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May 30 2023
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Trump’s Lawyers Start to Wonder if One Could Be a Snitch
With three anticipated indictments, two ongoing court cases, and an ever-expanding cadre of lawyers, former President Donald Trump is at a critical juncture—and yet his legal advisers are starting to turn on each other.
According to five sources with direct knowledge of the situation, clashing personalities and the increasing outside threat of law enforcement has sown deep divisions
Daily Beast
May 24 2023
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Disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh faces new financial charges
A federal grand jury has returned a 22-count indictment against Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer who was found guilty of killing his wife and son earlier this year. Murdaugh, a former personal injury attorney, was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on one count of murder each in the deaths of Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and Paul Murdaugh, 22, as well as two counts of possession
Yahoo News
May 24 2023
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Donald Trump's lawyers "desperate" by demanding Garland meeting—Biographer
Donald Trump's lawyers demanding they meet with Attorney General Merrick Garland to discuss Special Counsel Jack Smith show they are getting "desperate" with regards to how they are handling the federal investigations into the former president, according to the Republican's former biographer. Tim O'Brien, author of TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald, appeared on MSNBC's 11th Hour on
Newsweek
May 23 2023
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Trump Lawyers Ask to Meet With AG Garland as Indictment Looms
Attorneys for Donald Trump formally requested a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland in a letter on Tuesday, a sign that the former president’s legal team is concerned that a criminal indictment may be on the horizon. The one-page letter, which Trump posted to Truth Social on Tuesday night, is signed by his lawyers John Rowley and James Trusty. It complains that Trump “is being
Daily Beast
May 23 2023
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Lawyers: Another IRS Agent Alarmed by Hunter Biden Case
Attorneys for an Internal Revenue Service whistleblower said another IRS agent is raising concerns about the Hunter Biden tax evasion probe. The disclosure came in a letter to key congressional committee leaders, including Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who co-chairs the Whistleblower Protection Caucus. "On May 15th, we wrote you to inform you that the Internal Revenue Service Criminal
Newsmax (News)
May 22 2023
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Biden nominates telecomm lawyer Anna Gomez for FCC vacancy
President Biden announced Monday he is nominating telecommunications lawyer Anna M. Gomez to a vacancy on the Federal Communications Commission, his second attempt to fill a seat on the five-member agency that has been deadlocked 2-2 since the start of his presidency.
The White House touted Ms. Gomez‘s FCC credentials, saying she has “extensive experience in domestic and international
Washington Times
May 24 2023
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Ex-Cobb Lawyer Convicted Of Killing Own Mother In DeKalb County
DeKalb District Attorney Sherry Boston's office previously said Richard Merritt, 49, was charged on suspicion of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony. 11Alive reported Merritt was convicted of all charges. Merritt was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus five years, the outlet
Patch.com
May 24 2023
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Trump Lawyers Ask To Meet With Biden AG, Alleging Double Standard
(Reuters)—Lawyers for Donald Trump on Tuesday asked to meet U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland over the work of a special counsel who is handling two investigations into the former president. "No President of the United States has ever, in the history of our country, been baselessly investigated in such an outrageous and unlawful fashion," lawyers John Rowley and James Trusty wrote in a
Washington Free Beacon
May 17 2023
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Key Trump lawyer quits after grand jury testimony
A key lawyer in former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified documents investigation resigned from Trump's legal team amidst what appears to be the final stretch of special counsel Jack Smith's probe into the documents and attempts to impede the 2020 election. CNN first reported Trump attorney Timothy Parlatore's Tuesday departure, which had been rumored among Trump's inner circle for
Salon
May 24 2023
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Trump lawyers seek Garland sit down amid Mar-a-Lago docs decision
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have demanded a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland as prosecutors appear to be wrapping up the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Claiming he has been “baselessly investigated,” Trump’s lawyers asked Garland for the sit-down in what appears to be an 11th-hour effort to derail special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation. “Trump is being
New York Daily News