Charlie Savage
The New York Times
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Supreme Court Says It Hasn’t Identified Person Who Leaked Draft Abortion Opinion
The leak of the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, published by Politico in May, was an extraordinary breach of the court’s usual secrecy. → Read More
Who Is Jack Smith, the Newly Appointed Special Counsel in the Trump Investigations?
Mr. Smith will take on the role of special counsel after leaving his current position as a specialist prosecutor based in The Hague investigating war crimes. → Read More
Prosecutors Seek Testimony on Trump’s Claims to Have Declassified Documents
The Justice Department is seeking to compel Kash Patel, an ally of the former president, to answer questions about assertions that material taken from the White House had been declassified. → Read More
Judge Overrules Special Master’s Demands to Trump in Document Review
The dueling moves by Judge Aileen M. Cannon and a special master she appointed reflected a larger struggle over who should control the rules of the review — and whom those rules would favor. → Read More
Trump Legal Team and Justice Dept. Clash Over Special Master Candidates
The two sides had sharply diverging views of who could serve as a special master and what that person would do. → Read More
Police Error Led to Trump-Era Subpoena to Twitter About a Devin Nunes Critic
Newly disclosed files show a Capitol Police analyst misidentified which Twitter account had posted a threatening message about Mitch McConnell. → Read More
Why the Justice Department Is Unlikely to Investigate the Supreme Court Leak
The internal inquiry led by the court’s marshal has limited tools, but there are challenges to opening a criminal investigation. → Read More
Democrats Agree to Pay $113,000 to Settle Campaign Spending Inquiry
Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic Party described payments to a law firm that commissioned scrutiny of Trump-Russia ties — leading to the Steele dossier — as legal services, not opposition research. → Read More
Why a Ruling Declaring Trump ‘Likely’ Broke Laws May Not Mean He Will Be Prosecuted
A high-profile ruling about a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack turned on a lower standard of proof than a criminal trial. → Read More
U.S. Eases Sanctions to Allow Routine Transactions With Afghan Government
The move allows financial dealings with civil servants at government institutions, even if those ministries are now overseen by Taliban members. → Read More
C.I.A. Is Collecting in Bulk Certain Data Affecting Americans, Senators Warn
A partly declassified letter from two senators, Ron Wyden and Martin Heinrich, does not say what the data is. → Read More
Newly Declassified Video Shows U.S. Killing of 10 Civilians in Drone Strike
The New York Times obtained footage of the botched strike in Kabul, whose victims included seven children, through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. → Read More
‘Court Packing’ Issue Divides Commission Appointed by Biden
The bipartisan group voted 34 to 0 to send the president a report analyzing ideas like Supreme Court expansion, but it declined to take a stand. → Read More
Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Prepares to Vote on Final Report
A draft version of the document flagged deep disputes over court expansion while exploring how phasing in term limits might work. → Read More
Trump Seeks Continued Block on Sending White House Files to Jan. 6 Panel
The ex-president’s brief to a federal appeals court argued that his residual secrecy powers could block a House subpoena for information about the Capitol riot. → Read More
Judge Rejects Trump’s Bid to Keep Papers Secret in Jan. 6 Inquiry
But a Trump lawyer has signaled an intent to appeal the ruling, which raises novel issues about an ex-president’s executive privilege powers. → Read More
U.S. Urges Court Not to Block Vaccine Mandate on Employers
The Biden Justice Department filed its case before an appeals court that has temporarily halted the measure. → Read More
Authorities Arrest Analyst Who Contributed to Steele Dossier
Igor Danchenko, a Russia analyst who worked with Christopher Steele, the author of a dossier of rumors and unproven assertions about Donald J. Trump, was taken into custody as part of the Durham investigation. → Read More
Trump Sues to Block Release of White House Papers to Jan. 6 Inquiry
The case raises novel constitutional questions about the scope of an ex-president’s executive privilege powers if the current president disagrees. → Read More
Trump-Era Special Counsel Secures Indictment of Lawyer
The defendant, Michael Sussmann, is accused of lying to the F.B.I. in a meeting about Trump and Russia. He denies wrongdoing. → Read More