Incarceration is on the table if Trump DOJ defies courts: retired judge
2 days, 3 hours ago

Incarceration is on the table if Trump DOJ defies courts: retired judge

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump and his administration have been accused of defying orders given by Judge James Boasberg, which has led to some speculation about what he and other judges will do if the administration refuses to comply with their rulings. In an interview with Politico, retired federal judge Shira Scheindlin argued that holding Trump officials in civil contempt, rather than criminal contempt, was a more likely scenario given that the Trump Department of Justice would likely decline to prosecute a criminal contempt case against its own officials. However, she emphasized that this doesn't mean Trump officials would get away without potentially facing jail time. That could be done if these lawyers either lie to the court or personally violate the order — you might want to bring a grievance before the grievance committee of the local bar where they’re admitted, something like that.

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Trump ruled to have flouted the law more than a dozen times since taking office: report
2 days, 7 hours ago

Trump ruled to have flouted the law more than a dozen times since taking office: report

Raw Story  

Federal judges have ruled that the current administration has defied the law in more than a dozen cases, including three major rulings this week, in the short time since Trump has taken office, according to reporting in The Washington Post. Senior political reporter Aaron Blake wrote, "The total works out to one such finding about every four days," that the …

What Happens When Trump Disobeys The Courts
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3 days, 5 hours ago

What Happens When Trump Disobeys The Courts

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump has been on a collision course with the federal judiciary since he took office in January. Win McNamee via Getty Images Administration lawyers made numerous claims to argue either that they did not violate Boasberg’s order or that his orders have no power to control the executive branch’s actions here. They claim that Boasberg’s …

'Very big deal': 'Astonished' ex-judge sounds alarm at Trump's latest act of defiance
5 days ago

'Very big deal': 'Astonished' ex-judge sounds alarm at Trump's latest act of defiance

Raw Story  

Former federal Judge John E. Jones III made clear the significance of the Trump administration’s bold defiance of a court order to return deportation flights to the United States – a move he called “a very big deal.” Jones on Monday ripped into President Donald Trump and his administration’s refusal to comply with a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. …

Ex-prosecutor says Trump risks 'someone getting held in contempt' after speech admission
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Ex-prosecutor says Trump risks 'someone getting held in contempt' after speech admission

Raw Story  

MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance distilled President Donald Trump's marathon address to Congress down to two moments she felt were "worth noting, as markers of where we are" as a country. In a Substack article, Vance dubbed the first moment to remember as "The Stupid," while recounting Trump's words: "I have created the brand new Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE. …

Here’s One Big Way You’ll Know if We’re in a Presidential Dictatorship
55 years, 2 months ago

Here’s One Big Way You’ll Know if We’re in a Presidential Dictatorship

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. However, although courts certainly could charge individual administration officials with either civil or criminal contempt for defying judicial orders and, after an appropriate proceeding, order them fined or jailed, the great question is whether that order would be enforced. …

Can Donald Trump defy court rulings? The constitutional debate explained
1 month, 1 week ago

Can Donald Trump defy court rulings? The constitutional debate explained

India Today  

WASHINGTON: When it comes to respecting the rulings of courts, President Donald Trump has been of two minds. If the decision goes his way, as it did when the Supreme Court ruled 11 months ago that his name should be on the ballot in Colorado, he hails it as a “BIG WIN FOR AMERICA.” Now, as president, he has been …

Here’s what federal judges could do if they’re ignored by the Trump administration
1 month, 1 week ago

Here’s what federal judges could do if they’re ignored by the Trump administration

CNN  

CNN — Recent court orders slowing down or indefinitely blocking President Donald Trump’s policy blitz have raised the specter that the executive branch might openly flout the federal judiciary and prompted questions about how judges would respond. Fears that the Trump administration might deliberately break into a pattern of not following judicial rulings with which it disagrees were amplified earlier …

New York judge sentences Trump in hush money case without punishment
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2 months, 1 week ago

New York judge sentences Trump in hush money case without punishment

China Daily  

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., December 7, 2023. NEW YORK -- Juan Merchan, a New York judge overseeing US President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case, on Friday granted Trump unconditional discharge in delivering a sentence for the case. …

Trump sentenced in New York hush-money case days before taking office
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump sentenced in New York hush-money case days before taking office

Al Jazeera  

Donald Trump avoids jail time or a fine, but the US president-elect’s criminal conviction will be on his record. Judge Juan Merchan sentenced Trump to an “unconditional discharge” on Friday, a day after the US Supreme Court rejected an attempt by Trump’s legal team to delay the sentencing, which took place before the Republican leader’s inauguration on January 20. Appearing …

Trump asks Supreme Court to block his sentencing in New York criminal case
2 months, 2 weeks 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, …

"Grave injustice”: Trump's legal team wants the Supreme Court to postpone his felony sentencing
2 months, 2 weeks ago

"Grave injustice”: Trump's legal team wants the Supreme Court to postpone his felony sentencing

Salon  

President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to intervene and pause his sentencing in New York, his attorneys claiming that being sentenced for his felony conviction would be a “grave injustice.” Trump’s attorneys appealed to the Supreme Court after a New York appeals court refused to postpone his sentencing, which is set for Friday. Trump’s attorneys claimed that …

Appeals court rejects Trump’s latest attempt to call off sentencing in his felony conviction
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Appeals court rejects Trump’s latest attempt to call off sentencing in his felony conviction

LA Times  

Then-candidate Donald Trump appears in a Manhattan criminal court in May shortly before he was convicted of falsifying business records related to hush money payments during his first presidential campaign. A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday denied President-elect Donald Trump’s latest bid to delay this week’s sentencing for his felony conviction. In a one-sentence ruling following an emergency …

Pardon Trump? New York governor says president-elect would have to show ‘remorse’
3 months ago

Pardon Trump? New York governor says president-elect would have to show ‘remorse’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — As Donald Trump fights to overturn his hush money criminal conviction, the one New York Democrat with authority to grant him a pardon signaled that she would need to see some remorse from the president-elect first. Kathy Hochul was asked Wednesday if she would consider pardoning Trump, after a judge this week refused to throw out the …

US Supreme Court ruling shields Donald Trump from life imprisonment
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4 months, 1 week ago

US Supreme Court ruling shields Donald Trump from life imprisonment

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump returns to the White House shielded with presidential immunity by the Supreme Court and with the prospect of cementing a conservative majority on the bench for at least a generation. Trump, the only former US president to be convicted of a crime -- falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star -- …

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

Federal judge rejects Trump’s request to intervene in his state felony conviction
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal judge rejects Trump’s request to intervene in his state felony conviction

LA Times  

A federal judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected Donald Trump’s request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, spurning the former president’s attempt at an end-run around the state court where he was convicted and is set to be sentenced in two weeks. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s ruling — just hours after Trump’s lawyers asked him to …

Donald Trump Jailed a Critic During His First Term. Does the Supreme Court Care?
7 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump Jailed a Critic During His First Term. Does the Supreme Court Care?

Slate  

It is hard to imagine a more clear-cut violation of the Constitution than jailing an American for expressing his political opinions. But, as a federal judge found, that is what happened to Donald Trump’s attorney-turned-adversary Michael Cohen in the summer of 2020. A federal judge found that Cohen had been incarcerated in “retaliation” for his choice to speak critically of …

DOJ plans to prosecute Trump even after he possibly wins presidency: report
8 months, 2 weeks ago

DOJ plans to prosecute Trump even after he possibly wins presidency: report

Raw Story  

In the event that Donald Trump wins the election and becomes the president — his Justice Department won't slam the prosecuting brakes. Read also: Supreme Court rules Trump gets limited immunity from prosecution That means motions will continue to be filed, court hearings scheduled, and a trial could plausibly still take place up until Trump's hand rests on the Bible …

Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election. There is no …

Appeals court panel refuses to delay Trump ally Steve Bannon’s 4-month contempt prison sentence
9 months ago

Appeals court panel refuses to delay Trump ally Steve Bannon’s 4-month contempt prison sentence

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court panel on Thursday rejected longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon’s bid to stay out of prison while he fights his conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol attack. Circuit panel said Bannon’s case “does not warrant a departure from the general rule” that defendants begin serving their …

Appeals court refuses to delay Bannon’s prison sentence
9 months ago

Appeals court refuses to delay Bannon’s prison sentence

LA Times  

Trump ally and former White House advisor Stephen K. Bannon appears in court in New York in January 2023. A federal appeals court panel on Thursday rejected longtime Donald Trump ally Stephen K. Bannon’s bid to stay out of prison while he fights his conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol attack. U.S. …

Trump 'more likely now' to get jail time as 'aggravating factors' pile up: legal expert
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump 'more likely now' to get jail time as 'aggravating factors' pile up: legal expert

Raw Story  

Opinions on whether Donald Trump will avoid jail time after being convicted in a Manhattan courtroom on 34 felony counts are evolving as the former president continues to attack the presiding judge and refuses to admit he broke the law. In an interview with Salon's Marina Villaneuve, Adam Shlahet, director of the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center at Fordham Law, …

Being Held in Contempt Might Not Be Trump’s Biggest Problem
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Being Held in Contempt Might Not Be Trump’s Biggest Problem

Politico  

Unfortunately for Trump and his lawyers, he has already materially damaged his own legal defense in at least two distinct ways. He has echoed Fox News host Jesse Watters’ claim that there were “undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge” in order to get on the jury and by claiming that he cannot get a fair trial because the jury …

Trump could see jail for gag order violations: ‘Fines are not serving as a deterrent’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump could see jail for gag order violations: ‘Fines are not serving as a deterrent’

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. New York Justice Juan Merchan warned Mr Trump on Monday that jail remains “truly …

Trump may be risking jail to stall his criminal trial: attorney
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump may be risking jail to stall his criminal trial: attorney

Raw Story  

Donald Trump might be risking jail for contempt of court in an effort to delay his hush money trial. New York Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, fined the former president $9,000 for repeatedly violating his gag order, but attorney Colleen Kerwick told Newsweek that Trump might be trying to goad the judge into locking him up to …

'Now you will go to jail': Conservative lawyer shows how judge could crack down on Trump
10 months, 2 weeks ago

'Now you will go to jail': Conservative lawyer shows how judge could crack down on Trump

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump should be thrown in jail if he does not immediately cease his attacks on jurors and witnesses in the Manhattan hush money trial, conservative attorney George Conway urged on MSNBC Thursday evening. The former president was already hit with $9,000 in contempt fines by Judge Juan Merchan earlier this week following a hearing on his violations …

Trump team hatching 'jailbreak' strategy to keep judge from locking him up: report
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump team hatching 'jailbreak' strategy to keep judge from locking him up: report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's team is scrambling to keep him out of jail if the former president keeps running his mouth about his criminal trial. New York Judge Juan Merchan found the ex-president in contempt of court Tuesday and fined him $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order, and Trump's allies and advisers are hatching a plan to keep him out of …

“Can make his life pretty miserable”: Trump faces “increasingly unpleasant” contempt punishments
10 months, 3 weeks ago

“Can make his life pretty miserable”: Trump faces “increasingly unpleasant” contempt punishments

Salon  

Former President Donald Trump faces thousands of dollars in fines and a potential stay in jail if he continues to violate his gag order in his New York criminal case – but legal experts expect the businessman to keep risking the fines as he campaigns as the victim of a vast witch-hunt, and they say flaws in New York contempt …

The Rule of Law Finally Comes for Donald Trump
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The Rule of Law Finally Comes for Donald Trump

Slate  

Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial here. New York Judge Juan Merchan found Trump guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt” on nine occasions for violating his March 26 order restricting Trump’s extrajudicial speech. For all of Trump’s complaints that a trial of a former president is unprecedented, a court entering a judgment of criminal contempt on a …

Column: Trump was just fined for contempt of court. Could he go to jail next time?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: Trump was just fined for contempt of court. Could he go to jail next time?

LA Times  

Christopher Conroy is depicted arguing that former President Trump should be held in contempt. Judge Juan M. Merchan has, in his soft-spoken but hard-nosed way, told Donald Trump something no other court has over the course of his many civil and criminal cases: He’s down to his last chance. Merchan ruled Tuesday on contempt motions brought by the Manhattan district …

Contempt ruling could cost Trump his bail in every criminal case: expert
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Contempt ruling could cost Trump his bail in every criminal case: expert

Raw Story  

Former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Glenn Kirschner warned that if Judge Juan Merchan decides Donald Trump violated his gag order, it could have knock-on consequences in all of his criminal cases. The minute Justice Merchan holds Donald Trump in contempt in violation of the laws of New York, that will represent a violation of his release conditions in all …

Trump 'desperately wants to avoid jail' despite bluster over gag order: insiders
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump 'desperately wants to avoid jail' despite bluster over gag order: insiders

Raw Story  

This week Donald Trump will likely face the consequences of his actions when Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan will rule on sanctions against the former president for violating his gag order regarding disparaging witnesses and jurors in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial. According to a report from the New York Times by Maggie Haberman and Jonah E. Bromwich, there is …

Jail is 'not off the table' for Trump and testifying could make it worse: legal expert
11 months ago

Jail is 'not off the table' for Trump and testifying could make it worse: legal expert

Raw Story  

Despite being a former president still protected by a Secret Service detail, Donald Trump could see real time spent behind bars if a jury finds him guilty of falsifying business records in an effort to disguise payments to a former adult film star. "A review of thousands of cases in New York that charged the same felony suggests something striking: …

Trump warned no-nonsense judge means to enforce gag order: 'Has to stay within this line'
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump warned no-nonsense judge means to enforce gag order: 'Has to stay within this line'

Raw Story  

If Donald Trump can't help himself and continues chastising anybody from witnesses, court staff, or even jurors in his hush money trial, he will be headed to jail for contempt, an expert warned Tuesday night. Former federal prosecutor and law professor Ryan Goodman sees drastic measures being employed should the former president fail to respect the New York judge's gag …

Column: Trump is finally facing a criminal trial — and a judge determined to keep it on track
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: Trump is finally facing a criminal trial — and a judge determined to keep it on track

LA Times  

The courts give, and the courts take away. The helping hand Trump got from one court, reducing the bond he had to post to protect his empire from a civil fraud penalty, was more than requited by the slap delivered by the judge poised to preside over the first criminal trial of a former president. Trump got very welcome news …

Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro to begin four-month jail sentence for contempt of Congress
1 year ago

Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro to begin four-month jail sentence for contempt of Congress

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 Nearly four years after he tried to help former president …

Ex-Trump White House official reports to prison to serve contempt of Congress sentence
1 year ago

Ex-Trump White House official reports to prison to serve contempt of Congress sentence

LA Times  

Peter Navarro, a former trade advisor in the Trump administration, speaks to reporters in Miami before heading to prison to serve a four-month sentence. Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro reported to prison Tuesday to begin serving his sentence for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He served …

'Court did not do what Trump asked': Experts say SCOTUS ruling will dismay ex-president
1 year ago

'Court did not do what Trump asked': Experts say SCOTUS ruling will dismay ex-president

Raw Story  

Legal analysts had anticipated that the U.S. Supreme Court would reverse Colorado's effort to kick Donald Trump off its ballot — but they said Monday it hadn't worked out the way the former president might have hoped. He also said that the case "will put more questions to why Jack Smith didn't charge essentially insurrection, didn't charge a criminal statute …

Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro sentenced to four months in jail for contempt of Congress
1 year, 1 month ago

Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro sentenced to four months in jail for contempt of Congress

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. As he prepared to hand down the sentence, Judge Mehta said the penalty imposed …

DOJ asks for six-month prison term for ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro
1 year, 2 months ago

DOJ asks for six-month prison term for ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro

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. On Thursday, federal prosecutors argued in a 20-page filing that Mr Navarro put his …

Is Trump immune from the law? His case will separate a president’s ‘official acts’ from crimes
1 year, 2 months ago

Is Trump immune from the law? His case will separate a president’s ‘official acts’ from crimes

LA Times  

There’s a beloved American axiom as old as the nation that “no one is above the law — not even the president.” Every generation or so, that gets tested in the courts, and it’s about to happen again. This week, former President Trump will ask a Washington appellate court — and soon after, probably, the Supreme Court — to rule …

Time for Judge Chutkan to jail Trump if he defies gag order once more: former prosecutor
1 year, 3 months ago

Time for Judge Chutkan to jail Trump if he defies gag order once more: former prosecutor

Raw Story  

According to one former federal prosecutor, it is finally time for Judge Tanya Chutkan to put some bite into her attempts to keep Donald Trump from trying to intimidate witnesses and courtroom personnel by plopping him in jail to get his attention. In an interview with Newsweek, former prosecutor Neama Rahmani claimed the former president has been the recipient of …

Judge rejects Trump’s claim of immunity in his federal 2020 election prosecution
1 year, 3 months ago

Judge rejects Trump’s claim of immunity in his federal 2020 election prosecution

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution in his election interference case in Washington, a federal judge ruled Friday, knocking down the Republican’s bid to derail the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. In her ruling, Chutkan said the office of the president “does not confer a lifelong ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ pass.” “Former Presidents enjoy …

Judge rejects Trump’s claim of immunity in his federal 2020 election prosecution
1 year, 3 months ago

Judge rejects Trump’s claim of immunity in his federal 2020 election prosecution

LA Times  

Former President Trump stands on the field at halftime of last weekend’s football game between the University of South Carolina and Clemson in Columbia, S.C. Former President Trump is not immune from prosecution in his election interference case in Washington, a federal judge has ruled, knocking down the Republican’s bid to derail the case charging him with plotting to overturn …

Judge Chutkan Finds Trump Poses ‘Grave Threat’ To Judicial Process In Gag Order
1 year, 5 months ago

Judge Chutkan Finds Trump Poses ‘Grave Threat’ To Judicial Process In Gag Order

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s verbal and written attacks on participants in the criminal case against him pose a “grave threat” to the judicial process and warrant a limited gag order, the judge overseeing the Jan. 6 coup attempt case against him wrote Tuesday. “Since his indictment, and even after the government filed the instant motion, defendant has …

Trump blasts judge during lunch break at trial: 'This is a judge that should be disbarred'
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump blasts judge during lunch break at trial: 'This is a judge that should be disbarred'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump called for the disbarment of the New York judge overseeing his $250 million fraud trial. During a break in the trial on Monday, Trump told reporters that New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron had wrongly ruled against him when he found that the former president had illegally manipulated the value of his assets. "And this …

Trump looking at Judge Chutkan placing him under house arrest: D.C. insider
1 year, 6 months ago

Trump looking at Judge Chutkan placing him under house arrest: D.C. insider

Raw Story  

During an appearance on MSNBC, longtime Washington insider Jonathan Alter claimed that Donald Trump could end up under house arrest for defying Judge Tanya Chutkan. Speaking with MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin, Alter stated that it would be highly problematic to put a former president in prison and, in the case before Chutkan, she likely would sentence him to house arrest …

Trump attacks on judges are ‘crossing the line’. Will he be punished?
1 year, 7 months ago

Trump attacks on judges are ‘crossing the line’. Will he be punished?

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. After Mr Trump was indicted in Washington this month for allegedly conspiring to overturn …

Trump Is Going to Leave Judges With No Choice but to Hold Him in Contempt
1 year, 7 months ago

Trump Is Going to Leave Judges With No Choice but to Hold Him in Contempt

Slate  

Despite this week’s fireworks in Fulton County, Jack Smith’s federal prosecution of Donald Trump on charges related to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election will almost certainly be the first Trump criminal case to trial—and a landmark in U.S. history. Trump must fear facing the jury in that case for at least two excellent reasons: 1) If he is …

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