Charlie Savage and Alan Feuer

A ruling by the court, and the timing of its decision, could be a major factor in determining when, or even whether, the former president...

The judge will still have to decide if and when the former president is violating her rules against attacking prosecutors and witnesses, and how to...

A federal judge in Florida had shocked experts by intervening after the F.B.I. seized sensitive files from the former president’s residence and club.

A federal judge in Florida had shocked experts by intervening after the F.B.I. seized sensitive files from the former president’s residence and club.

The reversal of a district judge’s intervention in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation shows the complexity of former President Donald J. Trump’s judicial legacy.

Two of the three judges had already expressed skepticism about a court’s intervention after the F.B.I. seized records from the ex-president’s home.

A veteran public corruption and war-crimes prosecutor, Jack Smith will take over two Trump-related criminal investigations.

A pair of unsealed briefs argue over the ex-president’s power to claim White House materials as his property and invoke executive privilege.

If the ex-president turns down the drama of testifying, his legal team could mount several constitutional and procedural arguments in court.

“What’s the expression — ‘Where’s the beef?’ I need some beef,” Judge Raymond Dearie, the independent arbiter, said during a conference call.