NEW YORK (AP) — Eager to preserve President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction even as he returns to office, prosecutors are suggesting various ways to handle the criminal case — including the novel notion of borrowing a procedure some courts use when defendants die. In court papers made public on Tuesday, the Manhattan district attorney’s…
Legal experts have raised concerns that special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice Jack Smith overstepped his mandate with the latest evidence release in his pursuit of criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. The Supreme Court earlier this year ruled that presidents have immunity related to “official acts” performed as part of their…
Donald Trump will try to use “frivolous” appeals to delay his election-fraud case, prosecutor Jack Smith has said. In a court filing on Tuesday, Smith told Judge Tanya Chutkan that the former president is trying to delay the case as much as possible and is seeking documents he has already had for more than a…
Share ✓ Link copied to clipboard! Special Counsel Jack Smith has filed his team’s legal brief that lays out new evidence, prosecutors say, in former President Donald Trump‘s federal election case. A spokesperson for Smith’s office confirmed with the Associated Press on Thursday that the brief was filed before the 5 p.m. EST deadline set…