Special counsel urges judge to reject Trump’s efforts to dismiss documents case

Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal judge on Thursday to reject former President Donald Trump’s attempts to dismiss the indictment related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents, describing some of Trump’s legal arguments as “frivolous” and as attempts merely intended to delay the case.  Last month, Trump attorneys lodged numerous motions

House GOP Wants Feds to Get Search Warrants Before Asking Banks for Customers’ Private Data

A subcommittee hears that the government, banks, and big tech firms routinely ignore the Fourth Amendment’s guarantees against unreasonable searches. Federal officials distributed to several of the nation’s biggest banks a politically motivated report from a left-wing activist group to discredit a conservative Christian public interest law firm that has won 15 Supreme Court cases

House GOP Wants Feds to Get Search Warrants Before Asking Banks for Customers’ Private Accounts Data

Congressional hearing told government, banks and big tech firms routinely ignore the Fourth Amendment’s guarantees against unreasonable searches. Federal officials distributed to several of the nation’s biggest banks a politically motivated report from a left-wing activist group to discredit a conservative Christian public interest law firm that has won 15 Supreme Court cases in recent

Jack Smith Says Trump Retention of Documents ‘Starkly Different’ From Biden

Special counsel Jack Smith argues the case he is prosecuting against former President Donald Trump for allegedly mishandling classified information is “starkly different” from the case the Department of Justice declined to bring against President Joe Biden over retention of classified documents. Prosecutors, in responding to a motion President Trump filed to dismiss the case