'Complete empty promise': Trump's threats against prosecutors face serious legal challenge
3 days, 23 hours 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 to two sources familiar with the president-elect's legal team, and he also holds grudges against prosecutors J.P. Cooney and Molly Gaston, who worked in the DOJ’s Public Integrity Section, reported NOTUS. Trump's legal team complained during the Mar-a-Lago investigation that prosecutors weren't playing fair and resented their aggressive pursuit of the case, and they remain bitter that trial-level prosecutors eagerly pursued a case against the former president – even if they concede their motives were personal and not political. This is a big case, one of the biggest in our country’s history.” Trump insists he will not direct his Department of Justice to conduct investigations against specific individuals, his attorney general nominee Pam Bondi has already threatened retribution and he has nominated two of his defense attorneys, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, who have accused special counsel Jack Smith's team of misconduct, to oversee some of those same career prosecutors. However, a former federal prosecutor who investigated Trump in the Manhattan district attorney's office said prosecutors enjoy many protections against being charged with crimes.

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'Must not be ignored': Ex-prosecutor highlights GOP ploy that's 'not even close to normal'
1 day, 11 hours ago

'Must not be ignored': Ex-prosecutor highlights GOP ploy that's 'not even close to normal'

Raw Story  

Will a political prosecution of former former Rep. Liz Cheney be successful? "No dice," says one former prosecutor who warns that the threat still shouldn't be ignored. Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig swiftly poured cold water on House Republicans’ claims that former Rep. Liz Cheney broke the law for her work on the Jan. 6 committee – and suggested that …

'No better way to construct a criminal state': Experts flag alarming Trump moves
1 week, 5 days ago

'No better way to construct a criminal state': Experts flag alarming Trump moves

Raw Story  

Donald Trump has appointed a noteworthy coterie of convicted and accused criminals to serve in his second presidency in what a pair of experts warned was an alarming signal about his intentions. Political scientists Austin Sarat and Tom Dumm wrote a column for Salon stating the significance of Trump adding others who've served prison terms or been accused of crimes …

Trump's plan for retribution against DOJ prosecutors gets GOP senator's backing: analyst
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Trump's plan for retribution against DOJ prosecutors gets GOP senator's backing: analyst

Raw Story  

Donald Trump is reportedly planning to go after the career prosecutors who worked under special counsel Jack Smith in the two federal cases against him — which legal experts have called a gross violation of precedent. Sen. Eric Schmitt said on last weekend's "Meet the Press," that "First and foremost, the people involved with this should be fired immediately," and …

'Deep state' DOJ lawyers 'steeling themselves for confrontations' with Trump: report
3 weeks, 5 days ago

'Deep state' DOJ lawyers 'steeling themselves for confrontations' with Trump: report

Raw Story  

Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher has been talking with career attorneys at the United States Department of Justice and has found that they are determined to stay on the job despite threats from President-elect Donald Trump and his allies. According to Fisher, these lawyers know that the second Trump administration will likely be even more hostile to them than the …

How Trump’s bet on voters electing him managed to silence some of his legal woes
3 weeks, 5 days 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
3 weeks, 5 days 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
3 weeks, 6 days 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
3 weeks, 6 days 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 …

New York prosecutors say they will oppose dismissing Trump’s hush money conviction
1 month 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 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
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1 month, 1 week 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 …

'That doesn't matter!' CNN Republican buried for insisting election should end Trump cases
1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

Little can stop Trump from prosecuting his perceived enemies
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Little can stop Trump from prosecuting his perceived enemies

LA Times  

President Nixon with transcripts of White House tapes after he announced that he would turn them over to House impeachment investigators in 1974. It will be the opposite of the department’s proud aspiration to do “justice without fear or favor.” Moreover, Trump has said he will rely on the Supreme Court’s immunity opinion to provide full cover against any legal …

"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 …

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

Here’s what the election results mean for Trump’s legal problems
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Here’s what the election results mean for Trump’s legal problems

Raw Story  

Now that President elect Donald Trump has emerged victorious in the 2024 election, Politico has done a rundown of what it means for the multiple criminal charges that have been leveled against him. In short, Politico finds that Trump "is now his own judge and jury, insulated from the criminal consequences he might have faced without the legal force field …

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 promised to get revenge. Here are his targets.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump promised to get revenge. Here are his targets.

Politico  

Cheney angered Trump while serving as vice chair of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Last year, Trump reposted a social media message from conservative talk show host Mark Levin saying Smith “must go to prison.” In August, Trump reposted a message calling “Jackal Smith … a career criminal” and saying he …

Election 2024: Why Trump is on the verge of the presidency, and not in jail.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Election 2024: Why Trump is on the verge of the presidency, and not in jail.

Slate  

Slate takes final stock of just how Not Normal this election was. I’ve ping-ponged between these two perspectives, but on the eve of this election, I think I figured out the answer: Over and over again the systems tasked with protecting the public from a dangerous criminal like Donald Trump opted for the route of appeasement, which is a big …

Trump has made more than 100 threats to prosecute or punish perceived enemies
2 months ago

Trump has made more than 100 threats to prosecute or punish perceived enemies

NPR  

Trump has made more than 100 threats to prosecute or punish perceived enemies toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images With just two weeks remaining until the presidential election, former President Donald Trump has used his most recent appearances on podcast and cable interviews to escalate attacks on fellow Americans whom he calls “the enemy from within.” In one recent interview, Trump …

Trump asks Judge Tanya Chutkan to halt release of trial evidence until after election
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump asks Judge Tanya Chutkan to halt release of trial evidence until after election

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's lawyers went to court again to ask the judge not to reveal additional evidence against him as the election fast approaches. In a court filing posted on Thursday, Trump asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to keep any further evidence against him in the criminal case involving election interference under wraps from voters until after they go to the polls. …

'Overwhelming majority' of prosecutors 'alarmed' by Trump's potential DOJ impact: NYT
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Overwhelming majority' of prosecutors 'alarmed' by Trump's potential DOJ impact: NYT

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's promises to prosecute his enemies if he wins re-election have "alarmed" the vast majority of current and former prosecutors, according to a New York Times survey. "We contacted about 160 of these insiders, including every living U.S. attorney general and many of their top deputies, dozens of former U.S. attorneys, every White House counsel and a few retired …

Ex-Prosecutor Points Out 1 Crucial Thing Trump ‘Doesn’t Realize’ About His Rants
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-Prosecutor Points Out 1 Crucial Thing Trump ‘Doesn’t Realize’ About His Rants

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner thinks former president and current GOP nominee Donald Trump’s latest controversial comments about his myriad legal woes could come back to seriously haunt him. In a recent interview with Fox News’ Mark Levin, Trump declared: “Whoever heard you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election, where you have every right to …

US special counsel files new indictment against Trump in Jan 6 case
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US special counsel files new indictment against Trump in Jan 6 case

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-08-28 09:24 US former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump WASHINGTON - US Special Counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a new indictment in the federal criminal case against former president Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, following a Supreme Court decision that granted Trump sweeping immunity from prosecution for his "official" conduct as president. The …

Judge in Trump’s federal election subversion case rejects defense effort to dismiss the prosecution
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge in Trump’s federal election subversion case rejects defense effort to dismiss the prosecution

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The federal judge presiding over the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump rejected Saturday a defense effort to dismiss the indictment on claims that he was prosecuted for vindictive and political purposes. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is the first substantive order since the case was returned to her Friday following a landmark …

Judge in Trump’s federal election subversion case rejects defense effort to dismiss the prosecution
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge in Trump’s federal election subversion case rejects defense effort to dismiss the prosecution

LA Times  

Former President Trump attends a campaign rally at Georgia State University in Atlanta on Saturday. The federal judge presiding over the election subversion case against former President Trump has rejected a defense effort to dismiss the indictment on claims that he was prosecuted for vindictive and political purposes. The Saturday ruling from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is the first …

Trump is immune from prosecution for some acts in federal election case
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump is immune from prosecution for some acts in federal election case

Politico  

The opinion from Chief Justice John Roberts declared that former presidents have “absolute” immunity from criminal prosecution over actions that fall within their “core constitutional powers.” “There is no immunity,” Roberts wrote, for “unofficial acts.” Trump immediately rejoiced at the decision. That nuance leaves open the question of whether Trump’s interactions with then-Vice President Mike Pence in the lead-up to …

Trump Immunity Ruling Invites Presidents to Commit Crimes
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Immunity Ruling Invites Presidents to Commit Crimes

Bloomberg  

The Supreme Court, in perhaps its most consequential decision about the powers and parameters of the US presidency, ruled on Monday that Donald Trump cannot be tried in a criminal court for any “actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority” while serving in the White House. The most direct result of the ruling is that Trump, a twice-impeached convicted …

Defense lawyers blast 'two-tiered system of justice' after Trump given special treatment
6 months, 1 week ago

Defense lawyers blast 'two-tiered system of justice' after Trump given special treatment

Raw Story  

Several criminal defense organizations believe former President and convicted felon Donald Trump received cushy treatment. Various defense attorneys and legal advocacy groups cried foul following Trump's pre-sentencing interview, in which he was permitted to have attorney Todd Blanche present and allowed to virtually answer questions, rather than the more commonplace in-person conditions. The four New York City-based public-defender organizations said …

What Donald Trump’s criminal trial reveals about a potential second Trump administration
6 months, 2 weeks ago

What Donald Trump’s criminal trial reveals about a potential second Trump administration

Raw Story  

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. “Trump, Inc.” uncovered a lot, including unearthing Cohen’s dubious connections in 2018 and outlining how his role as Trump’s lawyer created a cloak of legal privilege that hid their interactions. Trump once told him, early in his time at the company, “You’re fired,” because McConney hadn’t made an effort to reduce Trump’s bills …

'Apocalyptic' Trump allies want no 'decency or restraint' in going after Democrats: report
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'Apocalyptic' Trump allies want no 'decency or restraint' in going after Democrats: report

Raw Story  

Republicans are out for blood over former President Donald Trump's criminal conviction for falsification of business records in New York — and are plotting revenge fantasies. Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller laid out his vision clearly: “Is every House committee controlled by Republicans using its subpoena power in every way it needs to right now?. Every facet of Republican Party …

Steve Bannon reveals Trump plans to prosecute his enemies one by one
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Steve Bannon reveals Trump plans to prosecute his enemies one by one

Raw Story  

Donald Trump frequently muses about prosecuting his enemies at rallies, during interviews and in social media posts, and his former chief strategist Steve Bannon revealed his allies are scheming to carry out those threats. If the recently convicted ex-president wins re-election, his top supporters will urge him to target Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg and his other perceived political enemies …

Republicans Join Trump's Attacks On Justice System And Campaign Of Vengeance After Guilty Verdict
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans Join Trump's Attacks On Justice System And Campaign Of Vengeance After Guilty Verdict

Huff Post  

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy listen as former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives to attend his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 14, 2024. And those Republicans who expressed doubts about Trump’s …

Attorney Blanche's two 'crucial errors' led to Trump's 34-count conviction: prosecutor
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Attorney Blanche's two 'crucial errors' led to Trump's 34-count conviction: prosecutor

Raw Story  

During an appearance on. MSNBC's "Way Too Early," State Attorney for Palm Beach County Dave Aronberg claimed Donald Trump's lead attorney Todd Blanche, needs to shoulder a major part of the blame for the former president's conviction on 34 felonies on Thursday. Speaking with host Johnathan Lemire and MSNBC regular Katty Kay, the prosecutor highlighted what he called two flubs …

Judge denies request to restrict Trump statements about law enforcement in classified records case
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge denies request to restrict Trump statements about law enforcement in classified records case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida on Tuesday denied prosecutors’ request to bar the former president from making public statements that could endanger law enforcement agents participating in the prosecution. Cannon has chided prosecutors both in hearings and in court papers over a number of matters, including telling Smith’s team during one hearing that …

Trump trial reaches its end game
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump trial reaches its end game

Raw Story  

NEW YORK — The historic trial of Donald Trump enters its final act Tuesday, with closing arguments to the jury who must then decide whether to hand down the first ever criminal conviction of a former U.S. president. Speaking to reporters before and after each day in court, Trump launched regular tirades against Judge Juan Merchan — calling him "corrupt" …

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution. The request to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon follows a distorted claim by Trump earlier this week that the …

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from making statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from making statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case

LA Times  

Prosecutors asked the judge to curb Donald Trump’s communications after he issued distorted and false statements about the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022. Federal prosecutors Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” …

Column: The Trump prosecution has a Michael Cohen problem — and a plan to solve it
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: The Trump prosecution has a Michael Cohen problem — and a plan to solve it

LA Times  

Since the opening of the Donald Trump’s New York trial — when the former president’s counsel told the jury that the prosecution’s star witness “cannot be trusted” — the defense has telegraphed its principal strategy: Eviscerate Michael Cohen. But before the jury has even heard from Trump’s bête noire, the prosecution has made great strides to neutralize any plan to …

Trump criminal trial: How the former president’s tendency to act like a mob boss is being revealed.
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump criminal trial: How the former president’s tendency to act like a mob boss is being revealed.

Slate  

Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial here. In previous testimony in Trump’s civil fraud trial, Cohen described Trump as directing his minions much like a “mob boss.” Daniels has asserted that she and her daughter were threatened to keep quiet about her affair with Trump as far back in 2011, by someone she said she assumed …

Trump’s Manhattan trial could determine whether rule of law survives: criminologist
7 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Trump Makes His Final Case To Supreme Court To Avoid Prosecution For His Coup Attempt
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump Makes His Final Case To Supreme Court To Avoid Prosecution For His Coup Attempt

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Donald Trump makes his final case Thursday for why he should not be criminally prosecuted for his coup attempt, as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on his claims of “absolute immunity” for actions he took while president. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leaves the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York on April …

Trump warned to 'cut his losses' and seek a hush money plea deal before it's too late
8 months ago

Trump warned to 'cut his losses' and seek a hush money plea deal before it's too late

Raw Story  

As Donald Trump's hush-money trial kicks into its second day with a hearing on his apparent violation of Judge Juan Merchan's gag order, a former Department of Justice prosecutor suggested the embattled ex-president read the writing on the wall and seek a plea deal. In an interview with Salon's Chauncey DeVega, attorney Kenneth McCallion, who investigated Trump for racketeering, stated …

'This is a threat': Legal experts shred Trump's latest plea for full presidential immunity
8 months ago

'This is a threat': Legal experts shred Trump's latest plea for full presidential immunity

Raw Story  

Donald Trump on Saturday posted seven pages of social media rants about how he is "entitled" to full presidential immunity from all criminal charges, causing legal experts and political onlookers to rage over the messages. "IF THEY TAKE AWAY MY PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY, THEY TAKE AWAY CROOKED JOE BIDEN’S PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY," Trump wrote in the first post on the subject Saturday. …

Trump attacks judge and prosecutors in his hush money case in last rally before trial
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump attacks judge and prosecutors in his hush money case in last rally before trial

NPR  

Trump attacks judge and prosecutors in his hush money case in last rally before trial Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Lamberti/AP Joe Lamberti/AP SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday lit into New York prosecutors and the criminal hush money case they brought against him during his last rally before what he called a "communist show trial" …

Trump is already 'planning for a potential conviction' with latest moves: legal expert
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump is already 'planning for a potential conviction' with latest moves: legal expert

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump already understands the legal threat posed by the criminal hush money trial set to begin in Manhattan next week, said former January 6 investigator Temidayo Aganga-Williams on CNN Friday evening. The trial centers on the allegation that the former president effectively interfered in the 2016 election by using a secret hush payment to adult film star …

Trump is going 'down in flames' when 'powerful' evidence hits at trial: ex-prosecutor
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump is going 'down in flames' when 'powerful' evidence hits at trial: ex-prosecutor

Raw Story  

Donald Trump is going to quickly realize that all the tricks he's used to survive politically are not going to help him get out of a criminal trial, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Friday. "Oh, I expect we're going to see a very professional, very compelling presentation of the government's case in chief, the evidence …

A criminologist explains why Trump’s Manhattan trial is the biggest threat to his freedom
8 months, 1 week ago

A criminologist explains why Trump’s Manhattan trial is the biggest threat to his freedom

Raw Story  

Donald Trump has always been terrified by the thought of going to prison. Second, unlike Trump’s three other criminal cases I cannot imagine any judge sentencing a former president to prison for the Manhattan crimes. Up to now most thinking people have supposed that the Manhattan trial would be the least significant of the four criminal trials Trump is facing …

Trump is going on trial in New York today. Here’s what to expect
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump is going on trial in New York today. Here’s what to expect

LA Times  

The first criminal prosecution of a former president in American history begins Monday as Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, stands trial in New York. The trial is over whether Trump falsified business records to cover up a $130,000 payment his lawyer Michael Cohen made in the final days of the 2016 campaign to adult film actor Stormy Daniels …

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