Jack Smith

Former President Donald Trump's supporters are out with a bizarre new "nonsensical theory" about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case that doesn't hold up to the slightest scrutiny, wrote the Washington Post's Philip Bump on Tuesday.

"There is a rumor rumbling around the right-wing media universe in which Biden and officials in his administration are accused of framing Trump on the Florida allegations. And, as is often the case with rumors that course through that universe, the claim being made is obviously not true," wrote Bump. "This one was first elevated by Julie Kelly, a right-wing commentator whose efforts generally focus on defenses of individuals charged with participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. On Saturday morning, she shared a snippet of a court filing on social media."

House Republican Conference chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) filed an ethics complaint against special counsel Jack Smith with the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility on Tuesday, accusing him of "illegal election interference."

Smith is currently prosecuting two of former President Donald Trump four criminal cases — the election conspiracy case in Washington, D.C., currently held up by a Supreme Court review to determine if Trump has presidential immunity, and the classified document theft case being heard in Florida.

The US Supreme Court last week heard Donald Trump's argument that he should be immune from federal prosecution — particularly in reference to special counsel Jack Smith's January 6 election interference case against the ex-president.

During the oral arguments on April 25, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh made a claim that The Washington Post's Aaron Blake challenges in a Monday, April 29 analysis.

Special counsel Jack Smith may have a contingency plan if the Supreme Court gives Trump a win, according to a new analysis.

The Supreme Court heard former President Donald Trump's claim to presidential immunity from the federal election conspiracy case last week — and while it's unlikely they will totally throw out the charges, some legal experts think they might find certain official presidential acts could be immune from prosecution.

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo confronted House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) for conducting "investigations that go nowhere."

During the Sunday Morning Futures program on Fox News, Bartiromo said Americans were upset at the prosecutions of former President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump could be facing a rebuke from one of the Supreme Court’s most conservative justices — and one that he appointed to the bench.

Several legal experts believe Amy Coney Barrett is leaning against the former president after listening to the arguments made in his claim that he should have presidential immunity from criminal prosecution.

Though the U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to reject Donald Trump's claim of absolute immunity, several onlookers expect it to make a move that will greatly delay Jack Smith's election interference case against the ex-president.

But a legal expert says the special counsel still has "one trick up his sleeve" to skip past any further trial delay conservative justices might grant.

Legal experts appeared somewhat pleased during the first half of the Supreme Court’s historic hearing on Donald Trump’s claim he has “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution because he was the President of the United States, as the justice appeared unwilling to accept that claim, but were stunned later when the right-wing justices questioned the U.S. Dept. of Justice’s attorney. Many experts are suggesting the ex-president may have won at least a part of the day, and some are expressing concern about the future of American democracy.

“Former President Trump seems likely to win at least a partial victory from the Supreme Court in his effort to avoid prosecution for his role in Jan. 6,” Axios reports. “A definitive ruling against Trump — a clear rejection of his theory of immunity that would allow his Jan. 6 trial to promptly resume — seemed to be the least likely outcome.”