The Justice Department is not expected to appoint an outsider to serve as special counsel to handle politically sensitive criminal investigations, but will likely deputize a US Attorney to handle such ...

The announcement comes just three days after Trump announced his candidacy ... In 2018, Smith became the special chief prosecutor in The Hague, where he investigated war crimes during the ...

In 2019, Harbach joined the Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor's Office at The Hague ... became involved in the Trump-related documents case even before Smith was appointed special counsel.

Washington — The federal judge overseeing the case alleging former ... who was top war crimes prosecutor at The Hague before he was tapped to investigate Trump, Weiss is a Senate-confirmed ...

Prior to his appointment by US attorney general Merrick Garland, Smith lived in the Dutch city of The Hague ... Smith hit Trump with fresh charges in the case over accusations that he tried ...

Special counsel ... war crimes prosecutor — who served as Smith’s deputy during his stint at the Hague — to his team as it prepares to put former President Donald Trump on trial in ...

The federal judge overseeing the prosecution of Donald Trump for his effort to overturn his loss in the 2020 election made more than 100 pages of allegations in the case public Wednesday ...

Besides his documents case, Trump is involved ... the acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee and was working for the International Criminal Court at the Hague prosecuting ...

Smith, a veteran public corruption prosecutor who worked on war crimes cases in The Hague ... influence. Trump's lawyers face an uphill battle as they challenge the special counsel ...