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April 23, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Tried to Strike a Wild Deal with Classified Docs Co-Defendant
The former president allegedly asked his body man Walt Nauta to lie on his behalf.
April 22, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Witness: We Were Begging Trump’s Entire Family in Classified Docs Case
Newly unsealed documents show how Trump’s whole family got dragged into his alleged mishandling of classified documents.
April 12, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Classified Docs Co-Defendants Desperately Scramble for Exit
Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira want out of the case against the former president.
April 12, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Uh-Oh! Trump’s Lead Attorney in Classified Docs Case Quits.
Evan Corcoran, who testified against Trump, has left the former president’s legal team.
April 4, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Judge Cannon Promises She’ll Take Her Sweet Time With This Trump Case
The judge refused to dismiss the classified documents case.
March 22, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Here’s Why Judge Aileen Cannon’s Law Clerks Seem to Have Suddenly Quit
Things began to take a turn around the time Cannon was assigned the Trump classified documents case, a new report says.
March 14, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Judge Cannon Immediately Kills One of Trump’s Desperate Legal Ploys
Judge Aileen Cannon has struck down one of Donald Trump’s arguments in the classified documents case. TBD on the other.
March 14, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Pushes Totally Asinine Delay Tactic in Classified Documents Case
Donald Trump appeared in court yet again—where his legal team made some seriously unbelievable arguments.
March 12, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
“Trump Employee 5,” Fed Up With Judge Cannon, Dishes Dirt to CNN
Brian Butler says he’s speaking out publicly on Donald Trump because of how Judge Aileen Cannon is handling the classified documents case.
March 12, 2024
Tori Otten
Incredible: Look Who Trump May Have Given Classified Info to Now
Brian Butler, known as “Trump Employee 5” in the classified documents case, has shared new information about his former boss.

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