Eric Tucker

Jul 24, 2024 | globegazette.com | Eric Tucker |Eric Tucker

WASHINGTON — The gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is believed to have done a Google search one week before the shooting of “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?” FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday, revealing new details about a suspect he said had taken a keen interest in public figures but had otherwise not left behind clear clues of an ideological motive.

May 27, 2024 | tucson.com | Eric Tucker |Eric Tucker

WASHINGTON (AP) — El testimonio en el juicio contra Donald Trump en Nueva York por alterar registros financieros para realizar pagos indebidos con el objetivo de silenciar noticias desfavorecedoras prácticamente ha concluido después de más de cuatro semanas y alrededor de una veintena de testigos, lo que significa que el caso se dirige a una crucial recta final: argumentos de cierre, deliberación del jurado y un posible veredicto.

Feb 11, 2024 | chicago.suntimes.com | Eric Tucker |Alanna Durkin Richer

WASHINGTON — The release of a harshly critical Justice Department special counsel report on President Joe Biden has triggered instant flashbacks to history-shaping events of 2016. That’s when FBI Director James Comey castigated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over her email practices despite recommending against charges.

Feb 6, 2024 | dailyitem.com | Eric Tucker |Alanna Durkin Richer |Eric Tucker

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, rejecting the former president’s claims that he is immune from prosecution. The decision marks the second time in as many months that judges have spurned Trump’s immunity arguments and held that he can be prosecuted for actions undertaken while in the White House and in the run-up to Jan.

Jan 18, 2024 | wcfcourier.com | Eric Tucker |Acacia Coronado |Lindsay Whitehurst |Jake Bleiberg |Eric Tucker

UVALDE, Texas — Police officials who responded to the deadly Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting waited far too long to confront the gunman, acted with "no urgency" in establishing a command post and communicated inaccurate information to grieving families, according to a Justice Department report released Thursday that identifies "cascading failures" in law enforcement's handling of the massacre.