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Criminal cases against Trump will be "brought to a halt," says election law expert
President-elect Donald Trump promised to fire special counsel Jack Smith and the Department of Justice said it will wind down the cases against Trump before his inauguration. Rick Pildes, ...Top stories - CBS News - November 6 -
A Conservative Case Against Trump
In a choice between misfortunes, one is clearly worse.Top stories - The New York Times - October 29 -
Tuesday Briefing: Trump’s Criminal Cases Likely to Be Dismissed
Plus, a possible cease-fire deal in Lebanon.World - The New York Times - Yesterday -
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 Grants Jack Smith’s Request for Pause in Jan. 6 Case After Trump’s Election
The special counsel asked for time to assess how to proceed now that Donald Trump is returning the White House, triggering a Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president.Top stories - The New York Times - November 8 -
Justice Dept., special counsel in talks about how to wind down Trump prosecutions
President-elect Trump faced two federal prosecutions brought by special counsel Jack Smith last year.Top stories - CBS News - November 6 -
Jack Smith Plans to Step Down as Special Counsel Before Trump Takes Office
The prosecutor who investigated and charged Donald J. Trump plans to finish his report and leave the job before he can be fired.Top stories - The New York Times - November 13 -
Special Counsel Jack Smith to resign before Trump takes office, New York Times reports
Special Counsel Jack Smith, the leader of two federal prosecutions of Donald Trump, will wrap up his work and resign before the president-elect takes office in January, according to new reporting ...Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
Judge delays ruling in Trump "hush money" case
A New York judge expected to rule on the matter of presidential immunity in former President Donald Trump's "hush money" trial has delayed his ruling. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman reports.Top stories - CBS News - November 12 -
Judge postpones sentencing in Trump hush money case
The judge overseeing the New York hush money case against President-elect Trump has postponed sentencing to allow for arguments over whether the case should be dismissed.Politics - NBC News - 4 days ago -
Trump nominates Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new efficiency department to ‘restructure federal agencies’ – live
Tesla CEO and onetime Republican presidential hopeful put forward to lead department to ‘dismantle government bureaucracy’ . Trump’s cabinet picks and likely contenders so far Joe Biden is ...World - The Guardian - November 13 -
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 -
Trump demands immediate dismissal of New York "hush money" criminal case
President-elect Donald Trump's criminal conviction should be tossed out because he was elected president, his lawyers say.Top stories - CBS News - 6 days ago -
Donald Trump responds to Jack Smith's move to dismiss felony cases
Vice President-elect JD Vance said Monday Trump "may have very well spent his life in prison" had he not won the 2024 election.Top stories - ABC News - 23 hours ago -
Latest news on Trump legal cases as Smith seeks to dismiss charges
Special counsel Jack Smith is seeking to dismiss two federal cases against President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his second term in the White House. CBS News' Robert Legare and Caroline Polisi have ...Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Jack Smith Moves to Dismiss Trump’s Jan. 6 and Documents Cases
The special counsel effectively brought to a close the Justice Department efforts to hold Donald J. Trump accountable in the election and classified documents cases.Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Morning Report — Trump criminal case dismissed; He announces tariff hikes
In today’s issue: President-elect Trump’s electoral victory on Nov. 5 shifted the scales of justice. And just as the president-elect celebrated closure of significant legal entanglements, he ...Politics - The Hill - 23 hours ago