Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann asked a damning question of Donald Trump following the former president’s latest unsuccessful efforts to delay the start of his upcoming criminal hush money trial. Trump has sought to postpone the proceedings, which are due to begin on April 15, by demanding a change of the trial venue and also … Read more
Special counsel Jack Smith is likely to appeal U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s order after she asked both sides to submit a set of jury instructions that may favor former President Donald Trump’s legally dubious defense in the classified documents case. Cannon last month ordered Smith and Trump to submit proposed jury instructions around competing … Read more
Former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner on Thursday delivered a scathing assessment of Donald Trump lawyer Alina Habba’s latest claims in the former president’s civil fraud trial in New York, which last month saw Trump slapped with a $455 million-plus penalty. They were simply “gibberish,” he argued. Habba said on Newsmax this week that Trump’s … Read more
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Monday expressed his surprise at what he described as an “incredibly inappropriate first sentence” in Donald Trump’s filing to the U.S. Supreme Court in which the former president’s lawyers argued he should have “total immunity” for potential criminal acts committed when he was in the White House. “This application … Read more
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Sunday highlighted what he described as a “remarkable” moment during the conclusion of writer E. Jean Carroll’s second defamation trial against former President Donald Trump when the judge warned the jurors against revealing they’d been part of the case amid fears of retribution from Trump and/or his supporters. Weissmann … Read more
Former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner on Tuesday said Donald Trump’s demeanor as he appeared before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals — while his attorneys argued his “absolute immunity” for acts he committed during his presidency ― was “kind of jarring.” The former president and Republican 2024 front-runner behaved “entirely like a defendant, not … Read more
A former U.S. attorney spelled out how special counsel Jack Smith is forcing Donald Trump’s hand and making him “put his money where his mouth is” with his latest move in the former president’s election interference case. Smith this week asked U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan “to order Trump to provide formal pre-trial notice … Read more
Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a motion that urged U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan to put guardrails in place to protect the possible jurors in Donald Trump’s election-subversion case. Former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner suggested Smith hadn’t just “taken off the gloves” with the move. It “looks like he’s boxed them … Read more
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann stated Wednesday that Donald Trump solely has himself accountable for failing to safe top-level attorneys to characterize him amid his rising authorized woes. “The battle is one in every of his personal making,” Weissmann advised MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell. Trump is reportedly quickly dealing with one other indictment, this time in … Read more