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Oct 05 2023
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Donald Trump moves to dismiss Jack Smith's 2020 election interference case
Former President Donald Trump asked a judge on Thursday to dismiss the case brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith related to the 2020 election.
Trump's defense team, including attorneys John Lauro and Todd Blanche, cited "absolute presidential immunity" in their motion for United States District Judge Tanya Chutkan to dismiss Smith's indictment.
"The acts alleged in
Washington ExaminerAug 10 2023
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Special Counsel Wants Trump Election Interference Trial To Start Jan. 2
That date, Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith said in a filing, would give enough time for both parties to review discovery and hash out any pretrial legal matters while still being expedient for the sake of the public. “It is difficult to imagine a public interest stronger than the one in this case, in which the defendant—the former President of the United States—is charged with
HuffPostAug 10 2023
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Special Counsel Proposes January Date for Trump’s Election Interference Trial
The prosecutors overseeing the indictment of former President Donald J. Trump on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election asked a judge on Thursday to set a trial date in the case for early January, laying out an aggressive schedule for the proceeding. In a motion filed to Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, who is presiding over the case in Federal District Court in Washington, the prosecutors
New York Times (News)Dec 06 2023
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Georgia prosecutors add Mike Pence to witness list in Trump’s election interference case: report
Former Vice President Mike Pence has been formally added to a witness list of those being asked to testify against his old boss, former President Donald Trump, in the election interference trial in Georgia, it emerged Wednesday. Pence was among 150 people on a new list submitted by the Fulton County prosecutors, according to CNN, citing multiple sources familiar with the documents that remain
New York Post (News)Dec 28 2023
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‘Illegal And Brazen Election Interference’: Republicans Rip Maine Secretary Of State For Removing Trump From Ballot
• Republican political figures ripped Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows of Maine Thursday for blocking former President Donald Trump from the 2024 Republican primary ballot. • “The system is hellbent on taking this man out,” Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said. Republican political figures blasted Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows for barring former
The Daily CallerDec 22 2022
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Donald Trump Jr.: Twitter Censorship Is ‘Election Interference’
Donald Trump Jr. spoke to Breitbart News at Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest conference on Sunday in Phoenix, Arizona, where he said that Big Tech has engaged in “election interference” via its censorship of conservative accounts.
After being asked how much damage he believes has been done to elections as a result of censorship by Big Tech, Trump Jr. said, “This would be what they
Breitbart NewsAug 07 2023
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Trump objects to strict limits on sharing evidence in election interference case
In a Sunday email between Trump’s lawyers and prosecutors, appended to Trump’s filing, assistant special counsel Thomas Windom raised concerns about Trump’s plan to broaden the group of legal advisers who might be permitted to review evidence in the case, worrying that the language Lauro proposed was “boundless.” The dispute is one of several between Trump’s legal team and the special counsel
PoliticoMay 06 2024
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Milwaukee mayor ousts election commission executive director a week after former deputy director sentenced for election fraud
The executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission is now out just one week after one of her former colleagues on the commission was sentenced for committing election fraud. On Monday, Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, a Democrat, announced that he had removed Claire Woodall, aka Claire Woodall-Vogg, as executive director of the commission. However, there seem to be differing
The BlazeApr 17 2024
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L.A. ethics panel approves fine for former CBS exec Leslie Moonves over interference with LAPD investigation
Former CBS President Leslie Moonves will pay $15,000 to settle a Los Angeles city ethics complaint over his role in an alleged cover-up of sexual assault accusations against him. The city’s Ethics Commission unanimously approved the settlement Wednesday after previously rejecting a proposal for $11,250 in fines as too low. Under the settlement, in addition to paying the $15,000, Moonves
Los Angeles TimesJul 31 2023
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Judge tosses Trump's attempt to stop Georgia investigation into election interference
Former president Donald Trump, anticipating charges in Georgia over his attempts to interfere in the 2020 election, filed a motion to quash evidence in the case. A judge there tossed Trump's effort today, not least because there isn't even an indictment yet. "No court ever has held that that status alone provides a basis for the courts to interfere with or halt the investigation," wrote Fulton
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