‘Unjust case was dead on arrival’: Trump moves to dismiss Jan. 6 indictment and stop ‘private-citizen Smith’ from spending money — with Clarence Thomas leading the way
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to dismiss the Jan. 6 case on the basis that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed and has unlawfully spent tens of millions of dollars “on his unjust and unwarranted prosecutions.”. The 30-page proposed motion to dismiss and for...
Judge agrees to further delay Trump's Jan. 6 case
A federal judge granted a request by Donald Trump's attorneys to extend their deadlines to respond to special counsel Jack Smith's immunity motion. The former president's attorneys argued that they were displaced and disrupted when Hurricane Milton made landfall earlier this month near Sarasota, so they asked the court to extend their deadlines to respond to the special counsel's 165-page immunity motion until December. Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed to extend those deadlines, which the special counsel did not oppose, from Nov. 7 to Nov. 21 and from Nov. 21 to Dec. 19. Want more breaking political...
Trump bears responsibility for January 6, Jack Smith says in latest election interference filing
Donald Trump bears responsibility for the attacks on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to a filing from Jack Smith in the election interference case against the former president.Trump is “incorrect” to argue that he is not legally responsible for the attack, according to Smith, who points to his lengthy indictment and evidence that he says “plainly” shows that the former president summoned his supporters to Washington, DC, and directed them to march to the Capitol as part of a pressure campaign to overturn 2020’s election results.He “willfully caused his supporters to obstruct and attempt to obstruct” a...
Trump asks for dismissal of Jan. 6 case over Jack Smith’s appointment
Attorneys for former President Trump on Thursday asked a judge to toss out his federal election subversion case by arguing that special counsel Jack Smith was unconstitutionally appointed. The new motion, submitted to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, mimics the argument Trump made in Florida, which led a separate federal judge to toss the former president’s…
'Cannot ignore or hide from' this 'binding precedent': Trump blames Nancy Pelosi as he cites another Supreme Court decision to dismiss Jan. 6 charges
While the former president's defense continues to seek dismissal on immunity grounds, another SCOTUS Jan. 6-related decision has emerged as a supplemental argument in favor of tossing the case. The post ‘Cannot ignore or hide from’ this ‘binding precedent’: Trump blames Nancy Pelosi as he cites another Supreme Court decision to dismiss Jan. 6 charges first appeared on Law & Crime.