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A group of Republican lawmakers want Jack Smith to hand over a pile of documents linked to his two criminal cases against Donald Trump — whom he accuses of storing classified documents across Mar-a-Lago and trying to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power — over “grave constitutional concerns.”

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Eric Burlison (R-MO) and Michael Cloud (R-TX) scribbled off Thursday an angry missive directed at the special counsel, whose authority to prosecute Trump they question.

Former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann hit out at the handling of the classified documents case for Donald Trump Thursday, calling it "unjustifiably delayed."

Judge Aileen Cannon's slow-walking of the case — which is scheduled to start in May but has seen several delays — has been a complaint voiced by several legal analysts, who view it as a simple matter with plenty of case law to look to for guidance, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance argued on MSNBC. She predicted "fireworks" if Cannon, deviates from other similar cases.

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, while being interviewed on MSNBC's "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell on Wednesday, argued that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon could gift special counsel Jack Smith an issue to appeal depending on her actions.

In particular, Weissmann detailed the delicate dance Cannon must do in protecting national secrets.

In their new book "Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election," journalists Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman take an in-depth look at Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the presidential election results in Georgia in 2020.

Isikoff and Klaidman discussed the book during a Wednesday morning appearance on CNN, describing the role that GOP strategist Jordan Fuchs played in bringing to light "the most powerful evidence" of Trump's efforts to take Georgia's Electoral College votes in 2020 despite the fact that now-President Joe Biden won the state.

The New York prosecutor who spearheaded a landmark civil fraud case against Donald Trump’s for-profit school has advice for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

“You cannot let his counterattacks in any way, shape, or form divert you from the mission,” said former assistant state attorney general Tristan Snell.

A closed-door meeting between Judge Aileen Cannon and special counsel Jack Smith raises serious questions about the Donald Trump-appointed justice's bias in the former president’s classified documents case, legal analyst Joyce Vance said Monday.

Vance shared her concerns on her Substack about an “oddly scheduled ex-parte meeting” — from which Trump and his attorneys are barred — to discuss the classified documents should be shared with the defense under Section 4 of the Classified Information Procedures Act.

Friday's $83.3 million judgment against former President Donald Trump in writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit is proof that the former president can and will be convicted in criminal court, according to a veteran federal prosecutor.

In a Saturday thread posted to X (formerly Twitter), Glenn Kirschner — who was an assistant US Attorney in the office of the US Attorney for the District of Columbia — predicted that Carroll's judgment is merely the first guilty verdict in court Trump will experience in 2024.

After Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Donald Trump lawyer Alina Habba's request to have writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against him dismissed Thursday, former U.S. Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) insisted that the MAGA hopeful "miscalculated" the potential impact the trial could have on his 2024 campaign.

During the latest episode of MSNBC's Chris Jansing Reports, Jansing emphasized the fact a jury already found that Trump sexually abused Carroll — and then defamed her by denying it.

The ongoing delay in an appeals court decision on Donald Trump's immunity claims has raised some concerns.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments Jan. 9 on Trump's broad claim of presidential immunity in the federal election interference case brought by special counsel Jack Smith, and legal analyst Harry Litman was among many experts who had expected a decision by now.

Donald Trump was asked, among other things, by his lawyer Alina Habba, "Did you ever instruct anyone to hurt Ms. Carroll."

Trump didn't answer the question — something at least one legal analyst finds telling.