In a filing late Thursday night, lawyers for former President Donald Trump breathed new life into the election subversion case linked to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, arguing that Trump’s alleged pressure campaign on former Vice President Mike Pence would qualify as official conduct and is protected by “absolute” immunity. They also alleged that special … Read more
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News town hall hosted by Sean Hannity in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 4, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The federal criminal election interference case against Donald Trump resumed in Washington, D.C., on Thursday after a nearly year-long delay related to arguments on … Read more
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith Tuesday announced that a grand jury had reindicted former President Donald Trump on four charges related to his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt to honor the direction given by the U.S. Supreme Court in its July ruling holding that Trump was immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts.” “Today, … Read more
Donald Trump erupted in a tirade on Truth Social over special counsel Jack Smith’s announcement on Tuesday that Trump had been reindicted on four charges related to his Jan. 6, 2021, attempt to subvert the 2020 election results. “In an effort to resurrect a ‘dead’ Witch Hunt in Washington, D.C., in an act of desperation, … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal appeals court Monday to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump after it was dismissed by a judge last month. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon threw out the case, one of four prosecutions of Trump, after concluding that Smith’s appointment as special … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event following his arraignment on classified document charges, at Trump National Golf Club, in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., June 13, 2023. Amr Alfiky | Reuters Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday urged a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court’s decision to dismiss the criminal … Read more
Special counsel Jack Smith asked a judge Thursday for more time to consider how Donald Trump’s election interference case should move forward following the Supreme Court ruling granting him broad protection from prosecution. Smith’s office filed a brief motion asking for a three-week extension in the case, which centers on charges Trump conspired to overturn … Read more
Lawyers for Hunter Biden on Thursday asked federal judges in California and Delaware to dismiss the criminal tax and gun cases against him in their courts, citing a recent opinion by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the related dismissal this week of the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. Biden’s lawyers … Read more
The appeal, filed in the Southern District of Florida on Wednesday, argues against Cannon’s conclusion that Smith’s appointment by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to prosecute Trump is unconstitutional because it did not go through Congress. Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, also claimed that Smith’s office was improperly funded by the Justice Department. Peter … Read more
Special Counsel Jack Smith makes a statement to reporters about the 37 federal charges returned by a grand jury in an indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump on charges of unauthorized retention of classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice as Smith speaks at his offices in Washington, U.S. June 9, 2023. Leah Millis … Read more
