Following the final hearing of the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the evidence is overwhelming: The Department of Justice must bring criminal charges against Donald Trump and many others for their culpability for the attack. The evidence of criminal conduct by the former president is so strong, and … Read more
Former President Donald Trump could face additional legal peril if Attorney General Merrick Garland decides to indict him in Washington D.C. rather than Florida, a legal expert said. Garland could significantly expand the case against Trump if the DOJ files its indictment in the District of Columbia, Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe told MSNBC on … Read more
During Sunday’s “State of the Union,” CNN political commentator Scott Jennings spoke on the aftermath of the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago saying “Either Trump has to be indicted or Merrick Garland has to resign.” “In the immediate aftermath of the raid, there was some polling done that showed him [Trump] ticking up a few points among Republicans … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Friday said she would soon introduce articles of impeachment against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in the wake of the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago. A copy of the resolution, obtained by Daily Caller reporter Henry Rodgersstates that Garland should be impeached for personally approving search of … Read more
After Monday’s FBI search of Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago, Trump blasted out the news of the unprecedented intrusion on a former president’s residence. He asserted that it was politically motivated. But late on Thursday, the Washington Post reported that “sources familiar with the investigation” say that “classified documents relating to nuclear weapons” were among … Read more
With a brief statement on Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland broke the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) silence following Monday’s search of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. The nation’s top prosecutor confirmed that he personally signed-off on the decision to send agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to Trump’s Palm Beach … Read more
Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters on Thursday that the Justice Department has filed a motion to unseal portions of the search warrant used in Monday’s FBI action at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago property. The motion — which you can read here — says that “the public’s clear and powerful interest in understanding what … Read more
After seeing that the FBI issued a search warrant for Mar-a-Lago, Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Attorney General Merrick Garland to preserve his documents and clear his schedule. The comment puts Garland on notice that McCarthy and the Republican officials are coming for him if they regain power in Congress in November. In a … Read more
(Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to begin speaking at 1:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if the video above doesn’t play at that time.) The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block Idaho’s new restrictive abortion law on the grounds that it violates federal law requiring most hospitals to give … Read more
The House Jan. 6 committee’s public hearings have been devastating for Donald Trump. Over the course of six weeks, the committee has presented in damning detail a comprehensive case that Trump and others within his orbit likely violated federal and state laws as they schemed to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, including … Read more