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The expected interview with the 2024 Republican presidential nominee is part of the FBI’s standard protocol to speak with victims of federal crimes during the course of their investigations.

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Trump agrees to be interviewed as part of an investigation into his assassination attempt, FBI says

July 29, 2024 at 1:18 p.m.

The expected interview with the 2024 Republican presidential nominee is part of the FBI’s standard protocol to speak with victims of federal crimes during the course of their investigations.

The man who tried to assassinate Trump had photos on his phone of Trump, Biden and other officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Chris Wray.

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Rally shooter had photos of Trump, Biden and other U.S. officials on his phone, AP sources say

July 18, 2024 at 7:26 p.m.

The man who tried to assassinate Trump had photos on his phone of Trump, Biden and other officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Chris Wray.

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump in Florida has dismissed the prosecution.

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Federal judge dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns with prosecutor’s appointment

July 15, 2024 at 5:52 p.m.

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump in Florida has dismissed the prosecution.

Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, law enforcement officials said.

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Trump heads to convention as authorities investigate motive, security in assassination attempt

July 15, 2024 at 10:57 a.m.

Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, law enforcement officials said.

Arrests of Americans in Russia have become common recently, as relations between Moscow and Washington sink to Cold War lows.

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More Americans are ending up in Russian jails. Prospects for their release are unclear.

June 25, 2024 at 3:02 p.m.

Arrests of Americans in Russia have become common recently, as relations between Moscow and Washington sink to Cold War lows.

Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex. Trump sat stone-faced while the verdict was read as cheering from the street below could be heard in the hallway on the courthouse’s 15th floor. He is being sentenced on July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention. Manhattan prosecutors did not say whether they would seek prison time for Trump.

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Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes

May 30, 2024 at 9:54 p.m.

Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally...

The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has ended its first day of deliberations without a verdict. The panel asked Wednesday to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged hush money scheme at the heart of the history-making case. Jurors also asked to rehear at least part of the judge's legal instructions. The notes sent to the judge were the first burst of communication with the court after the jury of seven men and five women was sent to a private room just before 11:30 a.m. to begin weighing a verdict. The 12-person jury was sent home around 4 p.m. after about 4 1/2 hours of deliberations. The process is to resume Thursday.

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Jurors in Trump hush money trial end 1st day of deliberations after asking to rehear testimony

May 29, 2024 at 4:57 p.m.

The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has ended its first day of deliberations without a verdict. The panel asked Wednesday to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged...

Attorneys in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have finished their closing arguments after a marathon day in court. A prosecutor told jurors that Trump engaged in a conspiracy “to hoodwink voters” in 2016. Meanwhile, a defense lawyer branded the star witness as the “greatest liar of all time” and pressed the jury for an across-the-board acquittal. The dueling accounts were wildly divergent in their assessments of witness credibility, Trump’s culpability and the strength of evidence. The arguments offered both sides one final chance to score points with the jury before it starts deliberating the first felony case against a former American president. Deliberations could begin Wednesday.

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Prosecutor says Trump tried ‘to hoodwink voters’ while defense attacks key witness in last arguments

May 28, 2024 at 10:31 p.m.

Attorneys in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have finished their closing arguments after a marathon day in court. A prosecutor told jurors that Trump engaged in a conspiracy “to hoodwink...

The star prosecution witness at Donald Trump's hush money trial says Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign. The revelation came Monday from Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen in matter-of-fact testimony that went to the heart of the former president’s trial. Cohen said everything required Trump’s sign-off. In hours of highly anticipated testimony, Cohen placed Trump at the center of the hush money plot. He said the then-candidate had promised to reimburse the lawyer for the money he fronted. He also said Trump was constantly updated about behind-the-scenes efforts to bury stories feared to be harmful to the campaign.

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Star witness Michael Cohen says Trump was intimately involved in all aspects of hush money scheme

May 13, 2024 at 7:13 p.m.

The star prosecution witness at Donald Trump's hush money trial says Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo...

The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial has fined him $1,000 and warned of jail time for future gag order violations. The reprimand Monday opened a revelatory day of testimony, as jurors for the first time heard the details of the financial reimbursements at the center of the case and saw payment checks bearing Trump’s signature. Jeffrey McConney, the former Trump Organization controller, explained how the company reimbursed payments meant to suppress embarrassing stories during the 2016 presidential campaign. The testimony concerns a $130,000 payment from Trump attorney and personal fixer Michael Cohen to porn actor Stormy Daniels to stifle her claims of an extramarital sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier.

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Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as ex-employee recounts reimbursements

May 6, 2024 at 8:25 p.m.

The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial has fined him $1,000 and warned of jail time for future gag order violations. The reprimand Monday opened a revelatory day...

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