'Disgusting': SCOTUS slammed for scheduling Trump immunity hearing for last day possible
9 months, 2 weeks ago

'Disgusting': SCOTUS slammed for scheduling Trump immunity hearing for last day possible

Raw Story  

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. Delay has been the name of the game for Trump, the lone-standing Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential race, because he could effectively kill Smith's case against him should he regain the White House in 2025, legal experts say. Trump's presidential immunity defense — which argues he cannot be prosecuted for any official acts as a standing U.S. president — has stalled the Washington D.C. case for months as the argument worked its way through the appeals court system.

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Trump bashes ‘psychotic’ decision by Judge Merchan to hold him accountable in hush money case
1 week ago

Trump bashes ‘psychotic’ decision by Judge Merchan to hold him accountable in hush money 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 After the judge overseeing his hush money trial refused to …

'Psychotic': Trump posts furious attack on judge who refused to accept immunity bid
1 week ago

'Psychotic': Trump posts furious attack on judge who refused to accept immunity bid

Raw Story  

Donald Trump lashed out at the judge overseeing his criminal case after the president-elect's latest attempt to have his conviction quashed was fully rejected. New York justice Juan Merchan issued a ruling Monday that Trump cannot claim presidential immunity to overturn a jury's guilty verdict on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to …

Setback for Trump, US court rejects his bid to throw out hush money conviction
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1 week ago

Setback for Trump, US court rejects his bid to throw out hush money conviction

Firstpost  

A court in US refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s felony conviction in the New York hush money case because of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity A court in the US denied to throw out Donald Trump’s hush money conviction, saying that the US President-elect’s felony conviction should not be tossed out because of the Supreme …

Trump hush money judge refuses to throw out conviction on presidential ‘immunity’ grounds
1 week, 1 day ago

Trump hush money judge refuses to throw out conviction on presidential ‘immunity’ grounds

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 judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money trial has refused …

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to overturn hush money conviction | Supreme Court immunity ruling denied
1 week, 1 day ago

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to overturn hush money conviction | Supreme Court immunity ruling denied

India TV News  

On Monday, a Manhattan judge denied President-elect Donald Trump’s attempt to dismiss his hush money conviction, rejecting arguments that the US Supreme Court’s recent presidential immunity ruling should invalidate the case. Highlights from Trump’s defense Trump's legal team argued that evidence used in his family, such as financial disclosures and testimony from White House aides, related to his official conduct …

Judge rules Trump does not have presidential immunity protections in hush money conviction
1 week, 2 days ago

Judge rules Trump does not have presidential immunity protections in hush money conviction

CNN  

CNN — Donald Trump’s felony conviction in the New York hush money case should not be tossed out because of the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, Judge Juan Merchan ruled Monday. “Even if this Court did find that the disputed evidence constitutes official acts under the auspices of the Trump decision, which it does not, Defendant’s motion is still …

'President-elect immunity does not exist': NYC DA rips Trump’s demand to drop case
2 weeks ago

'President-elect immunity does not exist': NYC DA rips Trump’s demand to drop case

Raw Story  

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg isn’t ready to let Donald Trump off the hook in his fraud case involving hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Bragg wrote in a filing made public Tuesday that he opposes Trump’s attempt to have the state court ruling “immediately” thrown out based on last month’s presidential election win. Bragg added that …

How Trump’s bet on voters electing him managed to silence some of his legal woes
4 weeks ago

How Trump’s bet on voters electing him managed to silence some of his legal woes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — One year after the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department was committed to holding accountable all perpetrators “at any level” for “the assault on our democracy.” That bold declaration won’t apply to at least one person: Donald Trump. Now it’s time to ensure what happened to President Trump never happens …

'Momentous, unsettled questions': Analyst warns end of Trump court cases leaves turmoil
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4 weeks ago

'Momentous, unsettled questions': Analyst warns end of Trump court cases leaves turmoil

Raw Story  

On Election Night, Donald Trump became the first presidential candidate in United States history to win an election despite having faced four criminal indictments — one of which resulted in him being convicted on 34 felony counts. Two of the criminal indictments against Trump were federal ones brought by special counsel Jack Smith for the U.S. Department of Justice: the …

Live updates: Trump presidential transition news
54 years, 11 months ago

Live updates: Trump presidential transition news

CNN  

Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment including four felony counts against Donald Trump on August 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Even before special counsel Jack Smith formally asked that his criminal cases — the 2020 election subversion prosecution and the charges of mishandling classified documents — against Donald Trump be dismissed, it …

Explained: All cases against US President-elect Donald Trump and where they stand
4 weeks ago

Explained: All cases against US President-elect Donald Trump and where they stand

Firstpost  

On Monday, Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to drop two cases against US President-elect Donald Trump. From the January 6 election interference case to the Georgia election trial, let’s take a look at the cases against Trump and their status President-elect Donald Trump took to Truth Social to crow about the development. Let’s take a closer look: January 6 election …

Judge grants dismissal of Jan. 6 case against Trump
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 …

Donald Trump’s hush money sentencing delayed indefinitely, legal team calls it a ‘decisive win’
1 month ago

Donald Trump’s hush money sentencing delayed indefinitely, legal team calls it a ‘decisive win’

Live Mint  

Donald Trump's sentencing in hush money case has been delayed indefinitely. Trump's legal team cited a landmark July ruling from the Supreme Court that gives presidents sweeping immunity for official acts committed while in office to justify their request. Accordingly, Trump's communications director, Steven Cheung, said in a statement, “In a decisive win for President Trump, the hoax Manhattan Case …

Judge Cancels Trump's Hush Money Trial Sentencing
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1 month ago

Judge Cancels Trump's Hush Money Trial Sentencing

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The judge overseeing President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Friday canceled the sentencing hearing that had been set for Nov. 26 without immediately setting a new date. The brief order issued by New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan set new deadlines: Trump’s team has until Dec. 2 to file its brief on dismissal, and prosecutors …

Special counsel Smith asks court to pause appeal seeking to revive Trump’s classified documents case
1 month, 1 week ago

Special counsel Smith asks court to pause appeal seeking to revive Trump’s classified documents case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith asked a court Wednesday to pause prosecutors’ appeal seeking to revive the classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump in light of the Republican’s presidential victory. Smith’s team has been evaluating how to wind down the classified documents and the federal 2020 election interference case in Washington before Trump takes office because of longstanding …

NY hush money case: Judge delays ruling on Trump’s conviction until November 19
1 month, 1 week ago

NY hush money case: Judge delays ruling on Trump’s conviction until November 19

Firstpost  

Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts in May after a jury found he had fraudulently manipulated business records to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with a porn star ahead of the 2016 election The judge in Donald Trump’s New York criminal case has delayed to November 19 a decision on potentially throwing out the US president-elect’s conviction, the …

Trump's hush money trial judge delays major ruling with a month until his sentencing
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump's hush money trial judge delays major ruling with a month until his sentencing

Daily Mail  

The judge in Donald Trump's hush money case has delayed a decision on whether to throw out the charges with less than a month until his sentencing. Judge Juan Merchan pushed back a decision on immunity in the case where the president-elect was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to silence Stormy Daniels. Merchan had been expected …

US Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap president-elect Trump's conviction in hush money case
1 month, 1 week ago

US Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap president-elect Trump's conviction in hush money case

New Indian Express  

NEW YORK: A judge on Tuesday put off a key ruling in President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case as his lawyers argued for dismissing it so he can run the country. Trump lawyer Emil Bove, meanwhile, argued that throwing out the case is "necessary to avoid unconstitutional impediments to President Trump's ability to govern." Trump's lawyers cited that ruling to …

Judge slaps down Capitol rioters' claim Trump win gives them get out of jail free card
1 month, 1 week ago

Judge slaps down Capitol rioters' claim Trump win gives them get out of jail free card

Raw Story  

Prosecutors don't intend to give up on cases against Jan. 6 defendants just because Donald Trump won re-election. Several alleged Capitol rioters have cited special counsel Jack Smith's decision to pause the election interference case against the president-elect to request a similar wind-down of their own cases, but prosecutors responded by arguing that Trump's case was unique and had no …

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

Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump's 2020 election case after his presidential win
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

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. …

Frozen: Judge Tanya Chutkan officially puts Trump case on hold
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

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 …

Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump’s 2020 election case after his presidential win
1 month, 2 weeks ago

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

Associated Press  

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 …

Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump’s 2020 election case after his presidential win
1 month, 2 weeks ago

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

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump, joined by his wife, Melania, and son Barron, arrives to speak at an election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Fla. 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 …

"Unprecedented circumstance": Smith seems to be giving up on Jan. 6 case against Trump
1 month, 2 weeks ago

"Unprecedented circumstance": Smith seems to be giving up on Jan. 6 case against Trump

Salon  

Special Counsel Jack Smith appears to be giving up on a prosecution against President-elect Donald Trump over his alleged role in a plot to subvert the results of the 2020 election. In a Friday filing to Judge Tanya Chutkan, Smith’s office asked that the court vacate future scheduled proceedings “to afford the government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and …

As Trump grasps unprecedented power, the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity looms large
1 month, 2 weeks ago

As Trump grasps unprecedented power, the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity looms large

CNN  

CNN — The roiling debate over the strength of democratic restraints to keep Donald Trump in check when he returns to the White House in January has put a renewed focus on a divisive Supreme Court ruling that some fear could enable his worst impulses. Taken together, the political and legal alignment will usher Trump into a second term with …

'No legal impediment' to Trump being sentenced in hush money case: ex-prosecutor
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'No legal impediment' to Trump being sentenced in hush money case: ex-prosecutor

Raw Story  

Donald Trump is set to be sentenced in New York on Nov. 26, and legal analysts wonder how Judge Juan Merchan will proceed. Just a few weeks ago, one group of legal experts on the "Jack" podcast suggested that Merchan could issue a jail sentence but suspend it until Trump leaves office. Legal analyst Harry Litman told MSNBC on Thursday …

"He now has immunity": Expert warns second term Trump can do "awful lot" without fear of prosecution
1 month, 2 weeks ago

"He now has immunity": Expert warns second term Trump can do "awful lot" without fear of prosecution

Salon  

President-elect Donald Trump projected victory on Tuesday left the legal cases in jeopardy as he prepares to take office. Smith's case against Trump in D.C., accusing him of attempting to subvert President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory and obstruct Congress' certification of the results on Jan. 6, 2021, was dealt a heavy blow in July when the Supreme Court ruled …

Smith seeking to end cases against Trump following election win: report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Smith seeking to end cases against Trump following election win: report

Salon  

Special Counsel Jack Smith is looking to wrap up his cases against Donald Trump following Trump's presidential election victory on Tuesday, per a report from ABC News. Smith has spent years building two cases against the president-elect, claiming that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election and illegally kept classified documents in his home at Mar-a-Lago. Those cases had to …

President-elect Trump widely expected to shut down legal cases against him
1 month, 2 weeks ago

President-elect Trump widely expected to shut down legal cases against him

Salon  

Once President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House next year, he will have the power to summarily dismiss the the remaining legal cases arrayed against him — and has said he would use that power. With control of the Justice Department, Trump can fire special counsel Jack Smith, who is managing two federal cases against Trump: one regarding the then-president's …

Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win

LA Times  

Donald Trump speaks after voting on at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center on Tuesday in Palm Beach, Fla. Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump before the president-elect takes office in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted, a person familiar with …

Trump trials: The former president's comments about Jack Smith are getting increasingly unhinged.
54 years, 11 months ago

Trump trials: The former president's comments about Jack Smith are getting increasingly unhinged.

Slate  

Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts in the New York hush money case—but there’s a lengthy appeals process ahead. Meanwhile, the former president’s attorneys were busy filing a new motion to dismiss Smith’s election interference case, using the same argument that successfully killed the classified documents case. Jack Smith should be considered mentally deranged and he should …

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

Jack Smith plays his hand
2 months ago

Jack Smith plays his hand

Salon  

In this election year, with four criminal cases pending against him, Donald Trump’s lawyers have implemented full-scale delaying tactics for both legal and political reasons. Special counsel Jack Smith, meanwhile, is taking the cards he was dealt and it appears his latest legal effort could bypass the Supreme Court’s transformational immunity ruling. Trump’s Delays Meet Smith Motion for Immunity Determinations …

This Could Have Been A Year Of A Federal Court Reckoning For Trump. Judges Had Other Ideas.
2 months, 1 week ago

This Could Have Been A Year Of A Federal Court Reckoning For Trump. Judges Had Other Ideas.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The indictment charging Donald Trump with hoarding classified documents leveled one jaw-dropping allegation after another, including that he showed off a secret Pentagon attack plan to guests at his golf club and suggested his lawyer misled the FBI about the presence of the White House records. If Trump loses to Democrat Kamala Harris, he is …

Judge Chutkan approves release of Trump Jan. 6 documents that could reveal more damning testimony
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge Chutkan approves release of Trump Jan. 6 documents that could reveal more damning testimony

Salon  

Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, the federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's Jan. 6 case, issued an order Thursday approving the release of redacted source documents that provided special counsel Jack Smith with potentially incriminating material on the former president's attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The documents consist of a four-part appendix listing the sources of the quotes Smith used in …

Chief justice ‘shaken’ by 'adverse' reaction to Trump's near-total immunity: report
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Chief justice ‘shaken’ by 'adverse' reaction to Trump's near-total immunity: report

Raw Story  

Last year, when Donald Trump’s attorneys declared he had “total immunity” from prosecution, many in the legal community scoffed. “Minority Leader Mitch McConnell noted this just moments after voting to acquit Trump, saying the courts are the proper forum for holding the former president accountable for his role in the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump …

Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from Elon Musk’s X platform over warrant in Trump case
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from Elon Musk’s X platform over warrant in Trump case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from the social media platform X over a search warrant prosecutors obtained in the election-interference case against former President Donald Trump. The company, known as Twitter before it was purchased by billionaire Elon Musk, says a nondisclosure order that blocked it from telling Trump about the warrant obtained …

Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court

Slate  

It’s rare to simultaneously feel red-hot anger and wistfulness, especially when merely reading a document. But those are exactly the emotions that washed over me when I read the redacted version of special counsel Jack Smith’s brief reciting in detail the evidence against Donald Trump for attempting to subvert the 2020 election. The anger is at the Supreme Court for …

Jack Smith hits back as massive new filing unsealed in Trump's election interference case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Jack Smith hits back as massive new filing unsealed in Trump's election interference case

Raw Story  

A massive filing that reportedly contains new evidence against former President Donald Trump just became public, court records show. Special counsel Jack Smith's 165-page document details the state of his federal election interference case against the Republican presidential nominee after the Supreme Court changed the game and ruled Trump enjoyed partial presidential immunity in the case. Judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed …

How a Judge Will Weigh Immunity in Trump’s Jan. 6 Case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How a Judge Will Weigh Immunity in Trump’s Jan. 6 Case

New York Times  

How a Judge Will Weigh Immunity in Trump’s Jan. 6 Case In the next few months, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan will face what she herself recently called “a uniquely challenging” task. Immune Yes No Immune Not immune Vivian Li/The New York Times If Mr. Trump undertook a specific action in his private capacity as a candidate for office, rather than …

'Buckle up': Experts say Trump just filed pivotal objection in election interference case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

'Buckle up': Experts say Trump just filed pivotal objection in election interference case

Raw Story  

Donald Trump just delivered a slew of objections over new evidence special counsel Jack Smith wants to appear on the public docket and that the former president's attorneys hope to hide, according to court records and legal analyses. Trump filed to Washington D.C. federal court Tuesday a seven-page response to a new 180 page document that could contain new evidence …

Jack Smith Is Trying to Offer the Public His Evidence Against Trump
54 years, 11 months ago

Jack Smith Is Trying to Offer the Public His Evidence Against Trump

Slate  

Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts in the New York hush money case—but there’s a lengthy appeals process ahead. Special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump took a major step last week when Smith submitted a court filing that argues the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision should not prevent the former president from facing …

Revealed: Jack Smith's new Trump evidence could reach the public before election
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Revealed: Jack Smith's new Trump evidence could reach the public before election

Raw Story  

New evidence in former President Donald Trump's criminal election interference case could be revealed to the public as soon as mid-October, according to a new analysis of court records. Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday filed an order setting the timetable for Trump's attorneys to object to any new information revealed in a 180-page summary of Smith's case filed under seal …

Trump team files opposition to special counsel in D.C. election subversion case
3 months ago

Trump team files opposition to special counsel in D.C. election subversion case

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's lawyer is opposing special counsel Jack Smith's request to a federal judge in Washington, D.C. that they be able to file an extensive briefing on the 2020 election criminal case. "The Court does not need 180 pages of 'great assistance' from the Special Counsel’s Office to develop the record," Trump's team rebutted, according to CBS News reporter Scott …

Trump trials: Trump's lawyers just won't take no for an answer in the Jan. 6 case.
54 years, 11 months ago

Trump trials: Trump's lawyers just won't take no for an answer in the Jan. 6 case.

Slate  

Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts in the New York hush money case—but there’s a lengthy appeals process ahead. Last week, Trump’s defense filed more court documents seeking to dismiss the election interference case and stall the classified documents appeals process. Trump Pushes to Dismiss the Jan. 6 Case In a court filing that was meant to …

Leaked memo reveals Justice Roberts’ role in shaping bombshell Trump immunity ruling
3 months, 1 week ago

Leaked memo reveals Justice Roberts’ role in shaping bombshell Trump immunity ruling

Raw Story  

Progressive legal expert Elie Mystal, in his blistering condemnation of the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial 6-3 immunity ruling in Trump v. the United States, has made a major distinction between "qualified immunity" and "absolute immunity." Salon's Nicholas Liu explains, "John Roberts, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, on February 22, issued a memo to his colleagues urging them not …

Harris Ties Trump To Mark Robinson After Bombshell Report On Porn Forum Comments: Live Updates
3 months, 1 week ago

Harris Ties Trump To Mark Robinson After Bombshell Report On Porn Forum Comments: Live Updates

Huff Post  

Just ahead of a 5 p.m. deadline Monday, lawyers defending Donald Trump in his Jan. 6 election subversion case urged a federal judge to reject special counsel Jack Smith’s request to file a 180-page opening brief on presidential immunity, calling it a “monstrosity” and suggesting it would be akin to election interference if permitted. This, Smith reasoned, was due to …

Huge Supreme Court docs leak exposes chief justice meddling in Trump's January 6 and election cases - read his memos
3 months, 1 week ago

Huge Supreme Court docs leak exposes chief justice meddling in Trump's January 6 and election cases - read his memos

Daily Mail  

Chief Justice John Roberts strong-armed his fellow Supreme Court judges into allowing him the key role in cases involving Donald Trump, leaked memos reveal. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts with Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor The court's decision on presidential immunity was a hammer blow to judicial attempts at prosecuting Donald Trump over his role in the January 6 attack …

Trump trials: Jack Smith's federal election interference trial comes back to life.
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump trials: Jack Smith's federal election interference trial comes back to life.

Slate  

Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts in the New York hush money case—but there’s a lengthy appeals process ahead. Donald Trump will not be sentenced for his 34 felony counts in the New York hush money case before November’s presidential election, the judge in that case announced on Friday. Over in D.C., the judge in special counsel …

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