Prosecutors use emails to build case against key Trump ally
September 29, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors cracked open a trove of emails and other communications at a federal trial on Thursday that they say shows how the former chair of Donald Trump’s inaugural committee worked behind the scenes in 2016 to get the future president to embrace the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
New York AG seeks sanctions that could hurt Trump’s business
September 21, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump and his company could face a range of stiff penalties if a court sides with New York's attorney general in a sprawling fraud lawsuit filed against the former president Wednesday.
‘Come From Away’ readies for 9/11 anniversary by giving back
September 9, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — This Monday, the cast and crew of the Broadway musical “Come From Away” have an appointment, as usual, with an aircraft carrier.
Trump says he took the Fifth in New York civil investigation
August 10, 2022 GMTTrump testimony expected soon in NY civil investigation
August 10, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is expected to be questioned under oath in the coming days in the New York attorney general's long-running investigation into his dealings as a real estate mogul.
Mar-a-Lago search just part of one of several Trump probes
August 10, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate marked a dramatic and unprecedented escalation of the law enforcement scrutiny of the former president, but the Florida operation is just one part of one investigation related to Trump and his time in office.
The tough words Trump never spoke: Jan. 6 panel’s new video
July 25, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — An original script for Donald Trump’s speech the day after the Capitol insurrection included tough talk ordering the Justice Department to “ensure all lawbreakers are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law" and stating the rioters “do not represent me." But those words were crossed out with thick black lines, apparently by Trump, according to exhibits released by House investigators.
From ‘an attempted coup’ to chaos, searing moments of Jan. 6
July 23, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Through eight hearings, 20 live witnesses and dozens of hours of recorded testimony, the House Jan. 6 panel has focused its case squarely on former President Donald Trump.
What Jan. 6 probe revealed: Takeaways from summer hearings
July 22, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Turns out, Jan. 6 was more than just the day when a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol.
It was the culmination, but also the start, of an enduring challenge for American democracy.
Jan. 6: Trump spurned aides’ pleas to call off Capitol mob
July 22, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Despite desperate pleas from aides, allies, a Republican congressional leader and even his family, Donald Trump refused to call off the Jan.
Jan. 6 takeaways: White House in chaos, unmovable Trump
July 22, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee closed out its set of summer hearings with its most detailed focus yet on the investigation’s main target: former President Donald Trump.
Live updates | Lawmakers hold Trump ‘responsible’ for Jan. 6
July 22, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the hearing Thursday by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot (all times local):
Funeral held for Ivana Trump; ex-president pays tribute
July 20, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Ivana Trump, the 1980s style icon and businesswoman who helped Donald Trump build the empire that put him on a road toward the White House, lived a “beautiful life,” the former president recalled as loved ones paid final respects to her Wednesday.
Former White House aides to testify at next Jan. 6 hearing
July 19, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Two former White House aides are expected to testify at the House Jan. 6 committee's prime-time hearing Thursday as the panel examines what Donald Trump was doing as his supporters broke into the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the plans.
Ivana Trump, first wife of former president, dies at 73
July 15, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Ivana Trump, a skier-turned-businesswoman who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, has died in New York City, her family announced Thursday.
What does ‘plead the Fifth’ mean? Will the Trumps do it?
July 14, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump and two of his children — Donald Jr. and Ivanka — are due, in the coming days, to face questioning under oath in New York's civil investigation into their business practices.
Jan. 6 hearings: What we’ve learned, and what’s next
July 13, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Through seven hearings this summer, the House Jan. 6 panel has maintained two consistent themes: Donald Trump’s stubborn resistance to advisers who told him that Joe Biden won the election, and the former president’s role in inciting the Capitol insurrection.
Jan. 6 takeaways: ‘Screaming’ and a Trump tweet never sent
July 13, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A presidential tweet that some saw as a “call to arms.” An “unhinged” meeting in the White House. Violent extremists planning to storm the Capitol as President Donald Trump pushed lies about election fraud.
Jan. 6 takeaways: ‘Heated’ Trump, Pence’s near miss with mob
June 29, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection used its latest public hearing on Thursday to focus on the pressure that then-President Donald Trump put on his vice president, Mike Pence, to delay or reject the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory on Jan.
1/6 Takeaways: Angry Trump, dire legal warnings and ketchup
June 29, 2022 GMTThe House Jan. 6 committee held a surprise hearing Tuesday delivering alarming new testimony about Donald Trump’s angry, defiant and vulgar actions as he ignored repeated warnings against summoning the mob to the Capitol and then refused to intervene to stop the deadly violence as rioters laid siege.
No reruns: Committee tries new approach to break through
June 27, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — As television programming goes, expectations were widespread that the Jan. 6 committee hearings would essentially be reruns.
Jan. 6: Pressure, unsung heroes and Trump’s Watergate echoes
June 24, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee launched under deep political skepticism: What more could be said about the deadly insurrection at the Capitol in 2021 that played out for all the world to see?
Jan. 6 hearings: What we’ve learned, and what’s next
June 22, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection heard from election workers and state officials on Tuesday as they described President Donald Trump’s pressure to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
The moments resonating from the Jan. 6 hearings (so far)
June 20, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — By the numbers, the Jan. 6 committee hearings attracted 20 million live viewers on opening night, 11 million for the first daytime session and nearly 9 million for Thursday's third installment.
Jan. 6 witnesses push Trump stalwarts back to rabbit hole
June 18, 2022 GMTOne by one, several of Donald Trump's former top advisers have told a special House committee investigating his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection that they didn't believe his lies about the 2020 election, and that the former president knew he lost to Joe Biden.
Jan. 6 hearings: What we’ve learned, and what’s next
June 17, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — In its first three hearings, the House panel investigating the Capitol insurrection has laid out the beginnings of its case against former President Donald Trump — that his lies about the 2020 election, and his pressure on his vice president to overturn it, directly led to the violence on Jan.
Watergate 50th meets Jan. 6. Common thread: Thirst for power
June 17, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The wreckage of Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart yet rooted in the same ancient thirst for power at any cost.
Two presidents, wily and profane, tried an end run around democracy.
Watergate 50th meets Jan. 6. Common thread: Thirst for power
June 17, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The wreckage of Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart yet rooted in the same ancient thirst for power at any cost.
Two presidents, wily and profane, tried an end run around democracy.
Panel sharpens focus on Trump’s ‘crazy’ Jan. 6 plan
June 17, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat came into ever-clearer focus Thursday, with testimony describing his pressuring Vice President Mike Pence in vulgar private taunts and public entreaties to stop the certification of Joe Biden's victory in the run-up to the Jan.
Jan. 6 hearings: What we’ve learned, and what’s next
June 15, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — House investigators are trying to make a methodical case that President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election led directly to his supporters' insurrection at the U.S.
Takeaways: Trump’s mind ‘made up’ on fraud ahead of Jan. 6
June 13, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection systemically made the case in its second hearing Monday that several of Trump's advisers warned him against making false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election that he lost.
1/6 panel: Told repeatedly he lost, Trump refused to go
June 10, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was told the same thing over and over, by his campaign team, the data crunchers, and a steady stream of lawyers, investigators and inner-circle allies: There was no voting fraud that could have tipped the 2020 presidential election.
Capitol riot panel blames Trump for 1/6 ‘attempted coup’
June 10, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump, saying the assault was not spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president's effort to overturn the 2020 election.
Takeaways: ‘Carnage’ at the Capitol and a case against Trump
June 10, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — An injured officer who slipped in blood and spoke of “carnage." Video of a huge, violent mob pushing through the U.S.
What we know about Trump’s actions as insurrection unfolded
June 9, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the House committee investigating the events of Jan. 6 will hold their first prime-time hearing Thursday to share what they have uncovered about then-President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which culminated in the deadly storming of the U.S.
What we know about Trump’s actions as insurrection unfolded
June 9, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the House committee investigating the events of Jan. 6 will hold their first prime-time hearing Thursday to share what they have uncovered about then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which culminated in the deadly storming of the U.S.
Jan. 6 panel’s 1,000 witnesses: From Trump aides to rioters
June 9, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has interviewed more than 1,000 people who were directly or indirectly involved in the U.S. Capitol insurrection as it probes the violent attack and former President Donald Trump's unprecedented efforts to overturn his election defeat.
Capitol attack’s full story: Jan. 6 panel probes US risks
June 8, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol played out for the world to see, but the House committee investigating the attack believes a more chilling story has yet to be told -- about the president and the people whose actions put American democracy at risk.
House Jan. 6 panel unlikely to call Trump, chairman says
May 17, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — House investigators are unlikely to call former President Donald Trump to testify about his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, relying instead on interviews with aides, family and others who were close to him at the time.
Lawyers: Nearly $1B tentative settlement in condo collapse
May 12, 2022 GMTST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A nearly $1 billion tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June's condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, an attorney said Wednesday.
Call Trump or Pence? It’s decision time for Jan. 6 panel
May 9, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has interviewed nearly 1,000 people.
AP sources: Donald Trump Jr. speaks with Jan. 6 committee
May 4, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The oldest son of former President Donald Trump has met with the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S.
DC reaches $750K settlement in Trump inaugural lawsuit
May 3, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s businesses and inaugural committee have reached a deal to pay Washington, D.C., $750,000 to resolve a lawsuit that alleged the committee overpaid for events at his hotel and enriched the former president’s family in the process, according to the District of Columbia’s attorney general.
Biden pardons former Secret Service agent and 2 others
April 26, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term, providing clemency to a Kennedy-era Secret Service agent convicted of federal bribery charges that he tried to sell a copy of an agency file and to two people who were convicted on drug-related charges but went on to become pillars in their communities.
Trump gets a bold Shakespearean twist in new play ‘The 47th’
April 20, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — To run or not to run - that is the question troubling Donald Trump at the start of Mike Bartlett’s play “The 47th,” an audaciously Shakespearean take on recent and future U.S. politics.
AP source: Kimberly Guilfoyle meets with Jan. 6 committee
April 19, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancée of former President Donald Trump’s eldest son, met with the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection Monday — more than a month after she abruptly ended a voluntary interview with lawmakers — according to a person familiar with the matter.
AP sources: Trump aide Stephen Miller speaks to 1/6 panel
April 15, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Miller, who served as a top aide to President Donald Trump, was questioned for hours Thursday by the congressional committee investigating the Jan.
CNN: Trump Jr. text shows ideas to overturn 2020 election
April 9, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two days after the 2020 presidential election with strategies for overturning the result if Trump's father lost, CNN reported Friday.
Scavino, Navarro held in contempt of Congress in 1/6 probe
April 7, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress for their monthlong refusal to comply with subpoenas rendered by the House committee’s investigation into the Jan.
Scavino, Navarro held in contempt of Congress in 1/6 probe
April 7, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress on Wednesday for their monthlong refusal to comply with subpoenas rendered by the House committee’s investigation into the Jan.
Ivanka Trump testifies before House Jan. 6 panel
April 5, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump, former President Donald Trump's daughter and one of those closest to him during the insurrection at the Capitol, is testifying before the House panel investigating the Jan.
8-hour gap in Trump’s Jan. 6 White House phone records
March 29, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has identified an almost 8-hour gap in official White House records of then-President Donald Trump's phone calls as the violence unfolded and his supporters stormed the building, according to two people familiar with the probe.
Trump lawyers: Judge abused discretion in forcing testimony
March 21, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers say a New York judge abused his discretion with a decision last month requiring the former president to answer questions under oath in a civil investigation into his business practices.
Surfside, Florida, votes out the mayor after condo collapse
March 16, 2022 GMTFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The small-town mayor who became a fixture on national TV last summer after 98 people died in a South Florida beachfront condominium collapse has been voted out of office after a campaign marked by accusations of grandstanding.
Trump appeals ruling forcing him to testify in NY probe
February 28, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has appealed a judge’s decision requiring he answer questions under oath in New York state’s civil investigation into his business practices — a widely expected move that's likely to prolong the fight over his testimony by months.
US sanctions on Russian oligarchs miss richest of rich
February 26, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The term Russian oligarch conjures images of posh London mansions, gold-plated Bentleys and sleek superyachts in the Mediterranean, their decks draped with partiers dripping in jewels.
House panel requests Trump WH records from National Archives
February 25, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional oversight committee sought additional documents Friday from the National Archives related to former President Donald Trump’s handling of White House records as the panel looks to expand its investigation into his handling of sensitive and even classified information.
A week of legal setbacks for Trump in Washington, New York
February 19, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faced one legal setback after another this week as a judge ruled he must sit for a deposition in New York to answer questions about his business practices, his accounting firm declared his financial statements unreliable, another judge rejected his efforts to dismiss conspiracy lawsuits and the National Archives confirmed that he took classified information to Florida as he left White House.
A week of legal setbacks for Trump in Washington, New York
February 19, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faced one legal setback after another this week as a judge ruled he must sit for a deposition in New York to answer questions about his business practices, his accounting firm declared his financial statements unreliable, another judge rejected his efforts to dismiss conspiracy lawsuits and the National Archives confirmed that he took classified information to Florida as he left White House.