On Thursday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Donald J. Trump v. United States, which addresses the question of whether Trump has presidential immunity for officials acts taken while he was President, which is crucial to this pending 2020 election interference case. The key, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer writes in an op-ed published today […]
Two pending Supreme Court cases will help determine the extent to which there is criminal accountability for former President Donald Trump for his role in the unprecedented effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and for the mob that attacked the Capitol on January 6. This week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Fischer v. […]
Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer appeared this week on Politics War Room with James Carville and Al Hunt discussing the latest developments in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York. Wertheimer also discusses the other Trump criminal cases — including ongoing delays in the other cases, next week’s presidential immunity argument in the […]
“The alleged facts presented by the Manhattan D.A.’s office make clear – this is a case about illegally influencing the 2016 presidential election, not just about ‘hush money.’” – D21 President Fred Wertheimer On Monday, April 15, the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump began in Manhattan. The People of New York v. Donald […]
“The allegations are in substance, that Donald Trump falsified business records to conceal an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election.” – Judge Juan Merchan In that single sentence, Judge Juan Merchan summed up the essence of the criminal case brought against former President Donald Trump by Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg. Judge Merchan, […]
In an amicus brief filed Monday with the Supreme Court, 13 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, urged the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump’s request to be granted immunity from federal criminal […]
Former President Donald Trump is less than two weeks away from his first criminal trial – the Manhattan hush money/election interference case, scheduled to start on April 15. Trump may finally have met his match in Judge Juan Merchan, who presides in this case. And, judging by Trump’s recent attacks on the judge and on […]
On April 15, an unprecedented trial is scheduled to begin in Manhattan. It constitutes the first criminal trial of a former President in American history. Last April, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced a 34-count felony indictment against former President Donald Trump. This criminal case is often described simply as a “hush money” case, but that […]
A new guide, published on Just Security, explains what to expect at former President Donald Trump’s landmark criminal trial in Manhattan for allegedly falsifying records to cover up payments made to hide information from voters. The trial is set to begin on April 15. The guide was written by Amb. Norm Eisen (ret.), Andrew Warren, and […]
. . . . . “Nothing in the transcript is exculpatory for Trump.” Last week, The New York Times published a heavily redacted transcript of an interview with former President Donald Trump’s White House valet conducted by the House Jan. 6 Committee that was provided to The Times by Rep. Barry […]
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