Via #KyleCheney @ 7:00am ET on May 10, 2025
NEW: Federal judges across the country are increasingly warning of a #DueProcess crisis caused by President Donald #Trump’s #deportation blitz.
Their message: If we eliminate due process for the ‘least’ of us, Americans could be next.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/10/donald-trump-immigration-deportations-due-process-00339319
Via #RawStory @ 1:38pm ET on Feb 25, 2025
#Politico legal reporter #KyleCheney on Tue brought word that the #Trump #DepartmentOfJustice stumbled badly in trying to justify freezing funds for the United States Agency for International Development
During hearing in front of US District Court for #DistrictOfColumbia Judge #AmirAli, #DOJ lawyers took heat for refusing to say if government had taken any steps to comply w/ Ali's earlier order to unfreeze funding for #USAID
By #KyleCheney via #Politico @ 5:19pm ET on Dec 13, 2024
A federal judge has ordered President-elect #DonaldTrump and #ABC News host #GeorgeStephanopoulos to sit for 4-hour depositions next week in a #libel lawsuit #Trump brought against the network earlier this yr.
Miami-based US Magistrate Judge #LisetteReid issued the order Fri, signaling that Trump’s status as president-elect is not a reason to put off sworn questioning of him in connection with the suit he filed.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/13/congress/judge-orders-trump-deposition-00194361
Via #KyleCheney, 10:54am ET
UPDATE: In light of the #pardon, Judge #Noreika has terminated the #HunterBiden case
Via #KyleCheney @ 9:25am ET on Nov 07, 2024
JUST IN: Judge #Friedrich (#Trump appointee) denies a #Jan6 defendant's motion to delay trial because of passions inflamed by the recent #election.
Via #Connecticut #Senator #ChrisMurphy @ 10:14am EDT on Oct 21, 2024
This article, by #KyleCheney, #HeidiPrzybyla, #JohnSakellariadis and #LisaKashinsky, on how #Trump will try to steal the #election if he loses is chilling.
But...you'll notice the article repeatedly notes that a little noticed bill I helped write - The #ElectoralCountReformAct - makes a steal a whole lot harder than in 2021.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/20/trump-overturn-2024-election-plan-00184103
By #KyleCheney and #JoshGerstein of #Politico, 12:17am, Aug 31
#SpecialCounsel #JackSmith opted against proposing new timeline Fri 2 bring #DonaldTrump 2 trial over effort 2 subvert 2020 election, telling US District Judge #TanyaChutkan it’s entirely up 2 her
In 10-page joint filing w/Trump’s attorneys, a response 2 Chutkan’s request 4 guidance & a schedule after #SupremeCourt’s ruling on #PresidentialImmunity upended case, Smith emphasizd that timeline 4 case→her call
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/31/jack-smith-donald-trump-trial-00176940
Via #RawStory
#RubyFreeman and #ShayeMoss, the 2 #Georgia election workers who were defamed by former #Trump attorney #RudyGiuliani in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, have taken a bold step to collect the damages that jurors awarded them last year.
#Politico's #KyleCheney flags a new filing from Freeman and Moss's attorneys in which they ask the United States Court for the Southern District of New York to give their clients control over Giuliani's assets.
Via #KyleCheney
JUST IN: #Arizona #indictment of #Trump allies is finally logged on the state's online docket and reflects at least a tentative #arraignment scheduled for May 21
Hey, #Republicans! See?? #CassidyHutchinson was telling the truth!
Via #KyleCheney, 3:30pm, May 01, 2024
#Trump just said at his rally that he did, in fact, ask his #SecretService driver on #Jan6 to take him to the #Capitol.
"I sat in the back. And you know what I did say? 'I’d like to go down there.' ... They said 'Sir, it’s better if you don’t.'
Via #KyleCheney
Judge #MERCHAN has denied Trump's effort to #subpoena #NBC for details of the new #StormyDaniels documents.
The judge said #Trump has not met the "very heavy burden" to "rifle through the privileged documents of a news organization."
Via #KyleCheney
JUST IN
#JohnEastman is asking the judge who ordered his #disbarment to stay her order so that he can continue to work as a lawyer and fund his criminal defense.
He has affidavits from clients — including #MTG and #MattGaetz — supporting his request.
Via #KyleCheney
States may not unilaterally disqualify #DonaldTrump from the ballot, the #SupremeCourt rules unanimously..
Only #Congress can decide.
As per #KyleCheney
#DonaldTrump [ currently out on #bail ] has officially asked the #SupremeCourt to block the #AppealsCourt ruling that he is not immune from prosecution for his effort to subvert the #2020election
Via #JoshGerstein and #KyleCheney of #Politico
«In an effort to correct false assertions the former president had made about the nature of the case against him, #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith used a routine #LegalFiling Friday to offer a forceful public rebuttal against #DonaldTrump’s claims that his #CriminalProsecution for allegedly hoarding #ClassifiedDocuments has been infected by #politics and #legal impropriety.»
« #FultonCounty Judge #ScottMcAfee denied a heavily redacted motion by former President #DonaldTrump's one-time #JusticeDepartment official and criminal co-defendant #JeffreyClark, requesting a delay in his case, reported #Politico's #KyleCheney on Friday »
https://www.rawstory.com/jeff-clark-shut-down-delay-georgia/
Via #KyleCheney
JUST IN: Rep #JoeMorelle, top #Dem on the House Admin Committee — which oversees #ElectionAdministration — urges #AG #MerrickGarland and #DOJ to investigate the #robocall imitating #JoeBiden's voice that has been circulating in #NewHampshire.
As per #KyleCheney via #Politico
A federal appeals court panel strongly suggested Tuesday that it would reject #DonaldTrump’s claims of #immunity from criminal charges related to his effort to subvert the #2020Election.
