WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday defended the independent special counsel he appointed to handle federal criminal cases against former President Donald Trump, the first U.S. president to be charged with federal crimes. Garland, in response to a reporter’s question, rejected the allegations of some Republicans in Congress that Trump’s prosecution…
By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Donald Trump faces a formidable task defending against charges that he illegally kept top-secret documents upon leaving the White House in 2021, according to legal experts, who say neither the law nor the facts appear to be on his side. The former U.S. president, who is a candidate to run again…
(This June 12 story has been refiled to say Republican supporters, not Trump supporters in paragraph 3) By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A vast majority of Republicans believe federal criminal charges against Donald Trump are politically motivated, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday that also showed him far ahead of his nearest…
By Tim Reid, Nathan Layne and Gram Slattery (Reuters) -For decades U.S. Republicans have proudly claimed to be the party of law and order. But the indictment of former President Donald Trump by federal prosecutors over the alleged mishandling of classified documents has led to nearly all of his Republican rivals for the party’s White…
By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) -Donald Trump was accompanied by two of his attorneys on Tuesday when he appeared in a Miami courtroom and pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges. But his defense team is still evolving after at least three key members left in recent weeks. Attorneys Todd Blanche and…
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss citizens vote this weekend on whether to raise business tax to 15% from an average of 11% to align with a global minimum tax rate, although even with the rise the country would still have one of the lowest corporate tax levels in the world. In 2021 almost…
By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them. Here is what to expect as the case proceeds. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? It could be a year…
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in Miami federal court on Tuesday to criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them. Following are some comments in reaction to the news: *Former President Donald Trump on Truth Social “Thank…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s interior minister, a close confidant of the popular outgoing president, announced on Tuesday he would leave his post at the end of this week to focus on his bid to win the ruling party’s nod for next year’s presidential election. Interior Minister Adan Augusto Lopez’s decision, required under recently adopted…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday that White House lawyers would review a ruling from a government agency that said she had violated a law limiting political activity by federal employees. The Office of Special Counsel on Monday announced that Jean-Pierre had violating the Hatch Act by referring to…
