“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 […]
Former President Donald Trump has made the Jan. 6 defendants a key part of his 2024 campaign, promising that one of his “first acts” in office if reelected, would be to free the “January 6 hostages,” as he calls the defendants. As of March 2024, the D.C. Department of Corrections had 29 Jan. 6 inmates in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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