A presidential historian charged with conspiring to steal documents from archives throughout the Northeast is asking for court permission to sell artwork and other valuables to cover his living expenses, according to a motion filed Friday in U.S. District Court. ...

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A federal judge in Maryland is allowing a presidential historian charged with conspiring to steal valuable documents to return to his New York City apartment with GPS monitoring and no Internet access. A judge on Friday denied an appeal of ...

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A presidential historian charged in a conspiracy to steal documents from archives in several states will remain in federal custody while authorities search his New York City apartment again. Barry Landau’s attorney says a hearing on Landau’s release will be ...

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A presidential historian charged with conspiring to steal historical documents from archives in several states will remain in federal custody over the weekend. A judge will wait to consider prosecutors’ recommendation that Barry Landau remain in custody on Monday to ...

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The FBI is unraveling a yearlong plot by two New York City men to sell valuable historical documents they stole from archives around the country, a Baltimore prosecutor said Tuesday at bail hearings related to the alleged theft of $6 ...

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A presidential historian charged with stealing millions of dollars in documents from the Maryland Historical Society is getting a bail review. Hearings for 63-year-old Barry Landau and his assistant, 24-year-old Jason Savedoff, both of New York City, are set for ...

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An attorney for a presidential historian charged with the theft of such library treasures as papers signed by Abraham Lincoln and invitations to inaugural balls says there is no evidence against his client and he shouldn’t have been denied bail. ...

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A presidential historian charged with stealing millions of dollars in documents from the Maryland Historical Society is asking for a bail review. An attorney for 63-year-old Barry Landau, whose book “The President’s Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy” ...

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After police charged two men, including a presidential historian, with stealing millions of dollars in documents from the Maryland Historical Society, the FBI is asking other libraries and historical societies if the men have accessed their special collections and valuable ...

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