Tag: Chutkan, Tanya S

Jack Smith Asks Supreme Court to Move Quickly in Trump Immunity Case

Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting former President Donald J. Trump on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject a request from Mr. Trump to put the case on hold while he pursues appeals. “Delay in the resolution of these charges threatens to frustrate the public […]

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Trump Faces Fraud Trial Ruling and Criminal Trial Hearing in NY Next Week

In two courthouses, two blocks apart, two New York judges could well ruin Donald J. Trump’s week. On Thursday, one of the judges, Juan M. Merchan, may schedule the first criminal trial of a former American president for as early as next month — raising the specter that Mr. Trump might end up behind bars. […]

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Forceful Opinion Repudiates Trump’s Immunity Claim in Election Case

Former President Donald J. Trump’s claim that he was immune from being prosecuted for any crimes he committed while trying to stay in office after losing the 2020 election was always a long shot. But in an opinion on Tuesday eviscerating his assertion, three federal appeals court judges portrayed his position as not only wrong […]

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What’s Next in the Federal Election Case Against Trump?

The ruling on Tuesday by a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court in Washington rejecting former President Donald J. Trump’s claims of immunity against charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election was a significant defeat for Mr. Trump. And it was a win for Jack Smith, the special counsel, who has been trying […]

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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Claim of Absolute Immunity

A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected former President Donald J. Trump’s claim that he was immune to charges of plotting to subvert the results of the 2020 election, ruling that he must go to trial on a criminal indictment accusing him of seeking to overturn his loss to President Biden. The unanimous ruling by […]

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After Speedy Start, Appeals Court Slows Down on Trump Immunity Decision

In December, when a federal appeals court agreed to hear former President Donald J. Trump’s sweeping claims to be immune from charges of plotting overturn the 2020 election, it laid out a lightning-fast briefing schedule, asking the defense and prosecution to file their papers on successive Saturdays during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. A […]

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Judge in Trump Federal Election Case Scraps Trial’s Start Date

The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s prosecution on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election issued an order on Friday scrapping the March 4 trial date for the case. The order by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan was a formal confirmation of what had seemed fairly obvious for weeks. It came after […]

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Appeals Court Denies Trump’s Request to Review Gag Order in Election Case

The full federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday rejected former President Donald J. Trump’s bid to lift a gag order imposed on him in the criminal case in which he stands accused of trying to subvert the results of the 2020 election. The terse ruling, issued on behalf of the 11 judges on the […]

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Swatting Is a Political Problem

In a year with so much political and legal tension, law enforcement is seeing a disturbing trend: targeting public officials with swatting, or false emergency calls intended to draw a heavily armed police response. This conduct isn’t a harmless prank; it’s a symptom of a deeper disorder in American politics. Recent incidents involving officials who […]

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Judge Declines to Hold Prosecutors in Contempt in Trump Election Case

It was one of the odder tit-for-tat battles to have emerged so far in the federal case accusing former President Donald J. Trump of plotting to subvert the 2020 election. Even though the proceeding was put on hold by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan while Mr. Trump seeks to have the charges tossed out with broad […]

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Apparent ‘Swatting’ at Home of Tanya Chutkan, Judge in Trump Election Case

Police officers and emergency personnel were sent on Sunday night to the Washington home of the federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s election interference case in what appeared to be an incident of “swatting,” according to three people familiar with the matter. The police and fire vehicles were responding to a report that […]

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Prosecutors Push Back on Trump’s Contempt Claims in Election Case

Federal prosecutors pushed back on Friday night against former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to hold them in contempt of court for continuing to file motions while the case accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election is paused. The filing by the prosecutors, who work for the special counsel, Jack Smith, was the […]

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Three Years After Jan. 6, Trump’s Immunity Claims to Take Center Stage

Three years after a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol, former President Donald J. Trump will make his latest and potentially most consequential argument in the coming week for why he should not be held responsible for seeking to overturn the 2020 election. Impeachment proceedings, the House Jan. 6 committee’s inquiry and two separate […]

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Trump Wants Prosecutors Held in Contempt in Federal Election Case

Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump said on Thursday that they want the special counsel, Jack Smith, and two of his top deputies to be held in contempt of court and sanctioned for violating a judge’s order that effectively froze the criminal case accusing Mr. Trump of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. The […]

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Trump’s Most Ambitious Argument in His Bid for ‘Absolute Immunity’

There is almost nothing in the words of the Constitution that even begins to support former President Donald J. Trump’s boldest defense against charges that he plotted to overturn the 2020 election: that he is absolutely immune from prosecution for actions he took while in office. A federal appeals court will hear arguments on the […]

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Prosecutors Ask Appeals Court to Reject Trump’s Immunity Claims in Election Case

Federal prosecutors asked an appeals court on Saturday to reject former President Donald J. Trump’s claims that he is immune from criminal charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election and said the indictment should remain in place even though it arose from actions he took while in the White House. The government’s filing to […]

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Trump Asks Appeals Court to Toss Election Case on Immunity Grounds

Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump asked an appeals court in Washington on Saturday night to toss a federal indictment accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, arguing that he was immune to the charges because they arose from actions he had taken while he was in the White House. The weekend […]

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When Will Trump Stand Trial? Supreme Court Order May Help Him Delay.

The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday not to fast-track consideration of former President Donald J. Trump’s claim that he is immune to prosecution on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election was unquestionably a victory for Mr. Trump and his lawyers. The choice by the justices not to take up the issue now — […]

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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case on Trump’s Immunity Defense for Now

The Supreme Court declined on Friday to decide for now whether former President Donald J. Trump is immune from prosecution on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. The case will move forward in an appeals court and most likely return to the Supreme Court in the coming months. The decision to defer consideration […]

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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Put Off Hearing Case on Immunity Claim

Former President Donald J. Trump urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to put off a decision on a crucial question in his federal prosecution on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election: whether he has “absolute immunity” for actions he took as president. The question, Mr. Trump’s brief said, should be “resolved in a […]

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Trump Has Always Wanted to Be King. The Supreme Court Should Rid Him of That Delusion.

The Supreme Court is considering whether to take up the question of presidential immunity — that is, the idea that a president, by virtue of the unique nature of the office, is entitled to exceedingly broad protections from legal consequences for statements made and actions taken while in office. If the court takes up that […]

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The Supreme Court Can Stop Trump’s Delay Game

Mr. Trump made two additional arguments, involving double jeopardy and the First Amendment, that were even weaker than the immunity claim, and Judge Chutkan denied those as well. She was probably tempted to toss out all of them as frivolous, as so many of Mr. Trump’s delaying tactics, dressed up as legal arguments, turn out […]

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Trump Urges Appeals Court Not to Rush Immunity Decision in Election Case

Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to avoid setting an expedited schedule as it considered the issue of whether Mr. Trump was immune from charges accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. In a 16-page filing that blended legal and political arguments, the lawyers asked […]

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Why Jack Smith is Taking Trump’s Immunity Claim Straight to the Supreme Court

Jack Smith, the special counsel who has brought two cases against former President Donald J. Trump, made a bold move this week designed to undercut one of Mr. Trump’s chief defenses against accusations of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. Mr. Smith asked the Supreme Court to rule on Mr. Trump’s attempts to have the […]

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Special Counsel Asks Supreme Court to Decide Whether Trump Is Immune From Prosecution

Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting former President Donald J. Trump on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to rule on Mr. Trump’s argument that he is immune from prosecution. The request was unusual in two ways: Mr. Smith asked the justices to rule before an appeals […]

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Prosecutors Ask Judge to Deny Trump’s Request to Freeze Election Case

Federal prosecutors on Sunday asked the judge handling former President Donald J. Trump’s trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election to reject his request to freeze the case in its entirety as Mr. Trump appeals her recent ruling that he is not immune from prosecution. The prosecutors told the judge, Tanya S. […]

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Appeals Court Upholds, but Narrows, Gag Order on Trump in Election Case

A federal appeals court on Friday largely upheld the gag order imposed two months ago on former President Donald J. Trump in the criminal case accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, but narrowed its terms to allow him, among other things, to go after Jack Smith, the special counsel who has filed […]

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Appeals Court Upholds Trump Gag Order in Election Case, but Narrows Terms

A federal appeals court on Friday largely upheld the gag order imposed two months ago on former President Donald J. Trump in the criminal case accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, but narrowed its terms to allow him, among other things, to go after Jack Smith, the special counsel who has filed […]

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Trump Seeks Freeze of Election Case as He Appeals Immunity Ruling

Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump asked a federal judge on Wednesday to put the proceedings on hold in the case charging him with seeking to overturn the 2020 election as they appeal her recent ruling that he is not immune from prosecution. The request to freeze the case as the appeal goes forward […]

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Trump on Trial: The Looming Legal and Political Collision

In the next few months, as the weather warms in Washington, something remarkable could happen in the city’s federal courthouse: Donald J. Trump could become the first former president in U.S. history to sit through a trial as a criminal defendant. The trial, based on charges that Mr. Trump conspired to overturn the 2020 election, […]

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Trump on Trial: The Looming Legal and Political Collision

In the next few months, as the weather warms in Washington, something remarkable could happen in the city’s federal courthouse: Donald J. Trump could become the first former president in U.S. history to sit through a trial as a criminal defendant. The trial, based on charges that Mr. Trump conspired to overturn the 2020 election, […]

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