Just in: When the FBI seized classified materials during its search of Mar-a-Lago, it replaced the actual sensitive documents in the boxes with 'placeholder' sheets.
But prosecutors say there was so much classified material that agents ran out of placeholders.

Manhattan DA wants to retry Harvey Weinstein after the state’s top court tossed the conviction.

Almost certainly related to bringing the entirely of the DC grand jury files down to Florida for her consideration.

.Alan Feuer and me nytimes.com/2024/04/30/us/…

Just in: Walt Nauta, Trump's valet, recalls in his grand jury testimony that officials in the White House Office of Records Management would pick up 'all the papers' Trump 'threw on the floor' each 'time he would leave for the evening.'

New: How will the Supreme Court's eventual ruling on executive immunity affect Trump's federal election trial?

It's complicated. But it could result in some allegations being stripped from the indictment and further delays in getting the case to trial.

nytimes.com/2024/04/26/us/…

Just in: So it looks like the FBI code-named its initial investigation into Trump having classified documents at Mar-a-Lago 'PLASMIC ECHO.'
That's according to one of the newly unsealed exhibits attached to Trump's motion to compel discovery.

nytimes.com/2024/04/21/us/…

The motion to compel in the classified documents case was:
*Initially filed more than 3 months ago
*Fully briefed more than 2 months ago
*Argued more than 6 weeks ago

I recall having a conversation with Nick Smith in probably March or April of 2021 in which he correctly identified the precise *words* in the statute that would end up under review by SCOTUS.

state court is where it happens

The $600-an-hour jury consultants of New York slip quietly from the room

Just in: Looks like we'll be getting a transcript of Walt Nauta's FBI interview at some point tomorrow, minus the names of any potential govt witnesses, according to Judge Cannon's most recent order.

What’s the ratio Alan - 5000 to 1?