Aytug Can Sencar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Special counsel Jack Smith earlier this year sought extensive data, including direct messages, tied to former President Donald Trump’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter, court filings unsealed on Tuesday show. The pursuit came amid pushback from X centered on a non-disclosure agreement that […]
Julia Nikhinson/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as a special counsel in his investigation of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, Garland announced on Friday. The move came as a plea deal struck between Hunter Biden and federal prosecutors fell apart last month and […]
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith said in a filing Thursday he is prepared to take former President Donald Trump to trial by Jan. 2 of next year over Trump’s federal indictment for seeking to overturn the 2020 election. Smith estimates it will take no longer than four to six weeks […]