DOJ releases Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on Trump election interference case
The Justice Department made public Volume I of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his now-closed investigations into President-elect Donald Trump, days before he is set to be sworn into office. Attorney General Merrick Garland released the first volume, which focuses on the election case against Trump, of Smith’s report on Tuesday at midnight […]
Trump cheers disqualification of ‘corrupt’ Fani Willis, says case is ‘entirely dead’
EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Donald Trump reacted to the Georgia Court of Appeals decision to disqualify “corrupt” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, telling Fox News Digital that the case “is entirely dead” and that the “wonderful patriots who have been caught up in this for years” should “receive an apology.” The Georgia Court of Appeals on […]
Appeals court disqualifies Fani Willis from Trump Georgia case
A Georgia appellate court Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and removed her from prosecuting Donald Trump and co-defendants in a case she brought in relation to the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The decision is likely to cripple the case and bring a halt to the efforts to try Trump and […]
Justice Jackson’s role in ‘queer’ Broadway show ‘really reckless’ as court weighs trans case: legal expert
Just days after Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared in a “queer” Broadway spinoff of “Romeo and Juliet,” critics are questioning whether her involvement could compromise her impartiality as the court considers a landmark case about banning transgender surgical procedures for minors. “I think it’s a huge mistake for federal judges, especially Supreme Court […]
Trump threatens more lawsuits against media as ABC to pay $15 million to settle case
Donald Trump said yesterday at a Mar-a-Lago news conference that he would take a couple of questions. By the time he finished speaking, he had gone on for an hour. Trump made news on a dozen topics, a reminder of the freewheeling approach in which even among journalists who can’t stand him, the incoming president […]
Judge in Trump’s hush money case denies bid to toss out guilty verdict
The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money trial denied the president-elect’s bid to vacate his guilty verdict on presidential immunity grounds. “Defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment and verdict is denied,” Judge Juan Merchan wrote in a ruling Monday. Merchan handed down the decision after he also denied Trump’s argument that he’s […]
ABC to pay $15 million legal settlement in Trump defamation case
WASHINGTON — ABC will pay $15 million as part of a legal settlement with President-elect Donald Trump, closing out a dispute that centered on an interview in which Trump alleged anchor George Stephanopoulos defamed him. The money will be transferred to “a Presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for” Trump, according to […]
Trump urges judge to dismiss hush money case, blasting DA’s death analogy as ‘unhinged’
Lawyers for Donald Trump called prosecutors’ suggestion that he be treated like a defendant who’s died a “dark dream scenario” and “irresponsible,” while again urging a New York judge to make the hush money conviction against their client go away. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office had suggested Judge Juan Merchan apply a process known […]
Alvin Bragg called out by challenger on Daniel Penny case
Alvin Bragg challenger Maud Maron says the fact that the Manhattan district attorney brought the Daniel Penny case to trial is a “clear indication of his bad judgment.” Daniel Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide Monday morning in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely. The 26-year-old Marine veteran grabbed Neely from behind in a chokehold […]
Conservatives object as Supreme Court ducks case on high school admissions
WASHINGTON — Conservative justices objected as the Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a new dispute over race in education by declining to consider whether an admissions program for public high schools in Boston unlawfully considered race. Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas both said they would have taken up the case, while Justice Neil […]