Last month, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta sought to advance a group of three civil cases filed against former President Donald Trump concerning his actions on January 6, 2021. Since then, the Supreme Court has agreed to review President Trump’s claim of presidential immunity in a criminal case related to the same events, prompting defense […]
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have raised a presidential immunity defense in the criminal case in New York, filing a motion to exclude certain evidence in the case and adjourn trial as the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over President Trump’s presidential immunity defense in a separate criminal case. President Trump has […]
Special counsel Jack Smith argued in a March 7 brief that former President Donald Trump has no presidential immunity to shield him in the case alleging he mishandled classified documents. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon has set a March 14 hearing to hear arguments on President Trump’s several motions to dismiss, ahead of a […]
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up former President Donald Trump’s immunity appeal in the federal election case. Hans von Spakovsky, attorney and former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), says the Supreme Court has ruled that the president has immunity from civil actions, and is likely to rule in favor of President […]
The Supreme Court decided to take up former President Donald Trump’s question of presidential immunity on Wednesday, with arguments set to be heard on April 22. NTD’s Chris Beers spoke with senior attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, Mark Miller, about a decision that will delay special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case against President […]
The Supreme Court agreed on Feb. 28 to hear a second case concerning former President Donald Trump, with far-reaching implications for his 2024 court schedule. President Trump is facing four criminal indictments, the first of which will go to trial in less than a month, plus several other civil cases—all while campaigning for the presidency […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has expressed hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will put an end to the “enormous abuse of power” aimed at former President Donald Trump after it agreed to review whether he is immune from prosecution in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) federal criminal case, which relates to his efforts to challenge […]
Former President Donald Trump thanked the Supreme Court on Wednesday for agreeing to review the question of whether presidential immunity applies to a federal criminal case related to his efforts to challenge the 2020 elections. “Legal scholars are extremely thankful for the Supreme Court’s decision today to take up presidential immunity. Without presidential immunity, a […]
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump on Thursday argued in court that his Florida classified documents case should dismissed because he has presidential immunity and should be shielded from prosecution. In four motions to dismiss the indictment to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, his lawyers wrote that the case should be dismissed and he should […]
Chief Justice John Roberts has requested that the Justice Department (DOJ) respond to former President Donald Trump’s attempt to assert presidential immunity in his ongoing Jan. 6-related case in D.C. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit had just rejected President Trump’s attempt to overturn Judge Tanya Chutkan’s refusal to dismiss DOJ’s prosecution […]
Former President Donald Trump has appealed to the Supreme Court to get immunity in his Jan. 6 case. NTD spoke to Paul Kamenar, the lead counsel at the National Legal and Policy Center, who says President Trump’s appeal may lead to the trial being pushed back past the presidential election in November.
The implications riding on former President Donald Trump’s legal cases will have profound implications for generations of future presidents to come. Attorney Hans von Spakovsky says the DC appeals court panel was hostile to former President Trump during oral arguments and opened a Pandora’s box for all presidents by ruling Trump is not protected by […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled on Feb. 6 that former President Donald Trump was not immune to prosecution for conduct that the Justice Department (DOJ) included in its indictment related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021. “We have balanced former President Trump’s asserted interests in executive immunity against the […]
Former President Donald Trump’s federal election case has been on hold for more than 50 days as he appeals to a higher court on grounds that he is immune from prosecution. Early last month, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a pause in the election case in Washington and has signaled, on at least two […]
An appeals court on Tuesday hears arguments on former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution over his challenge of the 2020 election. Follow here for live updates. — Trump Says Case Opens ‘Pandora’s Box’ Trump spoke after the hearing, describing it as a “momentous day.” “We have a great argument,” he […]
A federal appeals court ruled on Dec. 29 that former President Donald Trump is not immune from civil lawsuits relating to the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Friday’s order was issued by a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals and affirms a similar Dec. 1 ruling issued by the same […]
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday for a 90-day delay of trial proceedings in a defamation lawsuit against him by columnist E. Jean Carroll. The legal move, aimed at safeguarding his presidential immunity defense, comes after the same Manhattan court rejected this defense on Dec. […]
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has paused court proceedings in the election case against former President Donald Trump pending his appeal to dismiss the case entirely on the basis of presidential immunity. NTD spoke to executive director and general counsel at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and former Texas prosecutor Rob Henneke to discuss the […]
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump blatantly accused special counsel Jack Smith’s office of election interference in a new appeals court filing. “The prosecution has one goal in this case: To unlawfully attempt to try, convict, and sentence President Trump before an election in which he is likely to defeat President Biden,” they wrote in […]
