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‘I will not be intimidated’

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Amanda Smith

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland will take aim on Tuesday at Donald Trump’s Republican allies ...

Justice Department’s ‘deepfake’ concerns over Biden interview audio highlights AI misuse worries

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Releasing an audio recording of a special counsel’s interview with President Joe Biden could spur deepfakes and disinformation that ...

Biden moves to block release of audio of his classified documents interview with special counsel Hur

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege over audio recordings of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, the Republican ...

Trump Wants to Prosecute Biden. He Also Thinks Presidents Deserve Immunity.

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Amanda Smith

When a lawyer for former President Donald Trump argued before the Supreme Court last week that his client should be immune from ...

Trump immunity case suggests new role for supreme court: kingmaker

U.S.
Amanda Smith

“Well,” said one reporter to another as they left the supreme court chamber, sometime after noon on Thursday. “Looks like we’re getting ...

Witnesses in Trump classified documents case will remain secret, federal judge orders

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Amanda Smith

A federal judge decided Tuesday that the names of potential witnesses in the classified documents case against Donald Trump will remain secret ...

Special counsel could seek removal of judge in Trump classified docs case, attorneys warn

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith could soon seek to have the judge presiding over the case of former President Donald Trump’s ...

Judge rejects Hunter Biden’s request to dismiss federal tax charges

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Amanda Smith

The judge overseeing the federal tax case against Hunter Biden denied a series of motions by the president’s son to dismiss the ...

Donald Trump asks to pause Jan. 6 lawsuits as his criminal case lingers

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — Attorneys for Donald Trump asked a judge on Tuesday evening to stay proceedings in various civil cases that seek to ...

Special counsel to defend comments on Biden’s memory as transcript emerges

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Amanda Smith

Robert Hur, the justice department special counsel assigned to report on Joe Biden’s possession of classified documents, will reportedly say he was ...