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Ex-prosecutor offers 'one point of light amid the darkness' in Trump criminal case

Donald Trump winning the presidency eliminated almost all of his criminal legal concerns, but there is "one point of light amid the darkness," according to a legal expert. "In what feels to many of us like a crushing blow to justice, special counsel Jack Smith on Monday moved to dismiss both of President-elect Donald Trump’s federal criminal prosecutions — the …

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4 weeks ago

Who is Tanya Chutkan? American judge with Indian roots assigned to Trump's Jan 6 case

Hindustan Times

On Monday, chief prosecutor Jack Smith filed for four felony counts against President-elect Donald Trump in connection with his alleged role in inciting the January 6, 2021, US Capitol insurrection to be dropped. Defendant does not oppose the Motion and the court will grant it.” U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said she hasn’t grown numb to the violent scenes of …

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4 weeks ago

Judge dismisses election interference case against Trump

Firstpost

After Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to dismiss both the federal cases against US President-elect Donald Trump, a judge agreed to dismiss the election interference case Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, US, July 27, 2024. File Image/Reuters A US judge has dismissed the 2020 election interference case …

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Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-26 10:35 Former US president Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, US, in 2023. WASHINGTON - US Special Counsel Jack Smith who indicted former president Donald Trump for election subversion and mishandling classified documents sought to drop both cases against the president-elect on Monday. The election …

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Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

China Daily

Former US president Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, US, in 2023. WASHINGTON - US Special Counsel Jack Smith who indicted former president Donald Trump for election subversion and mishandling classified documents sought to drop both cases against the president-elect on Monday. The election subversion case was formally dismissed …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

China Daily

Former US president Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, US, in 2023. WASHINGTON - US Special Counsel Jack Smith who indicted former president Donald Trump for election subversion and mishandling classified documents sought to drop both cases against the president-elect on Monday. The election subversion case was formally dismissed …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-26 10:35 Former US president Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, US, in 2023. WASHINGTON - US Special Counsel Jack Smith who indicted former president Donald Trump for election subversion and mishandling classified documents sought to drop both cases against the president-elect on Monday. The election …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Fiscal desiste de procesos por interferencia electoral y documentos clasificados contra Trump

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — El fiscal especial Jack Smith decidió abandonar dos casos penales contra Donald Trump el lunes, reconociendo que el regreso de Trump a la Casa Blanca impedirá los intentos de procesarlo penalmente por retener documentos clasificados o intentar anular su derrota electoral de 2020. El equipo de Smith dijo que dejaba intactos los cargos contra dos coacusados en el …

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1 month ago

Special counsel Jack Smith moves to drop both federal criminal cases against Trump

Politico

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan quickly granted the motion to dismiss Trump’s Washington D.C. case, in which he was charged with conspiring to subvert the 2020 election. Smith asked Chutkan to dismiss the election case “without prejudice” — a legal term that means the case could theoretically be brought again in the future. Before the election, Smith initiated an appeal …

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1 month ago

Judge grants dismissal of Jan. 6 case against Trump

NPR

Judge grants dismissal of Jan. 6 case against Trump toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge dismissed the Jan. 6 election interference case against Donald Trump hours after federal prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss both that case and the Mar-a-Lago documents cases against Trump. Just a day after the election, special counsel Jack Smith, who headed …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

US judge delays deadlines in Donald Trump’s 2020 election subversion case — here’s why

Live Mint

A U.S. judge on Friday set aside pending deadlines in President-elect Donald Trump's 2020 election subversion case after federal prosecutors said they were grappling with the "unprecedented circumstance" of his impending return to the White House. Prosecutors wrote the delay was necessary “to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent …

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Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump's 2020 election case after his presidential win

New Indian Express

WASHINGTON: The judge overseeing Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case canceled any remaining court deadlines Friday while prosecutors assess the "the appropriate course going forward" in light of the Republican's presidential victory. Special Counsel Jack Smith charged Trump last year with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. …

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Frozen: Judge Tanya Chutkan officially puts Trump case on hold

Raw Story

A federal judge agreed to freeze the election interference case against Donald Trump three days after his election win. Special counsel Jack Smith asked District Judge Tanya Chutkan to vacate upcoming deadlines in the case, which defense attorneys did not oppose. A pause would give the special counsel's office "time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

What's Next For Donald Trump’s Criminal Cases

Huff Post

Now that Donald Trump has won the White House for a second time, the path ahead seems clear for him to brush off key federal criminal indictments that have dogged him for years while potentially delaying other cases he faces in state court. The man in charge of enforcing laws can now just break them.” When writing her dissent, which …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Say goodbye to Trump’s legal cases

Politico

It halts the prosecution he is facing in Georgia for his 2020 election plot as well. Firing Jack Smith Trump has vowed to end Smith’s tenure “within two seconds” if the special counsel hasn’t already vacated his post by Inauguration Day. In Washington, where Trump faces four felony counts for conspiring to steal another term four years ago, U.S. District …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Analyst flags 'bit of shade' thrown at Trump from Jack Smith's team in new filing

Raw Story

A national security analyst flagged what she called a "bit of shade" buried in the Justice Department's response to Donald Trump's proposed motion to dismiss for injunctive relief based on the appointments and appropriations clause. The Justice Department's filing noted that while Trump may cite Justice Clarence Thomas and Cannon, "neither that solo concurring opinion on a question that the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Judge agrees to further delay Trump's Jan. 6 case

Raw Story

A federal judge granted a request by Donald Trump's attorneys to extend their deadlines to respond to special counsel Jack Smith's immunity motion. The former president's attorneys argued that they were displaced and disrupted when Hurricane Milton made landfall earlier this month near Sarasota, so they asked the court to extend their deadlines to respond to the special counsel's 165-page …

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2 months ago

New Jack Smith documents reveal millions spent on Jan. 6 rally

Raw Story

New documents unsealed in Donald Trump's criminal Jan. 6 case disclosed $3 million spent to get people to the rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol building. Among the nearly 2,000 heavily redacted pages of evidence for charges against Trump related to an attempt to steal the 2020 election were documents relating to a budget and trip plan for …

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2 months ago

Trump calls judge ‘evil’ as she releases 1,889 heavily redacted pages of evidence in Jan. 6 case

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case in …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Jack Smith Is Releasing More Evidence. No, That’s Not “Election Interference.”

Slate

One can fairly argue that the Department of Justice has been overly cautious in prosecuting Donald Trump. In addition, federal prosecutors generally observe a norm known as the “60-day rule.” Although it is not a written rule and its parameters are imprecise, it is a practice described by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz as guidance to prosecutors to “avoid public …

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2 months ago

Jack Smith is releasing something Trump doesn't want 'voting public to know about': expert

Raw Story

On MSNBC's "Morning Joe," NBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin questioned why Donald Trump's lawyers are fighting "tooth and nail" to block the release of documents submitted to Judge Tanya Chutkan by special counsel Jack Smith in the 2020 election interference case. As CNN reported, Trump's legal team argued to Judge Chutkan, “the asymmetric release of charged allegations and related documents …

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2 months ago

Jack Smith's appendix of evidence to be released Friday after 'devastating' opinion

Raw Story

The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's election interference case in Washington, D.C. released a "devastating" five-page opinion on Thursday night that will allow for the release Friday of an appendix full of evidence against the former president, according to a former federal prosecutor. Judge Tanya Chutkan last week ruled that she would make special counsel Jack Smith's appendix public, but …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Special Counsel Releases Redacted Documents in 2020 Election Subversion Case Against Trump

CNN

Special counsel Jack Smith has released nearly 2,000 heavily redacted pages of documents in his 2020 election subversion case against former President Donald Trump. The documents contain snippets of the evidence Smith relied on to charge the former president, including transcripts and notes from FBI interviews conducted during the yearslong investigation.

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2 months, 1 week ago

"The public has been poisoned": Trump files to block Jan. 6 documents from release before election

Salon

Donald Trump is trying to stop new evidence concerning his role in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol from being released ahead of the election. In another move to try to staunch the bleeding from special counsel Jack Smith’s incisive investigation, Trump's legal team filed to request that evidence in the case scheduled to become public on Thursday …

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Ex-prosecutor offers 'one point of light amid the darkness' in Trump criminal case

Who is Tanya Chutkan? American judge with Indian roots assigned to Trump's Jan 6 case

Judge dismisses election interference case against Trump

Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

Special counsel drops election subversion case against Trump

Fiscal desiste de procesos por interferencia electoral y documentos clasificados contra Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith moves to drop both federal criminal cases against Trump

Judge grants dismissal of Jan. 6 case against Trump

US judge delays deadlines in Donald Trump’s 2020 election subversion case — here’s why

Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump's 2020 election case after his presidential win

Frozen: Judge Tanya Chutkan officially puts Trump case on hold

What's Next For Donald Trump’s Criminal Cases

Say goodbye to Trump’s legal cases

Analyst flags 'bit of shade' thrown at Trump from Jack Smith's team in new filing

Judge agrees to further delay Trump's Jan. 6 case

New Jack Smith documents reveal millions spent on Jan. 6 rally

Trump calls judge ‘evil’ as she releases 1,889 heavily redacted pages of evidence in Jan. 6 case

Jack Smith Is Releasing More Evidence. No, That’s Not “Election Interference.”

Jack Smith is releasing something Trump doesn't want 'voting public to know about': expert

Jack Smith's appendix of evidence to be released Friday after 'devastating' opinion

Special Counsel Releases Redacted Documents in 2020 Election Subversion Case Against Trump

"The public has been poisoned": Trump files to block Jan. 6 documents from release before election