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The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have some immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be…

Conservative majority of the court agreed the Constitution entitles the president to immunity for official acts

The indictments – and in some cases, the convictions – of hundreds of people charged with participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will have to be reconsidered, and possibly dropped, because of a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 28, 2024. Among…

The recent Supreme Court ruling will likely have a small impact on Donald Trump’s federal election intereference case

The ruling could affect the case against former President Trump.

Judge Aileen Cannon nominated to the bench by Donald Trump in 2020

One legal expert said that it was hard to see Cannon's decision as any other than another delay of the trial

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former president Donald Trump has granted a defense request for a hearing on whether prosecutors improperly breached attorney-client privilege when they obtained crucial evidence from of his ex-lawyers

House GOP negotiators consider amendments to CJS bill impacting Special Counsel funding and proposing cuts to Justice Department and FBI budgets.

Cannon’s superiors have already demonstrated a willingness to slap down her misapplications of the law

The Supreme Court is set to decide on Trump's claims of immunity from prosecution, with significant cases pending.