Federal investigators deploy to Maui to assist with fire probe
The ATF is mainly a law enforcement entity, but fire investigators in the bureau often help local entities determine how wildfires started.
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Robert Legare is a CBS News multiplatform reporter and producer covering the Justice Department, federal courts and investigations. He has covered Justice Department policies and law enforcement initiatives, several special counsel investigations and the sprawling probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. After graduating from the College of the Holy Cross, he worked as an associate producer for the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell."
The ATF is mainly a law enforcement entity, but fire investigators in the bureau often help local entities determine how wildfires started.
Special counsel Jack Smith proposed a January 2024 trial date, but a federal judge in Washington, D.C. will have the final say.
The move comes days after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigation into the president's son.
The new legal guidance follows the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision striking down the use of race in admissions.
Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on federal charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith, the most serious allegations he faces.
The federal indictment doesn't identify the six co-conspirators, but their alleged actions — and sometimes their own words — possibly match these identities.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan will preside over Trump's trial in the case stemming from his efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election.
Special counsel Jack Smith, in announcing the charges Tuesday, called what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, an "unprecedented assault" on democracy.
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from his efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election.
Trump now faces eight counts related to alleged attempts to obstruct the Justice Department's investigation in the case involving documents with classified markings discovered at Mar-a-Lago.
A third defendant was also added in the case: Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira.
The former president and his allies are bracing for the possibility of his third indictment.
Special counsel prosecutors have recently questioned at least two witnesses in the investigation of Trump's post-election conduct, after sending him a target letter last Sunday.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said in an order that the trial will begin May 20, 2024.
The statutes mentioned in the letter offer some insight into the potential legal basis for possible future charges.