Georgia’s top elections official urged lawmakers on Wednesday to end general election runoffs — this month’s bitter Senate contest was the latest example — but offered no specific proposals, saying there is a “wide range of options.” The push by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to discard the unusual …
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Washington — A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, bowing to the Biden administration’s insistence that the prince was legally immune in the case. District of Columbia U.S. District Judge John D. Bates heeded …
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A former elections manager who prosecutors say assisted in a security breach of voting equipment in a Colorado county pleaded guilty on Wednesday under a plea agreement that requires her to testify against her former boss. Sandra Brown is one of two employees accused of helping Mesa County Clerk Tina …
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Federal prosecutors have said a Trump confidant tried to secretly sway foreign policy in favor of the United Arab Emirates, but that accusation was undermined Thursday in testimony by former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Mnuchin said Thomas Barrack, a billionaire friend of former President Donald Trump, advocated for one of …
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Logan James Barnhart, a bodybuilder and model who has appeared on romance novel covers, pleaded guilty Wednesday to assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon at the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Barnhart’s statement of offense filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., said Barnhart and other …
Read More »The GOP’s nominee for Nevada governor said Thursday he would fight against a national abortion ban if Congress were to pass one. “It’s the vote of the people within the state of Nevada, and I will support that,” Joe Lombardo, who is generally anti-abortion, told reporters while campaigning in the …
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Washington — The Justice Department and Trump legal team submitted their lists of possible special master candidates to review the documents seized by the FBI at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in August. In a joint filing late Friday, prosecutors and Trump’s team each submitted two candidates for the …
Read More »Tony Ornato, the senior Secret Service official who broke with agency precedent to serve as a political adviser during former President Donald Trump’s administration and who was at the center of testimony by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson about Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, announced his retirement, Monday. The …
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Federal authorities are warning of an increase in threats to law enforcement officials following the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. The threats, which are “occurring primarily online and across multiple platforms, including social media sites, web forums, video sharing platforms, and image boards,” were identified by …
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Update: On Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, the FBI executed a search warrant at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. Sources tell CBS News the search was related to a Justice Department investigation into Trump’s handling of presidential records. In the story below, first published on Feb. 10, 2022, …
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