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A federal appeals court denied Donald Trump's request to overturn a limited gag order in his election subversion trial.

On Tuesday, a panel of three judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said that Trump's appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan's gag order would not be heard.

In the latest filing in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, former President Donald Trump's attorneys levied attacks not just at special counsel Jack Smith, who is prosecuting the case, but at Attorney General Merrick Garland, accusing him of "inappropriately" seeking a speedy trial.

The Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides that anyone accused of a crime has the right to a speedy trial. The problem is that Trump wants to hold off as long as possible.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis offered a tepid endorsement of former President Donald Trump when he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race over the weekend. But he apparently draws the line at using his state's taxpayer funds to bail out Trump from his legal expenses.

That's exactly what at least some Republican lawmakers in the Sunshine State are proposing. A new bill announced this month with the sponsorship of state Sen. Ileana Garcia and the backing of Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis would establish a "Florida Freedom Fighters Fund," allowing up to $5 million in support for a presidential candidate running this state who faces a federal or state criminal trial. Patronis said the bill is vital to defending candidates from "legal, partisan, political attacks by the Department of Justice or State Attorneys."

For the past year, analysts have speculated that the reason Donald Trump is trying to put off his criminal court trials is that if he is back in office, he can shut down the trials against him. One legal analyst doesn't think that's the whole story.

Speaking to MSNBC's Michael Steele on Monday, Andrew Weissmann, former senior prosecutor to Robert Mueller, said he thinks Trump is actually scared of the trial itself.

Florida Republicans have a new idea — create a state program that will bail out up to $5 million of former President Donald Trump's legal expenses with public money.

The legislation — first reported by Newsweek — has been proposed by Florida's Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and is being sponsored by State Sen. Ileana Garcia. It would establish a bucket of cash called the "Florida Freedom Fighters Fund."

Even if convicted, there is barely a chance that Donald Trump will be imprisoned before the general election because his legal team has run-down the clock so that there''d be no time left for sentencing, an expert wrote Monday.

Attorney and former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori wrote in Politico that there was still time for trials — particularly special prosecutor Jack Smith's Jan. 6 case — to be concluded before November.

Allies of Donald Trump are enraged after Attorney General Merrick Garland expressed support for a "speedy" trial in regards to the ex-president's election interference case, Newsweek reported.

While the trial is scheduled to begin on March 4, there may be a delay since Trump's lawyers are arguing that he is immune from prosecution because his actions were carried out while he was president. Some think he may be trying to postpone the trial until after the election so he can try to dismiss the charges against him.

Donald Trump’s March 4th court date in his election interference trial looks likely to be pushed back on the heels of a new order from the federal judge overseeing the case, legal experts said Thursday.

Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan raised timeline questions in her order barring special counsel Jack Smith from filing motions until a decision is made on Trump’s presidential immunity challenge, court records show.

U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan denied part of former President Donald Trump's motion asking for special counsel Jack Smith to be held in contempt of court. But she also said Smith must not provide any additional filings to the court without notice.

In a six-page order released on Thursday, Chutkan responded to Trump's request to forbid Smith from making any additional filings in the former president's election subversion case while a higher court decided if he had immunity from prosecution.