The FBI Regains Access to Mar-a-Lago Documents That Trump Claims He Mentally Declassified
Even if Trump did declassify those records, the 11th Circuit says, he "has not identified any reason that he is entitled to them."
Even if Trump did declassify those records, the 11th Circuit says, he "has not identified any reason that he is entitled to them."
In any case, that issue does not seem relevant under the statutes that the FBI cited in its search warrant.
The former president's legal team notably did not endorse his claim that he automatically declassified everything he took with him.
"Nuclear weapons issue is a Hoax," says the former president, who insists that nothing at Mar-a-Lago was actually classified.
That failure adds to the evidence that Trump or his representatives obstructed the FBI's investigation.
There are still lingering questions about the former president's criminal liability and the threat posed by the documents he kept.
We still know almost nothing about their contents, which is relevant in assessing the decision to search Mar-a-Lago.
Although U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart is inclined to unseal the document, redactions demanded by the Justice Department could make it hard to understand.
Reinforcing the FBI's suspicions was the whole point of that document, which is likely to remain sealed.
Whatever threat it may have posed, the trove of government documents seized by the FBI does not reflect well on the former president's judgment.
The former president thought his 2016 opponent should go to prison for recklessly endangering national security.
As the response to the Mar-a-Lago raid illustrates, Republicans are inconsistent in the other direction.
Lethal drug raids in Louisville and Houston were based on fishy police affidavits that turned out to be fraudulent.
So far no one has been held criminally liable for the disastrous drug raid, which was based on a flimsy and falsified search warrant affidavit.
The Harris County, Texas, District Attorney's Office oversees civil forfeitures that make a mockery of justice.
On average, the minimum requirement for cops is about 650 hours, compared to about 1,300 hours for barbers.
The case shows how lax supervisors, incurious prosecutors, deferential judges, credulous jurors, and inattentive defense attorneys abet police misconduct.
The Institute for Justice urges SCOTUS to renounce that open-ended exception to the Fourth Amendment.
Despite the stakes, the former Minneapolis police officer could not bring himself even to feign regret for his actions.
Michael Lowe is suing the company in Texas, saying its negligence led to a life-changing ordeal.
The change represents a substantial reversal of civil forfeiture reforms aimed at protecting innocent property owners.
The lawsuit over Timpa's deadly prone restraint, initially blocked by qualified immunity, was revived by the 5th Circuit.
The settlement came after the Justice Department agreed to return more than $1 million in proceeds from state-licensed marijuana businesses in California.
"This is such outrageous behavior by the FBI," a D.C. Circuit judge says, calling the agency's special treatment of rich people "deeply troubling."
That perplexing situation underlines the hazards of police tactics that aim to prevent violence but often have the opposite effect.
An Arkansas police officer used trumped-up charges to punish a man who criticized him for violating the Constitution.
The officer used a "pain compliance maneuver" to force information from the boy's sister, who was recording the encounter.
Brett Hankison's acquittal shows how difficult it is to hold cops accountable for abusing their power.
"You can't treat everyone like a criminal to find the criminals," an outraged driver says. In Jackson, apparently you can.
The defendants unsuccessfully argued that their training was inadequate and that they understandably deferred to a senior officer.
The former detective's trial should not obscure the responsibility of the drug warriors who authorized, planned, and executed the deadly raid.
To "get wanted individuals off the streets," police are stopping drivers without any evidence that they have broken the law.
Banning "no-knock" search warrants is not enough to prevent lethal confrontations between cops and people exercising the right to armed self-defense.
A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order, saying the evidence of legal violations is insufficient at this point.
"Active bystandership" training encourages officers to stop their colleagues from violating people's rights.
Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao are charged with federal crimes for failing to stop Derek Chavin from killing Floyd.
The Institute for Justice argues that the seizures violated state law, federal law, and the U.S. Constitution.
Politicians and cops found creative ways to dodge responsibility in 2021.
The Institute for Justice wants the Supreme Court to review the case—and to clarify the proper scope of "investigatory stops."
Keddins Etienne's experience shows that bullies who seize innocent people's property tend to back down when their victims put up a fight.
The Supreme Court's notion of "fair notice," which it says requires blocking many civil rights lawsuits, is based on a demonstrably false assumption.
Cops thought Hoang Vinh Pham, who received a 15-year prison sentence, was suspicious because he stared at a police van full of marijuana.
"We are not eager—more the reverse—to print a new permission slip for entering the home without a warrant," declared Justice Kagan in Lange v. California.
The report from the attorney general's office also found that Aurora paramedics used ketamine illegally to treat "excited delirium."
The 32 charges include manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and second-degree assault.
Otis Mallet's ordeal, like the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, involved a fictional drug purchase.