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D21 President Fred Wertheimer On Today’s D.C. Court Of Appeals Unanimous Rejection Of Trump’s Immunity Claim & What’s Next

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A D.C. Circuit Court three-judge panel today sharply and unanimously rejected former President Donald Trump’s claim that he has absolute immunity against criminal prosecution for actions he took while President. Democracy 21 applauds today’s unanimous court decision. Trump’s claim of absolute criminal immunity is meritless and a stark rejection of our nation’s foundational principle that no person […]

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The Latest On The Trump Criminal Cases

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We are headed to crunch time on the four criminal cases pending against former President Donald Trump, including two that will determine if Trump is held accountable for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Recent polls show that the results in these cases could have a major impact on the 2024 presidential election. […]

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Trump’s Lies Keep Coming. Republican Officeholders Keep Staying Silent.

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Former President Donald Trump is well known as a serial liar. He may well be the most prolific liar in American history. During his four years in office, according to The Washington Post, Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims. Politifact tracks Trump’s more recent lies, such as his false claim that Nikki Haley opposed both Trump’s border wall and his […]

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Why Trump’s Immunity Claim Fell Flat In Court

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  The following analysis by Laurence Tribe, Norman Eisen, and Taylor Redd appeared on CNN. Read on CNN or below. __________________________   CNN   |  1/10/2024 Why Trump’s immunity claim fell flat in court Opinion by Laurence Tribe, Norman Eisen and Taylor Redd On Tuesday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Donald Trump’s […]

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Top Legal Experts Refute Trump’s Immunity Claims Ahead Of Court Of Appeals Oral Argument

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On Tuesday, January 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral argument in the case United States v. Donald J. Trump. The three-judge panel will hear former President Trump’s appeal of Judge Tanya Chutkan’s recent ruling that he does not have immunity from federal prosecution for actions he took while […]

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Trump’s Frivolous Immunity Claim

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Throughout his professional career, when Donald Trump has been challenged in court, his litigation strategy has invariably been “Delay. Delay. More Delay.” That apparently is his goal for the federal criminal cases pending against him in Washington, DC and Florida, and for the cases pending in Georgia and New York. If Trump can delay the […]

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Jennifer Rubin In The Washington Post: Want To Know How Real Conservatives Think? Read Their Brief On Immunity.

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Last week, 16 Republicans made their argument against immunity for former President Donald Trump from a distinctly conservative perspective, The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin writes in a column published on Tuesday. She is referring to the amicus brief submitted late on Friday, December 29, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in the case United States […]

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Prominent Former DOJ Officials, U.S. Attorneys, Others Tell DC Appeals Court In Amicus Brief: Trump Is Not Immune From Prosecution

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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 […]

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Two Presidents

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This has been a consequential week for both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. In the case of Biden, House Republicans on Wednesday, by a party-line vote of 221-to-212, opened a formal inquiry into whether Biden should be impeached. This inquiry is a response by House Republicans to Trump’s desire for revenge and retribution. […]

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The Significance Of DOJ’s New Reveal About Trump Agent’s Effort To Cause Riot To Stop 2020 Vote Count In Detroit

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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 […]

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