The case could undo felony charges for the former president and hundreds of 6 January rioters.
A judge may be about to open up new information that could reveal former President Donald Trump took actions in his "private" capacity on January 6, rather than as a public official — with huge implications for his criminal trials.According to Law & Crime, "This is a key distinction for a group of former and current U.S. lawmakers and police suing Trump for violations of the Ku Klux Klan Act, as Law&Crime previously reported. Just this week, the former president filed a motion to stay that civil...
Instead, the judge ordered Trump to begin describing the basis for his claim that he is immune from the lawsuits.
The bipartisan Jan. 6 select committee spent months investigating the attack that left five people dead and more than 150 police officers injured as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol while Congress was certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.
The bipartisan Jan. 6 select committee spent months investigating the attack that left five people dead and more than 150 police officers injured as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol while Congress was certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.
The bipartisan Jan. 6 select committee spent months investigating the attack that left five people dead and more than 150 police officers injured as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol while Congress was certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.
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...
Despite the fact that Donald Trump is currently being tried in a criminal case involving the January 6 riot and the attempt to overturn the 2020 election result, lawsuits filed by lawmakers and police officers against Trump over his actions on the day move forward, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.Trump's effort to have the lawsuits paused until his election interference charges, brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, are resolved was rejected by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, Politico...