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The former special counsel prosecutor Jay Bratt is scheduled to appear before the Republican-led House judiciary committee next week as it attempts to find instances of politicization in the federal criminal cases brought against Donald Trump, according to three people familiar with the matter. The deposition of Bratt, who led the criminal case over Trump’s …
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith delivered a live speech on May 5 about her province’s path forward with the federal government of Mark Carney.
BREAKING- YOUR REACTION: Judge Aileen Cannon has dismissed the Trump classified documents case, ruling that Jack Smith’s appointment by Biden’s DOJ was unconstitutional. pic.twitter.com/yFeNH9K56M — Simon Ateba (@simonateba) July 15, 2024 HUGE NEWS: Judge Cannon just dismissed documents case based on unlawful appointment of Jack Smith. pic.twitter.com/L5vqz6BcRx — Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) July 15, 2024 …
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s battle with X, formerly Twitter, over a warrant for former President Donald Trump’s account reached the Supreme Court Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia Beryl Howell granted Smith’s request for a warrant in January 2023, along with a nondisclosure order prohibiting X from notifying anyone of the warrant’s existence. This allowed …
A newly unsealed motion confirms that someone in Trump’s world, likely an attorney, agreed to become a cooperating witness for the US government in Jack Smith’s classified documents case against President Trump. A reference to a cooperation agreement with the government was mentioned in a motion filed by Trump’s co-defendant Walt Nauta. Just unsealed filing …
In a legal drama that seems straight out of a suspense thriller, Judge Cannon has given the nod to two amicus briefs filed by Trump’s legal team in the ongoing classified documents case. This unexpected turn of events injects fresh energy into an already intense legal battle. One of the amicus briefs takes a hard …
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1763670170470387936.html Julie breaks down the morning session. Lots of good detail in here. Judge Cannon calls Jack Smith trial date ‘unrealistic.’ Big news from Cannon hearing. 60 day DOJ rule is not in effect. Jack Smith would put Trump on trial November 1. The judge had originally scheduled the trial to begin May 20 but …
via breitbart: Special Counsel Jack Smith, in a search warrant sent to X, formerly Twitter, requested a vast swathe of information about the account of former President Donald J. Trump, as well as information on the millions of accounts that interacted with it — even those that liked a tweet by Trump in the timeframe …
President Trump on Thursday moved to dismiss Special Counsel Jack Smith’s DC case, citing ‘presidential immunity.’ Last month Trump was hit with 4 counts in Jack Smith’s January 6 case up in DC: Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and …
Trump’s legal team is preparing to file a motion to dismiss Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case citing prosecutorial misconduct. Trump’s lawyers will ask Judge Aileen Cannon to unseal Obama-appointed Judge Beryl Howell’s order obliterating Trump’s attorney-client privilege with his lawyer Eric Corcoran. Via RealClearInvestigations reporter Paul Sperry: Insiders say Trump’s new legal team preparing to …
This is disgusting conduct. And they know exactly what they are doing, and that's it is beyond unethical and illegal. they know full well Trump will never get convicted or go to prison over this, because that isn't their point. They simply want him mortally wounded, to win the… — Aaron Palmer (@aaronpalmer) June 8, …