It already seemed that the May 20 trial date set last July in the Mar-a-Lago case was written in pencil and all but guaranteed to be erased, but a late Monday order staying a deadline that the special counsel called “crucial” for “getting the case to trial” against Donald Trump was yet another blow to … Read more
Walt Nauta, left, takes a phone from Former President Donald Trump during the LIV Golf Pro-Am at Trump National Golf Club, Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Sterling, Va. When Trump appears in federal court in Miami, he will likely be joined on the witness stand by a man well-practiced in standing by his side: Nauta, … Read more
Valet Walt Nauta hands former President Donald Trump an umbrella before he speaks at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in Arlington, Va., after facing a judge on federal conspiracy charges that allege he conspired to subvert the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday implored the judge in … Read more
The defendants in former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents case are asking the judge in charge to push back yet another set of looming deadlines related to discovery. For several months now, the government, the defendants and court have been arguing over the extent to which each side will need access to, can access, and … Read more
Left: Former President Donald Trump’s butler, Walt Nauta, at the civil fraud case against Donald Trump at the NYS Supreme Courthouse on October 24, 2023 in New York City. Siegfried Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx 2023 10/24/23. Right: Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at … Read more
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. The hearing is to determine whether Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President … Read more
Left: Judge Juan Merchan poses for a picture in his chambers in New York, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Merchan is presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York (AP Photo/Seth Wenig). Right: FILE – Former President Donald Trump is escorted to a courtroom, April 4, 2023, in New York (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File). … Read more
In this background photo, court records depict footage of Jack Wade Whitton, center and inset, using a metal crutch to assault police officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A Georgia man was sentenced for assaulting an officer defending the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riots, hitting him repeatedly with a … Read more
In late news, a New York jury has decided that previous U.S. President Donald Trump should pay $83.3 million for slandering journalist E. Jean Carroll in 2019 when he was in office. The punishment, which remembers $18.3 million for compensatory harms and $65 million in correctional harms, originates from a past situation where Trump was … Read more