Trump team, special counsel due in court for first time since immunity ruling

Washington — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith are returning to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s courtroom Thursday for the first time since she regained control of the 2020 election-related case following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on presidential immunity.  The attorneys are poised to lay out their proposed paths

Trump team, special counsel back in court for first time since immunity ruling

Washington — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith are back in U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s courtroom Thursday for the first time since she regained control of the 2020 election-related case following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on presidential immunity.  The attorneys laid out their proposed paths for how pretrial

Trump team, special counsel return to court as 2020 election case resumes

Washington — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith returned to federal court in Washington on Thursday for the first time since U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan regained control of the 2020 election-related case following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on presidential immunity.  The attorneys sparred over their proposed paths for

Judge in Trump 2020 case says setting trial date would be “exercise in futility”

Washington — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith returned to federal court in Washington on Thursday for the first time since U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan regained control of the 2020 election-related case following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on presidential immunity.  The attorneys sparred over their proposed paths for

Jury selection for Hunter Biden’s tax evasion trial to begin in Los Angeles

Jury selection is expected to begin Thursday in the tax trial of Hunter Biden, who is charged with failing to pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes while living an “extravagant lifestyle.”  In December, a federal grand jury charged the president’s son with three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor offenses, including failure to