Anti-Trump FBI Agent Broke Protocol by Opening Case Against Trump
Fox News pointed out that "only special agents have the authority to open criminal investigations."...
Fox News pointed out that "only special agents have the authority to open criminal investigations."...
"In light of their actions, the Acting Attorney General does not trust these officials to assist in faithfully implementing the President’s agenda."...
Of course he did....
The filing is in response to an emergency motion by two of Trump's former co-defendants to keep the report from reaching the public....
The DOJ cannot indict a sitting president....
Trump vowed to fire Smith as soon as he's inaugurated....
The DOJ cannot prosecute a sitting president....
This does not include the Fulton County, Georgia, case....
Smith claims it "reflects the Government’s efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Court’s holdings and remand instructions in Trump v. United States."...
"To prove a violation of Section 1512(c)(2), the Government must establish that the defendant impaired the availability or integrity for use in an official proceeding of records, documents, objects, or as we earlier explained, other things used in the proceeding, or attempted to do so."...
My quick take: "I think they will simply find ...
SCOTUS to hear case on the merits "limited to the following question: Whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office."...
"This Court should stay the D.C. Circuit’s mandate to forestall, once again, an unprecedented and unacceptable departure from ordinary appellate procedures and allow President Trump’s claim of immunity to be decided in the ordinary course of justice."...
I'm not sure it's 9-0, Sotomayor may be a dissent, but it sure is looking like a strong majority if not unanimous result of SCOTUS saying: Not us, not now....
Not a surprise. It will likely head to the Supreme Court now....
“I hope not to be in the country on August 5. I’m in trial in another matter that has not yet returned to my calendar.”...
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals have not issued a formal ruling on presidential immunity claims....
A 10 PM phone call on Sunday night sent police and firefighters to a residence in Washington, D.C., because of a shooting. Law enforcement ended up at Judge Tanya Chutkan's house. Chutkan is the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's election interference case. Law enforcement quickly found...
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