United States v. Donald J. Trump, the criminal case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, may be the most important criminal case in American history. The case deals with then-President Trump’s unprecedented attempt to stage a coup to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his inciting the violent January 6 mob attack on the Capitol. And, […]
“As with so many other false conspiracy theories, this tale falls apart after just a cursory review of the evidence.” In its final report, the House Jan. 6th Committee summarized the testimony of witnesses who claimed that former President Donald Trump had “floated” the idea of deploying 10,000 National Guardsmen — mainly to protect him and his supporters as […]
In an amicus brief filed Wednesday with the Supreme Court, 11 leading legal experts explained why the Court should reject the claim made by the petitioner in Fischer v. United States, a case related to the January 6 criminal prosecutions, that raises the issue of what constitutes obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § […]
A new report published today on Just Security takes a deep dive into former President Donald’s Trump intentional, deceptive, and ongoing use of the words “peacefully and patriotically” to describe the actions of the mob who took part in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. According to the report:“During a speech on the third anniversary of […]
Sixteen former prosecutors, elected officials, other government officials, and constitutional lawyers, including individuals appointed in the Nixon, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Trump Administrations, submitted an amicus brief Friday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in the case United States v. Donald J. Trump. The brief, led by lead counsel […]
In a new court filing, Special Counsel Jack Smith has revealed more of the evidence he proposes to introduce during the Washington, D.C. criminal Jan. 6 trial of former President Donald Trump next year. Smith’s new filing includes a significant, striking, and previously unknown revelation, according to Tom Joscelyn, Amb. Norm Eisen (ret.), and Democracy 21 […]
Why are so many Republican officeholders being silent as former President Donald Trump threatens to create an autocracy, if not a dictatorship, if elected again as President? Why aren’t these Republicans calling out former President Trump for his off-the-rails and dangerous political rhetoric, and for his threats to root out “vermin” groups and create “detention […]
As recent Justice Department court filings make clear, Trump’s repeated embrace of the January 6 rioters is a part of the federal case against him. A new analysis on Just Security examines Trump’s connection to Jan. 6 rioters and discusses the legal implications in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s federal case against Trump. The analysis was written by Tom Joscelyn, Amb. […]
Last year, Democracy 21 Education Fund established the Democracy Legal Strike Force as a project of the organization to help hold accountable those who attacked our democracy in the 2020 presidential election, combat the still-thriving election deniers’ movement, and work to protect the integrity of our elections in 2024 and beyond. Since its launch, the […]
The following op-ed, by Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.) and Amy Lee Copeland, a criminal defense and appellate attorney in Savannah, Georgia, appeared in The New York Times on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. Read online or below. ________________________ The New York Times | 8/15/2023 Why the Fani Willis Prosecution of Donald Trump Is Indispensable By Norman Eisen and Amy Lee Copeland Mr. […]
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