Trump Administration

The rise of Harmeet Dhillon: How Trump’s lawyer could unseat Ronna McDaniel at the RNCThe rise of Harmeet Dhillon: How Trump’s lawyer could unseat Ronna McDaniel at the RNC

Dhillon’s view is that the RNC is out of touch with its pro-Trump grassroots base and simply failing to win key elections.

Maggie Severns, Domestic Policy Reporter, and Leah Askarinam, Senior Editor

January 27, 2023

How Biden’s and Trump’s classified document cases compare, according to a former top classified records overseerHow Biden’s and Trump’s classified document cases compare, according to a former top classified records overseer

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that his decision to have an independent lawyer review the Biden documents shows he’s not biased against one party.

Steve Reilly, Investigative Reporter

January 13, 2023

The Jan. 6 committee’s final report says some key questions remain unanswered. Here are 8 of them.The Jan. 6 committee’s final report says some key questions remain unanswered. Here are 8 of them.

In an 800-plus-page final report released Thursday, the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol detailed the conclusions of its extraordinary 18-month investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. But a number of key questions about what transpired on Jan. 6, 2021, and the broader effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election still remain unanswered due to missing evidence, uncooperative witnesses and other factors.

Steve Reilly, Investigative Reporter

December 23, 2022

Merrick Garland taps war-crimes prosecutor as special counsel for two Trump investigationsMerrick Garland taps war-crimes prosecutor as special counsel for two Trump investigations

Donald Trump’s early presidential announcement seemed like an attempt to assuage his legal troubles. Now, the Department of Justice has introduced its own workaround.

Steve Reilly, Investigative Reporter

November 18, 2022

Trump’s 2024 presidential announcement came earlier than almost any other in modern historyTrump’s 2024 presidential announcement came earlier than almost any other in modern history

If it feels like former president Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president early in the cycle, that’s because he did.

Marc Lajoie, Contributing Senior Data and Visualizations Reporter, and Steve Reilly, Investigative Reporter

November 17, 2022