“This is how republics collapse,” one lawyer said, noting that even if the decision is reversed, it will likely delay “Trump’s trial long enough to prevent any form of accountability before the November election.” U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, dismissed the criminal classified documents case against the presumptive Republican presidential […]
“If Trump had cooperated with the Department of Justice—instead of lying to investigators, again and again—he might have avoided at least some of the 91 criminal charges currently pending against him,” said Rep. Jerry Nadler. Special Counsel Robert Hur concluded that “no criminal charges are warranted” after investigating U.S. President Joe Biden’s handling of classified […]
“Climate change isn’t just a tragedy, it’s a crime,” said one climate campaigner in response to documents reported by The Wall Street Journal. Previously unreported documents published on the front page of The Wall Street Journal Thursday show that ExxonMobil continued to work behind closed doors to cast doubt on climate science, even after the company publicly acknowledged the link between […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is asking a federal judge to delay his trial on a 37-count indictment that alleges he illegally took classified documents with him to his oceanside Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida when his presidency ended and then conspired with an aide, Walt Nauta, to keep government investigators from retrieving them. Prosecutors had already asked […]