by Harry Litman Much remained uncertain after Thursday’s hearing on how to proceed with the federal Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump following the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling. But one point seemed clear: It’s not going to trial anytime soon. The parties and U.S. District ...
by Noah Feldman Jack Smith is calling the Supreme Court’s bluff. In the wake of the court’s controversial decision earlier this summer granting Donald Trump criminal immunity for official acts committed while president, Smith has refiled his indictment charging Trump with ...
by Robert Reich Trump’s first criminal trial — the first criminal trial of a former president, ever — began Monday. The 34-count business falsification case may be the only case against Trump to reach a verdict before the November election. Many people I speak with are worried ...
by Harry Litman The courts give, and the courts take away. And in a whirlwind couple of hours on Monday, they took a fair bit more from Donald Trump than they gave him. The helping hand Trump got from one court, reducing the bond he had to post to protect his empire from a civil ...
by Harry Litman As the judge presiding over the federal prosecution of Donald Trump for hoarding classified records at his Florida estate, Aileen Cannon has been a dubious influence from the start. She has consistently indulged Trump’s far-fetched legal arguments and overall strategy ...
by Harry Litman Special prosecutor Nathan Wade’s resignation Friday from the Georgia racketeering prosecution of Donald Trump and others was the right decision and, indeed, a virtually forced one. Judge Scott McAfee’s resolution of a defense motion to disqualify Wade’s boss, ...