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Arizona grand jury indicts Meadows, Giuliani, other Trump allies for 2020 election interference

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How large parts of Trump’s trial are playing out in the shadows

21.04.2024 50

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Trump could have helped response to Jan. 6 riot — but didn’t — per new testimony

18.04.2024 650

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John Eastman, architect of Trump’s 2020 election plot, should be disbarred, judge rules

28.03.2024 550

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Peter Navarro ordered to prison on March 19

11.03.2024 100

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‘They didn’t do it clearly enough’: SCOTUS ruling prompts worries of another Jan. 6 crisis

05.03.2024 70

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Jack Smith says Trump’s handling of classified docs was far worse than Biden’s

In a new filing in Trump’s Florida case, Smith cited Robert Hur’s report on Joe Biden’s retention of classified material.

27.02.2024 100

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Willis opts not to retake witness stand in disqualification hearing

Meanwhile, Donald Trump urged defense lawyers in the case to be more aggressive in their questioning.

16.02.2024 6

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Special counsel urges Supreme Court to end Trump’s delay of federal election trial

“There is a national interest in seeing the crimes alleged in this case resolved promptly,” Jack Smith wrote.

15.02.2024 30

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Judge rejects Peter Navarro’s bid to remain out of jail while he appeals contempt conviction

If the ruling holds, Navarro may be the first member of Trump’s inner circle to go to prison for crimes stemming from the effort to subvert the 2020...

08.02.2024 3

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Chutkan contemplates Trump trial extending deep into 2024, as case remains in limbo

It was the judge's first acknowledgment that Trump’s federal trial could could extend into the general election.

05.02.2024 8

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Judge nixes Trump’s March 4 trial date in federal election subversion case

Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision was widely expected amid Trump’s effort to have courts declare him immune from the charges.

03.02.2024 20

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Ryan Samsel, Jan. 6 defendant who instigated breach, convicted of multiple felonies

Samsel and four others were convicted of participating in the “civil disorder” wrought by the mob and of assaulting police officers.

02.02.2024 7

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‘Preposterous’: Federal judge decries efforts to downplay Jan. 6 violence, label perpetrators ‘hostages’

Judge Royce Lamberth, who has handled dozens of Jan. 6 cases, lamented the false rhetoric spread by Donald Trump and his allies.

26.01.2024 300

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Peter Navarro sentenced to four months in prison for defying Jan. 6 committee

The former Trump trade adviser's refusal to testify to Congress hindered the investigation of the Jan. 6 attack, a federal judge said.

25.01.2024 4

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Trump’s political and legal fates are now one

By fusing the campaign and the courtroom, Trump is recognizing a stark reality about his prospects in 2024.

23.01.2024 10

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Court says even passive members of Jan. 6 mob can be convicted of disorderly conduct

The decision is a victory for the Justice Department on one of the most common charges lodged against Jan. 6 defendants.

05.01.2024 10

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Jan. 6 defendant tearfully tells judge: ‘You very likely saved my life’

Jan. 6 defendant Christopher Worrell has a rare form of chronic lymphoma.

05.01.2024 20

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Supreme Court’s treatment of Trump could play decisive role in 2024

As Trump's many legal problems barrel toward 1 First Street, the presidential race hangs in the balance.

04.01.2024 7

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Prosecutors seek 6 months in jail for rioter who became subject of false conspiracies

Ray Epps' extraordinary suffering at the hands of pro-Trump forces who falsely accused him of being a government agent, a prosecutor said, warrants a...

03.01.2024 4

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Prosecutors eyed obstruction charges months before Jack Smith took over Trump case

A newly unsealed court document underscores the Justice Department’s long pursuit of evidence to support the obstruction allegations now lodged...

19.12.2023 7

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Judge: Giuliani may have defamed Georgia election workers again outside DC courthouse

Just minutes after leaving the first day of his civil trial, Rudy Giuliani repeated a false allegation about the pollworkers.

12.12.2023 6

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Giuliani jury is a cross-section of DC that defies easy stereotypes

The jurors chosen to hear Rudy Giuliani’s trial told the judge they had no pre-existing opinions about the former New York City mayor.

12.12.2023 30

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Giuliani spread lies about Georgia election workers. A jury will decide what he owes them.

A damages trial begins Monday in a case in which a judge has already ruled that Rudy Giuliani is liable for defamation.

10.12.2023 10

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Jack Smith reveals sweeping scope of bid to debunk Trump election machine claims

In a new filing, his team described interviewing more than a dozen of the top intelligence officials in Trump’s administration.

10.12.2023 200

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Jack Smith wants to tell jury about Trump’s earlier attempts to sow doubt about elections

The special counsel is seeking a judge's permission to introduce evidence that may help jurors assess Trump's intent in the weeks leading to Jan. 6.

06.12.2023 100

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Giuliani’s no-show prevents courtroom confrontation with Georgia election workers

Rudy Giuliani is facing money damages in the election workers' defamation lawsuit.

05.12.2023 5

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Trump is not immune from election-subversion prosecution, judge rules

“A former President’s exposure to federal criminal liability is essential to fulfilling our constitutional promise of equal justice under the...

02.12.2023 100

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Court filing reveals Rep. Scott Perry’s vast web of contacts in bid to reverse 2020 election

The exchanges include texts between Perry and Jeff Clark, the DOJ official whom Donald Trump was close to appointing as acting attorney general.

30.11.2023 100

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Prosecutors urge appeals court to reinstate Trump gag order

The special counsel's office argued that Trump has exploited two temporary suspensions of the gag order to assail prosecutors and witnesses.

14.11.2023 6

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New book details Trump lawyers’ secret meeting with Jack Smith ahead of DC indictment 

ABC’s Jonathan Karl offers an account of a fateful July 27 meeting in his forthcoming book.

13.11.2023 70

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Donald Trump: Jan. 6 riot defendant

Donald Trump doesn’t want prosecutors to talk about Jan. 6. They want to make it central to their case.

09.11.2023 200

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‘Alone in American history’: Prosecutors urge judge to deny Trump’s bid to dismiss D.C. charges

In new court documents, the special counsel articulated his clearest case yet for Trump’s prosecution for election subversion.

07.11.2023 100

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Judge finds Eastman culpable for ethics breaches in 2020 bid to keep Trump in power

California authorities will now present "aggravation" evidence in their effort to strip Eastman of his law license.

03.11.2023 90

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Trump seeks to derail election-subversion charges

In series of dismissal motions, Trump makes his move to upend special counsel Jack Smith’s Washington, D.C., case.

24.10.2023 3

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Jan. 6 defense lawyers ‘gobsmacked’ by Trump ally’s plea deal

Many rioters who stormed the Capitol received long prison sentences. Sidney Powell, an architect of the effort to subvert the election, negotiated a...

20.10.2023 2

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Trump faces reckoning as D.C. judge mulls gag order

At a court hearing Monday, a judge will consider special counsel Jack Smith's demand that Trump be formally ordered to stop attacking potential...

16.10.2023 100

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Prosecutors: 25 witnesses claimed attorney-client privilege in federal probe of Trump’s election subversion

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team warned that Trump may invalidate those claims if he argues during trial that his actions in 2020 were based on the...

11.10.2023 50

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Trump says he’s ‘immune’ from prosecution for attempts to reverse 2020 election results

His actions were part of his official duties as president, his lawyers claim in a new court filing.

05.10.2023 6

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Georgia prosecutors seek trial testimony from top Trump adviser

Boris Epshteyn and two false electors are among six witnesses sought by DA Fani Willis for the Oct. 23 trial of two Trump co-defendants on election...

05.10.2023 4

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Trump urges judge to reject proposed gag order in federal election case

Prosecutors have asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to order Trump to stop attacking potential witnesses.

26.09.2023 90

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Inside Tanya Chutkan’s courtroom as Trump trial looms

The judge’s first trial since Donald Trump’s indictment offers insight into how she’ll handle the former president’s case.

26.09.2023 10

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Prosecutors argue Trump knowledge of Twitter search warrant could ‘precipitate violence’

The new filings are part of a monthslong legal battle between Twitter and the special counsel’s team.

15.09.2023 10

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Willis seeks to dismantle false Trump electors’ claims about Hawaii precedent 

The Georgia prosecutor's arguments were part of an effort to defuse a bid by three allies of the former president to transfer their cases to federal...

08.09.2023 80

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Peter Navarro’s contempt-of-Congress case heads to jury

The former Trump adviser, who strategized to delay certification of the 2020 election, faces prison time for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6...

07.09.2023 3

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