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A judge rejected a request by Justice Department prosecutors to hold Donald Trump’s team in contempt of court for not fully complying with a subpoena to return all government documents it is accused of illegally keeping after he left the White House. Trump’s lawyers have argued in federal court that he complied with subpoena requests for documents in his personal possession, while prosecutors say investigations conducted on behalf of the former president were insufficient. Instead, the judge urged the two sides to resolve the dispute themselves, sources told ABC News. It comes as the Jan. 6 select committee is reportedly considering criminal charges against at least four of Trump’s associates: former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorney John Eastman, former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, sources said. CNN. Meanwhile, Trump has slammed the deal that led to the return of Brittney Griner from Russia, complaining that Joe Biden should have sought the release of US Marine Paul Whelan. He did not acknowledge that Whelan was arrested in Russia on his watch, or that he himself failed to get him home.
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Watch: Trump Condemned for Ending Constitution Statement
Trump was condemned for ending the declaration of the Constitution Oliver O’Connell10 December 2022 03:30 1670639449
Poll shows Biden’s approval is still underwater
The Biden administration in its second year in the White House has enjoyed economic growth, a string of legislative victories and relative success for the president’s party in the midterms. But that has yet to translate into glowing reviews from a pessimistic audience. Oliver O’Connell10 December 2022 02:30 1670637649
Judge rejects DOJ request to hold Trump team in contempt
Instead, the judge urged the Justice Department and Trump’s legal team to resolve the dispute themselves. Oliver O’Connell10 December 2022 02:00 1670635849
GOP reconsiders dislike of mail-in ballots after disappointing midterm elections
The Georgia runoff election was just the latest example of how Republicans have given Democrats an advantage in the polls because of former President Donald Trump’s lies about the dangers of voting by mail. Conservative conspiracy theorists urged GOP voters to wait until Election Day before casting their ballots and spun stories about how such a strategy would prevent Democrats from rigging voting machines to steal the election. There was no widespread fraud in the 2020 election or this year’s midterm elections. One problem with such a strategy is the random glitches that often occur on election day. Oliver O’Connell10 December 2022 01:30 1670634049
January 6 rioters were sentenced to 4 years in prison
Two men – including the founder of the Hawaii chapter of the Proud Boys – were sentenced to four years in prison today for their actions during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Nicholas Ochs, 36, of Honolulu, and Nicholas DeCarlo, 32, of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty in September. Oliver O’Connell10 December 2022 01:00 1670632249
Will the Trump bashing have less bite in 2024?
Donald Trump dominated the GOP primaries this year, using the power of his support to carry his preferred candidates for the party’s nomination. But many of those contenders, including Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, lost in the general election. The latest was Herschel Walker, whose loss Tuesday in Georgia gave Democrats 51 of the 100 Senate seats. Trump now faces blame from some Republicans for contributing to the party’s midterm shortfalls, and that could make room for McCormick and others without worrying about a backlash from the former president. Oliver O’Connell10 December 2022 00:30 1670630449
Voices: Kyrsten Sinema’s latest attention-seeking stunt won’t save her
Oliver O’Connell10 December 2022 00:00 1670628649
Yesterday: Justice Department asks judge to hold Trump team in contempt over classified documents
The Justice Department has asked a judge to hold Donald Trump’s team in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena to return classified documents, according to a report. Federal investigators have launched an investigation into whether the one-term president broke the law by taking government documents, some top secret, with him when he left the White House in January 2021. Graeme Massie has the story. Oliver O’Connell9 December 2022 23:30 1670626255
Former president complains about record foreign hostages
Reiterating his earlier claim that WNBA player Brittney Griner’s prisoner swap with arms dealer Viktor Bout was bad for America because it didn’t include Paul Whelan, Donald Trump is now complaining that his own record for releasing hostages was something that ” it had never been done before in any administration.” Trump has come under fire for failing to act to free Mr. Whelan while in office. He claims that if he had made a deal to free the ex-Marine, Democrats would have accused him of colluding with Russia. Here’s what he posted on Truth Social on Friday night: Earlier, Mr Whelan’s twin tweeted that the former president had mentioned his brother’s name more in the past 24 hours than in his two years in office and could have acted to free him. Here is Andrew Feinberg’s report for the Independent. Oliver O’Connell9 December 2022 22:50 1670623609
Judge rejects DOJ request to hold Trump team in contempt, report says
A federal judge in Washington declined to hold Trump or his legal team in contempt of court after a hearing Friday as requested by the Justice Department, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Instead, the judge urged the Justice Department and Trump’s legal team to resolve the dispute themselves, the sources said. The Justice Department urged the judge to hold Trump’s team in contempt for not fully complying with a May subpoena for classified documents addressed to the custodian of Trump’s records — an individual Trump’s legal team has not identified. The proceedings were sealed and not public. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Here’s what we knew earlier: Oliver O’Connell9 December 2022 22:06
