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Aug 09 2024
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Judge grants Jack Smith delay in Trump Jan. 6 case
Judge Tanya Chutkan granted special counsel Jack Smith‘s request on Friday to delay proceedings in his election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Chutkan postponed a hearing, initially scheduled for next week, until Sept. 5, according to a court order. The judge also pushed out the next deadline for court filings from Friday until the end of August, meaning the first
Washington Examiner
Aug 28 2024
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"Hoax" and "witch hunt": Trump responds as usual to Jack Smith's latest indictment
Donald Trump went on an explosive Truth Social rant Monday night after he was re-indicted by special counsel Jack for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. In a slew of posts, Trump wrote that the superseding indictment was an “act of desperation to resurrect a dead Witch Hunt,” claiming he was being subjected to the justice of “third world countries” and “Banana Republics.” “This
Salon
Aug 28 2024
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Aderholt, Moore slam new Jack Smith indictment in Trump case: ‘This…
Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith filed a revised indictment on Tuesday in the federal government’s case against former President Donald Trump. A hearing in the case is scheduled for September 5, roughly two months before the November election. The federal government alleges Trump undertook a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election. Trump pleaded not guilty to a previous
1819 News
Aug 28 2024
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Trump DOJ official, deleted from indictment, hits out at Jack Smith
Jack Smith and his revised indictment against Donald Trump has been criticized by a Department of Justice official who has been removed from the original. Jeffrey Clark, identifiably as alleged "co-conspirator No. 4" in the initial indictment, was deleted from the new version filed Tuesday. The new version has nine fewer pages with changes reflecting the U.S. Supreme Court's July ruling that
Newsweek
Aug 27 2024
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Jack Smith's new indictment is "slick move," former Trump lawyer says
Special Counsel Jack Smith's decision to file an updated federal election subversion indictment against former President Donald Trump was a "slick move," according to former Trump lawyer William Brennan. Smith filed a superseding indictment in the federal election case on Tuesday, accusing Trump of the same four felony counts that he was indicted on in August 2023. The new indictment has been
Newsweek
Aug 27 2024
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Jack Smith Introduces New Indictment Against Trump, Reason Why Revealed
CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said on Tuesday that special counsel Jack Smith “cut back” on the election case against Republican nominee Donald Trump due to the U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling. Smith filed a superseding indictment on Tuesday including the same four charges initially handed down on August 1, 2023, in relation to his alleged interference in the 2020 election.
Western Journal
Aug 27 2024
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The Supreme Court Can't Save Trump From Jack Smith's Revised Indictment
Special Counsel Jack Smith revised his indictment of former President Trump to comply with the conservative Supreme Court majority’s ruling on presidential immunity. According to The New York Times: Federal prosecutors on Tuesday issued a revised version of an indictment accusing former President Donald J. Trump of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, stripping out some charges in order to
PoliticusUSA
Aug 26 2024
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Jack Smith reportedly won’t seek a ‘mini-trial’ in Trump’s Jan. 6 case
Special counsel Jack Smith reportedly isn’t planning on seeking a so-called mini-trial in Donald Trump’s federal election interference case before the November election. I’ll explain what that means and why that isn’t the crucial issue in the broader context of the prosecution and Trump’s criminal cases generally. The context that prompted speculation about such a hearing is the Supreme Court’
MSNBC
Jun 03 2024
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Jack Smith paints Cannon into a Corner
Just a short write up here. This seemed kind of important news. Jack Smith may have found a way to appeal the Theft of Classified Documents case. By forcing Judge Cannon to do something, that she definitely does not want to do. — — Here are the key bits of it, in my rushed transcription below — which captures the main ideas involved by the Special Prosecutor’s latest motion. (Apologies for any
Daily Kos
Sep 07 2024
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'Load of nonsense': Ex-prosecutor explains why Trump’s gambit against Jack Smith is doomed
Attorneys representing President Donald Trump are making a big gamble on being able to have Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith removed as prosecutor in the ex-president's two federal criminal cases. But one legal expert thinks that strategy is unlikely to bear fruit. During his hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. earlier this week, Trump's lawyers made it clear
AlterNet