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The district attorney in Westchester County, New York, has closed a two-year investigation into former President Trump without filing charges. The district attorney in Westchester County, New York, has closed a two-year investigation into former President Donald Trump without filing criminal charges , her office confirmed Thursday. District Attorney Miriam Rocah had been investigating whether Trump National Golf Club Westchester had tried to inappropriately lower its tax burden in the Town of Ossining. "The Westchester County District Attorney's Office conducted an investigation regarding certain properties owned by Donald J. Trump and/or the Trump Organization located in Westchester County, New York," read a statement from the office. "Our investigation is now closed. We approached this investigation as we do all of our investigations, objectively, and independent of politics, party affiliation and personal or political beliefs." MORE: Trump golf course under...

The special counsel has handed over to former President Trump the first set of discovery materials in the case against him for allegedly mishandling classified documents. Special counsel Jack Smith's team has handed over to former President Donald Trump its first set of discovery materials supporting its case against him for allegedly mishandling classified documents and obstructing the government's efforts to retrieve them. The handover was detailed in a court filing on Wednesday. MORE: Trump trial date tentatively set for August in classified documents case The former president has pleaded not guilty to 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials, after prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information ranging from U.S. nuclear secrets to the nation's defense capabilities. According to the Wednesday's filing, the materials handed over to Trump's team consist of documents and evid...

Hunter Biden has filed a suit against the IRS over alleged "unlawful disclosures" made by two whistleblowers who accused prosecutors of mishandling their probe into him. Hunter Biden has filed a lawsuit in a Washington, D.C., federal court against the Internal Revenue Service over alleged "unlawful disclosures" made by a pair of whistleblowers who accused government prosecutors of mishandling their investigation into the president's son -- a claim the Justice Department has denied but nonetheless breathed fresh life into Hunter Biden's legal tribulations. Attorneys for Biden, 53, accused Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, both veteran IRS investigators, of waging a campaign to "to embarrass and i NFL ict harm on Mr. Biden" by improperly sharing his private taxpayer information in media interviews. "During these interviews, Mr. Shapley and Mr. Ziegler provide unsubstantiated and selectively chosen allegations of nefarious and potentially crimina...

Federal authorities are investigating the Baton Rouge Police Department following allegations that some officers " abuse d their authority," the FBI announced. Federal authorities are investigating the Baton Rouge Police Department following allegations that some officers " abuse d their authority," the FBI announced. The investigation comes as the police department faces several recent lawsuits over the treatment of detainees, including at a now-shuttered police warehouse that officers allegedly called the "brave cave," according to the complaints. The New Orleans FBI Field Office, the Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana have opened the probe, with investigators "reviewing the matter for potential federal violations," the FBI New Orleans said in a statement on Friday, while urging anyone with information on the case to contact them. The announcement comes in the wake of multiple federal...

Prosecutors probing Donald Trump's handling of classified documents are threatening charges against a Trump employee suspected of lying to investigators, sources say. The special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents has taken new steps to examine possible efforts to obstruct the probe, threatening potential charges against a Trump Organization employee who is suspected of lying to investigators, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Special counsel Jack Smith in recent weeks transmitted a target letter to the staffer indicating that he might have perjured himself during a May appearance before the federal grand jury hearing evidence in the classified documents probe , the sources told ABC News. The target letter to the employee, which was described to ABC News by sources familiar with it but not obtained or reviewed by ABC News, signals Smith's growing interest in the Trump Organization's handling of th...

U.S. safety regulators are investigating possible electrical problems in older Dodge Journeys after a woman was trapped and died when her SUV caught fire in December DETROIT -- U.S. safety regulators are investigating possible electrical problems in older Dodge Journeys after a woman was trapped and died when her SUV caught fire in December. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it's investigating whether inoperative door locks and windows can prevent people from getting out of the SUVs during an emergency. Documents posted Friday on the agency's website say the probe covers more than 82,000 Journeys from the 2009 model year. The investigation was opened after the woman 's death on Dec. 9. A complaint filed with the agency says the woman pulled to the side of a road when warning lights started flashing, windshield wipers came on, the horn started honking, windows wouldn't go down and the doors wouldn't unlock. The complaint alleged that f...