Mar-a-Lago culture would have led many to commit crimes

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.— A longtime employee of Donald Trump, who testified before a grand jury in the case involving the former president’s handling of classified documents, described a culture of loyalty around Trump that drives people toward extreme lengths to protect him. Brian Butler, who is referred to in the classified documents indictment as … Read more

Trump held ‘friendly’ meeting with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán at Mar-a-Lago and then took autocrat to a concert

Donald Trump and a small group of close advisers met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for roughly an hour Friday night at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Afterward, Trump took the European autocrat to a tribute band concert that was part of a “members only” event at … Read more

Trump gets access to sealed documents on witness threats in Mar-a-Lago case

Special counsel prosecutors have produced to Donald Trump a sealed exhibit about threats to a potential trial witness after the federal judge overseeing his prosecution for retaining classified documents ordered the exhibit turned over despite the prosecutors’ objections, a person familiar with the matter said. The exhibit was a point of contention because it detailed … Read more

Report that search missed “hidden” room at Mar-a-Lago suggests “insider tipped the FBI off”

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has questioned several witnesses about a “hidden room” and a closet that the FBI did not check while searching former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in 2022, sources told ABC News. Some investigators after the search came to believe that the closet, which was locked during the search, should have … Read more

Melania Trump’s Absence From Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Party Confirms Where Her Current Focus Remains

After missing out on the Trump family Christmas party at Mar-a-Lago, Melania Trump continued her absent streak by skipping the New Year’s Eve party. The former First Lady has an understandable reason why she isn’t making any public appearances right now, and her husband, Donald Trump, is talking about the sad family news. In public … Read more

Trump sells mugshot suit, Mar-a-Lago dinner in latest NFT promotion

Fulton County Sheriff’s Office Former President Donald Trump has found a new way to monetize his infamous mugshot, while also selling the chance to see his face in person. Trump announced Tuesday that snippets of the suit he wore for that photo would be available for purchase, as part of a new sale of NFT … Read more

Former Mar-a-Lago employee-turned-witness repeatedly contacted by Trump and associates before documents charges

Three months after the FBI seized classified records from Mar-a-Lago last August, a longtime employee of Donald Trump’s private club quit his job. Within days, the former president did something he rarely did – Trump called the former employee on his cell phone to ask why he was leaving after two decades of working at the … Read more

Deputies were justified when they fired at SUV that blasted through Mar-a-Lago checkpoint

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida sheriff’s deputies were justified when they fired numerous shots at a Connecticut opera singer whose speeding SUV blasted through a checkpoint outside then-President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club almost four years ago, an internal affairs investigation concluded. Palm Beach County Detective Christopher Farron and Lt. John Paul Harvey followed … Read more

Judge indicates she may delay Trump trial on charges he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida indicated Wednesday that she may delay the start of the classified documents trial of Donald Trump, pointing to the other criminal cases the former president is facing as well as the mounds of evidence his attorneys need to review. Trump’s trial on charges that he … Read more

Is Mar-a-Lago worth $1 billion? Trump’s winter home valuations are at the core of his fraud trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — How much is Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago worth? That’s been a point of contention after a New York judge ruled that the former president exaggerated the Florida property’s value when he said it’s worth at least $420 million and perhaps $1.5 billion. Siding with New York’s attorney general in a lawsuit … Read more