By holding on to the case until early July, the justices have reduced, if not eliminated, the chance that Trump will have to stand trial before the November election, no matter what the court decides.In other epic court cases involving the presidency, including the Watergate tapes case, the...
The fraud case doesn’t carry the prospect of prison as Trump's upcoming criminal cases do. But its allegations of financial impropriety cut to the very heart of the brand he spent decades crafting. Engoron has already ruled that Trump committed fraud by infla...
Washington —Former President Donald Trump on Thursday asked two courts to dismiss separate criminal cases brought against him, and an attorney said Trump will seek to pause a civil fraud trial that is underway in New York.The pair of requests to toss out the charges were made in filings to...
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Although his legal team has secured substantial delays in those other cases, Trump is actually on a legal losing streak. And despite his outrageous public posturing and boastful claims in the court of public opinion, in an actual court of law, he is learning that he cannot defy legal gravity...
The case was widely watched for its potentially significant impact on not just the upcoming election, but the scope of presidential powers going forward. "We’re writing a rule for the ages," Justice Gorsuch said during oral arguments for the case in April. ...
The proceedings involving Trump in his criminal cases have been unprecedented and, in the case related to the 2020 election, raised an issue that the Supreme Court had never confronted before. During oral arguments, the conservative justices seemed acutely aware that their ruling would apply to all...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of time to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 202
"Through reasoned, discretionary scheduling orders like these, the Court can fairly administer the prompt disposition of this case," Smith's team wrote. The Trump team's move comes about a month after theformer president's lawyers sought to delayanother federal trial beyond the upcoming presidentia...
said that the First Amendment "unquestionably affords political speech robust protection." But the judges added that the existence of a political campaign or political speech "does not alter the court's historical commitment or obligation to ensure the fair administration of justice i...