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Trump's Immunity Case Gets Underway Today

In one scenario, he could be handed 'a get-out-of-jail-free card'

(Newser) - Supreme Court justices will hear oral arguments Thursday about whether former presidents are immune from criminal prosecution in a case that "could affect both Donald Trump's legal and political fates," per the BBC . Trump's lawyers claim a 1982 court decision that decided presidents are immune from...

Jack Smith Fires Off Warning to Judge in Trump Docs Case

Special counsel hits at 'fundamentally flawed' jury instructions, threatens oversight

(Newser) - After toying with the idea that the classified documents allegedly taken and concealed by President Trump might've been his personal records, US District Judge Aileen Cannon has received an unusual "direct challenge" from special counsel Jack Smith, the Washington Post reports. Indeed, in Tuesday's filing , Smith makes...

Smith Urges Justices to Reject Trump's Attempt to Delay Trial

Special counsel argues against Supreme Court taking up immunity claim

(Newser) - Special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to reject Donald Trump's emergency appeal to delay his election interference trial—emphasizing the importance of a speedy trial by beating his deadline to respond to the former president by six days. Smith referenced the November election in his...

Special Counsel, Judge in Trump Cases Were Swatted: Sources

Cops were reportedly sent to DC-area homes of both Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan in recent weeks

(Newser) - According to an attorney for Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing two federal cases involving former President Trump has been subjected to "threats" and "intimidating communications" ever since he brought indictments against Trump. Now, Smith and his family have become the victims of a swatting incident, in which...

Trump Claim Is a Threat to Democracy, Smith Tells Court

Special counsel's office files brief on former president's immunity argument

(Newser) - Special counsel Jack Smith's office asked an appeals court on Saturday to deny Donald Trump's argument that the former president is immune from criminal charges in his election interference case, saying that such a protection would "threaten to undermine democracy." Federal prosecutors filed their brief with...

Trump Lawyers: Case Will 'Plague' Nation for Decades

They file appeal in election interference case, saying he acted within power as president

(Newser) - Donald Trump was acting within his role as president when he pressed claims about "alleged fraud and irregularity" in the 2020 election, his lawyers told a federal appeals court in arguing that he is immune from prosecution. The attorneys also asserted in a filing late Saturday night that the...

Supreme Court Will Take on Abortion Pill, Trump Cases

Court could set limits on mifepristone, undo Capitol riot charges against hundreds, including Trump

(Newser) - The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, in what the AP reports is its first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade last year. Also Wednesday, the court agreed to...

Trump Phone Data Could Be Used at Trial

Jack Smith reveals plans to do so at election interference trial

(Newser) - Former President Trump's cellphone data could be used at his federal trial on charges of election interference. Jack Smith, the special counsel in the case, said in a court filing Monday that he plans to call an expert witness who "extracted and processed data" from Trump's White...

Jack Smith Asks Supreme Court to Take Up Trump Case

Special counsel wants justices to decide whether former president has immunity from prosecution

(Newser) - Former President Trump argues that he is immune from federal prosecution on charges of election interference. Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up the matter quickly and settle it once and for all, reports the Hill . "It is of imperative public importance that...

Smith's Team Wants Jury to See Trump's Tweets About Other Elections

They say he had a 'common plan of falsely blaming fraud for election results he does not like'

(Newser) - Special Counsel Jack Smith's team wants jurors in Donald Trump's 2020 election obstruction case to hear the former president's remarks about elections in previous years, including 2012, when he falsely claimed that election machines were switching votes from Mitt Romney to Barack Obama, and 2016, when, before...

Pence: Errant Comma in Book Affects Meaning of Trump Line

ABC News also reports former VP nearly skipped the Jan. 6 certification process

(Newser) - Mike Pence became public enemy No. 1 to supporters of then-President Trump when he certified the 2020 election results on Jan. 6, 2021. But a report from ABC News suggests the former vice president came close to skipping the proceedings altogether. Days before the certification, Pence wrote in his personal...

Judge Freezes Gag Order on Trump, for Now
Trump's 'Intolerable'
Gag Order Is Reinstated
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Oct 30, 2023 12:30 AM CDT

Trump's 'Intolerable' Gag Order Is Reinstated

Judge Tanya Chutkan un-freezes order she imposed in his election interference case

(Newser) - US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Sunday reinstated a gag order against former President Trump, denying his request to suspend the order and allow him to speak freely while his appeal plays out. The decision came two days after she temporarily froze the gag order while she considered Trump's...

Meadows Testified Before Grand Jury After Being Granted Immunity: Sources

Sources say Trump's former chief of staff testified in federal election interference case

(Newser) - Mark Meadows reportedly testified before a federal grand jury in the election interference case against former President Trump, according to sources who spoke to ABC News . The sources say Meadows, Trump's former chief of staff, has talked to special counsel Jack Smith's team at least two other times...

Trump Asks for a New Judge
Trump Wants Judge's Recusal
Sep 11, 2023 7:15 PM CDT

Trump Wants Judge's Recusal

Filing objects to comments made by Tanya Chutkan in other cases

(Newser) - Donald Trump's lawyers went to court Monday with a request of US District Judge Tanya Chutkan: Remove yourself from the former president's election subversion trial. The filing argues that comments Chutkan has made about rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, CNN reports, could suggest that...

Mar-a-Lago's Ex-IT Chief Will Testify Against Trump: Report

Yuscil Taveras reportedly signs deal to avoid prosecution in classified documents case

(Newser) - A former attorney for the Mar-a-Lago ex-employee who flipped against his onetime boss , former President Trump, has revealed more about what allegedly went down. The former head of IT at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, identified by media outlets as Yuscil Taveras, has agreed to testify as a witness for the...

Jack Smith Slams Trump's 'Daily Extrajudicial Statements'

Jack Smith accuses ex-president of remarks that could taint jury pool in election interference case

(Newser) - A mostly sealed court battle between Team Trump and special counsel Jack Smith, who's currently prosecuting two criminal cases against the former president, has spurred a new court filing in which Smith says Trump's remarks online could taint the jury pool in his election interference indictment. As CNN...

Liberals, Your 'Hero Worship' of Judges, Others May Backfire

At Politico, Michael Schaffer argues progressives are hurting their own cause in regard to Trump

(Newser) - Welcome to the state of politics in 2023: You can now buy T-shirts and coffee mugs celebrating the judge in Donald Trump's federal election-interference case. And as Michael Schaffer points out in an opinion piece at Politico Magazine , Judge Tanya Chutkan is far from the only Trump-related public figure...

Special Counsel Picks Date for Trump Election Trial

Schedule would air evidence before primary voting begins

(Newser) - Special counsel Jack Smith's staff on Thursday proposed a timeline for the trial of Donald Trump on charges that he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, one that would have the court proceeding begin on Jan. 2. That would put the election interference trial ahead...

Twitter Gave Special Counsel Data on Trump's Account

Company was fined $350K for delay in complying with warrant, court records state

(Newser) - Special counsel Jack Smith's team obtained a search warrant in January for records related to former President Donald Trump's Twitter account, and Twitter complied after some initial resistance, according to court documents released Wednesday. The details were included in a decision from the federal appeals court in Washington...

Prof: Prosecuting Trump May Have 'Terrible Consequences'

Harvard's Jack Goldsmith warns that the move just isn't worth it in a 'NYT' essay

(Newser) - The Justice Department and special counsel Jack Smith made a "tragic choice" in deciding to go after former President Trump , argues Harvard Law professor Jack Goldsmith in a New York Times essay. To be clear, it's not a defense of Trump—Goldsmith calls the former president's efforts...

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