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Justice Department offers independent funding for special counsel's office, addressing concerns of improper funding.

Special counsel Jack Smith's funding hearing in classified documents case with Trump's legal team present.

Former President Trump's court hearing on Special Counsel Jack Smith's appointment raises questions on DOJ's authority and legality of the appointment process.

Two new additions to the special counsel's team may be a signal that an appeal could be coming

When one judge asked a Trump’s attorney if a president who ordered the assassination of a political rival could be charged, the attorney appeared to equivocate, saying the president would first have to have been impeached and convicted by the Senate in order to be prosecuted.

“I think it’s paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed allows him to violate criminal law,” said Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, an appointee of former President George H.W. Bush.

“Could a president order SEAL Team Six to assassinate a political rival?" a judge asked Trump's lawyer

The former president is scheduled to go on trial in a Washington DC courtroom in March

A federal appeals court in Washington sounded unlikely Tuesday to side with Donald Trump’s push to jettison federal criminal charges.

Prosecutors say Trump trying to "rewrite the indictment" to claim he was charged over "admirable conduct"

Prosecutors said the former president should not enjoy blanket immunity from criminal prosecution in the federal election interference case against him.