Criminal
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US
Trump’s Lawyers Say He Should Be Immune From Prosecution in Georgia Case
The motion echoes an argument that former President Donald J. Trump is making in a separate federal criminal case against him.
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US
Prosecutors Ask Appeals Court to Reject Trump’s Immunity Claims in Election Case
The filing by the special counsel, Jack Smith, was the latest move in an ongoing battle over whether former presidents can be criminally liable for things they did while in office.
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News
True-Crime Podcasts About Trump Are Everywhere
MSNBC, NPR, Vox Media and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are all aiming to capitalize on interest in the criminal cases against President Donald J. Trump with the shows.
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Newyork
A Trump Conviction Could Cost Him Enough Voters to Tip the Election
Recent general-election polling has generally shown Donald Trump maintaining a slight lead over President Biden. Yet many of those polls also reveal an Achilles’ heel for Mr. Trump that has the potential to change the shape of the race. It relates to ...
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US
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Put Off Hearing Case on Immunity Claim
The former president urged the justices to move slowly in his federal election interference case, an apparent attempt to delay the trial, set for March.
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World
A Wave of Violence Terrorizes Mexico as Criminals Kill With Impunity
The latest killings have left dozens of Mexicans dead and few held accountable despite insecurity being the public’s top priority going into next year’s presidential election.
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US
Special Counsel Asks Supreme Court to Decide if Trump Is Immune From Prosecution
The request was unusual in two ways: Mr. Smith asked the justices to rule before an appeals court acted, and he urged them to move with exceptional speed.
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Newyork
Why Judges in the Trump Jan. 6 Trial Need a Rocket Docket
If Donald Trump is the Republican nominee for president in 2024, it’s now clear he will likely still have criminal indictments hanging over his head on Election Day. It’s possible that his criminal liability for the events leading up to the Jan. 6 ...
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Newyork
Trump’s Lawyers Are Going Down. Is He?
On Tuesday morning, Jenna Ellis became the third Donald Trump-allied lawyer to plead guilty in Fulton County, Ga., to state criminal charges related to Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. She joins ...
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World
Trump Drops Lawsuit Against Michael Cohen, His Former Fixer
The suit had been seen as an effort to silence Mr. Cohen, who is scheduled to testify against Mr. Trump in the civil fraud case brought by New York’s attorney general.