President Donald Trump’s administration is investigating former Special Counsel Jack Smith, who led two criminal investigations into Trump during the Biden administration, on the supposed basis that Smith’s actions may have been politically motivated. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is reportedly investigating Smith over a possible violation of the …
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Attorney General Merrick Garland has released former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The 130-page report is damning, and concludes that “the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.” “As …
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Donald Trump was elected to a second term on a promise to exact his “retribution.” So it’s no wonder that federal investigators and others who worked with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office are taking the president-elect at his word. According to two sources with knowledge of the matter and a …
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Special Counsel Jack Smith is dropping the Justice Department’s criminal election interference and classified documents cases against Donald Trump, according to motions filed Monday in D.C. court. The cases were unlikely to see a trial or resolution given Trump’s victory in November’s election, and the incoming administration’s imminent control of …
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During his vice presidential debate against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) claimed that former President Donald Trump supported the peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election. Days later, Trump is once again accusing Democrats of “rigging” that election and crying foul over the Justice Department submitting …
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After weeks of speculation regarding what would happen to Donald Trump’s criminal indictments in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, Special Counsel Jack Smith is sticking to his guns. On Tuesday, Smith’s office unveiled a superseding indictment against Trump relating to his efforts to overturn the results of …
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The Supreme Court has ruled that presidents are entitled to immunity from prosecution for official acts committed while in office. The landmark decision delivers a critical blow to the Justice Department’s ongoing election interference case against former president Donald Trump, and virtually guarantees the case will not go to trial …
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As the Supreme Court gets ready to hear oral arguments in Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case, his allies are working to tamp down any concerns the justices might have about one of the more absurd and disconcerting arguments offered by any Trump lawyer ever: that a president would have to …
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Special Counsel Jack Smith went toe-to-toe with U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon over her requests for jury instructions in Donald Trump’s classified documents case. In a scathing filing submitted Tuesday, Smith accused Cannon of operating on an “unstated and fundamentally flawed legal premise” when she requested that the parties in …
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