Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power, Smith told the House, adding: Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed that President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January of 2021, storing them at his social club, including in a ballroom and
The Jan. 6., 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol "does not happen" without Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers earlier this month in characterizing the Republican president as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee released on Wednesday a transcript and video of a closed-door interview Smith gave about two investigations of Trump.
A prominent Indian-American academic and former US government adviser has been arrested and charged with the unlawful detention of national security information, including thousands of pages of top secret documents that were found at his home. Ashley Tellis, 64, who served on the national security council of the former US president George W Bush and is credited for helping to negotiate the US-India nuclear deal, was arrested and charged over the weekend.
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice may not be done carrying out his retribution campaign after securing an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday. Leaders within the DOJ are now targeting ex-Trump adviser and now-frequent critic John Bolton, CNN has reported, citing two sources within the department. DOJ prosecutors believe they could bring a stronger case against Bolton by the end of the year, the network reported.
This is not America. This is not healthy. This is, and I hate, you know, people don't want to reach this conclusion, this is authoritarianism. We have never seen anything like this in America. Everybody else in the entire world I traveled to Europe twice this year, people were watching out there because they understand history. And they're seeing in America things that happened.