Garland names special counsel to oversee Trump probes
The news comes days after the former president announced he's running again in 2024.
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The news comes days after the former president announced he's running again in 2024.
He enters the race saddled with personal and professional legal battles that have not yet been resolved.
Bannon, who was Trump's White House chief strategist, has said he is appealing his conviction.
Bannon was found guilty of two counts of criminal contempt in July.
Committee vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney said a "key task" remained: "We must seek the testimony under oath of Jan. 6's central player."
There were no noted dissents.
Attorney General Letitia James sued Mr. Trump on Wednesday for years of alleged financial fraud and inflating his net worth by billions to "enrich himself and cheat the system."
The Justice Department says Trump's legal team tried to conceal or remove certain records from investigators in the months leading up to the Aug. 8 search.
The judge said the government had met its obligations to justify the redactions.
A jury has convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 after a jury failed to reach a verdict in an earlier trial of the two men.
The letter contains new details about what concerned the National Archives about the White House documents Trump was keeping at his Florida estate.
Weisselberg's deal with prosecutors calls for a sentence of five months in New York's Rikers Island jail, followed by five years' probation.
"Getting a search warrant is the first step toward gathering evidence," Miller said. "There might not be any crime committed and the document just sits in a file and that's the end of the story."
The Justice Department asked a federal court to unseal the warrant, citing public interest in the case, and Trump said he encouraged its release.
The Justice Department asked a judge to unseal the search warrant and inventory, but Trump lawyers are considering releasing material prior to a ruling.
Two sources confirmed to CBS News that the search warrant was connected to White House records.
Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday he intends to reverse Twitter's ban against former President Donald Trump. CBS News' Tanya Rivero and Dan Patterson break down this announcement with CBS News tech reporter Dan Patterson.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol released a graphic video timeline of the assault during Thursday night's prime-time hearing. The timeline showed never-before-seen video of the assault, including attacks on police officers and rioters storming the building. Watch the video here. Warning: This video includes violence and explicit language.
At the sixth public hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, described the scene in the presidential vehicle as then-President Trump demanded to go to Capitol Hill and his security detail refused. Watch a portion of her testimony.
At the second in a series of House committee hearings on the January 6 investigation, former Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt testified about how his team called the 2020 election and the evidence that Donald Trump had lost. The committee also heard videotaped testimony from Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien. Watch a portion of their testimony here.
Arizona's Republican House Speaker Rusty Bowers testified for the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and described how then-President Donald Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani tried to pressure him to replace Arizona's electors after Joe Biden won the state in 2020, despite having no evidence of fraud. Watch a portion of his testimony.
U.S. Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards spoke about her experience on Jan. 6 during the prime-time hearing held Thursday night by the House select committee investigating the attack. Edwards described the injuries she sustained during the assault, and the "war scene" and "carnage" she saw on Capitol grounds that day. Watch her remarks here.
The House committee investigating January 6 played more videotaped testimony from former Attorney General William Barr, who said he told then-President Donald Trump there was no evidence fraud affected the 2020 election. Watch a portion of his testimony.
Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice chair and one of two Republicans on the House Jan. 6 committee, delivered opening remarks during the prime-time hearing held Thursday night. The hearing is designed to show the American public what the committee has learned so far about the Capitol riot and former President Donald Trump's role. Watch Cheney's remarks here.
On Thursday night, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol played recorded testimony from former Attorney General William Barr, who was in his office at the time of the riot. In his testimony, Barr says he told then-President Trump the idea of a stolen election was "bullsh**."
