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Trump faces less threat over hush money than from classified docs case, Barr warns

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Bill Barr warned Trump on Sunday on "This Week" that he faces real legal peril in the federal probe into his possession of classified documents Donald Trump's former Attorney General William Barr warned Sunday that he faces more legal peril from the federal probe into his possession of classified documents after leaving office than, as Barr saw it, from the flimsier case in New York City over hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. "I don't think it has any merit. I think it is transparently an abuse of prosecutorial power to accomplish a political end," Barr told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl, referring to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat. However, Barr added, "I'd be most concerned about the documents at Mar-a-Lago." "I think he was jerking the government around and they subpoenaed it, and they tried to jawbone him into delivering the documents. But the government is investigating the extent to ...

Young Thug faces trial in RICO case with rap lyrics as part of evidence. What you need to know

Opening statements in the trial of Young Thug are set to begin on Monday as the rapper faces gang-related charges in a sweeping grand jury RICO indictment in Atlanta. Opening statements in the trial of Young Thug are set to begin in an Atlanta courtroom on Monday as the rapper faces gang-related charges, along with 13 other defendants, in a sweeping grand jury RICO indictment in Fulton County. Young Thug, a Grammy-winning rapper whose legal name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was arrested on May 9, 2022, and was charged with one count each of conspiring to violate the state's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and participating in criminal street gang activity. After a search of his home following his arrest, the rapper was also charged with an additional count of participating in street gang activity, three counts of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, possession of a firearm while committing a felony and possession of a machine gun. Those charges w...