In a court filing, federal prosecutors laid out plans to use the former president’s trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election to show a yearslong history of using lies and intimidation.
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Federal Judge Rejects Trump’s Immunity Claims in Election Case
The ruling is likely to spark a series of appeals that the former president’s lawyers hope will push the trial on election interference charges past the 2024 election.
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Trump Seeks to Use Trial to Challenge Findings That 2020 Election Was Fair
The former president’s lawyers in his federal trial on charges of trying to overturn the election are asking to collect a wide range of evidence — including on unrelated issues like Hunter Biden.
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Why Judges in the Trump Jan. 6 Trial Need a Rocket Docket
Voters could go to the polls in 2024 without knowing whether one of the candidates is criminally responsible for trying to overturn the last one.
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Appeals Court to Hear Arguments on Trump Election Case Gag Order
A three-judge panel will consider how to balance the former president’s free-speech rights against the need to insulate prosecutors, court personnel and potential witnesses from intimidation.