A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas seeking information about Save America PAC, which was formed by Donald J. Trump to promote his baseless “Big Lie” about election fraud after election day in 2020. The New York Times reports, Trump’s Post-Election Fund-Raising Comes Under Scrutiny by Justice Dept.: A federal grand jury in Washington is … Read more
Quinta Jurecic, Natalie K. Orpett and Benjamin Wittes write at Lawfare blog, Everything Wrong With Judge Cannon’s Ruling (excerpt): Judge Cannon’s opinion actually defies defense. It is an epic mess, one that manages to do violence to a remarkable number of distinct areas of law in an admirable economy of only 24 pages. The opinion is … Read more
Axios reports Cowboys for Trump founder barred from public office over Jan. 6: A New Mexico judge on Tuesday disqualified Couy Griffin, a county commissioner who founded Cowboys for Trump, from serving in public office ever again because of his participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The judge ruled that Griffin is “barred for … Read more
Donald Trump’s incompetent lawyers made a critical mistake: they asked a judge to make the Department of Justice explain why they executed a search warrant at the failed Coup leader’s home in exile at Mar-a-Lago. The Trump-friendly judge whom they went forum shopping for agreed to the request (Judge Aileen Cannon is not the magistrate … Read more
The relevant statute here is 18 U.S. Code § 1924 – Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material: (a) Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, … Read more