Main Topic: Investigation into Donald Trump
Key Points:
1. Donald Trump received a letter notifying him that he is the target of a grand jury examining the Jan. 6 riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
2. Trump has already been indicted in Florida for allegedly mishandling national secrets and in New York for a case involving payments to Stormy Daniels.
3. Trump's lawyers have met with prosecutors and expect an indictment. Former Rep. Mo Brooks claims Trump asked him to overturn the 2020 election but has not been contacted by the special counsel.
Main Topic: Indictment and legal proceedings against former President Donald Trump
Key Points:
1. Former Vice President Mike Pence denounces Trump's "crackpot lawyers" and asserts that anyone who puts themselves over the Constitution should never be president.
2. Secret Service is working with Capitol Police and local authorities to ensure Trump's safety during his arraignment.
3. Special counsel Jack Smith asks for a conflict of interest hearing in the classified documents case, while Trump's lawyer John Eastman declines a plea deal and plans to go to trial.
Main Topic: Former President Donald Trump's arraignment on charges related to his attempts to subvert the 2020 presidential election.
Key Points:
1. Trump is facing charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction, and conspiracy against the right to vote.
2. This is the third time Trump will be arraigned on criminal charges, and the third time a former president will face charges.
3. Security has been tightened around the courthouse, and there may be protests from both supporters and detractors of Trump.
Main Topic: Donald Trump's arraignment on charges of defrauding the United States.
Key Points:
1. Trump's third arraignment on charges related to the 2020 election.
2. Trump denies wrongdoing and accuses special counsel of election interference.
3. Tightened security and public interest surrounding the case.
Main Topic: Former President Donald Trump's arraignment on charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Key Points:
1. Trump faces 78 felony charges across three criminal cases, including obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy against the right to vote.
2. Trump's lawyer will represent him during the court appearance.
3. Security at the courthouse is intense, and officers who defended the Capitol on January 6 hope to attend the hearing.
Main Topic: Former President Donald Trump's defense attorney argues that Trump's actions may have been a technical violation of the Constitution but not a violation of criminal law.
Key Points:
1. Trump's attorney claims that Trump and Pence had a disagreement over whether a vice president could constitutionally take actions that could overturn a presidential election.
2. The attorney argues that a technical violation of the Constitution is not a violation of criminal law and that constitutional and statutory disagreements do not lead to criminal charges.
3. Trump's defense is based on the belief that he had won the 2020 election and that the charges against him are a violation of his First Amendment rights to express that opinion.
Main Topic: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis expected to present her case to a grand jury regarding former President Donald Trump's alleged efforts to overturn his election loss in Georgia.
Key Points:
1. Willis has been conducting a sprawling investigation into coordinated attempts to unlawfully alter the outcome of the 2020 elections by Trump and his allies in Georgia.
2. Security around the Fulton County courthouse has been heightened ahead of possible charges against Trump and others.
3. Trump has accused Willis of pursuing a politically motivated "witch hunt" and has repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the Georgia case.
Main Topic: Fulton County probe of the 2020 election and potential charges against former President Donald Trump and his allies.
Key Points:
1. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been investigating efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
2. A grand jury has delivered 10 indictments, but it is unclear which individuals have been charged.
3. Trump's allies, including Rudy Giuliani, may also be subjects of the investigation.
Main Topic: Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants charged in Georgia for efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Key Points:
1. Former President Trump and his allies have been charged with racketeering and conspiracy in their attempts to overturn the election.
2. Arrest warrants have been issued for Trump and his co-defendants.
3. This is the fourth time Trump has been indicted in the past four and a half months.
Main Topic: Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows seeks to move the Georgia 2020 election probe case to federal court.
Key Points:
1. Meadows argues that the charges in the indictment pertain to actions he took while serving in the Trump administration.
2. Moving the case to federal court could result in a more favorable jury pool for defendants and no cameras in the courtroom.
3. Meadows intends to file a motion to dismiss the indictment and his lawyers argue that his actions were within the scope of his duties as chief of staff.
Main Topic: Former President Donald Trump seeks to delay his federal trial on charges related to his efforts to stop the peaceful transfer of power and retain the White House following his 2020 election loss.
Key Points:
1. Trump's attorneys recommend starting the trial in April 2026, more than two years after prosecutors are seeking to begin.
2. Trump is facing four criminal cases, including the election interference case brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith.
3. U.S. District Judge Tonya Chutkan will set a trial date and has rejected requests from Jan. 6 defendants to move their cases out of Washington, D.C.
Former President Donald Trump is troubled by the Georgia election interference case against him, particularly because of the woman leading it, Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis, as he tends to be upset by women in power and those he feels are attacking him, according to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.
Georgia prosecutor accuses Republican congressman Jim Jordan of interfering in the state's criminal case against former President Donald Trump, who was indicted last month on charges related to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, according to Fani Willis, the district attorney in Fulton County.
Former President Donald Trump may request for the Georgia election case, in which he and his allies were indicted for attempting to overturn the election results, to be moved to federal court.
Former President Donald Trump is currently facing four criminal trials, including state charges in Georgia, federal charges in Washington, DC, a federal classified-documents case in Florida, and state business-fraud charges in New York.
Former President Donald Trump is seeking to have criminal charges against him in the Georgia 2020 election interference case dismissed.
Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark's lawyer argued that Clark was acting within the scope of his official duties when he helped Donald Trump try to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia, as Clark seeks to move his criminal case to federal court.
The latest ruling in the Georgia 2020 election case, which allows two defendants to be tried separately from Donald Trump, could pose significant challenges for the former president, as he will not have a voice in the first trial where his alleged influence over other defendants will be highlighted.
Former Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro's motion to dismiss emails and memos detailing a plan to use a Republican slate of electors in the 2020 election was denied by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who stated that attorney-client privilege does not protect lawyers who are suspects in a crime.
Former President Donald Trump claims that the civil fraud case against him, his adult sons, and the Trump Organization is part of an attempt to interfere with his election campaign. The judge overseeing the trial has denied the media's request for cameras in the courtroom for opening statements, while Trump calls the trial a "scam and a sham." The trial, which was expected to take up to three months, will likely be shorter now that one fraud claim has already been settled. Trump continues to attack New York Attorney General Letitia James, whom he accuses of being politically motivated in bringing the lawsuit.
Former President Donald Trump has appealed a judge's decision to not dismiss New York Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud suit against him and his family business, which alleges inflated property values and fraudulently increasing Trump's net worth, as the trial continues.
Former President Donald Trump’s co-defendant in a Georgia RICO case seeks to have his case dismissed due to alleged paperwork errors made by the lead prosecutor.
Former President Donald Trump has requested the dismissal of criminal charges against him in relation to hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels, claiming that the case is politically motivated and questioning the integrity of the criminal justice process.
Kenneth Chesebro, a co-defendant of former President Donald Trump in a Georgia RICO case, is attempting to dismiss his case, claiming that the lead prosecutor's alleged paperwork errors rendered his work null and void, a legal strategy experts consider unlikely to succeed.
Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee denies pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro's motion to dismiss charges in the Georgia election-racketeering case, citing a prosecutor's alleged paperwork issue and referencing Monty Python's "Dead Parrot Sketch."
