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Trump Evaded Jack Smith and the Rule of Law
He will spend his presidential term with no fear of a verdict on his federal indictments.Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Trump election interference case dismissed
The election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump was dismissed Monday after special counsel Jack Smith requested the case end as Justice Department policy forbids the ...Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Trump election interference case dismissed
The election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump was dismissed Monday after special counsel Jack Smith requested the case end as Justice Department policy forbids the ...Politics - CBS News - Yesterday -
Court pauses appeal of Trump's classified documents case
A federal appeals court granted Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request to pause his appeal of President-elect Donald Trump’s classified documents case until Dec. 2.Top stories - ABC News - November 16 -
Days before the election, DOJ continues to prosecute new Jan. 6 cases
Jan. 6 cases continue to trudge through the court system, even as the fate of the FBI's Capitol attack investigation rests on whether Donald Trump wins the election.Politics - NBC News - November 3 -
Tuesday Briefing: Trump’s Criminal Cases Likely to Be Dismissed
Plus, a possible cease-fire deal in Lebanon.World - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Special counsel Jack Smith expected to wind down Trump prosecutions: Sources
Special counsel Jack Smith is in talks with leadership at the Justice Department evaluating ways he can end prosecutions of Donald Trump, sources told ABC News.Top stories - ABC News - November 7 -
Special counsel Jack Smith to resign before Trump takes office
Special counsel Jack Smith and his team plan to resign before Donald Trump takes office, with two outstanding criminal cases against the president-elect now upended by the election.Top stories - NBC News - November 13 -
Special Counsel Jack Smith to resign before Trump takes office
Special Counsel Jack Smith, who has led the federal election interference and classified documents cases against Donald Trump, is planning to step down before the president-elect assumes office in ...Top stories - NBC News - November 13 -
Jack Smith plans to leave Justice Department by the time Trump takes office
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly said he plans to fire special counsel Jack Smith.Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
What could happen in Trump's hush money, election and classified documents cases
When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in 2025, he will be the first convicted felon to serve as president. CBS News contributor Rebecca Roiphe explains what will likely happen in his state ...Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
Special counsel seeks to end bid to revive documents case against Trump
Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal appeals court to dismiss his appeal in the documents case against President-elect Donald Trump.Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Prosecutors drop election interference and documents cases against Trump
Special counsel Jack Smith dismisses the two federal criminal cases before president-elect’s inauguration. US politics – live updates Special counsel prosecutors dismissed the two federal ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Appeals court agrees to end Trump’s classified documents case
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted a request from special counsel Jack Smith to drop President-elect Trump’s Florida documents case, ending the battle to charge him over retaining ...Politics - The Hill - 16 hours ago -
Prosecutors in Trump hush money case oppose dismissal, but are OK pausing case
Prosecutors say they oppose Donald Trump’s attempt to dismiss his New York criminal hush money conviction -- but that they do not object to pausing the case.Top stories - ABC News - November 19 -
Judge in Trump hush money case postpones sentencing to consider dismissing case
The judge presiding over Donald Trump's New York hush money trial on Friday postponed the sentencing that was scheduled for next week to allow for more time for arguments on whether the case should ...Top stories - NBC News - 4 days ago -
Harris urges voters to remember Trump's role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack
In her closing argument address, Vice President Kamala Harris underscored the stakes of the upcoming election, calling out former President Trump’s actions on January 6. She highlighted the ...Top stories - NBC News - October 29 -
Bolton: Trump criticism of Liz Cheney stems from Jan. 6
Former national security adviser John Bolton suggested that former President Trump's recent criticism of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is less about war and more related to her voting to impeach ...Politics - The Hill - November 2 -
Jan. 6 Defendants Are Already Angling for Pardons From Trump
The president-elect said during the campaign that he would grant clemency to some of those who took part in the assault by his supporters on the Capitol nearly four years ago.Top stories - The New York Times - November 7 -
Jan. 6 defendants eye pardons after Trump election win
President-elect Trump vowed on the campaign trail to pardon rioters accused of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress certified the 2020 election win of his Democratic opponent. “The ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
Convicted Jan 6. rioter seeks pardon based on Trump's victory
Moments before a convicted Jan. 6 rioter was sentenced Thursday, he sought a full pardon. He claimed President-elect Donald Trump’s victory vindicated his actions.Top stories - ABC News - November 7 -
Ty Cobb: Trump pardoning Jan. 6 rioters would be 'tragic'
Ty Cobb, who served as White House attorney during President-elect Trump's first term, said that it would be a "tragic event" if Trump pardoned Jan. 6 rioters. "I don't think anybody in our history ...Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
Special counsel files to drop Jan. 6 charges against Trump
Special counsel Jack Smith has filed to dismiss the charges against President-elect Trump for his alleged involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in the lead-up to the Capitol ...Top stories - NBC News - Yesterday -
Matt Gaetz, picked to oversee Jan. 6 cases, backed rioters, spread conspiracy theories
Matt Gaetz, one of Donald Trump’s strongest supporters, may be overseeing Jan. 6 cases after years of criticizing the Capitol attack investigation.Politics - NBC News - November 15 -
Trump picks Linda McMahon for education, and says he won’t reconsider Matt Gaetz nomination – live
President-elect picks prominent donor and co-chair of transition team as education secretary; Trump won’t rethink Gaetz for attorney general despite mounting scrutiny. Trump nominates transition ...World - The Guardian - November 20 -
Prosecutors plan to fight Trump’s push to dismiss hush-money case
Possible delay of 26 November court date comes as outcome of case left in question following election win. Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal hush-money case said in a letter on ...World - The Guardian - November 19 -
Trump calls for hush money dismissal; bids to run out clock on case
President-elect Trump’s attorneys signaled an effort to try to run out the clock on his New York hush money case, asking Judge Juan Merchan for a month to mount a formal effort to dismiss his ...Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago -
Trump lawyers seek dismissal of hush-money case on immunity grounds
Lawyers argue throwing out case necessary to ‘facilitate orderly transition of executive power’ following election. Donald Trump’ s lawyers asked the judge overseeing his Manhattan hush-money ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago