Court Battles

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Republican politicians have flocked to New York City in recent days to stand alongside former President Trump as he attends his hush money trial. Trump’s group on Monday included several members of Congress: Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), who represents Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. Sen.…

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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) stuck by his attacks against the daughter of the judge overseeing former President Trump’s criminal case on Sunday, claiming she is a “political operative.” Scott was in New York City on Thursday to support Trump in his criminal case, where he faces over 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related…

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The judge overseeing former President Trump’s Georgia election interference case on Thursday rejected his attempt to toss his charges under the First Amendment. Trump and some of his co-defendants had contended their charges must be tossed because their efforts to contest the 2020 election comprised constitutionally protected “core political speech.”  “Even core political speech addressing…

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Former President Trump once again criticized special counsel Jack Smith, accusing the prosecutor of attacking the judge overseeing his documents case. The post came after Smith urged U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon to reject arguments from Trump asserting that the more than 300 highly classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate could be…

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Former White House attorney Ty Cobb on Wednesday predicted that the 11th Circuit Court could ultimately decide to remove Judge Aileen Cannon from the case involving former President Trump’s mishandling of classified documents at his estate in Florida. In an interview on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront,” the former Trump administration official pointed to special counsel…