"All substantive proceedings in this Court are halted. Despite this clarity, the prosecutors began violating the Stay almost immediately."...
"The Court should not permit the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates irrelevant disinformation, and should reject his attempt to inject politics into this proceeding."...
The denial means it won't skip over the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which could push back the trial....
SCOTUS also agreed to Special Counsel Jack Smith's request that the justices quickly consider the arguments on whether Trump has presidential immunity....
Special Counsel Jack Smith asked SCOTUS to weigh in on Trump's claim that he has presidential immunity....
“Given the weighty and consequential character of the constitutional questions at stake, only this Court can provide the definitive and final resolution”...
"the Order should not have restricted speech about the Special Counsel himself. The Order already exempts speech about the Department of Justice as an institution...
"Defendant contends that the Constitution grants him “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions performed within the ‘outer perimeter’ of his official responsibility” while he served as President of the United States, so long as he was not both impeached and convicted for those actions...
Administrative Stay issued pending oral argument on November 20....
Trump: "The Obama appointed Federal Judge in D.C, a TRUE TRUMP HATER, is incapable of giving me a fair trial. Her Hatred of President DONALD J. TRUMP is so great that she has been diagnosed with a major, and incurable, case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME!!!"...
Motion for Stay: "No Court in American history has imposed a gag order on a criminal defendant who is campaigning for public office—least of all, on the leading candidate for President of the United States. This Court’s Opinion and Order ...
Chutkan believes his words "pose sufficiently grave threats to the integrity of these proceedings that cannot be addressed by alternative means."...
"The order restricts Trump’s ability to publicly target court personnel, potential witnesses, or the special counsel and his staff."...
The motion itself highlights several areas on which Trump could lose the motion, but they are issues of law not fact. Which makes them ripe for an appeal if (and likely when) the District Court Judge denies the motion. This is going to end up...
“The defendant’s past conduct, including conduct that has taken place after and as a direct result of the indictment in this case, amply demonstrates the need for this order”...
"Judge Chutkan has, in connection with other cases, suggested that President Trump should be prosecuted and imprisoned. Such statements, made before this case began and without due process, are inherently disqualifying."...
My appearance on NTD TV: "I don't know how [the Judge] justifies the day before Super Tuesday. Clearly that puts the defense under enormous burden to prepare their defense...
This is a speedy trial, not as speedy as the prosecution wanted (January 2), but much sooner than Trump wanted (April 2026). Trump lawyer: "We will not be able to provide adequate representation...
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