Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has urged US district judge Aileen Cannon, overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida, to reject the Republican presidential candidate’s contention that he had any claim to personal ownership over the boxes of top secret files reclaimed by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago in August 2022.
The former president refused to return the documents to the National Archives when requested, leading Mr Smith to issue a federal indictment, with the special counsel now calling on Judge Cannon to ignore Mr Trump’s claim that he designated the information “personal” while president as “pure fiction”.
Elsewhere, Mr Trump is suing his fellow co-founders of the parent company behind Truth Social, former Apprentice contestants Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss, to try to wrestle ownership of the company from them.
The candidate also returned to the campaign trail in Michigan and Wisconsin on Tuesday, where he revived his “bloodbath” rhetoric on illegal immigrants and attacked President Joe Biden on everything from the border to golf.
Mr Trump also warned that the country would “cease to exist” if he lost November’s election, proclaimed a “Christian Visibility Day” and compared himself to notorious gangster Al Capone.
Watch: Democrat strategist reminds Fox News panel homicide rate jumped under Trump and came down under Biden
In an appearance on Fox News’s Outnumbered, Democratic strategist Kevin Walling reminded the panel that the largest increase in the murder rate in the US came during the final year of the Trump administration. It has since fallen under President Joe Biden, and unlike in 2016, Donald Trump has to run on his record as president.
Oliver O’Connell3 April 2024 19:00
Trump sues Truth Social co-founders
Donald Trump is suing two co-founders of Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of his Truth Social network, claiming that they set up the company improperly and should lose their stock in the venture.
Oliver O’Connell3 April 2024 18:45
BREAKING: Two investors in Trump Media insider trading scheme plead guilty
On Wednesday, brothers Michael Shvartsman and Gerald Shvartsman each pled guilty to one count of securities fraud in New York City.
Their guilty pleas come approximately 10 months after they were arrested and charged with trading in securities of DWAC based on material, non-public information about the merger between DWAC and Trump Media – a media company founded by former president Donald Trump.
Oliver O’Connell3 April 2024 18:37
Watch: GOP strategist calls Trump claim US will ‘cease to exist’ if he isn’t re-elected ‘untrue’ and ‘crazy’
Oliver O’Connell3 April 2024 18:30
Larry Hogan could be tough competition in Maryland Senate race for Democrats
A new poll of the US Senate race from the Baltimore Banner and Maryland’s Goucher College puts into clear view what seemed to be the dynamic from the get-go: the surprise candidacy of Larry Hogan is posing a familiar challenge for Democrats.
The survey of voters in the state finds that Mr Hogan, a Republican former governor who won over enough Democrats in his deep-blue state to win a second term, slightly leads both of his potential Democratic challengers in hypothetical head-to-head matchups. Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Congressman David Trone are running in the Democratic primary to replace retiring Senator Ben Cardin, also a Democrat.
Oliver O’Connell3 April 2024 18:15
All quiet from Trump so far today…
The former president has been quiet on Truth Social…
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