Following in the steps of New YorK Attorney General Tish James it would seem…
The US Justice Dept. has asked that Donald Trump’s office be held in contempt of court for the continued holding back of US Government files he took from the White House…
In the New York case the judge leveled contempt daily fines of $10,000 until Trump & Co. produced to the Attorney General’s Office the data supeoenaed…
Trump’s lawyers turned over addtion government files to the FBI last week after they searched Trump’s home on their own…
In recent days, Justice Department lawyers have asked U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell to hold Trump’s office in contempt, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sealed court proceedings. The hearing is scheduled for Friday, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
The request came after months of mounting frustration from the Justice Department with Trump’s team — frustration that spiked in June after the former president’s lawyers provided assurances that a diligent search had been conducted for classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago Club and residence. But the FBI amassed evidence suggesting — and later confirmed through a court-authorized search — that many more remained….
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Trump’s team has searched a number of his other properties in recent weeks, in response to the Justice Department concerns and instructions from the judge, and turned over two items with classification markings to the government. Trump’s advisers told the FBI the items were found in a storage facility used by the former president in West Palm Beach, Fla. Other Trump properties searched in recent weeks include his Bedminster golf course in New Jersey and his home and office at Trump Tower in Manhattan….