'The most critical piece': Jack Smith tells SCOTUS to reject Trump's immunity plea
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'The most critical piece': Jack Smith tells SCOTUS to reject Trump's immunity plea

Raw Story  

Special Counsel Jack Smith filed Monday his argument to the Supreme Court against Donald Trump's presidential immunity plea, court records show. Smith delivered a 66-page condemnation of the former president's claim that his actions between the 2020 presidential election and U.S. Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021, are beyond the reach of prosecution in the special counsel's federal election interference case. While Trump contends a president must enjoy absolute immunity to represent the nation as its commander in chief, Smith argues such power would undercut the fundamental structures of American democracy. Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance was among the first to spot the filing, and took particular interest in Smith's plea, buried in the outline of his argument.

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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 …

'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 …

'Completely immune': Trump seeks to have last criminal charges thrown out
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

'Completely immune': Trump seeks to have last criminal charges thrown out

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump could soon have one less thing to worry about as he prepares his return to the White House. In a filing on Wednesday, Trump’s legal team formally asked the Georgia Court of Appeals to toss the criminal charges against him in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' election subversion case, which has been on hold for several …

Trump asks Georgia court to toss his criminal charges
3 weeks ago

Trump asks Georgia court to toss his criminal charges

Politico  

It’s long been clear that a president can’t face federal criminal proceedings from his own Justice Department. Special counsel Jack Smith acknowledged that reality when he moved to drop his two criminal cases against Trump last month. Trump contends that constitutional principles and Supreme Court precedent “prevent state prosecutors from proceeding against the sitting president in any way.” But 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 …

We Know Who’s to Blame for Trump’s Evasion of Justice. It Isn’t Jack Smith.
54 years, 11 months 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 …

Jack Smith moves to dismiss charges against Trump in election interference and classified documents cases
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Jack Smith moves to dismiss charges against Trump in election interference and classified documents cases

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 Special counsel Jack Smith has announced that he will be …

Special counsel moves to abandon election meddling and classified data cases against Trump
1 month ago

Special counsel moves to abandon election meddling and classified data cases against Trump

LA Times  

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Trump in 2023 at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that the president-elect’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining …

Prosecutors move to dismiss Trump’s 2020 election, secret documents cases
1 month ago

Prosecutors move to dismiss Trump’s 2020 election, secret documents cases

Al Jazeera  

United States special counsel Jack Smith has moved to dismiss two criminal cases accusing President-elect Donald Trump of seeking to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling secret government documents. But there is a possibility that these charges could once again come up.” ‘Major victory’ In the election interference case, Trump, a Republican, was accused of conspiring to overturn the …

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

Jack Smith drops election subversion and classified documents cases against Trump
1 month ago

Jack Smith drops election subversion and classified documents cases against Trump

Salon  

Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a motion to drop his election subversion case and his classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump, CNN first reported Monday. Earlier this month, Smith requested more time from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has been overseeing the election interference case, to make a decision about how to proceed following Trump’s election on …

Trump allies call for DOJ to go after president-elect’s political enemies
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump allies call for DOJ to go after president-elect’s political enemies

Raw Story  

With the nomination of former congressman Matt Gaetz, a MAGA loyalist known for hyperbolic rhetorical attacks against Donald Trump’s enemies, to serve as attorney general, the president-elect appears to be eying the U.S. Justice Department as a cudgel against his political enemies. “There must be severe legal, political and financial consequences,” Davis said, after citing the FBI raid on Trump’s …

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 …

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 …

Special counsel Jack Smith takes first step to halt Trump prosecution
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Special counsel Jack Smith takes first step to halt Trump prosecution

Politico  

In a terse, one-page court filing, Smith acknowledged Trump’s victory Tuesday has upended the case, prompting prosecutors to ask for more time to determine how to proceed. In the filing, Assistant Special Counsel Molly Gaston said the Justice Department would provide a further update on the “result of its deliberations” on the case by Dec. 2. Smith’s filing came at …

"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 …

'Obvious' detail in Jack Smith's wind-down could spell trouble for Trump allies: expert
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Obvious' detail in Jack Smith's wind-down could spell trouble for Trump allies: expert

Raw Story  

A journalist known for her work in national security flagged a little-talked-about — but "fairly obvious" — detail amid reports that special counsel Jack Smith is winding down his election subversion cases against President-elect Donald Trump. That means if Smith's cases are finished, he will have to write a report, even as former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr and others …

Trump criminal cases brought by Jack Smith set to be closed before he enters White House
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump criminal cases brought by Jack Smith set to be closed before he enters White House

Daily Mail  

The two federal criminal cases against Donald Trump are likely to be wound down before he gets into the White House, according to reports hours after his crushing election victory over Kamala Harris. Trump still faces sentencing in the New York hush money trial next month and the election interference case in Georgia headed by District Attorney Fani Wills has …

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

The Independent  

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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 …

Special Counsel Jack Smith taking steps to wind down federal cases against Trump
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Special Counsel Jack Smith taking steps to wind down federal cases against Trump

NPR  

Special Counsel Jack Smith taking steps to wind down federal cases against Trump toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Donald Trump started this year fighting two federal prosecutions that threatened to send him to prison. With his resounding victory at the polls, and a longstanding Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president, the key question is not if, but when, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Trump lawyers use hurricane in request to delay Jack Smith response
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump lawyers use hurricane in request to delay Jack Smith response

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's lawyers have asked for an extension of their filing deadlines to respond to special counsel Jack Smith's latest motion due to a hurricane in Florida. 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 …

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 …

Column: Jack Smith’s filing shows that Trump is already starring in a Jan. 6 sequel
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Jack Smith’s filing shows that Trump is already starring in a Jan. 6 sequel

LA Times  

Special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 case, unsealed last week, is as valuable as a reminder of what Trump did before the election as what he did afterward. Here’s how special counsel Jack Smith opens the narrative against Trump: “Although his multiple conspiracies began after election day in 2020, the defendant laid the groundwork for his crimes well before then.” …

Jack Smith has a key weapon to challenge Trump's latest bid to toss his charges: expert
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Jack Smith has a key weapon to challenge Trump's latest bid to toss his charges: expert

Raw Story  

A former federal prosecutor said Thursday night that the special counsel in former President Donald Trump's election subversion case may have a key response to the MAGA leader's latest attempt to have some of the charges against him dismissed. Trump is now trying to get obstruction charges tossed from his federal election conspiracy case, arguing that the Supreme Court's recent …

Jack Smith shows his cards just in time: January 6 case looks like the winning hand against Trump
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Jack Smith shows his cards just in time: January 6 case looks like the winning hand against Trump

Salon  

Jack Smith’s latest filing in the election interference case against Donald Trump contains explosive reminders and bombshell revelations about the former president’s conduct following his 2020 election loss that would have made even Niccolo Machiavelli blush. Donald Trump left the White House.” This accounting was, as the New York Times observes, “short a few details — the violence, the deaths …

"He has zero, nothing": Legal experts say Trump has "no factual defense" against Jack Smith filing
2 months, 3 weeks ago

"He has zero, nothing": Legal experts say Trump has "no factual defense" against Jack Smith filing

Salon  

The evidence in special counsel Jack Smith’s mammoth filing in Donald Trump’s election interference case as “utterly damning,” legal experts told Salon, but the Supreme Court could intervene yet again to aid the former president. The special counsel described Trump’s campaign to overturn the election results as “private” after the Supreme Court shielded him from charges related to the core …

Ex-Trump lawyer: Jack Smith may have double-talked himself into a corner on Mike Pence
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-Trump lawyer: Jack Smith may have double-talked himself into a corner on Mike Pence

Raw Story  

Special counsel Jack Smith's decision to include evidence of former President Donald Trump's pressuring his vice president in Smith's paired-down indictment in the federal election conspiracy case may come back to haunt him, a former attorney for Trump said Wednesday. At issue, argued former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore to CNN's Wolf Blitzer, is that to comply with the Supreme Court's …

'Unconstitutional!' Trump pitches Truth Social fit after Jack Smith's latest filing
2 months, 3 weeks ago

'Unconstitutional!' Trump pitches Truth Social fit after Jack Smith's latest filing

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump reacted to special counsel Jack Smith's massive new filing in the federal election conspiracy case with a long-winded rant on Truth Social, accusing him of a plot to interfere in the presidential election. "The release of this falsehood-ridden, Unconstitutional, J6 brief immediately following Tim Walz’s disastrous Debate performance, and 33 days before the Most Important Election …

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 …

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 …

Prosecutors file sealed brief detailing allegations against Trump in election interference case
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Prosecutors file sealed brief detailing allegations against Trump in election interference case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday filed, under seal, a legal brief that prosecutors have said would contain sensitive and previously unseen evidence in the case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 election he lost. The brief, submitted over the Trump team’s objections, is aimed at defending a revised and stripped-down indictment that …

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 …

'Steel yourself': Jack Smith filing huge brief with 'mountain of evidence' in Trump case
3 months ago

'Steel yourself': Jack Smith filing huge brief with 'mountain of evidence' in Trump case

Raw Story  

Special Counsel Jack Smith is soon expected to file an "oversized brief" filled with "sensitive material" in the criminal case Donald Trump faces in D.C. Smith on Saturday submitted a filing to Judge Tanya Chutkan asking for permission to send an oversized brief in the case, which involves allegations that the former president unlawfully attempted to interfere with the election …

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 …

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