Michael S. Schmidt
The New York Times
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James O’Keefe Is Removed as Leader of Project Veritas
Mr. O’Keefe had been the face of the group since he founded Project Veritas in his father’s garage in suburban New York in 2010. → Read More
Judge Orders Trump and Lawyer to Pay Nearly $1 Million for Bogus Suit
In a scathing ruling, the judge said the suit against Hillary Clinton and dozens of the former president’s perceived political enemies was “brought in bad faith for an improper purpose.” → 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
Panel Provides New Evidence That G.O.P. Members of Congress Sought Pardons
The House Jan. 6 committee played testimony from former Trump aides who said at least half a dozen Republicans had pre-emptively sought clemency. → Read More
Trump Officials Failed to Provide Accounting of Foreign Gifts
The State Department could not compile a list of gifts for 2020, making it difficult to determine whether officials did anything improper. → Read More
Investigators Find Gaps in White House Logs of Trump’s Jan. 6 Calls
Sparse call records are the latest obstacle facing the House panel, which is trying to document what President Trump was doing during the attack on Congress. → Read More
Archives Found Possible Classified Material in Boxes Returned by Trump
The National Archives consulted with the Justice Department about the discovery after the former president sent back documents that he had improperly taken from the White House when he left office. → Read More
Trump Gives Documents Improperly Taken From White House to Archives
The incident raised more questions about the former president’s adherence to the Presidential Records Act, which requires preservation of White House documents. → Read More
What the Trump Documents Might Tell the Jan. 6 Committee
Following last week’s Supreme Court ruling, the House panel has received material that it hopes could flesh out how the attack on the Capitol came about. → Read More
F.B.I. Searches James O’Keefe’s Home in Ashley Biden Diary Theft Inquiry
Authorities carried out a court-ordered search at the New York apartment of the Project Veritas founder two days after searching the homes of his associates. → Read More
F.B.I. Searches James O’Keefe’s Home in Ashley Biden Diary Theft Inquiry
Authorities carried out a court-ordered search at the New York apartment of the Project Veritas founder two days after searching the homes of his associates. → Read More
Durham Is Said to Seek Indictment of Lawyer at Firm With Democratic Ties
The lawyer, Michael Sussmann, is accused of lying to the F.B.I. in a 2016 meeting about Trump and Russia. He denies wrongdoing. → Read More
Fears That Trump Might Launch a Strike Prompted General to Reassure China, Book Says
In a sign of his concerns, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer also gathered commanders to remind them of the safeguards in the nuclear launch procedures. → Read More
F.B.I. Releases Newly Declassified Document Related to Sept. 11 Attacks
Families of the Sept. 11 victims have long pushed for a deeper investigation into any possible role the Saudi government had in the attacks, but the document offered no conclusive evidence. → Read More
Developer Charged in Scheme to Bilk Matt Gaetz’s Family
The Justice Department arrested the man for seeking $25 million for a presidential pardon that would have purportedly ended a sex trafficking investigation into Mr. Gaetz. → Read More
Prominent Lawyer Makes Moves to Represent Britney Spears
Mathew Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor, plans to attend a hearing on Wednesday and make the case that the singer should be permitted to hire him for her conservatorship battle. → Read More
Trump Aides Prepared Insurrection Act Order During Debate Over Protests
President Donald Trump never invoked the act, but fresh details underscore the intensity of his interest last June in using active-duty military to curb unrest. → Read More
Justice Dept. Ends Criminal Inquiry, Lawsuit on John Bolton’s Book
President Donald J. Trump had pressured the department to use its legal powers to stop his former national security adviser from publishing embarrassing details about him. → Read More
Former Gaetz Confidant Agrees to Plead Guilty and Cooperate
Joel Greenberg, a former local tax collector, admitted to sex trafficking a minor and agreed to help in prosecutions of others. → Read More
Judge Says Barr Misled on How His Justice Dept. Viewed Trump’s Actions
Judge Amy Berman Jackson said in a ruling that the misleading statements were similar to others that William P. Barr, the former attorney general, had made about the Mueller investigation. → Read More