U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of Jan. 6 defendants.
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Trump, DeSantis and other 2024 Republican prospects vie for attention at Iowa-Iowa State football game
Trump has made a habit of visiting Iowa on the same day as DeSantis, whom Trump treats as his main threat.
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Judge denies Mark Meadows’ request to move his Georgia election subversion case to federal court
U.S. District Judge Steve Jones in Atlanta wrote in a 49-page ruling that Meadows “has not met even the ‘quite low’ threshold” to move his case to federal court.
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Commentary: Televising Trump’s trials is a major mistake
My concern is less about whether televised proceedings are fair to the defendant and more about their effect on the viewer.
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Georgia prosecutor accuses Rep. Jim Jordan of trying to ‘obstruct’ Trump case
In a letter, Fani Willis says the House Judiciary Committee chair’s demands for records in her case against the ex-president were ‘flagrantly at odds with the Constitution.’
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Trump White House official Peter Navarro convicted of contempt after defying House Jan. 6 subpoena
Navarro is the second high-ranking Trump official to be convicted of contempt of Congress after former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon’s conviction last summer.
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Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll wins liability claims in next civil case
The writer proved in a trial this spring that comments President Donald Trump made about her in 2019 were false, a judge ruled.
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Trump plans harsher trade and tax policies for his 2024 comeback bid
The ex-president intends to center his economic plans on extending and deepening the Republican tax cuts from 2017.
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Lawsuit contends Constitution’s ‘insurrection’ clause bars Trump from running again for president
The complaint, likely destined for the U.S. Supreme Court, was filed on behalf of 6 Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters by the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
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Why Trump’s vow to appeal his D.C. trial date probably won’t work
Trial dates are generally not appealable. And criminal defendants can’t challenge most other pretrial decisions until the trial is finished.