Members phkrause Posted June 26, 2024 Author Members Posted June 26, 2024 Monica Lewinsky wants Judge Aileen Cannon overseeing Trump classified docs case impeached WASHINGTON — Monica Lewinsky said she hopes U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case, is impeached. https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3505025283687-monica-lewinsky-wants-judge-aileen-cannon-overseeing-trump-classified-docs-case-impeached? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted June 27, 2024 Author Members Posted June 27, 2024 📸 New classified doc pics Papers and boxes labeled "secret" tucked away with holiday decorations, clothing items and magazines at Mar-a-Lago. Photo: Justice Department Newly released photos from the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago show the chaotic state in which former President Trump kept documents marked as classified, Axios' Avery Lotz writes. The trove of images shows boxes marked "confidential" and "secret" containing a mix of documents and a graveyard of dated newspaper clippings, golf shirts and binders. Photo: Justice Department 🖼️ The big picture: The South Florida case is unlikely to go to trial before the election. Keep reading. Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted July 2, 2024 Author Members Posted July 2, 2024 ❌ Trump's D.C. trial hurdles It's highly unlikely that former President Trump will stand trial in D.C. before Election Day, as a result of yesterday's Supreme Court ruling about presidential immunity. Why it matters: Special counsel Jack Smith is prosecuting Trump over Jan. 6 with charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election. State of play: The case has been delayed since March as the Supreme Court weighed in on Trump's claims for presidential immunity. And yesterday's ruling from the high court gave Trump immunity from criminal prosecution for "official acts" taken while in the White House. It still leaves it up to lower courts to determine if most of the criminal acts Trump was accused of in the Jan. 6 indictment are "official" or not. 🔮 What's next: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan — who is overseeing Trump's Jan. 6 case — will determine whether Trump's alleged conduct in the case was protected. If it is, Trump likely can't be criminally prosecuted for them and the charges could be dropped. The bottom line: The Supreme Court's decision makes it all but certain that voters will not know whether the presumed Republican nominee violated the law by attempting to overturn an election. If Trump is elected, he may never go to trial over the alleged criminal conduct, as prosecuting a sitting president goes against current Justice Department policy. Go deeper Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted July 15, 2024 Author Members Posted July 15, 2024 Judge dismisses Trump's federal classified docs case Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday dismissed former President Trump's federal classified documents case, citing the "unlawful appointment and funding of special counsel Jack Smith." https://www.axios.com/2024/07/15/trump-classified-documents-case-dismissed-cannon? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted July 16, 2024 Author Members Posted July 16, 2024 Classified documents A federal judge on Monday dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump, a surprising ruling that clears away one of the major legal challenges facing the former president. In a 93-page ruling, District Judge Aileen Cannon said the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution. Smith had charged Trump last year with taking classified documents from the White House and resisting the government's attempts to retrieve the materials. He pleaded not guilty. Even though a trial before the presidential election was considered highly unlikely, many legal experts had viewed the classified documents case as the strongest one of the four cases that were pending against Trump. The Justice Department has approved plans to appeal the ruling. Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted August 27, 2024 Author Members Posted August 27, 2024 Jack Smith's last stand Special counsel Jack Smith is trying to revive the federal classified documents case in Florida against Trump — even if it's highly unlikely it would make it to trial before Nov. 5. Why it matters: Trump's New York hush money case made him the first former president to be convicted of a felony, but the other three cases against him have either been dismissed, put on ice or undercut. Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, threw out the classified documents case against the former president last month, citing the "unlawful appointment and funding of" Smith. Today's filing argues Cannon's decision "is at odds with widespread and longstanding appointment practices in the Department of Justice and across the government." Go deeper Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him following a Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former presidents. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/27/feds-file-new-indictment-in-trump-jan-6-case-keeping-charges-intact-but-narrowing-allegations/? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted August 28, 2024 Author Members Posted August 28, 2024 Feds file a new indictment in Trump’s Jan. 6 case Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election. It keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him, following a Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former presidents. Read more. Why this matters: The stripped-down criminal case represents a first effort by prosecutors to comply with a Supreme Court opinion that made all but certain the Republican presidential nominee won’t face trial before the November election. The new indictment does away with references to allegations that could be deemed as official acts for which Trump is entitled to immunity in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling. That includes allegations that Trump tried to enlist the Justice Department in his effort to undo his election loss, including by conducting sham investigations and telling states — incorrectly — that significant fraud had been detected. In a statement on his Truth Social platform, Trump called the new indictment “an act of desperation” and an “effort to resurrect a ‘dead’ Witch Hunt.’” He said the new case has “all the problems of the old Indictment, and should be dismissed IMMEDIATELY.” RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Republicans want voters to think Walz lied about his dog More than 200 former Republican presidential staffers sign open letter endorsing Harris over Trump Harris will sit down with CNN for her first interview since launching presidential bid Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted August 28, 2024 Author Members Posted August 28, 2024 Trump indictment Former President Donald Trump will once again need to enter an official plea in court after special counsel prosecutors reworked the indictment against him in the federal election interference case. The Republican presidential nominee previously pleaded not guilty to the charges, which stem from his attempts to overturn the 2020 election after he lost to President Joe Biden — resulting in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol. Although Trump was charged with the same offenses as the original case, prosecutors have strategically narrowed the allegations and altered the language to try to comply with the Supreme Court's latest ruling on presidential immunity. This is one of several cases Trump is facing while running again for president, though there will be no trial before Election Day. Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 5, 2024 Author Members Posted September 5, 2024 Judge Cannon Should Be Removed From Trump Case, Watchdog Group Argues in New Legal Filing Judge Aileen M. Cannon has shown bias in handling criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and should be reversed and removed from the case to “preserve the appearance of justice,” a public interest group argued in a legal filing on Tuesday. https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-documents-case-ethics-complaint-crew-jack-smith? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 6, 2024 Author Members Posted September 6, 2024 Trump’s Jan. 6 case to extend beyond Election Day under timeline laid out by judge WASHINGTON — Exactly two months out from the presidential election, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan plans to move ahead with the case accusing former President Donald Trump of subverting the 2020 presidential election results, telling Trump’s attorneys that she is “not concerned with the electoral schedule.” https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/09/05/judge-in-trumps-jan-6-case-says-it-wont-be-delayed-by-upcoming-presidential-election/? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 17, 2024 Author Members Posted September 17, 2024 Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed out the classified documents criminal case against Donald Trump in July, failed to disclose her attendance at a May 2023 banquet funded by a conservative law school. https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-documents-case-travel-disclosures? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 3, 2024 Author Members Posted October 3, 2024 Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case and accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’ WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a court filing unsealed Wednesday that offers new evidence from the landmark criminal case against the former president. https://apnews.com/article/trump-jack-smith-election-supreme-court-0b9969b480036bb1f7c61a73980d406c? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 4, 2024 Author Members Posted October 4, 2024 Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a court filing unsealed Wednesday that offers new evidence from the landmark criminal case against the former president. Read more. Why this matters: The filing from special counsel Jack Smith’s team offers the most comprehensive view to date of what prosecutors intend to prove if the case charging Trump with conspiring to overturn the election reaches trial. The filing cites previously unknown accounts offered by Trump’s closest aides to paint a portrait of an “increasingly desperate” president who, while losing his grip on the White House, “used deceit to target every stage of the electoral process.” “So what?” the filing quotes Trump as telling an aide after being advised that his vice president, Mike Pence, had been rushed to a secure location after a crowd of violent Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. “The details don’t matter,” Trump said, when told by an adviser that a lawyer who was mounting his legal challenges wouldn’t be able to prove the false allegations in court, the filing states. The brief was made public over the Trump legal team’s objections in the final month of a closely contested presidential race in which Democrats have sought to make Trump’s refusal to accept election results central to their claims that he is unfit for office. Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung called the brief “falsehood-ridden” and “unconstitutional” and repeated allegations that Smith and Democrats were “hell-bent on weaponizing the Justice Department.” RELATED COVERAGE ➤ How Trump credits an immigration chart for saving his life — and what the chart is missing Anti-abortion leaders undeterred as Trump for the first time says he’d veto a federal abortion ban JD Vance refuses to say Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 4, 2024 Author Members Posted October 4, 2024 January 6 case A new court filing provides the fullest picture yet of the 2020 election case against former President Donald Trump, outlining what special counsel Jack Smith describes as Trump's "private criminal conduct." The 165-page filing unveils never-before-disclosed evidence about Trump's actions leading up to and on January 6, 2021. Smith's motion claims Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results as a political candidate — not as a president — and is therefore not entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution for official actions, which the Supreme Court granted him in July. The Trump campaign slammed the filing, calling it "another obvious attempt" by the Biden administration "to undermine American Democracy and interfere in this election." Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 4, 2024 Author Members Posted October 4, 2024 What’s next after prosecutors reveal new evidence in Trump’s 2020 election interference case WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith has provided a road map for how prosecutors hope to prove their case charging former President Donald Trump with an illegal scheme to overturn his 2020 election loss — if it ever gets to trial. https://apnews.com/article/trump-capitol-riot-jack-smith-jan-6-e687b91aa27df9f985580c122c5ef34c? What Jack Smith has to prove Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photos: Chandan Khanna/AFP, Drew Angerer and Samuel Corum via Getty Images Special counsel Jack Smith's latest account of Jan. 6 is full of vivid new details of then-President Trump inflaming a violent insurrection despite knowing he had lost. ⚖️ Why it matters: Smith and his team are pulling out everything they can muster to keep their case against Trump alive in the face of the Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity, Axios' Sam Baker writes. That includes new evidence designed to bolster the case that Trump's conduct was personal, not official. 👀 The new details: A White House staffer overheard Trump telling family members: "It doesn't matter if you won or lost the election. You still have to fight like hell," according to Smith's latest filing, which was unsealed yesterday. That statement is "plainly personal," prosecutors argue. The new filing says Trump responded, "So what?" when he was told Vice President Pence had to be evacuated from the Capitol. And it lays out a litany of evidence that Trump knew he had lost. The other side: Trump's attorneys can file a response to Smith's brief. But the counterweight to Smith's prosecution has already been written — by the Supreme Court. Go deeper. Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 7, 2024 Author Members Posted October 7, 2024 WE IDENTIFIED THE KEY UNNAMED FIGURES IN JACK SMITH’S NEW TRUMP BRIEF ON WEDNESDAY, NEW evidence was filed in the federal case against former President Donald Trump over his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss. In a massive brief, special counsel Jack Smith offered a blow-by-blow of Trump’s many calls, tweets, and meetings with key figures like Rudy Giuliani and attorney John Eastman. https://theintercept.com/2024/10/05/trump-jan-6-election-jack-smith-key-people/? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 18, 2024 Author Members Posted October 18, 2024 Jan. 6 case appendix to be released Friday after judge denies Trump's request The judge in former President Trump's federal Jan. 6 case on Thursday evening rejected his lawyers' request to delay the court-ordered release of a redacted appendix of new evidence from special counsel Jack Smith. https://www.axios.com/2024/10/17/trump-jan-6-case-documents-release-jack-smith? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 20, 2024 Author Members Posted October 20, 2024 Judge unseals heavily redacted trove of evidence in Trump’s 2020 election interference case WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case made public Friday a heavily redacted trove of documents that provide a small glimpse into the evidence prosecutors will present if the case ever goes to trial. https://apnews.com/article/trump-capitol-riot-jack-smith-a4b4d7821c1a6d1f5076ec68f5ba7170? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted November 7, 2024 Author Members Posted November 7, 2024 Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump before the president-elect takes office in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. https://apnews.com/article/trump-jan-6-justice-department-classified-documents-01c2d54177d7c949f62a15604a27b3e0? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted November 9, 2024 Author Members Posted November 9, 2024 Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump’s 2020 election case after his presidential win WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case canceled any remaining court deadlines Friday while prosecutors assess the “the appropriate course going forward” in light of the Republican’s presidential victory. https://apnews.com/article/trump-capitol-riot-jan-6-jack-smith-ba86145e7b59de08607edd6f0c027b75? Judge grants Jack Smith's request to pause Trump's federal Jan. 6 case The judge overseeing President-elect Trump's federal Jan. 6 case granted special counsel Jack Smith's request Friday to pause proceedings in the case. https://www.axios.com/2024/11/08/jack-smith-trump-case-motion-vacate? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted November 26, 2024 Author Members Posted November 26, 2024 Special counsel Jack Smith drops election subversion and classified documents cases against Donald Trump Special counsel Jack Smith is dropping the federal election subversion and the mishandling of classified documents cases against President-elect Donald Trump, seeking the cases’ dismissal in court filings Monday. https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/politics/trump-special-counsel-jack-smith? Special counsel moves to abandon election interference and classified documents cases against Trump WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that Trump’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. https://apnews.com/article/trump-capitol-riot-justice-department-jack-smith-d6172cf98d8e03e099571c908267456c? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted January 7 Author Members Posted January 7 Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases as court fight simmers WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on investigations into Donald Trump as an appeals court weighs a challenge to the disclosure of a much-anticipated document just days before the president-elect reclaims office. https://apnews.com/article/trump-jack-smith-maralago-jan-6-justice-department-e73a42b03cc6dc807de32c42dc824f3d? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted January 9 Author Members Posted January 9 Justice Department says it plans to release only part of special counsel’s Trump report for now WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it intends to release special counsel Jack Smith’s findings on Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election but will keep under wraps for now the rest of the report focused on the president-elect’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. https://apnews.com/article/trump-jack-smith-jan-6-c788ac8bd4c5b4c4add2338d692d45e0? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted January 15 Author Members Posted January 15 Special counsel report says Trump would’ve been convicted for Jan. 6 ‘unprecedented criminal effort’ WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a much-anticipated report released Tuesday that he stands fully behind his decision to bring criminal charges that he believes would have resulted in a conviction had voters not returned Trump to the White House. https://apnews.com/article/trump-special-counsel-aileen-cannon-d7be86dad89227f12a6f5aac3433b202? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted January 15 Author Members Posted January 15 Trump Attorney General Merrick Garland has publicly released special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into Donald Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, detailing the president-elect’s “criminal efforts to retain power” and projecting confidence in the investigation. The more than 130-page report, which was submitted to Congress and released early Tuesday after a court hold blocking its release expired at midnight, spells out in extensive — if largely already known — detail how Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election. Smith’s team states in no uncertain terms that they believed Trump criminally attempted to subvert the will of the people and overturn the election results. “As set forth in the original and superseding indictments, when it became clear that Mr. Trump had lost the election and that lawful means of challenging the election results had failed, he resorted to a series of criminal efforts to retain power,” the report states. Trump, for his part, slammed the report as “fake findings” in overnight social media posts. Special counsel Jack Smith defends his decision to bring criminal charges against Trump Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a much-anticipated report released Tuesday that he stands fully behind his decision to bring criminal charges that he believes would have resulted in a conviction had voters not returned Trump to the White House. Read more. Why this matters: The report, arriving just days before Trump returns to office on Jan. 20, focuses fresh attention on his frantic but failed effort to cling to power in 2020. With the prosecution foreclosed thanks to Trump’s election victory, the document is expected to be the final Justice Department chronicle of a dark chapter in American history that threatened to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. Trump responded early Tuesday with a post on his Truth Social platform, claiming he was “totally innocent” and calling Smith “a lamebrain prosecutor who was unable to get his case tried before the Election.” He added, “THE VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN!!!” RELATED COVERAGE ➤ What to watch as Pete Hegseth faces questions about his experience and personal past Live updates: Nomination process for Trump Cabinet picks begins with appearances before Senate committees Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
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