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Special counsel Jack Smith needs to make one particular, simple argument at Thursday's Supreme Court hearing to make former President Donald Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution come crashing down, explained former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance on her "Civil Discourse" blog.

This comes as the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Trump's immunity appeal on Thursday, after having lost his claims in every lower court where the matter was raised. The fate of Trump's federal election conspiracy trial could hinge not just on what the justices decide, but how quickly they decide it, potentially consigning the case to be held after the election.

A federal appeals court ordered the release of documents showing how prosecutors fought to obtain testimony from Donald Trump's top aides and officials in the Jan. 6 investigation.

The three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously to allow those grand jury fights to be publicly released, although the ruling found the records were properly kept secret at first, and special counsel Jack Smith's office confirmed the existence of those legal battles shortly after Trump was charged last year, reported Politico.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on whether Donald Trump, as a former president, should be immune from criminal prosecution for acts he committed while in office.

The nine justices' ruling could have far-reaching implications for the extent of US executive power -- and Trump's own multiple legal issues as he seeks the White House again.

Former President Donald Trump's attorney Chris Kise claimed Monday his client really just wants the evidence in his Mar-a-Lago case to be "open" — despite the fact that much of that evidence is classified information.

Kise appeared on Fox News to attack special counsel Jack Smith over his handling of the federal classified documents case unfolding in Florida's federal court.

Donald Trump's longtime ally Steve Bannon Monday urged the former president to simply blow off his Manhattan criminal court trial and dare law enforcement to put him in jail for it.

He made the comments on his "War Room" show on Monday — and specifically suggested Trump should instead go to the Supreme Court hearing reviewing whether he has immunity from prosecution from a separate criminal trial being charged in Washington, D.C. by special counsel Jack Smith.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) lashed out at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after he agreed to release tapes from the riot of Jan. 6, 2021.

Defenders of those charged on Jan. 6 have long believed that the Capitol tapes would show the incident was a protest instead of a riot.

The Supreme Court needs to decide if the January 6 defendants can be charged with obstruction — and they may ultimately pursue a "middle position" solution, The Washington Post editorial board wrote on Friday.

This comes after an oral argument in an appeal by a defendant this week in which many of the justices appeared hesitant about the government's position — and many observers slammed Justice Clarence Thomas for not recusing himself from the case because his wife was involved in the effort to overturn the 2020 election.

Startled by nighttime pounding on his door, American political strategist Rick Wilson walked out in his underwear to find policemen with guns drawn. They were responding to yet another hoax, increasingly seen as a tool of intimidation in a crucial election year.

In recent months, election workers, judges, and politicians -- on both sides of the aisle -- have been "swatted," a potentially deadly prank when a caller triggers a large law enforcement response after reporting a false violent crime.

Despite the fact that Donald Trump is currently being tried in a criminal case involving the January 6 riot and the attempt to overturn the 2020 election result, lawsuits filed by lawmakers and police officers against Trump over his actions on the day move forward, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.

Trump's effort to have the lawsuits paused until his election interference charges, brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, are resolved was rejected by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, Politico reported.

Jose A. Perez, a grassroots supporter of Donald Trump, has requested permission to file an amicus brief in the ongoing classified documents case against the former president, according to court filings on Thursday.

In legal filings, Perez told U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon that the prosecution of Trump interfered with his constitutional rights to vote and to election integrity. He claimed that the Department of Justice had been weaponized against Trump and his supporters.

Former President Donald Trump Thursday demanded a pause in his classified documents case in Florida, arguing his lawyers are too busy trying to keep him out of jail in New York City, court records show.

Trump’s attorneys Todd Blanche and Chris Kise doubled down on the weekend's deadline extension demands, opposed by special counsel Jack Smith, in a new request to Judge Aileen Cannon, according to Florida federal court documents.

A retired electrician from California claims to have shattered special counsel Jack Smith's case against former President Donald Trump — the result of a years long investigation that ended in conspiracy charges linked to classified documents.

Private citizen Darryl Phillips filed this month an unsealed request to submit an amicus brief that argues he is specially placed to find flaws in the 49-page indictment Smith filed against Trump in Florida's federal court on June 8, 2023.