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Monkee Micky Dolenz Is Suing the FBI

Dolenz wants to see what files the Bureau has on the band and its members

(Newser) - The last of the Monkees, Micky Dolenz, has filed a lawsuit against the FBI to "obtain any records" the bureau has on the band, according to the Hill. The lawsuit states that Dolenz, 77, "exhausted all necessary required administrative remedies," having submitted a FOIA request back in...

Graham Makes Dire Prediction if Trump Is Prosecuted

He predicts 'riots in the streets' if it happens

(Newser) - Lindsey Graham delivered an ominous warning Sunday about a potential prosecution of Donald Trump—he predicted "riots in the streets" if it happens, reports the Hill . What's more, he made the prediction twice. It caught the attention of Trump himself, who posted a video clip of Graham's...

Key Points From the Trump Affidavit
Key Points From
the Trump Affidavit
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Aug 26, 2022 2:02 PM CDT

Key Points From the Trump Affidavit

Redacted document says 184 classified documents were found in January

(Newser) - The Justice Department released its blacked-out version of the Mar-a-Lago affidavit Friday afternoon, and news outlets were scrambling to make sense of what could be read. In the affidavit, the department argued that the FBI search had to be conducted because a batch of documents retrieved from the Florida residence...

Feds Release Redacted Mar-a-Lago Affidavit

It's expected to shed new light on the FBI search of Trump's residence

(Newser) - The Mar-a-Lago affidavit is out, sort of. As ordered by a court , the Justice Department on Friday released a heavily blacked out document explaining the justification for an FBI search of former President Trump's Florida estate earlier this month . The document (read it here ) is likely to offer...

Judge: Redactions Could Make Trump Affidavit &#39;Meaningless&#39;
Feds Submit Redacted
Version of Trump Affidavit
UPDATED
Aug 25, 2022 12:02 PM CDT

Feds Submit Redacted Version of Trump Affidavit

Whether document related to Mar-a-Lago search will be released to the public remains unclear

(Newser) - Update: The redactions are in. The Justice Department on Thursday submitted a redacted version of the affidavit for the Mar-a-Lago search warrant to a federal judge, reports CNN . Now the judge will review it and decide whether it makes sense to release it to the public. Media outlets want the...

Poll: Trump Gains Steam Among GOPers After FBI Raid

Percentage of GOP voters who support Trump over Republican Party spikes from May, per NBC poll

(Newser) - After the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago earlier this month, the walls may feel like they're closing in on former President Trump, at least from a legal standpoint. In the court of public opinion with fellow Republicans, however, that search may have helped to give Trump a boost, at least...

Trump Allies Want Him to Release Search Footage

Eric Trump says family will release Mar-a-Lago footage 'at the right time'

(Newser) - The FBI's search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate has been a fundraising bonanza for the former president—and some Trump allies have urged the former president to release surveillance footage of the search, believing using the footage in campaign-style ads could "bolster Trump's claims of political...

New Flashpoint in Trump Search: His Passports

FBI took them but is returning them; former president says they were 'stolen'

(Newser) - Donald Trump is getting his passports back. That they were taken in the first place has emerged as the latest source of controversy related to the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, reports USA Today . On Monday, Justice Department official Jay Bratt emailed Trump representatives to say that agents removed three Trump...

Justice Department Wants to Keep Trump Affidavit Sealed

News organizations seek release, citing historic case

(Newser) - The Justice Department argued Monday against unsealing the affidavit it submitted in support of its search of former President Donald Trump's home, saying releasing of the information could hurt its investigation. Several news organizations asked the court to make the affidavit public, the Washington Post reports. On Friday, a...

Trump: US &#39;Temperature Has to Be Brought Down&#39;
Trump: US 'Temperature
Has to Be Brought Down'
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Aug 15, 2022 12:24 PM CDT

Trump: US 'Temperature Has to Be Brought Down'

He tells Fox he'll help do so, continues to denounce FBI's 'scam' search

(Newser) - Donald Trump spoke to Fox News Digital Monday and said the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago residence has triggered levels of anger in the country he's never before seen. The "temperature has to be brought down," he said, per Fox News . The former president pledged to help...

FBI Report Casts Doubt on Baldwin's Trigger Claim

Actor says he never pulled it in cinematographer's death, but tests suggest that's impossible

(Newser) - The investigation into exactly what transpired before Alec Baldwin accidentally killed a cinematographer on set is ongoing, but a new FBI report casts doubt on one element of Baldwin's account. The actor told ABC News definitively last year that he never pulled the trigger of what he was told...

NYT: Trump Lawyer's June Declaration a Factor in Search

Attorney wrote that all classified material had been returned

(Newser) - The New York Times sheds some more light into the rationale behind the remarkable FBI search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence last week. The newspaper reports that one of Trump's attorneys provided a written declaration in June—following a visit to Mar-a-Lago by a top Justice Department official—...

FBI List Shows Top Secret Files Were Recovered at Mar-a-Lago

Possible charges for Trump include Espionage Act violations, warrant indicates

(Newser) - A list compiled by the FBI shows agents took 11 sets of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago after searching former President Donald Trump's home Monday, including some labeled top secret and sensitive. About 20 boxes were removed, reports the Wall Street Journal , whose reporters have seen the three-page list. Among...

Everyone Is Saying the Same Thing About Merrick Garland

He 'called Trump's bluff' with move to unseal Mar-a-Lago search warrant

(Newser) - After Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that he was seeking to unseal the search warrant justifying Monday's search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estates, numerous outlets, including CNN , the Washington Post , Politico , and the New York Times , had very similar headlines about him "calling Trump'...

Truth Social Posts Linked to Gunman at FBI Office

User with the name Ricky Shiffer issued 'call to arms' after Mar-a-Lago raid

(Newser) - The man fatally shot by police in Ohio Thursday after trying to breach the FBI's Cincinnati field office may have taken part in the Capitol attack, according to law enforcement sources. The sources, who identified the suspect to the AP and other outlets as 42-year-old Ricky Shiffer, say he...

Police: Gunman Killed After Trying to Breach FBI Office

Man wearing body armor fled when agents confronted him, officials say, leading to standoff

(Newser) - Update: This file has been updated with the suspect's death. A hourslong standoff that began after an armed man wearing body armor tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati field office Thursday ended when the suspect was shot and killed by police, the Ohio Highway State Patrol said. Federal...

Trump World Reportedly Worried About a Rat
Trump World Reportedly
Worried About a Rat
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Aug 11, 2022 1:16 PM CDT

Trump World Reportedly Worried About a Rat

Multiple outlets say an insider raised concerns to feds, triggering this week's search of Mar-a-Lago

(Newser) - Days after the surprise FBI search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, some big questions remain unanswered. By practically all accounts, the feds were searching for classified documents Trump might have taken with him from the White House. But what specifically triggered the search this week? A number of stories...

What We Know About Phone Seizure of Trump Ally Scott Perry

GOP congressman's phone was taken by the FBI

(Newser) - Three FBI agents took the rare step of seizing the cellphone of a sitting member of Congress on Tuesday. Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, a five-term congressman and chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, has claimed the seizure is tied to the search of Trump's home in...

FBI Chief Calls Threats 'Deplorable'

Online posts have called for violence since search of Trump's home

(Newser) - The director of the FBI on Wednesday answered supporters of former President Donald Trump who have been using violent rhetoric in the aftermath of his agency's search of Trump's Florida home . Christopher Wray, who was appointed as the agency’s director in 2017 by Trump, called threats circulating...

Biden Had No Idea Mar-a-Lago Would Be Raided: White House

Press secretary says president was not briefed

(Newser) - President Biden was not briefed and "was not aware" at all of the FBI's Monday raid on former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida before it happened, the White House said Tuesday at a press briefing. "No one at the White House was given a heads...

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