A ruling in Trump's favor would bring the prosecution to an end. But if Smith prevails and Trump's claims of immunity are rejected, proceedings in the case, which have been paused for months, would pick back up, although it's unclear how quickly it would go to trial. A victory for t...
U.S. House lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) pleads the impeachment managers’ case in the impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, on the floor of the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washing...
Trump, who in August pleaded not guilty to charges of undertaking a "criminal scheme" to overturn the results of the 2020 election, was seeking the dismissal of the case on the grounds that he has "absolute immunity" from prosecution for actions taken while serving in the nation's highest ...
“Either”, he says to the President-elect, “you grant me total immunity from any prosecution now or in the future, or I keep up this fight, this all-out culture war.” Essentially, Trump, who is far more important to Trump voters than the stale old Republican party, would be threate...
of presidential immunity that was never recognized by the Founders, any sitting president, the Executive Branch, or even President Trump's lawyers, until now," Sotomayor wrote. "Settled understandings of the Constitution are of little use to the majority in this case, and so it ignores them....
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But Smith’s team has said that no such immunity exists in the U.S. Constitution or in prior cases and that, in any event, Trump’s actions weren’t part of his official duties. Recommended from Editorial U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over the case, rejected Trump...
In the SGR case, the choice was determined by the fact that China was making the funding available for the line; in the case of the motorway, the motive was to thank America for an “unspecified service” that the US had done for Kenya, according to unnamed “government insiders” quoted...
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Donald Trump may claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some of the actions he took in the waning days of his presidency in a decision that will likely further delay a trial on federal election subversion charges
“It’s hard to read any tea leaves into whether that makes the court more likely to side with former President Trump when it finally resolves his immunity claim, but it certainly means that, even in the worst-case scenario for Trump, the January 6 prosecution will be delayed for at least...