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Jul 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
Boing BoingAug 01 2023
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Grand jury investigating 2020 election interference hands up indictment
The federal grand jury hearing evidence in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election handed up an indictment on Tuesday in the federal courthouse in Washington, DC. The foreperson of the grand jury along with a Justice Department prosecutor were present in the courtroom when the indictment was returned. A judge agreed to seal the indictment for the
CNN (Online News)May 06 2023
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'Fake electors' given immunity in Trump election interference probe
United Press InternationalSep 18 2023
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Jack Smith Is Trying to Rein in Trump Ahead of 2020 Election Interference Trial
It should come to no one’s surprise that Special Counsel Jack Smith is trying to muzzle former President Donald Trump in the election interference case. Trump’s social media posts have created an environment where key individuals involved with the case, including the judge, have received death threats. Smith requests a “narrow” gag order, though Trump and his supporters won’t see it that way (
TownhallJan 08 2024
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Trump seeks dismissal of Georgia election interference case as federal court prepares to hear presidential immunity appeal
Former President Donald Trump asked a judge on Monday to dismiss his Georgia election interference racketeering case on grounds of presidential immunity, even as a federal court prepares to hear his appeal on the same issue just a few hours later. Trump’s lawyers asked Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee to dismiss the charges in the sprawling RICO case on grounds Trump was acting in his official
New York Daily NewsDec 21 2023
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Democrats privately admit the inevitable after Colorado bars Trump from ballot: 'Attempting election interference'
Democrats are privately upset with the Colorado Supreme Court because they believe the ruling that bars Donald Trump from the Colorado ballot will ultimately help the former president. The message of President Joe Biden's campaign is clear: Trump is an existential threat to American democracy. But officials in the Biden administration and Biden campaign fear the Colorado Supreme Court has
The BlazeJul 21 2023
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Election interference grand jury heard testimony on Trump's state of mind
Prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith’s office questioned former White House aide William Russell about then-President Donald Trump’s state of mind during and after the 2020 election period, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News. Russell — who was with Trump for some of the day on Jan. 6, 2021 — testified for hours Thursday before the federal grand jury deciding whether to
NBC News (Online)May 06 2024
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Does Columbia Want to Elect Donald Trump?
Disorder is the Republican’s best friend.
‘Let’s finish what they did in 1968,” a Columbia protester said the other day.
In political terms, that would mean electing Donald Trump.
The disorder of 1968 — when LBJ declined to run again and Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, and George Wallace faced off — played right into the hands of Nixon, who rode his opposition to the riots
Rich LowrySep 16 2023
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Jack Smith’s Office Requests Gag Order on Trump in Election Interference Case
Federal prosecutors are requesting a gag order that would prevent former president Donald Trump from making “disparaging and inflammatory, or intimidating” statements about the federal criminal case relating to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. The 19-page filing, made public on Friday, cites a pattern of Trump inciting harassment and death threats of election officials and workers in
Vanity FairOct 26 2023
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Special counsel urges court to reimpose Trump gag order in election interference case
Special counsel Jack Smith is urging a federal judge to reimpose the partial gag order on Donald Trump in his federal election interference case, arguing that the former president continues to try to intimidate witnesses on social media and in his public statements. The narrow gag order issued last week by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan bars Trump from making statements targeting
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