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Jan 18 2024
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DC Judge Sides with Trump, Reins In Jack Smith
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan partially sided with Donald Trump on Thursday to limit what special counsel Jack Smith can do in his election interference case against the former president. Trump’s attorneys filed a motion earlier this month calling on Chutkan to hold Smith in contempt for continuing to make filings in the case, which the judge had placed a stay order on in December.
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Apr 03 2024
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Jack Smith Close to Pressing 'Nuclear Button' on Aileen Cannon: Analyst
Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Counsel Jack Smith is close to pushing the "nuclear button" in Donald Trump's classified documents case, a legal expert told Newsweek on Wednesday.
Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, has faced scrutiny over her handling of the case in which federal prosecutors charged the former president with 31 counts for allegedly keeping classified
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Apr 03 2024
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Jack Smith Is Getting Fed Up With Trump's Classified Docs Judge
Special Counsel Jack Smith went toe-to-toe with U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon over her requests for jury instructions in Donald Trump’s classified documents case. In a scathing filing submitted Tuesday, Smith accused Cannon of operating on an “unstated and fundamentally flawed legal premise” when she requested that the parties in the case draft different versions of their proposed jury
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Jun 06 2024
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Trump classified docs judge expands hearing to consider 'unlawful' appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith
The judge presiding over former President Trump’s classified documents case has expanded a hearing for later this month to focus on whether the appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith was unlawful and invalid. Judge Aileen Cannon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida postponed the trial stemming from Smith’s investigation into Trump’s alleged improper retention of
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Jun 05 2024
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Trump’s MAGA Allies Are Threatening to Impeach Joe Biden, Investigate Jack Smith, and Imprison Alvin Bragg
In the days since Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 class E felonies, the ex-president and his allies on the right have urged people to respect the rule of law and accept that when you commit a crime, you should expect to be held accountable. Just f--king with you! Instead, the former guy has of course claimed he’s a “political prisoner” and a victim of an unfair Democratic plot who must be
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May 04 2024
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Trump is blaming Jack Smith for 'evidence tampering' the ex-president caused: NYT reporter
Donald recently accused Special Counsel Jack Smith of "evidence tampering" in connection with the criminal documents case in Florida, but the alleged issue stems from something the former president did, a New York Times reporter said Saturday. Friday against the classified documents criminal case he faces in the sunshine state, accusing Smith of evidence tampering and demanding the entire case
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Sep 08 2023
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Jim Jordan probes Jack Smith’s office
Republican House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan is launching a probe into Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office over an aide who allegedly “improperly pressured” a lawyer representing a defendant in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case, he announced in a letter Thursday. The investigation focuses on senior prosecutor Jay Bratt’s alleged effort to pressure Stanley
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Apr 30 2024
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Elise Stefanik Accuses Special Counsel Jack Smith Of Election Interference In Ethics Complaint
A top House Republican is accusing special counsel Jack Smith of election interference as the prosecutor leads two criminal cases against former President Donald Trump.
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) announced on Tuesday that she had filed an ethics complaint against Smith with the Office of Professional Responsibility at the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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May 28 2024
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Judge Cannon accuses special counsel Jack Smith of lacking "professiona courtesy," rejects gag order
Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump appointee presiding over the former president’s classified documents case, has rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order. And while she stopped short of embracing the defense's motion that prosecutors should be held , she lectured prosecutors for failing to give the defense adequate time, in her view, to draft a response to their request for a
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May 15 2024
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Speaker Johnson Says Lawmakers ‘Actively’ Discussing Ways to Rein in Jack Smith, Including Defunding
‘The Department of Justice has clearly been politicized,’ the speaker said. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday once again waded into the debate about defunding special counsel Jack Smith’s office amid allegations of a political vendetta in his prosecution of former President Donald Trump, with the speaker saying lawmakers are “actively” considering ways to “rein in” the special
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