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The Justice department could significantly slash its special counsel budget for the next fiscal year, according to a new report.

The projection, which appears in President Joe Biden's budget delivered to Congress Monday, estimates the department will spend $4 million compared with the $29 million budgeted to the previous fiscal year, according to Politico.

Brian Butler, an employee at Mar-a-Lago serving as a witness in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, told his side of the story to CNN's Kaitlan Collins in an interview released on Monday.

Butler, identified in court records only as "Trump Employee 5," said he was asked by the former president's body man Walt Nauta, also charged in the indictment from special counsel Jack Smith, to help him load boxes onto Trump's plane.

Former President Donald Trump on Monday sought to delay the New York election interference trial, which deals with the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, by claiming "presidential immunity."

But legal analysts on social media after the filing pointed out Trump has already waived his right to claim such protection.

Judge Aileen Cannon may have placed herself closer to getting removed from overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case.

The Trump-appointed federal judge has raised eyebrows with some of her decisions that seem to favor the former president, who's been accused of the mishandling of sensitive government materials, but legal analyst David Lat said Cannon could have jeopardized her role in the case by accepting a pair of briefs arguing it should be thrown out, reported Newsweek.

Special counsel Jack Smith filed a thorough response to Donald Trump's motion to dismiss charges that he mishandled classified documents.

In a 27-page filing, Smith explained to U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon why he believed Trump's case should not be dismissed.

Special counsel Jack Smith revealed in a court filing that his team conducted an interview as late as Wednesday of this week in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump and two others.

In a response to U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday, Smith filed court documents detailing discovery items that had been turned over to the defense.

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced he would support Donald Trump for president after blaming him for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" were appalled.

The Kentucky Republican, who announced last week he would step down as Senate Republican leader after November's election, has not spoken to Trump since the insurrection, although he helped shield the former president from conviction in his Senate impeachment trial.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on former President Donald Trump's presidential immunity claim on April 25, the very last day of hearings for this current term, according to records and reports.

Economist reporter Steven Mazie shared the news of the hearing — to debate a matter at the heart of special counsel Jack Smith's federal election interference case against Trump — on X Wednesday afternoon.