As they vie for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis have tried casting themselves as the candidate most harshly against illegal immigration. The two Republicans have made similar promises, but are likely to face the same obstacles if either is elected and tries to implement them. Trump and DeSantis have vowed […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign shared a headline-grabbing video that paints former President Donald Trump as a champion of LGBTQ+ rights. “To wrap up ‘Pride Month,’ let’s hear from the politician who did more than any other Republican to celebrate it,” the DeSantis War Room tweeted June 30. The 1 minute, 13 second video opened […]
Former President Donald Trump said he has been federally indicted over his handling of classified documents, the first time a former U.S. president has faced federal charges and his second indictment this year. Trump, who is the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, announced he had been summoned to appear June 13 in federal court […]
Editor’s note, July 21: The second unidentified whistleblower described in this story has since come forward publicly as Joseph Ziegler. He testified July 19, 2023 before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. An IRS agent who oversaw a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden has testified to a House committee that the Justice Department slow-walked the case […]
Days after former President Donald Trump was indicted on federal charges that he mishandled classified documents, he told supporters that the timing was intentional. “It is also no coincidence that these charges against me came down the very same day evidence revealed Joe Biden took a $5 million bribe from Ukraine,” he said June 13 in […]
It was political and legal déjà vu. Former President Donald Trump was indicted. Days later, he was ushered into a nondescript courthouse where he entered a not guilty plea, mostly hidden from the public. He cruised from the courthouse, boarded his private jet and flew to one of his resorts. He ended the night by […]
El expresidente Donald Trump se presentó el 13 de junio a una corte federal en Miami para enfrentar 37 cargos en relación a la investigación de los documentos clasificados encontrados en su propiedad Mar-a-Lago en Palm Beach, Florida. Antes de eso, el 12 de junio, Trump habló con la periodista Carinés Moncada, en una entrevista […]
As former President Donald Trump defended himself against federal charges involving classified documents, he described what sounded like a case of political hypocrisy. President Bill Clinton kept audiotapes in a sock drawer and a court said it was OK, Trump said a day after being indicted on federal charges that he mishandled classified documents. “They […]
After Donald Trump announced that he had been federally indicted over his handling of classified documents, he released a four-minute video declaring his innocence and rehashing false claims about his presidency. Here’s a transcript of what Trump said, interrupted by our fact-checks of his false and misleading statements. There were other dubious statements that we […]
Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, has a decades long prosecution record, including high-profile public corruption cases. “Adherence to the rule of law is a bedrock principle of the Department of Justice,” Smith said June 9 after Trump was indicted on 37 counts, including charges of […]
The documents became automatically declassified when he left the White House. The search of Mar-a-Lago was illegal. Barack Obama did it. Joe Biden did it. And what about Hillary Clinton’s emails? President Donald Trump has offered these defenses and more when talking about the federal investigation into his handling of classified documents. Trump said June […]
Former President Donald Trump has portrayed his campaign rival Gov. Ron DeSantis as a weak pandemic leader and a fan of COVID-19 lockdowns. “Surprise, Ron was a big lockdown governor on the China virus, sealing all beaches and everything else for an extended period of time,” Trump said March 22, a statement we found misleading. […]