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Delaware Democratic Sen. Chris Coons on Sunday said he thinks Donald Trump's federal indictment over handling of classified records creates electoral trouble for the GOP in 2024. “I think the challenges here are for Republicans to explain to the American people why they are confident President Trump should be reelected, given his casual -- even callous -- mis handling of critical national security documents,” Coons, a close ally of President Joe Biden, told ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos. When Stephanopoulos pointed to polling showing Biden trailing Trump or the two nearly tied in the presidential race, Coons acknowledged that was its own problem and said people should be "worried." Trump was indicted on 37 counts in the case, alleging he “willfully” retained documents containing sensitive U.S. secrets and even attempted to obstruct justice. This is the first time a former US president has been charged with a federal crime. Trump confirmed that...

Biden has been voluntarily interviewed by the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents while out of office, the White House said Monday night President Joe Biden has been interviewed by the independent prosecutor's team investigating his handling of classified documents while out of office, the White House said Monday night. "The voluntary interview was conducted at the White House over two days, Sunday and Monday, and concluded Monday," White House spokesman Ian Sams said in a statement. "As we have said from the beginning, the President and the White House are cooperating with this investigation, and as it has been appropriate, we have provided relevant updates publicly, being as transparent as we can consistent with protecting and preserving the integrity of the investigation," Sams said, referring further questions to the Department of Justice. Special counsel Robert Hur oversaw and participated in the interview of President Biden...

A timeline into the special counsel's probe into former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents Special counsel Jack Smith has filed additional charges against former President Donald Trump and his aide Walt Nauta and added a new defendant to Smith’s case over Trump's handling of classified documents after leaving office in early 2021. The superseding indictment adds a new count charging Trump with willful retention of national defense information. Carlos De Oliveira, a Trump Organization worker who sources tell ABC News is the head of maintenance at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, was added to the obstruction conspiracy charges. Prosecutors allege he conspired to delete security footage from Mar-a-Lago as federal officials were investigating the retention of the classified documents . Here is how the latest charges came about. June 22, 2022 After observing security footage near the storage room in which classified information was found, the Justice...