President-elect Donald Trump’s attorneys argued on Nov. 19 that New York Justice Juan Merchan should dismiss the ongoing case against their client, arguing that doing so was required by federal law and the U.S. Constitution. “Immediate dismissal of this case is mandated by the federal Constitution, the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, and the interests […]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has agreed to postpone sentencing for President-elect Donald Trump in his business records case. A Nov. 19 letter to New York Justice Juan Merchan showed Bragg stating that his office believed “further proceedings before this Court should be adjourned to permit litigation” surrounding Trump’s motion to dismiss. Sentencing was […]
The Georgia Court of Appeals has canceled a scheduled oral argument over prosecutor Fani Willis’s continued participation in the election case against President-elect Donald Trump and various codefendants. “The oral argument scheduled to take place on December 5, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. is hereby canceled until further order of this Court,” the brief order on […]
A federal appeals court has granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request to pause his appeal in one of the cases involving President-elect Donald Trump. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Nov. 14 granted Smith’s request to hold the appeal in abeyance until Dec. 2. The grant was entered by the court’s […]
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the two federal lawsuits against him have come back into the spotlight. For an update on the cases overseen by special counsel Jack Smith, NTD spoke with lead counsel at the National Legal and Policy Center, Paul Kamenar, about what options Smith has going forward.
Special counsel Jack Smith asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to halt proceedings over President-elect Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida. Noting Trump’s election, Smith’s Nov. 13 motion asked for the court to hold his appeal in abeyance and stay the deadline for his reply brief, which was due Nov. […]
Justice Juan Merchan, the New York judge overseeing the conviction against President-elect Donald Trump, delays a key ruling on Tuesday, ahead of a scheduled sentencing. Merchan has yet to decide on whether or not the conviction should be overturned. The prosecution wants more time to consider next steps in light of the changed circumstances.
The Supreme Court on Nov. 12 turned away former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’s request to transfer his election interference case from a Georgia state court to federal court. The justices issued the court’s new unsigned order without explaining why, as is its custom when rejecting petitions. Meadows filed his petition with […]
New York Judge Juan Merchan faces two crucial court decisions concerning President-elect Donald Trump. One pressing matter is determining whether the conviction of falsifying business records against Trump should be overturned in light of the Supreme Court’s July ruling on presidential immunity. Merchan has said he will make his decision by Nov. 12. Another decision […]
A federal judge on Friday granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request to provide him more time to look into the “unprecedented circumstances” of his election-related case against President-elect Donald Trump following his Tuesday election victory. In court papers filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Smith wrote that “as a result […]
President-elect Donald Trump still has multiple lawsuits pending against him. He faces four outstanding criminal cases, two of which are at the federal level. He also faces multiple civil cases. NTD spoke with trial attorney Jeremy Rosenthal of Rosenthal Kalabus & Therrian on what comes next.
WASHINGTON—Special counsel Jack Smith’s office said the Department of Justice (DOJ) has a longstanding policy not to prosecute a sitting president, in response to a query about whether it will drop its criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump, who won the 2024 election. Peter Carr, a spokesman for the special counsel’s office, declined to comment […]
Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys argued in a new filing on Oct. 24 that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s superseding indictment should be dismissed since his appointment was unconstitutional. “Everything that Smith did since Attorney General [Merrick] Garland’s appointment, as President Trump continued his leading campaign against President Biden and then Vice President Harris, was unlawful […]
Former President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would quickly fire special counsel Jack Smith and use his presidential powers to end his probe if he is elected next month. Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate the former president on a range of charges in two separate cases, including one charging […]
District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan released a redacted version of the appendix to special counsel Jack Smith’s immunity motion on Oct. 18, offering more insight into the evidence undergirding his prosecution of former President Donald Trump. So far, the tranche of released evidence consists of four volumes and nearly 1,900 pages, although large portions […]
District of Columbia District Judge Tanya Chutkan has denied former President Donald Trump’s request to delay the public release of additional portions of special counsel Jack Smith’s evidence until after the 2024 election. On Oct. 17, she issued an order and opinion arguing that delaying its release would be a form of election interference. “If […]
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked a Georgia appeals court to reinstate six counts that were dismissed against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants in the election interference case earlier this year. The charges were struck down by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in March and involved accusations that Trump […]
A federal judge on Thursday approved the release of redacted evidence related to a brief filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith that disputes former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity in his federal election case. The redacted appendix is part of Smith’s 165-page brief, which argued that Trump can still be prosecuted for his alleged […]
NTD was joined by Jacob Eisler, professor of election law and anti-corruption law at Florida State University, to discuss Judge Tanya Chutkan’s unsealing of special counsel Jack Smith’s latest filing in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump, as well as the recent corruption charges filed against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Former President Donald Trump filed a brief on Oct. 3 to dismiss two counts in special counsel Jack Smith’s superseding indictment based on the Supreme Court’s ruling in a separate case that covers laws used by Smith. The Supreme Court ruled this summer that the Justice Department had used too broad an interpretation when applying […]
