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![The Alto Lee Adams Sr. United States Courthouse, where U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon scheduled former President Donald Trump's trial to begin on August 14 in her courtroom, is pictured on June 20, 2023, in Fort Pierce, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0804-courthouse-400x300.jpg)
Judge Overseeing Trump Docs Case Made Constitutional Mistakes in June Trial
Cannon refused to allow public access to jury selection in a separate trial earlier this summer.
![FBI & Colorado Springs Police Sued for Targeting & Spying on Racial Justice Protesters](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/SEG3-Jacqueline-CSPD-Bodycam-Footage-Split-400x300.jpg)
Community Organizer Spied on by FBI and Colorado Springs Police Speaks Out
“This was one of the worst moments of my life,” said Jacqueline “Jax” Armendariz Unzueta, who is suing the agencies.
![Judge Orders Release of 3 of Newburgh 4 Tied to Fake NY Bomb Plot](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/SEG1-Newburgh-3-Released-2-400x300.jpg)
Judge Says FBI Invented a Conspiracy in Fake Bomb Plot, Orders Release of 3 Men
Coalition for Civil Freedoms lawyers say when the government couldn’t find real terrorists, they had to create them.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks to crowd during a campaign event on July 1, 2023, in Pickens, South Carolina.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0707-trump-fl-400x300.jpg)
Unsealed Affidavit Shows Trump Never Used Declassification Excuse Before August
The affidavit further confirms that Trump knew the documents were classified when he removed them from the White House.
![James Risen on How Frank Church Exposed CIA, FBI & NSA Assassinations, Abuse](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/SEG3-Risen-Book-400x300.jpg)
Church Committee Had Dramatic Impact on NSA, CIA and FBI Abuses, New Book Shows
It's "probably the most important congressional investigation in modern American history,” says James Risen.
![Donald Trump walks offstage](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0626-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s New Defense Won’t Hold Up in Court, Legal Experts Say
“Whatever documents a president decides to take with him, he has the absolute right to take them,” Trump claimed.
![New Biography Details How MLK’s Criticism of Malcolm X Was Fabricated](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/KingALife-400x300.jpg)
New Biography Details How MLK’s Criticism of Malcolm X Was Fabricated
“King: A Life” also shows how President Johnson and others partnered in the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr.
![Police prepare as protestors gather at Barclays Center Arena to protest the New York Police Department response to the killing of Jordan Neely, in Brooklyn, New York on May 4, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1252671534-400x300.jpg)
The War on Terror Has Not Waned. It’s Used Against Black and Brown Communities.
A network of 80 surveillance-oriented “fusion centers” around the U.S. are eroding our privacy and civil rights.
![Protesters in Atlanta, Georgia, march against the 'Cop City' facility.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0117-stop-cop-city-400x300.jpg)
MLK’s Vision Lives On in Atlanta’s Fight Against New Police Training Facility
Plans for the “Cop City” in the heart of a working-class Black community include a mock city to practice urban warfare.
![A woman talks to Palm Beach police officer in front of former President Donald Trump's house at Mar-A-Lago on August 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1221-mar-a-lago-400x300.jpg)
FBI Agents Worried About Trump’s Presence at Mar-a-Lago During Search — Report
The FBI wanted assurance that Attorney General Merrick Garland would approve any order to search Mar-a-Lago.