Judge sets trial date for next May in Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida

The May 20, 2024, trial date was set Friday by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon. It is a compromise between a request from prosecutors to set the trial for this December.

Donald Trump downplays legal challenges on campaign trail in Iowa after revealing target letter

Headlining a Republican county meeting, the former president attacked the Justice Department while trying to make light of what could be his third criminal indictment since March.

Donald Trump's classified documents case set for first pretrial conference hearing

The former president and his codefendant and aide, Walt Nauta, have pleaded not guilty to a 38-count indictment that accuses them of conspiring to hide classified documents from Justice Department investigators.

GOP might stop FBI from moving headquarters in wake of agency's Trump probes

The shifting attitudes among Republican members of Congress toward the FBI underscore the way Trump’s personal grievances have become legislative policy.

Fulton County grand jury to hear 2020 election case against Trump, allies

A grand jury will soon consider whether former President Donald Trump and his allies should be criminally charged for illegally meddling in the 2020 election in Georgia.

Every Republican representative in Congress from Michigan endorses Trump in 2024 race

The first nominating contest isn't for months and we're still a month out from the first debate, but Michigan's Republican Congressional Delegation has already picked their man for the seat.

Trump posted what he said was Obama’s address, prosecutors say; An armed man was soon arrested there

Former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform what he claimed was the home address of former President Barack Obama on the same day that a man with guns in his van was arrested near the property, federal prosecutors said Wednesday in revealing new details about the case.

Trump's GOP support dips slightly after his indictment over classified documents: poll

Former President Donald Trump’s criminal indictment on charges of mishandling government secrets appears to have dented his popularity among Republicans — but only slightly.

Trump countersues E. Jean Carroll, columnist who won $5M sexual assault lawsuit

A jury concluded that Trump sexually abused Carroll in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996. It also found that he defamed her in comments he made.

Walt Nauta: Court date postponed for Trump aide in classified documents case

A lawyer for Walt Nauta said the aide was unable to find a Florida-based attorney and that he was stuck in Newark, New Jersey, because of a flight that sat for hours on the tarmac before being canceled.

DA, ethics panel back judge: No evidence of bias in Trump hush-money case

Donald Trump’s tempestuous views aside, Manhattan prosecutors say neither the former president nor his lawyers have shown any evidence to support their claims that the judge in his hush-money criminal case has an anti-Trump bias.

How much prison time could Trump face? Past cases brought steep punishment

The outcome of past cases against defendants accused of hoarding classified documents looms as an ominous guidepost for the legal jeopardy Trump could face.

Key takeaways from Trump's court appearance in Miami

The former president, accused of being careless with some of the country’s most sensitive secrets and obstructing authorities as they tried to recover critical documents, pleaded not guilty to 37 charges.

Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he illegally kept classified documents

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he hoarded classified documents detailing sensitive military secrets and schemed to thwart government efforts to get them back.

Trump set to make first appearance in Miami court after historic federal indictment

The former president faces 37 charges relating to threats of national security and lying to the justice department while attempting to conceal evidence that the National Archives had requested he return.

Trump, supporters mount attacks on criminal case as history-making court appearance approaches

The Justice Department’s first prosecution of a former president concerns conduct that prosecutors say jeopardized national security and involves Espionage Act charges carrying the threat of a prison sentence if there's a conviction.