U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an update on the so-called Operation Warp Speed program, the joint Defense Department and HHS initiative that has struck deals with several drugmakers in an effort to help speed up the search for effective treatments for the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in an address from the Rose Garden at … Read more
“This could delay his trial, perhaps significantly,” said Ilya Somin, a professor of law at George Mason University. “It makes it less likely the trial will be done before the election.” The US Supreme Court in Washington. Photo: AP The timing is potentially crucial. Polls indicate a conviction of Trump could undercut the Republican front-runner’s … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on at a campaign event in Waterford Township, Michigan, on Feb. 17, 2024. Rebecca Cook | Reuters The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to rule on whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal charges in his federal election interference case. The high court granted Trump’s request to … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his civil fraud trial at New York Supreme Court on January 11, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday told Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith to respond to a request by … Read more
Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to extend the delay in his election interference trial, saying he is immune from prosecution on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss. The former US president’s lawyers filed an emergency appeal with the court on Monday, just four days after the justices heard Trump’s separate … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at one of his properties, 40 Wall Street, following closing arguments at his civil fraud trial on January 11, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity from prosecution on criminal charges related to his efforts … Read more
Closing arguments are underway in a New York court for the civil business fraud trial of former President Donald Trump; two of his sons; and their company, the Trump Organization. New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses Trump and the other defendants of scheming to falsely inflate the stated values of more than a dozen … Read more
Washington, D.C. — Special Counsel Jack Smith pressed his case that former President Donald Trump does not enjoy the protections of “presidential immunity” in the 2020 election conspiracy criminal case in an 82-page court document filed Saturday afternoon in D.C.’s federal court of appeals. Smith’s filing comes one day after an appeals court allowed a lawsuit … Read more
Supreme Court rejects request to fast-track Trump immunity dispute – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. Supreme Court rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request to immediately decide if former president Donald Trump should receive immunity for his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. … Read more
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to members of the media at the US Department of Justice building in Washington, DC, on August 1, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The federal special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to quickly hear an appeal on whether he has presidential immunity, … Read more
