Oct. 19: Prosecutors with Smith's team oppose Trump's bid to toss out the indictment on immunity grounds. In a 54-page filing, they tell the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that neither the Constitution nor Supreme Court precedent supports the sweeping immunity he asserted....
The lower court must now decide whether he was acting officially or privately. It comes months after a US appeal court ruled in February that Trump does not have presidential immunity and could be prosecuted in relation to the Capitol riots case. What about the civil cases? In addition ...
march 4, 2024, at 3:27 p.m. save comment more trump turns attention to looming supreme court fight over immunity more reuters file photo: republican presidential candidate and former u.s. president donald trump speaks on stage during a campaign rally tonight in richmond, virgini...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a handful of cases related to the 2020 election, including disputes from Pennsylvania that had deeply divided the justices just before the election.
Accounts of rape and assault shared by women at a civil trial against Donald Trump mark the first time that any of the numerous allegations of sexual misconduct against the former president have been heard in a court of law. Trump has repeatedly and vehe
Trump has in prior court fights waged while he was in office argued that he has absolute immunity from criminal proceedings, notably as part of his efforts to shield his financial records from congressional and local investigators. In a case involving a grand-jury subpoena issued by then-Manhatta...
99-1 odds: The court would not grant cert Almost unimaginable. This would leave the Colorado decision in place and would open the floodgates of legal and electoral chaos. Normally, it is impossible to say which cases the Supreme Court will or will not take. But it is taking this one. ...
Trump has been charged by U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith with four felony counts for allegedly plotting to subvert the results of the 2020 election. That is one of four criminal cases he faces as he runs for the Republican nomination in 2024. He has pleaded not guilty to all ...
The atmosphere in the Supreme Court on Thursday was “much more tepid” when compared to the oral arguments held for Bush v. Gore in 2000, according to CNN senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic, who was in the courtroom for hearings during both cases. “Not only could you feel prett...
Trump had pleaded not guilty in a trial that is one of four criminal cases entangled with the 2024 presidential election and the only one likely to see a jury before the election. Responses to any motions from the defense in the hush money case are due by June 27 — the day o...