DOJ says its obtained new search warrant for Eastman's phone
Federal prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday they have obtained a new search warrant directed at John Eastman, a lawyer who advised former President Trump on a scheme to overturn the 2020 election results, whose phone was seized by investigators last month. Responding to a federal lawsuit Eastman filed challenging the seizure, Justice Department officials gave new details about their probe into his records and said they have worked to avoid infringing on any attorney-client privilege issues implicated by the search. "The United States is in possession of Plaintiff’s cel
Read MoreManchin says he has reached a deal with Schumer on taxes, climate
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Read MorePentagon allows wounded Ukrainian soldiers to be treated at U.S. military facility
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has allowed wounded Ukrainian soldiers to be treated at a U.S. military facility in Germany, U.S. European Command (EUCOM) told The Hill. “Secretary Austin recently approved the use of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for the medical treatment of Ukrainian service members,” a EUCOM spokesperson said. Austin verbally approved the guidance in late May and later formalized the plan in a June 29 memo, according to CNN, which obtained the
Read MoreDOJ has multiple possible paths to Trump indictment: Here's what it could look like
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) apparent new focus on Donald Trump in its Jan. 6 investigation presents prosecutors with multiple possible paths to an indictment, as sketched out by the House select committee's own investigation into the former president's White House and outside allies. In recent days, federal prosecutors have reportedly obtained phone records from former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, secured cooperation from the committee's star witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, and questioned two of former Vice President Mike Pence’s top aides before a grand jury.
Read MoreBlinken: War in Ukraine has ‘weakened Russia profoundly’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a press conference on Wednesday that the war in Ukraine has “weakened Russia profoundly.” Blinken said the last progress that Russian troops have made in the easternmost Donbas region of Ukraine, which Russia has focused on since failing to take the capital Kyiv earlier in the war, has come at “huge cost” to lives and materials. He said the Ukrainian people are “more determined
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