On August 22, 2025, the FBI executed simultaneous, court-authorized searches of John Bolton’s Maryland home and Washington, D.C. office, seizing electronic devices and documents related to potential classified information mishandling. The raid stems from an ongoing investigation into …
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U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against Trump, ruling that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment violated the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. Cannon, a Trump appointee, found Attorney General Garland lacked authority to appoint Smith …
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Special Counsel Jack Smith’s grand jury indicted Donald Trump on 37 federal charges related
to mishandling classified documents, marking the first federal criminal indictment of a
former U.S. president. Charges included 31 counts of willful retention of national defense
information under the …
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Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as Special Counsel to oversee DOJ’s
criminal investigations of Donald Trump, three days after Trump announced his 2024
presidential campaign. Smith was tasked with investigating Trump’s role in the January 6
Capitol attack and his …
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FBI agents executed an unprecedented search warrant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence,
recovering 33 boxes containing 11 sets of classified documents, including top secret and
sensitive compartmented information. The search followed Trump’s failure to return all
classified materials …
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Carlos De Oliveira told a Trump employee in Mar-a-Lago’s audio closet that “the boss”
wanted the surveillance server deleted after DOJ subpoenaed footage on June 24. De Oliveira
and Walt Nauta had inspected cameras on June 25, walking through tunnels with flashlights.
This alleged …
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Trump attorney Christina Bobb signed a certification stating that all classified documents
requested by the May 11 grand jury subpoena had been returned to the government. The
attestation, drafted by Evan Corcoran, proved false when the FBI found 103 additional
classified documents during the August …
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A federal grand jury issued a subpoena requiring Trump to return all documents “bearing
classification markings” in his possession. This legal demand came after the National
Archives discovered classified materials in boxes retrieved from Mar-a-Lago. Trump’s
alleged failure to …
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The National Archives retrieved 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago containing 184 classified documents
totaling 700 pages, including 25 marked “top secret,” 92 “secret,” and 67 “confidential.”
Documents included CIA, FBI, and NSA materials on national security topics, some …
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Audio recording captured Trump showing classified documents about U.S. attack plans on Iran
to people without security clearances at his Bedminster golf club. Trump stated: “As
president I could have declassified it. Now I can’t, you know, but this is still a secret.”
This …
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