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US officials offer to brief Congress over Trump's classified documents

US officials have offered to brief congressional leaders on their investigation into the classified documents found at former President Donald Trump's Florida residence, people familiar with the matter said Sunday. A briefing could come as soon as this week. But it may not meet demands from lawmakers who want to review the documents taken not just from Mar-a-Lago but also from the Wilmington, Delaware, home and former private office in Washington belonging to President Joe Biden and the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence. Six months after federal agents conducted an unprecedented search of a former president's home for classified documents, the White House faces bipartisan pressure to share what it found with lawmakers who say the are concerned about the potential damage to national security and intelligence sources. Separate special counsels are investigating the documents found in the possession of Trump and Biden. Officials have declined to answer most questions in

Hunter Biden seeks federal probe of Ex-Prez Trump allies over laptop

A lawyer for President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, asked the Justice Department in a letter to investigate close allies of former President Donald Trump and others who accessed and disseminated personal data from a laptop that a computer repair shop owner says was dropped off at his Delaware store in 2019. In a separate letter on Wednesday, Hunter Biden's attorneys also asked Fox News host Tucker Carlson to retract and apologise for what they say are false and defamatory claims made repeatedly about him on-air, including implying without evidence that he had unauthorized access to classified documents found at his father's home. The request for a criminal inquiry, which comes as Hunter Biden faces his own tax evasion investigation by the Justice Department, does not mean federal prosecutors will open a probe or take any other action. But it nonetheless represents a concerted shift in strategy and a rare public response by the younger Biden and his legal team to years of attacks by ...

Trump lawsuit claims Woodward audiobook violates copyright, seeks $50 mn

Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday against journalist Bob Woodward, claiming he never had permission to publicly release interview recordings made for the book Rage. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Pensacola, Florida, against Woodward, his publisher Simon & Schuster Inc., and the publisher's parent company Paramount Global. Trump's attorneys are seeking nearly USD 50 million in damages. Simon & Schuster and Woodward released a joint response saying Trump's lawsuit is without merit, and they will aggressively defend against it. All these interviews were on the record and recorded with President Trump's knowledge and agreement, the statement said. Moreover, it is in the public interest to have this historical record in Trump's own words. We are confident that the facts and the law are in our favour. The lawsuit claims that Trump consented to being recorded for a series of interviews between December 2019 and August 2020, but only for a book Woodward ..

Trump kicks off first 2024 presidential campaign since declaring nomination

Trump criticised US President Joe Biden for the record high inflation and illegal immigrants crossing the US southern border with Mexico

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Donald Trump opens 2024 run, says he's 'more committed' than ever

Former President Donald Trump kicked off his 2024 White House bid with a stop Saturday in New Hampshire before heading to South Carolina, appearances in early-voting states marking the first campaign events since announcing his latest run more than two months ago. We're starting. We're starting right here as a candidate for president," he told party leaders at the New Hampshire GOP's annual meeting before a late afternoon stop in Columbia to introduce his South Carolina leadership team. I'm more angry now and I'm more committed now than I ever was. Those states hold two of the party's first three nominating contests, giving them enormous power in selecting the nominee. Trump and his allies hope the events will offer a show of force behind the former president after a sluggish start to his campaign that left many questioning his commitment to running again. In recent weeks, his backers have reached out to political operatives and elected officials to secure support for Trump at a ...

Iran vows legal pursuit of Trump, Pompeo for Soleimani's assassination

On January 3, 2020, the US military, at the order of Trump, assassinated Soleimani and the deputy commander of Iraq's paramilitary

Meta to reinstate Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts

Trump, 76, announced in November last year that he will make another dash for the White House in 2024

Donald Trump's return to Facebook could be major fundraising boost

The decision by Facebook's parent company to soon reinstate Donald Trump's account comes at a critical moment for the former president as he tries to build campaign momentum for a return to the White House. Reclaiming his social media megaphone could open an important new stream of revenue for the 2024 contest's only declared candidate, whose campaign has faced criticism for its lackluster launch. Trump is considering a return to Twitter, as well, rejoining both of the social media giants that he used to great effect to widely and personally connect with his supporters in previous campaigning. He was banned from posting on both Facebook and Twitter, along with other social media sites, for his role in inciting violence in the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. In considering a return to the platforms that shunned him, Trump is essentially recognising that the social media company he launched last year, Truth Social, pales in comparison to the reach of the ...

Ex-US Prez Donald Trump is reinstated to Facebook after 2-year ban

Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former President Donald Trump's personal account after two-year suspension following the Jan. 6 insurrection. The company said in a blog post Wednesday it is adding new guardrails to ensure there are no repeat offenders who violate its rules. In the event that Mr. Trump posts further violating content, the content will be removed and he will be suspended for between one month and two years, depending on the severity of the violation, Meta, which is based in Menlo Park, California, said. Trump's spokesperson did no immediately respond to a request for comment on the decision. He was suspended on Jan. 7, a day after the deadly 2021 insurrection. Other social media companies also kicked him off their platforms, though he was recently reinstated on Twitter after Elon Musk took over the company. He has not tweeted. Banned from mainstream social media, Trump has been relying on his own, much smaller site, Truth Social, which he launched after being

4 oath keepers convicted of Jan 6 seditious conspiracy in US Capitol attack

Four members of the Oath Keepers were convicted Monday of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack in the second major trial of far-right extremists accused of plotting to forcibly keep President Donald Trump in power. The verdict against Joseph Hackett of Sarasota, Florida; Roberto Minuta of Prosper, Texas; David Moerschel of Punta Gorda, Florida; and Edward Vallejo of Phoenix, comes weeks after after a different jury convicted the group's leader, Stewart Rhodes, in the mob's attack that halted the certification of President Joe Biden's electoral victory. It's another major victory for the Justice Department, which is also trying to secure sedition convictions against the former leader of the Proud Boys and four associates. The trial against Enrique Tarrio and his lieutenants opened earlier this month in Washington and is expected to last several weeks. They are some of the most serious cases brought so far in the sweeping Jan. 6 investigation, which continues to gr

Nikki Haley accused of plotting a bid to become Trump's vice-president

Nikki Haley, the Indian-American Republican who is eyeing a bid for the White House in 2024, has been accused of plotting to become former US President Donald Trump's Vice-President

Donald Trump asked Meta to restore his Facebook account, says report

Former US President Donald Trump is reportedly looking to regain control of his powerful social media accounts in order to make a comeback for the White House

Social media firms bent rules to favour Trump, finds Jan 6 committee

"Both Facebook and Twitter faced significant headwinds in taking aggressive action against problematic content by President Trump and his supporters," according to the report

New York judge penalises Trump Organization $1.6 million for tax fraud

A key witness in the case was Allen Weisselberg, the company's long-serving chief financial officer

Donald Trump's longtime CFO faces sentencing for tax fraud scheme

Allen Weisselberg, a longtime executive for Donald Trump's real estate empire whose testimony helped convict the former president's company of tax fraud, is set to be sentenced Tuesday for dodging taxes on USD 1.7 million in job perks. New York Judge Juan Manuel Merchan is expected to sentence Weisselberg, a senior Trump Organisation adviser and former chief financial officer, to five months in jail, in keeping with a plea agreement reached in August. Weisselberg, 75, was promised that sentence when he agreed to plead guilty to 15 tax crimes and testify against the company, where he's worked since the mid-1980s. When he begins serving his sentence, Weisselberg is expected to be locked up at New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail complex. He will be eligible for release after little more than three months if he behaves behind bars. As part of his plea agreement, Weisselberg must also pay nearly USD 2 million in taxes, penalties and interest, which he said he has made significa

Iranian Speaker holds Trump legally accountable for killing Soleimani

Speaker of Iran's Parliament says former US President Donald Trump and all his "accomplices" must be held legally accountable for the assassination of late military commander Qasem Soleimani in 2020

Brazil, Jan 6 in US: Parallel attacks but not identical, says diplomat

Enraged protesters broke into government buildings that are the very symbol of their country's democracy. Driven by conspiracy theories about their candidate's loss in the last election, they smashed windows, sifted through the desks of lawmakers and trashed the highest offices in the land in a rampage that lasted hours before order could be restored. Sunday's attack by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's capital drew immediate parallels with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by former President Donald Trump's backers two years and two days earlier. The two populist former presidents shared a close political alliance with an overlapping cast of supporters some of whom helped spread Trump's lies about losing his re-election due to voter fraud and later parroted Bolsonaro's similar claims after his own re-election loss last fall. Bolsonaro was among the last world leaders to recognize Joe Biden's victory in 2020. The U.S. example of election denying a

Georgia election case just one of many legal woes for Donald Trump

A special grand jury investigating efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia has finished its report, a major development in a case that's on a long list of legal problems for the former president. A hearing will be held Jan. 24 to decide whether to release all or part of the report, which could include recommendations of charges against Trump and his associates. The Fulton County district attorney would determine whether to seek indictments from a regular grand jury. As he campaigns for the White House in 2024, Trump faces myriad inquiries, including a criminal investigation over top secret documents found at his Florida estate, a probe in Washington into his efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, and more probes in New York. Trump, a Republican, has denied any wrongdoing and says he is being targeted by Democrats trying to keep him from reclaiming the White House. Here's a look at the probes underway in differen