Watch Live: Trump Georgia Co-Defendant Jeffrey Clark Gets Hearing in Search for Fani Willis-White House Records
Thursday's 2 p.m. hearing centers around Jeffrey Clark's motion to force the Fulton County DA into turning over any evidence she has showing meetings with the US government, including the White House counsel's office The Donald Trump legal spotlight…
Jan 25 24January 25, 2024
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Watch Live: Hearing for Trump Co-Defendants Seeking Georgia 2020 Election Records, Challenging Indictment
Attorneys for Harrison Floyd, a co-defendant of Donald Trump, and two Georgia agencies are set to meet again Friday afternoon in Fulton County Superior Court over a push to subpoena records concerning the 2020 election. Friday's hearing before Judge…
Jan 19 24January 19, 2024
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Ex-Trump DOJ Official Proposes Double-Barrel Court Hearing Alongside Georgia Co-Defendant Mark Meadows
Trump loyalist Jeffrey Clark requested Thursday a full panel of appellate judges in Atlanta take up his case at the same time as the former Trump White House chief of staff Jeffrey Clark, a former senior Justice Department official charged alongside…
Jan 19 24January 19, 2024
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Georgia Judge Schedules Jan. 25 Hearing for Trump Co-Defendant Seeking Fani Willis-White House Records
The Georgia judge overseeing Donald Trump's sprawling election-racketeering criminal case has scheduled a Jan. 25 hearing to consider a request from one of the former president's co-defendants seeking access to any records showing Fulton County…
Jan 18 24January 18, 2024
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Watch Live: Georgia vs. Trump and Co-Defendants Hearing on Pre-Trial Motions
The legal spotlight returns to Georgia on Friday afternoon for a pre-trial hearing to tackle a mound of pending motions in the election-racketeering case against Donald Trump and his 14 remaining co-defendants. Fulton County Superior Court Judge…
Jan 12 24January 12, 2024
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Georgia vs. Trump: Mega-Hearing Part II as Motions Pile Up in Fani Willis’ RICO Case
Friday's session will cover several pre-trial motions in the election-racketeering case against the former president and 14 remaining co-defendants Donald Trump's criminal troubles in Georgia return to the spotlight Friday when the former president's…
Jan 12 24January 12, 2024
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Georgia Judge Schedules Friday Hearing in Trump RICO Case
The Georgia judge overseeing the criminal case of Donald Trump and his 14 remaining codefendants has set a Friday hearing to consider several major outstanding issues in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' election-subversion case. Superior…
Jan 09 24January 09, 2024
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Trump White House Chief of Staff Seeks Full Appeals Court Review in Battle Over Georgia Charges
Former President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff pleaded on Tuesday for a new hearing in front of a full slate of a dozen federal judges in his bid to get his portion of Georgia's election racketeering case moved into federal court. The…
Jan 03 24January 03, 2024
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Trump White House Chief of Staff Hires Top Appellate Lawyer to Battle Georgia Charges
Mark Meadows on Tuesday filed notice he's added former George W. Bush-era U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement to his legal team Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Tuesday added more firepower to his legal team in his battle…
Jan 02 24January 02, 2024
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Trump 2024 Legal and Political Calendars: A Cheat Sheet
Keeping tabs on all of Donald Trump's legal troubles is a full-time job. His 2024 calendar is packed with important dates for court filings, hearings and trials — all while he's running for the GOP nomination to win back his old White House job.…
Dec 25 23December 25, 2023
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Former Trump DOJ Official Jeff Clark Loses Fight to Halt His Georgia RICO Case Pending Appeal
A three-judge panel that included a pair of Trump appointees ruled on Thursday that Clark 'cannot show any chance of success on the merits' Donald Trump's co-defendant and ex-Justice Department loyalist Jeffrey Clark lost on Thursday in his bid to…
Dec 22 23December 22, 2023
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Jack Smith Swings Back at Trump in Push to Start Working on South Florida Jury Questionnaire
The special counsel's office on Thursday doubled down on its call for Judge Cannon to set an important Feb. 2 deadline that can kickstart the vetting of potential jurors Special Counsel Jack Smith's office continued feuding with Donald Trump's…
Dec 21 23December 21, 2023
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Deny Jack Smith’s Petition in DC Criminal Case
Donald Trump's attorneys on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny Special Counsel Jack Smith's petition asking the high court to review the former president's appeal of his federal election-subversion charges on presidential "immunity"…
Dec 20 23December 20, 2023
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Trump Cases Heading to Supreme Court Turbocharge Recusal Debate for Clarence Thomas
The split is partisan in terms of what the jurist with 32 years of tenure on the nation’s highest court should do Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is back at the center of a heated controversy, this time over whether he should recuse himself…
Dec 13 23December 13, 2023
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Trump Bid to Delay His DC Trial May Finally Be Here as Supreme Court Gets Involved
Legal experts from across the political spectrum are predicting US District Judge Tanya Chutkan's scheduled start date may need to be pushed back Donald Trump may end up achieving a long-sought delay to his spring 2024 federal criminal trial in…
Dec 13 23December 13, 2023
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Trump Tries to Slow Down Appeals Court Review on ‘Presidential Immunity’
Lawyers for Donald Trump urged a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reject Special Counsel Jack Smith's bid for a speedy review of key questions that must be decided before the former president's criminal trial, including whether Trump is immune…
Dec 13 23December 13, 2023
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Trump Trials and the Supreme Court: 8 Burning Questions
The high court’s handling of a historic filing by Jack Smith’s office Monday could redefine the power of presidency — and the 2024 presidential race The federal prosecution of Donald Trump, the first former president ever to face criminal charges,…
Dec 12 23December 12, 2023
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Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Speedy Decision on Trump Case, Orders Former President to Respond to Jack Smith
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up Special Counsel Jack Smith on his request for the justices to quickly consider if it will hear arguments on the critical question of presidential immunity, which is at the heart of Smith's federal…
Dec 11 23December 11, 2023
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Supreme Court Expert Joins Jack Smith’s Team for Trump Case
Special Counsel Jack Smith unveiled a new weapon on Monday as part of his push to get the U.S. Supreme Court immediately involved in the sprawling investigation and prosecution of Donald Trump. His name is Michael Dreeben. Few U.S. lawyers know the…
Dec 11 23December 11, 2023
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