WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden said in an email to campaign donors on Saturday she didn’t know what the special counsel was trying to achieve when he suggested President Joe Biden could not remember his son’s death. ”We should give everyone grace, and I can’t imagine someone would try to use our … Read more
Play video content President Biden is showing serious signs of life and energy … getting testy with reporters who tried grilling him on his memory loss and a damning special counsel report. The highlight … Biden telling Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy, “My memory is so bad I let you speak.” Special counsel says President … Read more
President Joe Biden on Thursday evening strongly disputed new claims by Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur that he “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials” as a private citizen, and that he had exhibited poor memory during an interview about that material. “My memory has not gotten worse,” Biden told reporters in a nationally … Read more
President Joe Biden “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency,” according to a final report released Thursday by a Department of Justice special counsel. But special counsel Robert Hur said he was declining to prosecute Biden over his handling of that material, which by law should have been given back to the … Read more
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s lawyers on Thursday asked a judge to hold U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith in contempt of court, accusing his office of violating an order pausing activity in its prosecution of the former president for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Trump’s legal team said Smith and … Read more
Former President Trump railed against special counsel Jack Smith again in Christmas Eve posts on his Truth Social account. Trump claimed in one Truth Social post that he is “fully entitled” to total presidential immunity from the charges he is facing in the federal election interference case that Smith brought and repeated his allegation without … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California on Thursday as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of President Joe Biden’s son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election. The new charges — three felonies and six misdemeanors — are in addition to federal firearms charges … Read more
A decisive majority of Argentinian voters opted for trying something new when they elected Javier Milei to be the country’s next president. Amid soaring inflation and rising poverty, Milei, a right-wing populist who promised a radical shakeup of the government, defeated incumbent economy minister Sergio Massa in the run-off vote on Sunday with more than … Read more
Former President Donald Trump’s final chief of staff in the White House, Mark Meadows, has spoken with special counsel Jack Smith’s team at least three times this year, including once before a federal grand jury, which came only after Smith granted Meadows immunity to testify under oath, according to sources familiar with the matter. The … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Division particular counsel Jack Smith warned Tuesday that former President Donald Trump’s “day by day” statements threat tainting a jury pool in Washington within the felony case charging him with scheming to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s provocative feedback about each Smith’s group and U.S. District Decide … Read more