Trump’s Manhattan trial could determine whether rule of law survives: criminologist
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s Manhattan trial could determine whether rule of law survives: criminologist

Raw Story  

Now that the Supreme Court appears to be agreeing, at least in part, with former President Donald Trump in his un-American quest for unlimited presidential impunity, the threat to American democracy just got worse. Until the first criminal trial of Trump began two weeks ago — a case that could have been prosecuted and tried some two years ago according to the account of insider lawyer Mark Pomerantz — the United States was among those nations worldwide that had never charged or prosecuted a former president. Unless one counts the United States v. Jefferson Davis, when former Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis faced treason, Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan is unique in presidential history. At this historical moment, what could be the one and only criminal trial of a former president with the full benefits of due process and equal protection under the law has become critical to the very survival of the rule of law in this nation — especially should Trump return to the White House in 2025. Of equal importance, each of the other criminal trials — should they come to fruition, especially before Election Day — will also demonstrate why the former president’s guilt or innocence cannot be left to the majority of the Supreme Court’s justices, three of whom Trump nominated, and a fourth “on the take” justice whose wife is also a MAGA activist.

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Trump asks Supreme Court to block his sentencing in New York criminal case
3 days, 11 hours ago

Trump asks Supreme Court to block his sentencing in New York criminal case

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a New York judge from sentencing him Friday over his felony conviction in a hush money case. The justices “should order an immediate stay of criminal proceedings against President Trump in the New York trial court, including but not limited to the criminal sentencing hearing scheduled for January 10, …

Hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions are in limbo as a DC court awaits Trump’s White House return
4 days, 23 hours ago

Hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions are in limbo as a DC court awaits Trump’s White House return

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It’s the largest prosecution in Justice Department history — with reams of evidence, harrowing videos and hundreds of convictions of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Jan. 6 trials, guilty pleas and sentencings have continued chugging along in Washington’s federal court despite Trump’s promise to pardon rioters, whom he has called “political prisoners” …

Opinion: The election shredded the rule of law
5 days, 11 hours ago

Opinion: The election shredded the rule of law

LA Times  

Being elected president truly is a get-out-of-jail-free card for Donald Trump, but the greater concern should be for what this means for the rule of law in this country. On Friday, New York Judge Juan M. Merchan upheld Trump’s 34 felony convictions for falsifying business records. Merchan set sentencing for Friday, Jan. 10, and indicated that he would likely take …

Judge rules president-elect Donald Trump must be sentenced in 'hush money' trial
1 week ago

Judge rules president-elect Donald Trump must be sentenced in 'hush money' trial

ABC  

A judge has ruled president-elect Donald Trump must be sentenced on January 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving "hush money" paid to an adult film actress, adding that he is not inclined to impose a jail sentence. Donald Trump found guilty in criminal 'hush money' trial Photo shows Donald Trump in court The …

'Complete empty promise': Trump's threats against prosecutors face serious legal challenge
3 weeks, 1 day ago

'Complete empty promise': Trump's threats against prosecutors face serious legal challenge

Raw Story  

It's no secret that Donald Trump would like to punish the prosecutors who went after him, but legal experts say there are some limits to what he can do to them. Trump and his team are looking for retribution specifically against Jay Bratt, the counterintelligence chief within the Justice Department's national security division, and possibly his deputy Julie Edelstein, according …

'Grave juror misconduct': Trump lawyers mount new bid to dismiss hush money case
3 weeks, 3 days ago

'Grave juror misconduct': Trump lawyers mount new bid to dismiss hush money case

Raw Story  

Lawyers for Donald Trump now say they’ve uncovered evidence of “grave juror misconduct” in their continued push to shed the incoming president of his 34 felony convictions in New York state court, according to reports. Although details of the juror misconduct references remain murky, attorneys for Trump said they wrote a letter to Judge Juan Merchan after being contacted by …

A criminal trial while in office? Will Trump's hush money conviction stand?
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

A criminal trial while in office? Will Trump's hush money conviction stand?

Firstpost  

Donald Trump has lost a bid to dismiss his hush money conviction, as a Manhattan judge ruled that the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision does not apply to this case. The ruling keeps the legal drama alive as Trump, now elected for a second term, faces the unprecedented situation of a criminal conviction while in office Former US President Donald …

Trump dealt major blow in bid to quash hush money convictions before inauguration
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Trump dealt major blow in bid to quash hush money convictions before inauguration

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump’s race to shed himself of the criminal convictions he’s racked up in the four years since leaving the White House hit a roadblock Monday when a New York judge rejected his demand to let him off the hook in his fraud case involving hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. If the ruling survives Trump’s …

New York judge denies Trump's bid to throw out hush money conviction
Top News
3 weeks, 4 days ago

New York judge denies Trump's bid to throw out hush money conviction

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-17 14:13 FILE PHOTO: US President-elect Donald Trump, alongside his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media as he arrives for his criminal trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. NEW YORK -- A judge in New York denied on Monday US President-elect Donald …

New York judge denies Trump's bid to throw out hush money conviction
Top News
3 weeks, 4 days ago

New York judge denies Trump's bid to throw out hush money conviction

China Daily  

FILE PHOTO: US President-elect Donald Trump, alongside his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media as he arrives for his criminal trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. NEW YORK -- A judge in New York denied on Monday US President-elect Donald Trump's motion to throw out …

Manhattan DA urges judge not to toss out guilty verdict in Trump hush money case
1 month ago

Manhattan DA urges judge not to toss out guilty verdict in Trump hush money case

Politico  

Trump was found guilty in May of 34 felonies for falsifying business records related to a hush money scheme that covered up a potential sex scandal in the final days of the 2016 presidential campaign. “Even after the inauguration, defendant’s temporary immunity as the sitting President will still not justify the extreme remedy of discarding the jury’s unanimous guilty verdict …

How Trump’s bet on voters electing him managed to silence some of his legal woes
1 month, 2 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 …

The Fatal Flaw That Doomed the Trump Trials
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Fatal Flaw That Doomed the Trump Trials

Slate  

Last week, Donald Trump’s lawyers asked Justice Juan Merchan to dismiss the New York hush money case against him because he is—by dint of securing the presidency—now too big to sentence. This week on Amicus Plus, Dahlia Lithwick was joined by investigative reporter Andrea Bernstein, host of the Slate Plus series “The Law According to Trump,” and Slate’s jurisprudence editor, …

‘Lawyer up guys’: MAGA lawyer threatens Trump's prosecutors — with a specific statute
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Lawyer up guys’: MAGA lawyer threatens Trump's prosecutors — with a specific statute

Raw Story  

Right-wing lawyer Mike Davis upped his rhetoric against prosecutors who brought criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, even going as far as to suggest which charge he thinks Jack Smith and other prosecutors could face. Declaring that people who engaged in the filing of criminal charges against Trump “must face consequences,” Davis said a criminal probe under 18 …

Donald Trump's criminal prosecution for election subversion and mishandling documents to be discontinued
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump's criminal prosecution for election subversion and mishandling documents to be discontinued

ABC  

US prosecutors have decided to drop two criminal cases against president-elect Donald Trump. After Mr Smith's motions were filed on Monday, local time, Trump used social media to attack the cases as "empty and lawless" and say they "should never have been brought". Mr Smith's motion to dismiss the election interference case said the decision did "not turn on the …

We Know Who’s to Blame for Trump’s Evasion of Justice. It Isn’t Jack Smith.
55 years ago

We Know Who’s to Blame for Trump’s Evasion of Justice. It Isn’t Jack Smith.

Slate  

The six-page filing that special counsel Jack Smith submitted Monday is surely one of the strangest requests a federal prosecutor has ever had to make. Smith moved to dismiss charges against Donald Trump for election subversion, asking Judge Tanya Chutkan to toss out the case due to an “unprecedented circumstance”: The defendant has, of course, been reelected president. The filing …

New York prosecutors say they will oppose dismissing Trump’s hush money conviction
1 month, 3 weeks ago

New York prosecutors say they will oppose dismissing Trump’s hush money conviction

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump leaves Manhattan criminal court, where he was convicted of 34 felony counts in his hush money trial earlier this year. New York prosecutors said Tuesday they’ll oppose any effort to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump’s felony hush money conviction as his sentencing looms, but they expressed some openness to delaying the case until after his impending second term. …

Trump’s NY 'sentencing should proceed promptly': Ex-federal prosecutor
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s NY 'sentencing should proceed promptly': Ex-federal prosecutor

Raw Story  

As President-Elect Donald Trump and his attorneys seek to make the MAGA leader's legal cases disappear following his election victory, former federal prosecutor Randall Eliason makes the case for why Trump's New York hush money case sentencing should still move forward. "Out of an abundance of caution," Judge Juan "Merchan avoided a preelection sentencing that potentially could have influenced the …

What happens to Donald Trump’s criminal conviction? Here are a few ways it could go
Top News
1 month, 4 weeks ago

What happens to Donald Trump’s criminal conviction? Here are a few ways it could go

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s election victory created a profound conundrum for the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York. Trump’s lawyers are urging Merchan to act “in the interests of justice” and rip up the verdict, the first criminal conviction of a former and now future U.S. president. Grant Trump’s immunity claim Another way Merchan could get rid …

Court delays decision on sentencing Trump to November 19
Trending News
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Court delays decision on sentencing Trump to November 19

Hindustan Times  

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 court said Tuesday. Court delays decision on sentencing Trump to November 19 Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts in May after a jury found he had fraudulently manipulated business records to cover up an …

Judge to rule on throwing out Trump hush money conviction
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Judge to rule on throwing out Trump hush money conviction

Raw Story  

The judge in U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's New York criminal case will decide Tuesday whether to throw out his conviction, potentially handing him a major legal win as he prepares to take office again. Trump, due to be sentenced on November 26, may receive a reprieve if Judge Juan Merchan decides to dismiss the case following the Supreme Court's recent …

Donald Trump's Return to the Oval Office: What happens to his criminal cases?
2 months ago

Donald Trump's Return to the Oval Office: What happens to his criminal cases?

India Today  

Donald Trump is set to re-enter the White House as the 47th President of the United States, marking an extraordinary moment in American history. Trump’s criminal charges, which include a New York hush-money case, a federal case related to January 6, a classified documents case, and a Georgia election case, put the country in legally uncharted territory. As President-elect, Trump …

MAGA lawmaker pushes criminal prosecutions of 'Judge Merchan and his daughter'
2 months ago

MAGA lawmaker pushes criminal prosecutions of 'Judge Merchan and his daughter'

Raw Story  

Reps. Anna Paulina Luna and Cory Mills floated possible criminal cases against special counsel Jack Smith, Judge Juan Merchan and his daughter, Democratic fundraiser Loren Merchan, over prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump. During a segment on Fox News on Sunday, host Maria Bartiromo wondered what would become of "the criminal cases brought forth by Biden's DOJ and Democrat state prosecutors …

'That doesn't matter!' CNN Republican buried for insisting election should end Trump cases
2 months ago

'That doesn't matter!' CNN Republican buried for insisting election should end Trump cases

Raw Story  

Other CNN panelists pounced on a Republican strategist who argued that Donald Trump's felony convictions should vanish after he won a second term as president. Trump is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 26 for his convictions on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, and he remains liable …

Trump elected president: What happens to the court cases against him?
Trending News
2 months ago

Trump elected president: What happens to the court cases against him?

Al Jazeera  

From January 6 to Stormy Daniels, can Trump now expect presidential immunity from charges? As Trump prepares to be sworn into office in January, here are the main charge sheets that could now be hidden away at the back of a dusty drawer in the Oval Office: Federal charges Trump faces two separate federal cases over his alleged interference in …

Donald Trump is the first convicted felon to be president of the United States and his re-election could thwart further criminal cases against him
2 months ago

Donald Trump is the first convicted felon to be president of the United States and his re-election could thwart further criminal cases against him

ABC  

President-elect Donald Trump's audacious comeback to the White House has been history-making in more ways than one. Trump's legal team has argued that much of the evidence used in the hush money trial should be thrown out since the Supreme Court expanded the scope of presidential immunity. Two federal cases in Washington DC and Florida The greatest impact of Trump's …

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

What will happen to Donald Trump's four criminal cases now he's been re-elected?
Trending News
2 months ago

What will happen to Donald Trump's four criminal cases now he's been re-elected?

Daily Mail  

As Donald Trump celebrates a crushing victory in the presidential elections he is also in the unlikely position of facing four criminal court cases. Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6, 2024 Conviction in Stormy Daniels 'hush …

'Colossal injustice': CNN legal expert gives update on status of Trump criminal cases
Trending News
2 months ago

'Colossal injustice': CNN legal expert gives update on status of Trump criminal cases

Raw Story  

Donald Trump won a second term in office despite four criminal indictments, 34 felony convictions and hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties, and CNN's Elie Honig explained how his election win would affect those legal cases. The president-elect is due to be sentenced later this month for falsifying business records related to his hush money payment to adult film …

Donald Trump is back as president: What happens to the criminal, civil cases against him?
2 months ago

Donald Trump is back as president: What happens to the criminal, civil cases against him?

Firstpost  

Donald Trump has returned to the White House despite facing multiple criminal charges in both federal and state courts. With four major prosecutions ranging from election interference to classified documents, Trump’s re-election raises questions about how his legal cases will progress The mugshot of Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump is displayed on screens at a campaign …

What happens now that a convicted felon has won the presidency?
2 months ago

What happens now that a convicted felon has won the presidency?

The Independent  

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What's Next For Donald Trump’s Criminal Cases
2 months 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 …

Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win
Trending News
2 months 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 …

For Trump, It’s Either The White House Or The Big House
2 months ago

For Trump, It’s Either The White House Or The Big House

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― For Donald Trump, Tuesday’s election has come to this: It’s either the White House or the Big House. Both of them,” said Ty Cobb, a former Trump White House lawyer and onetime federal prosecutor who thinks his old boss deserves prison time. Trump, in contrast, already faces three active criminal cases against him: in state …

Donald Trump's freedom probably depends on the election outcome
2 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump's freedom probably depends on the election outcome

LA Times  

Former President Trump, seen in a Manhattan courtroom in May 2024, can count on a lot more time at the defense table if he loses the 2024 presidential election. But the new leadership would be nearly certain to retain special counsel Jack Smith, who has earned high marks for his aggressive pursuit of Trump’s alleged federal crimes. But Trump got …

'He is in serious jeopardy': Legal expert warns Trump his back is against the wall
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'He is in serious jeopardy': Legal expert warns Trump his back is against the wall

Raw Story  

Should Donald Trump fail a second time to be re-elected he faces the very real possibility of jail time and massive financial penalties due to the sheer volume of criminal cases and civil lawsuits that are on hold until after the election. That is the opinion of Syracuse University law professor Greg Germain who explained in an interview with Newsweek …

Trump trials: Here's what was in the evidence document Trump really didn't want unsealed.
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump trials: Here's what was in the evidence document Trump really didn't want unsealed.

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. Referring to Justin Clark, a former Trump lawyer, Pence noted: “I will never forget the look on Justin’s face when Giuliani told the president over the speakerphone, ‘Your lawyers are not telling you the truth, Mr. President.’ ” …

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

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump’s criminal trials: where do they stand now?
4 months ago

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump’s criminal trials: where do they stand now?

The Hindu  

The year 2024 was set to be a judicial minefield for Donald Trump, with some thinking the former president could be behind bars before the November 5 presidential election. Challenging the 2020 election results Donald Trump faces federal charges for his illegal attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 election won by US President Joe Biden. However, the case …

Trump gets criminal sentencing delayed till after presidential election
4 months ago

Trump gets criminal sentencing delayed till after presidential election

NPR  

Trump gets criminal sentencing delayed till after presidential election toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images A New York judge on Friday delayed the sentencing in a criminal case against former President Donald Trump in order to ensure the court is seen as politically impartial. Trump’s lawyers say the Supreme Court decision means his case, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, …

Opinion: Donald Trump is a five-time loser with grand juries
4 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Donald Trump is a five-time loser with grand juries

LA Times  

By now, two months before the presidential election, we voters ought to have seen a verdict in the federal criminal case against the three-time Republican nominee accused of conspiring to overturn the result of the previous contest. Its right-wing super-majority — half of whom were selected by Trump, and two of whom should have recused themselves — dallied for half …

Trump reveals he'll bring BACK the federal death penalty and expand it to cover these sick crimes... do you agree?
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump reveals he'll bring BACK the federal death penalty and expand it to cover these sick crimes... do you agree?

Daily Mail  

Donald Trump says he will end the Justice Department moratorium on executions on his first day in office, and use the full force of the law to go after major drug dealers and cop killers. And in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Trump laid out more details of his crime-fighting agenda starting with whether he would reverse the Biden-Harris administration's …

Trump lawyers ask New York judge to delay felony sentencing until after the election
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump lawyers ask New York judge to delay felony sentencing until after the election

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's attorneys have asked for a Manhattan judge to delay his sentencing until after the November election. Attorneys for the former president and current Republican nominee wrote a letter to the court dated Wednesday pointing out that the Sept. 18 sentencing date was scheduled to take place after the start of early voting, and they argued that Trump did …

Criminologist explains why remaining Trump cases may never go to trial
5 months, 1 week ago

Criminologist explains why remaining Trump cases may never go to trial

Raw Story  

Over the course of the past year, the relationships between law, politics and justice in our contemporary democratic republic have been torn open. One might argue that in the interim, Trump’s criminal justice and substantive crimes have been hijacked from the American people by the Supreme Court, which this year granted Trump significant presidential immunity rights. Anyone who believes no …

In "devastating" brief, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg says Trump's felony convictions should be upheld
5 months, 2 weeks ago

In "devastating" brief, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg says Trump's felony convictions should be upheld

Salon  

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is urging Judge Juan Merchan to reject Donald Trump's appeal of his hush money conviction, arguing that the former president's conduct is not protected by the Supreme Court granting him immunity for his official duties. "The criminal charges here, by contrast, exclusively stem from defendant's 'unofficial acts' — conduct for which 'there is no immunity," …

Manhattan DA tells judge to reject Trump’s attempt to toss his hush money verdict after ‘immunity’ ruling
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Manhattan DA tells judge to reject Trump’s attempt to toss his hush money verdict after ‘immunity’ ruling

The Independent  

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Opinion: Trump’s trials are turning all of us into legal scholars
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Trump’s trials are turning all of us into legal scholars

LA Times  

If Donald Trump is sentenced in a Manhattan courtroom in September for covering up hush-money payments to a porn star, it may bring closure of sorts to a chapter in American history. Let’s take Trump’s civil trials in Manhattan Federal Court in the defamation suits brought by E. Jean Carroll. We were even reminded that the law has not abandoned …

"Categorically inadmissible": Trump argues felony convictions are negated by SCOTUS immunity ruling
5 months, 4 weeks ago

"Categorically inadmissible": Trump argues felony convictions are negated by SCOTUS immunity ruling

Salon  

Donald Trump’s sentencing for his hush money conviction was supposed to be Thursday. In a 52-page filing, lawyers for the presumptive GOP nominee argued that the trail was “tainted” by evidence and testimony that's inadmissible after the recent Supreme Court ruling that grants presidential immunity for official acts, ABC News reported. The defense lawyers argued that the prosecutors in the …

When is Donald Trump’s sentencing on criminal charges in his hush money trial?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

When is Donald Trump’s sentencing on criminal charges in his hush money trial?

The Independent  

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Column: Will Trump’s conviction survive the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling? It’s complicated
6 months ago

Column: Will Trump’s conviction survive the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling? It’s complicated

LA Times  

It was only hours after the Supreme Court issued its staggering term-ending opinion on presidential immunity when Donald Trump invoked it in an attempt to set aside his criminal conviction in New York. The court’s reasoning here is particularly threadbare, simply asserting that allowing evidence of official actions would undo the protections of immunity, which the conservative majority considers necessary …

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