Georgia state lawmakers have been granted the authority to subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as part of an inquiry into her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura Ingram issued the ruling on Dec. 23, allowing the Georgia Senate to compel Willis’s testimony while giving her until Jan. 13 […]
A Georgia appeals court has disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her election-related criminal case against President-elect Donald Trump, although the indictment still stands. Trump and his codefendants were charged in 2023 by Willis’s office for what they alleged was a scheme to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. […]
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan rejected on Dec. 16 a long list of immunity-related arguments President-elect Donald Trump made in an attempt to throw out the guilty verdict he received earlier this year. Trump had argued that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office improperly used certain evidence, including former White House advisers’ testimonies, […]
President-elect Donald Trump has filed a motion requesting that New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan dismiss his New York criminal case and verdicts against him. “Wrongly continuing proceedings in this failed lawfare case disrupts President Trump’s transition efforts and his preparations to wield the full Article II executive power authorized by the Constitution pursuant […]
The district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, was ordered by a judge to turn over communications she may have had with federal special counsel Jack Smith and the House Jan. 6 subcommittee. A March lawsuit filed by conservative-leaning Judicial Watch against District Attorney Fani Willis, an elected Democrat, in the Fulton County Superior Court had […]
District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan dismissed the election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 25, bringing an end to a highly contentious prosecution and raising questions about whether the charges could once again surface. Chutkan’s dismissal was entered “without prejudice,” which means the charges can hypothetically be brought against Trump at a […]
The federal election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump has been thrown out. According to Paul Kamenar, the lead counsel at the National Legal and Policy Center, there is no way the case can be brought again after Trump leaves office because by then, the 5-year statute of limitations will have expired.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request to dismiss part of an appeal in his classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump. Smith had sought an appeal of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision in July to dismiss his prosecution. Judge Cannon argued that his appointment as […]
Special counsel Jack Smith on Nov. 25 dropped the charges in his election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump, while also moving to drop his appeal of a judge’s decision in the president-elect’s classified documents case. In a six-page court filing in a Washington federal court, Smith’s team wrote that the Department of Justice (DOJ) […]
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan has delayed indefinitely sentencing in President-elect Donald Trump’s business records case, raising questions about the future of the prosecution and whether sentencing will take place. Sentencing was initially scheduled for July but was postponed until Nov. 26. In an order on Nov. 22, Merchan said that he was […]
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 […]
