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New court filing: Smith challenges Trump’s immunity claim  CNNsource

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Legal Special counsel Jack Smith rejected Donald Trump’s contention that the criminal indictment of him is constitutionally invalid. Special Counsel Jack Smith arrives to give remarks on an unsealed indictment against former President Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2023 in Washington. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images By Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney 12/30/2023 04:19 PM EST…
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Special Counsel for the Department of Justice Jack Smith rebuffed former President Trump’s claim that he should get immunity in Smith’s case related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in a Saturday filing.The former president’s legal team has said that Trump should be immune from prosecution in the case because the conduct noted in…
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Former Obama adviser David Axelrod warned Friday that a court decision removing former President Trump from the primary ballot “would rip the country apart” as legal questions mount over his candidate qualifications.Maine’s secretary of state determined this week that Trump should be barred from the primary ballot, citing his conduct surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol…
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Police in Colorado are investigating threats made against judges who ruled Donald Trump cannot be listed on the state's presidential primary ballot. Denver Police said they were providing extra patrols around the homes of justices in the city. The Denver FBI office said it was assisting local police.Colorado's Supreme Court ruled last week that Mr…
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Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inEx-president privately shares concern conservative justices may be worried about being seen as ‘political’ and rule against himFind your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profileDonald Trump doubles down on…
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In Maine, Questions Over Decision to Push Trump Off the Ballot  Yahoo Newssource

Trump Ballot DecisionsAdvertisementSupported byNews AnalysisThe legal issues are novel and tangled, experts said, and the justices may be wary of knocking a leading presidential candidate off the ballot.By Adam LiptakReporting from WashingtonThe Supreme Court, battered by ethics scandals, a dip in public confidence and questions about its legitimacy, may soon have to confront a case…
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Former President Trump went after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) for vetoing a proposed ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender minors on Saturday.“DeWine has fallen to the Radical Left,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “No wonder he gets loudly booed in Ohio every time I introduce him at Rallies, but I won’t…
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Watch CBS News By Scott MacFarlane Updated on: December 30, 2023 / 4:28 PM EST / CBS News Washington, D.C. — Special Counsel Jack Smith pressed his case that former President Donald Trump does not enjoy the protections of “presidential immunity” in the 2020 election conspiracy criminal case in an 82-page court document filed Saturday afternoon…
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Donald Trump ‘fears Supreme Court could BACK Colorado’s decision to take him off the ballot and that three con  Daily Mailsource

A fake swatting call was made Friday night to the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeELKADER, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis offered the clearest indication yet that he would pardon former President Donald Trump if he were to be convicted on the multiple criminal charges he faces, clarifying previously murky answers on how the Republican governor would use…
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Colorado Republicans have appealed to the US Supreme Court after the state's top court ruled that Donald Trump was ineligible to run for president. The appeal means he will remain for now on the ballot for the Colorado primary.Last week, the ex-president was disqualified from running in the state for his alleged role in the…
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2024 Presidential ElectionAdvertisementSupported bySome critics say the battles over the former president’s ballot status are turning him into a martyr and eroding faith in American elections.By Jack Healy, Anna Betts, Mike Baker and Jill CowanAs the top elections official in Washington State, Steve Hobbs says he is troubled by the threat former President Donald J. Trump poses…
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AdvertisementSupported byDonald Trump’s former fixer had sought an early end to court supervision after his 2018 campaign finance conviction. He enlisted the help of Google Bard.By Benjamin Weiser and Jonah E. BromwichMichael D. Cohen, the onetime fixer for former President Donald J. Trump, mistakenly gave his lawyer bogus legal citations concocted by the artificial intelligence…
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All is forgiven if you go to bed on New Year’s Eve hoping to sleep until New Year’s Day 2025. All signs promise that 2024 will be a year for the ages.It most certainly will be a year of reckoning for Donald Trump in courts of law, as well as public opinion. It will be…
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Donald Trump is back on Colorado’s primary ballot after he was disqualified from running by a state Supreme Court ruling earlier this month. The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday appealed the state’s supreme court decision that found former President Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency, the potential first step to a showdown at the…
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Give by 12/31, so we can continue to deliver intelligent, in-depth, trustworthy journalism. Geoff Bennett Geoff Bennett Saher Khan Saher Khan Leave your feedbackNew York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the backlash around Nikki Haley’s comments on the causes…
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Prosecutors urge appeals court to reject Trump’s immunity claims in election subversion case  Yahoo Newssource

Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, has admitted to using Google Bard to cite non-existent legal cases to his legal counsel, David M. Schwartz, who then relayed these cases to in submissions to a federal court.What Happened: Cohen acknowledged in freshly unsealed court documents that he provided his lawyer with papers citing fictitious cases, reported The…
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SEARCHThe real answer is nothing. But if they decide to take them up, here is how they should decide them.The U.S. Supreme Court needs to understand that the disqualification of former President Donald J. Trump under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment from running again for President of the United States is going exactly as…
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Watch CBS News By Matthew Rodriguez Updated on: December 28, 2023 / 9:55 PM PST / KCAL News California’s secretary of state declined to remove Donald Trump from the presidential primary ballot despite a call for her to do so from the state’s lieutenant governor. Dr. Shirley Weber did not immediately issue a comment on her…
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Maine and Colorado have said he is ineligible under the 14th amendment due to his actions during the January 6 Capitol attackDonald Trump is reportedly expected to file legal challenges early next week to rulings in Maine and Colorado knocking him off primary ballots amid mounting pressure on US supreme court justices to rule on…
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