Tag Archive for: TrumpWatch

Former Federal & GA Prosecutors File Brief Opposing Trump Motion To Quash GA Special Purpose Grand Jury Report, Suppress Evidence, & Recuse DA & Judge

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y “Former President Donald J. Trump seeks what in Amici’s experience is extraordinary and unwarranted relief from this Court.” A bipartisan group of eight former federal and Georgia state prosecutors filed an amicus brief in the Superior Court of Fulton County Georgia on May 19 opposing former President Donald Trump’s motion to quash the Special Purpose Grand […]

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Joscelyn, Eisen, & Wertheimer On Just Security: How Trump’s CNN Town Hall Remarks Put Him In Greater Legal Peril For The Jan. 6 Investigations

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During CNN’s town hall on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump made multiple incriminating remarks about his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Tom Joscelyn, Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.), and Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer write today on Just Security. “Trump’s responses will further hurt his case should Special Counsel Jack Smith charge the former President in […]

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Eisen, Stanton, Watt Op-Ed: A New Clue In The Fani Willis Investigation In Georgia

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“This is just the latest example of lawyers tied to the Trump probes being accused of potential wrongdoing.” Ambassador Norman Eisen (ret.), Joshua Stanton, and Siven Watt discuss new developments in the investigation by Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential results, in an analysis […]

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The Damage Fox News Has Done To Our Democracy

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Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | April 20, 2023 After former President Donald Trump, Fox News apparently did more than anyone else to promote and spread the false claim and accompanying lies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump. In doing so, Fox made a dangerous contribution to undermining the confidence of millions of Americans in the […]

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Former GOP Members Of Congress And Former Prosecutors, Government Attorneys, And Legal Experts File Amicus Brief Supporting Manhattan DA Bragg’s Motion For Injunctive Relief To Quash Subpoena In Case Brought Against Rep. Jim Jordan

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Jordan’s incursion into the functioning of the Manhattan DA’s office is “egregious and unconstitutional overreach.” Twenty-one individuals, including four Republican former Members of Congress; Cyrus Vance Jr., the former Manhattan District Attorney; and former prosecutors, government attorneys, and other legal experts today filed an amicus brief supporting Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Jr.’s motion for injunctive relief to […]

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From Trump To Tennessee — Democracy Under Attack

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Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | April 6, 2023 Our democracy is under attack and seriously threatened. These attacks crystallized in 2020 when then-President Donald Trump attempted to steal the election he had lost, the first attempted presidential coup in our nation’s history, and the lead role he played in unleashing the January 6 insurrectionist attack […]

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Unpacking The Trump NY 2016 Election Interference Case: Resources, News, & Analysis

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The Indictment   The full 34-count felony indictment: The People of the State of New York against Donald J. Trump   The Statement of Facts, prepared by the Manhattan DA’s office   The Indictment, Annotated By The New York Times   Research & Analysis Hush Money And High Stakes: 11 Key Facts On Trump’s Legal […]

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The Guardian: Trump’s Indictment Is About More Than Hush Money – It’s A Question Of Democracy

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As the Manhattan District Attorney’s office has pointed out, the 34-count indictment of former President Donald Trump that was made public yesterday wasn’t just that Trump illegally directed hush money payments “but that the timing of them probably changed the course of his campaign and paved the way for Trump to interfere with election results […]

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Agnifilo/Eisen In The New York Times: “We Finally Know The Case Against Trump, And It Is Strong”

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With the release of the indictment of former President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg yesterday, “we can now say that there’s nothing novel or weak about this case,” Karen Friedman Agnifilo, a former Manhattan chief assistant district attorney, and Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.) write in The New York Times. “The charge of creating false financial […]

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UPDATED: 11 Key Facts On Trump’s Legal Battle In Manhattan

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Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on 34 felony counts by the Manhattan District Attorney. The former President has pleaded not guilty. Former President Trump has been charged with falsifying business records in the first degree, in violation of New York State law, after allegedly illegally doctoring his official accounting books and records to conceal […]

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