A federal appeals court ordered the release of documents showing how prosecutors fought to obtain testimony from Donald Trump's top aides and officials in the Jan. 6 investigation.The three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously to allow those grand jury fights to be publicly released, although the ruling found the records were properly kept secret at first, and special counsel Jack Smith's office confirmed the existence of those legal battles shortly after Trump was...
As this week has brought into sharp relief, Donald Trump’s principal legal problem is that he’s facing 88 criminal counts, including an ongoing criminal trial that got underway in New York City on Monday. It’s one of four pending cases against the former president across three jurisdictions. And while these are clearly the most serious of the Republican’s legal troubles — their outcomes could, at least in theory, lead to prison sentences — the presumptive GOP nominee is simultaneously dealing...
The twice-impeached former president of the United States, Donald Trump, begins the first of his four criminal trials on Monday. He faces 34 class E felony counts of falsification of business records in the first degree, and if convicted of one of those felonies, he could be looking at a maximum sentence of four years in state prison. Approximately 6,000 jurors have been subpoenaed to appear for jury duty this week in the Manhattan Criminal Courts, with about 1,500 being called to appear Monday...
Two senior leaders of the D.C. guard at the time of the Capitol attack painted a picture of the boost that never came, according to transcripts reviewed by POLITICO.
House Republicans made public on Monday a document tracking Cassidy Hutchinson‘s changes to her testimony on the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol as part of the GOP’s investigation into the Democratic-led select committee on the riots following the 2020 election. House Administration Committee’s oversight subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) released all […]
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), a possible vice presidential candidate, believes that former Vice President Mike Pence "failed Donald Trump" — but she wouldn't say if she would have certified Joe Biden's win on Jan. 6, 2021. During a Sunday interview on CNN, host Dana Bash asked Noem if Pence was wrong to have certified the election following the Jan. 6 riot. "So when Mike Pence said that he talked to lawyers and he felt that he had absolutely no ability to reject the election on January 6th, do...
The prosecution in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial is attempting to "stack the deck" against Trump in jury selection, Jesse Binnall said.
While it may sound like an impossible feat to select a fair jury for the
Former President Trump’s legal team says it tried to serve ex-pornographic actress Stormy Daniels with a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in a New York City bar last month, but she refused to accept it. A process server working for Trump’s lawyers said he approached Daniels with papers demanding information related to a documentary recently released about her life and involvement with Trump but was forced to "leave them at her feet," according to a court filing made public...
Whistleblowers To Further Dismantle Jan. 6 National Guard Narrative About Trump On Wednesday, whistleblowers from the Washington DC National Guard are expected to tell Congressional investigators that former President Donald Trump wanted them deployed, but an Army Secretary, Ryan McCarthy, delayed relaying this to DC National Guard Commander William Walker by at least two hours. According to the Daily Mail, at least three whistleblowers will also testify that their stories were...
WASHINGTON >> The Supreme Court today questioned whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. But it wasn’t clear how the justices would rule in a case that also could affect the prosecution of former President Donald Trump, who faces the same charge for his efforts to overturn his election loss in 2020.
Donald Trump has made numerous statements suggesting that he plans to pardon his supporters who've been convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. In one interview from 2022, he said he's considering "full pardons with an apology to many" if he's elected president. But a new report suggests that may be wishful thinking. An analysis from the anti-authoritarianism group Protect Democracy says that even if Trump becomes president, he'll likely lack the power for such pardons since they...