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Trump pleads not guilty to three more charges in documents case

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, US, on 29th July, 2023.

Reuters Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Friday to three new charges related to his handling of US classified documents after he left the White House in 2021 – raising the total brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith in the case to 40. Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, also […]

Updated: Trump pleads not guilty of plotting to overturn election loss

Former US President Donald Trump sits between his attorneys Todd Blanche and John Lauro as he faces charges before Magistrate Judge Moxila A Upadhyaya that he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss, at federal court in Washington, US, on 3rd August, 2023 in a courtroom sketch.

Updated: 8:30am (AEST) Washington DC, US Reuters Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in what US prosecutors call an unprecedented effort by the then-President to undermine the pillars of American democracy. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who has overseen the federal […]

Trial in Trump classified documents case set for May 2024 – court document

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, on 15th July, 2023

Washington DC, US Reuters Former President Donald Trump’s trial over his alleged mishandling of classified documents will begin on 20th May next year, according to a US court order on Friday. Trump’s lawyers had resisted setting a date but said any trial should take place after the November, 2024, US presidential election, in which he […]

Trump pleads not guilty in federal documents case

Former US President Donald Trump inside the Wilkie D Ferguson Jr United States Courthouse in Miami, Florida, on 13th June, 2023 in this courtroom sketch

Updated: 12:30pm (AEST) Miami, Florida, US Reuters Former US 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. Trump’s plea, entered before US Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman in a federal court in Miami, […]

Trump risked national secrets, US prosecutors allege in indictment

US Special Counsel Jack Smith makes a statement to reporters about the 37 federal charges returned by a grand jury in an indictment of former US President Donald Trump on charges of unauthorized retention of classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice, as Smith speaks at his offices in Washington, US, on 9th June, 2023.

Washington DC, US Reuters US prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Donald Trump on Friday, accusing the former president of risking some of the country’s most sensitive security secrets after leaving the White House in 2021. Trump mishandled classified documents that included information about the secretive US nuclear program and potential domestic vulnerabilities in the […]

Trump faces US criminal charges for mishandling documents, obstruction – lawyer

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, US, on 27th April, 2023

Reuters Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction of justice, according to a lawyer for the former US president and another source familiar with the matter. The criminal case, brought by the US Department of Justice, amounts to another legal setback for Trump as he […]