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CNN —Justice Department prosecutors want US District Judge Tanya Chutkan to reel in Donald Trump’s public statements in the federal 2020 election interference case against him, asking her to place a court order limiting what he can say, according to a newly released filing. The request for a limited gag order, filed in recent days, represents the most direct response from prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s office to the former president’s public statements to date. The Justice Department said the order is needed to protect the integrity of his trial in March. Trump has already been ordered not to intimidate potential witnesses or talk to them about the facts of the case. They are also seeking a court order that would block Trump’s lawyers from polling potential jurors for the case without the court’s approval first.
Persons: Tanya Chutkan, Donald Trump’s, Jack Smith’s, Trump, , Smith, Joe Biden, Chutkan, Mike Pence, Bill Barr –, Prosecutors, ” Trump, Smith’s Organizations: CNN — Justice Department, Justice Department, Trump –, Chutkan, Trump, ” Prosecutors, Defense, Capitol Locations: Washington ,, United States
The federal prosecutors who charged former President Donald J. Trump with a criminal conspiracy over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election obtained 32 private messages from his Twitter account through a search warrant this winter as part of their investigation, court papers unsealed on Friday said. Questions have lingered about what prosecutors were looking for in Mr. Trump’s Twitter account ever since it was revealed last month that the government had served the warrant on Twitter in January. In an earlier release of documents, prosecutors disclosed that they had obtained some private messages from Mr. Trump’s account but not how many. Mr. Trump’s posts on the platform in the chaotic months after the election were mentioned several times in the indictment that the special counsel, Jack Smith, filed against him in Washington last month. What remains unclear is whether Mr. Smith’s team sought the warrant for Mr. Trump’s account merely to confirm that he had posted the messages that appeared in public, or whether they suspected that some private data in the account might also be important.
Persons: Donald J, Elon Musk, Trump, Jack Smith, Smith’s Organizations: Trump, Twitter, Justice Locations: Washington
“I can assure you that not one time have I ever recommended to attack Iran,” Milley said. In his book, “The Chief’s Chief,” Meadows references the meeting and the Iran document, claiming Milley urged Trump to attack Iran more than once during Trump’s presidency, but that Trump would not do so. “It contained the general’s own plan to attack Iran, deploying massive numbers of troops, something he urged President Trump to do more than once during his presidency. President Trump denied those requests every time.”Milley told Zakaria he did not know what Meadows had written but reiterated he had never recommended an attack on Iran. “I can tell you with certainty that this chairman never recommended a wholesale attack on Iran,” Milley said.
Persons: Mark Milley, “ Fareed Zakaria, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Trump, Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, ” Milley, Milley, Jack Smith’s, Meadows, ” Trump, Zakaria, I’ve, that’s, , ” Meadows Organizations: CNN, Joint Chiefs, Staff, White, Army, Milley, Trump, Yorker Locations: Iran, , Bedminster , New Jersey, ” Meadows
“When Steven Tyler wrote his memoir, he completely diminished me by saying, ‘Well, everything was already written’ and I just added a few words,” Child, 69, said of Aerosmith’s 1987 hit. “When Joe Perry wrote about ‘Dude’ in his autobiography, he said, ‘Well, Desmond just came up with the title.’”That wasn’t all. After “I Was Made for Lovin’ You,” which Child wrote with Paul Stanley of Kiss, became a smash for that band, he asserted that Gene Simmons “started saying in every interview, ‘We hired guards in front of the studio to keep Desmond Child out,’ because he hated that song so much. Why would you attack a person who put money in your pocket?” (In an interview, Stanley confirmed the anecdote.) people locked in the closet.
Persons: Bon, , Ricky Martin’s “, Katy Perry —, Desmond Child’s, , Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond, , Child, Paul Stanley of Kiss, Gene Simmons “, , Desmond Child, Stanley, Blanche Dubois, Anjelica Huston, ’ ” Organizations: Kiss Locations: Cuban
The filing was the latest legal volley in the case, which Mr. Trump sought to quash even before his indictment in mid-August. It came as little surprise to legal analysts watching the case, who had expected Mr. Trump’s lawyers to mount an aggressive defense long before the start of a trial. Mr. Smith, a lawyer based in Atlanta who helped Mr. Trump’s team challenge his loss in Georgia after the election, faces a dozen charges in the case. And, prosecutors charge, he took part in the efforts to get fake Trump electors to cast votes and sign documents that falsely claimed that he had won the election. Mr. Smith has pleaded not guilty.
Persons: Mr, Donald F, Samuel, Fani, Willis, Sadow, Trump, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Smith, Trump’s Organizations: Trump Locations: United States, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Trump’s High Court Hail Mary
  + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Lauren Camera | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +13 min
Half a century ago, the Supreme Court ruled in the United States v. Nixon that executive privilege is not absolute. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court in 1974 rejected Nixon’s argument – a ruling that marked the end of his presidency. But would the Supreme Court half a century later say the same? “It wouldn't shock me to find that the Supreme Court tries to avoid a showdown,” Geyh says. “One could see certain issues developing through the course of litigation that do present the type of constitutional question that the Supreme Court would take,” Geyh says.
Persons: Nixon, Richard Nixon, Donald Trump, Trump, it’s, , Barbara Perry, , Gerald Ford’s, Georgia –, John Lauro, Lauro, Tonya Chutkan –, Jack Smith’s, Chutkan, , Obama, ” Trump, Charles Geyh, ” Geyh, Geyh, Ronald Reagan, he’s, Trump’s, ” Perry, James D, Louis XIV, Clair, Brett Kavanaugh, ” Kavanaugh, “ Nixon, Kavanaugh, Marbury, Brown Organizations: Court, University of Virginia’s Miller Center, Trump, Supreme, Donald Trump View, Capitol, , Press, GOP, Washington , D.C, National, Biden White, Indiana University, Washington Lawyer Locations: United States, Washington, Georgia, U.S, Washington ,, Clair, ” St, Youngstown
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, U.S., August 8, 2023. Woodward currently represents Walt Nauta, one of the two Trump employees also charged in the documents case, in addition to having previously represented the IT head, who is not named in Wednesday's filing. But he suggested in Wednesday's filing that prosecutors' handling of the IT manager's testimony was improper. Prosecutors have charged Trump, Nauta and a third Mar-a-Lago employee, Carlos De Oliveira, with trying to thwart government efforts to retrieve sensitive documents taken to the Florida resort after Trump left office. Prosecutors said in an August court filing that the witness initially denied any knowledge of obstruction.
Persons: Donald Trump, Reba Saldanha, Jack Smith’s, Stanley Woodward, Woodward, Walt Nauta, Aileen Cannon, Trump, Joe Biden, Yuscil Taveras, Nauta, Taveras, Carlos De Oliveira, Prosecutors, Andrew Goudsward, Scott Malone, Andrea Ricci Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Trump's, Walt, Trump, IT, Prosecutors, Democratic, Politico, CNN, Thomson Locations: Windham , New Hampshire, U.S, Lago Florida, Florida
CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday called for “accountability” for the events of January 6, 2021, marking a notable departure from the White House’s policy of silence on former President Donald Trump’s legal issues. The White House has taken pains to minimize any impression that it is interfering with the federal investigations. For Biden, Trump’s third and fourth indictments are undoubtedly the most personal. The White House has declined to comment on the indictments, referring questions to the Department of Justice. Asked his reaction to Trump’s mugshot, Biden quipped to reporters, “Handsome guy, wonderful guy,” declining to comment further.
Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s, ” Harris, , Harris, , Trump, Jack, Biden, Trump’s, Trump’s mugshot Organizations: CNN, Associated Press, ASEAN, White, Department of Justice Locations: Jakarta, Indonesia, Trump, United States, Atlanta, Maine
To escape high rents, he moved into an ambulance he bought off of Facebook Marketplace for $9,000. Smith spent $8,000 converting the ambulance into a mobile home and vlogs about traveling in it. Living in an ambulance has been very affordable because I don't have to pay rent and have limited expenses. From what I've seen and heard, I think a lot more young people are interested in different lifestyles. I think I'm really lucky to be in the position where I can be an inspiration to others.
Persons: Kaden Smith, Smith, I'm, longboarding, haven't, I've Organizations: Facebook, Service, Brigham Young University, BYU, Walmart Locations: Colorado, Arizona, Wall, Silicon, Fishers , Indiana, Idaho, Boulder , Colorado, Sedona , Arizona, Rexburg , Idaho, Indiana, California , Oregon, Washington , Montana , Wyoming, Asia, Thailand, Indonesia, Oregon, Instagram, vlogging
Clashes mount between Trump and his legal nemesis
  + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
A dramatic series of legal developments in the Fulton County, Georgia, investigation – in which Trump and 18 co-defendants are also awaiting trial – encapsulated the breadth of the former president’s legal exposure. And 61% of Republican-leaning adults said that Trump is facing so many charges largely because of political abuse of the justice system. Trump uses criminal plight to fire up supportersTrump continually dials up the heat, underscoring how his legal defense and presidential campaign have merged. Smith may remain the ex-president’s greatest threat as the prosecutor with the best chance to complete a case against Trump early in the election year. New charges were also filed against Trump aide Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago maintenance manager Carlos De Oliveira.
Persons: Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Smith, Trump, Mark Meadows, Fani Willis ’, Enrique Tarrio, Timothy Kelly, Tarrio, CNN Trump, Hunter, he’d, Tanya Chutkan, , CNN’s Zachary Cohen, Paula Reid, Sidney Powell, Powell’s, Powell, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira Organizations: CNN, GOP, Trump, Trump White House, Republican, Republicans, Justice Department, Biden Locations: Florida, Washington, Fulton County , Georgia, Georgia, United States, Ukraine, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona
Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday evening made note of the ongoing harm in a legal filing on a procedural matter. They asked Chutkan to overturn the motion she had granted and allow them at least 14 days to respond. Chutkan ultimately granted Trump’s motion to vacate but told his defense team they had only until Monday to respond. But the admission in Smith’s filing that Trump’s social media presence threatens to prejudice the jury pool is a long time coming. None of the judges overseeing the various cases has yet to punish Trump for pushing the limits of his release in daily social media commentaries – though Chutkan has broached the issue.
Persons: Donald Trump’s, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Smith, ” Smith, Trump, , Chutkan, Organizations: Trump, Capitol , Justice Department, White Locations: Washington, Trump’s, Georgia, Florida, New York
Those charges center around a voting system breach in Coffee County, Georgia, a rural, Republican district that voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2020. Willis’ indictment describes the breach, and Powell’s alleged involvement, as central to the broader conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. Powell has also been identified by CNN as one of Trump’s un-indicted co-conspirators listed in Smith’s federal election indictment. New details about Smith’s ongoing investigation indicate federal prosecutors are scrutinizing a series of voting breaches following the 2020 election that state investigators have been probing for more than a year. Network of operativesIn addition, special counsel prosecutors have also heard from other witnesses about efforts to breach voting equipment in other states.
Persons: Jack Smith, indicting Donald Trump, Smith, Joe Biden, Sidney Powell, Powell’s, Powell, Fani Willis, Willis ’, Smith’s, Donald Trump, Al Drago, Biden, , Hugo Chavez, Bernie Kerik, Kerik, Tim Parlatore, Parlatore, Mike Ryan, Bill Bachenberg, Ryan, Bachenberg, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman –, Jocelyn Benson, Benson, Stefanie Lambert, Nalio Chery, , ” Benson, Lambert, Trump Organizations: Washington CNN, Trump, CNN, Biden, Republican, Republican National Committee, Bloomberg, Getty, The Coalition, Good Governance, Systems, Network, FBI, Smith’s, Michigan Michigan, Reuters, Pennsylvania, American, Pennsylvania Senate Locations: Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Atlanta, Coffee County , Georgia, Washington , DC, Republic, Coffee, Antrim County , Michigan, Coffee County, Detroit , Michigan, Dieu, Antrim County, Fulton County , Pennsylvania, Fulton County
CNN —Special counsel Jack Smith said in a court filing Tuesday that former President Donald Trump has made “daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool” in the 2020 election subversion case. The allegation arose in a court fight that remains largely under seal, so additional details are not public. The brief reference to Trump’s statements affecting the jury pool at the Washington, DC, courthouse came in a public filing in the federal criminal case. Smith’s office has been sparring with Trump’s team over how much of the underlying sealed dispute should be made public. Prosecutors tried earlier Tuesday to file court documents partially under seal – and partially on the public docket.
Persons: Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Trump’s, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan Organizations: CNN, Prosecutors, Trump Locations: Washington, DC
(CNN) — Upon reflection, the odd couple sensibilities that captivated viewers of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” were in place even before the cameras started rolling. Smith's "Fresh Prince" fashions captured, and curated, the visual aesthetic of hip-hop culture. Uncle Phil, conversely, stuck closely to upper middle-class regalia, with suits, sweater vests, and golf polos. “You wore a dashiki and an afro.”Uncle Phil and Smith face off in a scene from the "Fresh Prince" episode "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." As DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Jeff Townes and Will Smith perform with backing dancers at the 1993 American Music Awards.
Persons: Bel, Will Smith, James Avery, , Smith, Avery, Philip Banks, Phil, Elena Romero, Chris Haston, Uncle Phil, ” Smith, , Joseph Del Valle, ” Romero, Flash, Jazzy Jeff, Jeff Townes, Banks Organizations: CNN, , NBC, Civil, Black, Museum, FIT, Fashion Institute of Technology, Getty, Black American, ” Entertainment, ABC, Smith Locations: West Philadelphia, California, United States, New York, America
‘The Fraud’ Review: Zadie Smith’s Trial by Fiction
  + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Sam Sacks | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Tichborne’s grief-stricken mother immediately embraced this man as her son, despite major inconsistencies in his story. Tichborne had spoken fluent French; this man, whom investigators hired by others in the Tichborne family discovered to be an Australian butcher named Arthur Orton, didn’t know a word. Tichborne had been of average size; this man was enormously overweight. Even so, as the dispute was sensationalized by the press, public opinion became hotly divided along class lines, with many of London’s poor taking up Orton’s cause. The passionately debated trials that followed—first in civil court and then in criminal court, where Orton, by now a celebrity, was sentenced to prison for perjury—were among the lengthiest in the history of English law.
Persons: Tichborne, , Roger Tichborne, Arthur Orton, didn’t, , Orton Locations: England, Australian
Reuters also interviewed 63 current and former Axon employees, including nine former executives. No one with whom Reuters spoke was aware of deaths or lawsuits stemming from tasings of Axon staff. Axon has faced fewer lawsuits since 2009, the year it introduced a new Taser model with a lower charge. Screenshots from an Axon promotional video show CEO Rick Smith taking a Taser hit in 1993, the year he co-founded the business. And that’s off-putting.”Gorman, the former Axon lawyer, said he “vividly” remembers an executive asking him if he was going to be tased.
Persons: Ross Blank, Blank, Steve Tuttle, Shawn Gorman, , Jennifer Chatman, Rick Smith, Andrea James, ” James, Axon’s, tasings, ” Blank, Tuttle, Staff tasings, , Valencia Gibson, Gibson, Reuters –, Axon’s “, Bro, Josh Isner, Isner, James, , Ann Rosenthal, Rosenthal, ” Rosenthal, Sigma Chi, Smith, ” Smith, ” Michael Church, Hans Marrero, Marrero, ” Marrero, “ I’m, ’ ” Smith, “ It’s, ” Gibson, ” ‘, impressionable, squinting, Keara, Rylan, Mihir Shah, ” Shah, Mario Barth, “ Willing, It’s, Isaiah Fields, Wayne Guay, Lamar Cousins, Cousins, Kevin De Rosa Jr, De Rosa, ” Isner, Smith’s, De Rosa bellowed, They’re, ” Gorman, You’re, Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave Art, John Emerson, Julie Marquis Organizations: Enterprise Inc, Reuters, Haas School of Business, University of California, Staff, Scottsdale, Yorker, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, . Occupational Safety, Health Administration, federal, Safety, Health, Labor, Sigma, Harvard, Sigma Chi, Boston Magazine, Harvard’s Sigma Chi, U.S . Marine Corps, YouTube, Employment, Los, Keara Berlin, ” Employees, Los Angeles Police Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, strapping, Culture Locations: Berkeley, Rome, United States, Arizona, U.S, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, , Berlin, Sacramento, San Jose , California, tasings, Mandalay, Scottsdale, wasn’t
Atlanta CNN —Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows rolled the dice on Monday with his opening move in the sprawling Fulton County election subversion trial: he took the stand himself. If the judge agrees, the trial could end up moving from state court to federal court, a more advantageous legal spot for Meadows. The former chief of staff also grew somewhat exasperated as the prosecutor questioned why his role would include setting up a call to settle private litigation. “There is a role for the chief of staff to make sure those campaign goals and objectives are implemented at the federal level,” Meadows argued. Meadows quipped, “I can’t imagine I would be chief of staff for President Biden.”
Persons: Mark Meadows, Meadows, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Fani Willis, Trump, it’s, ” J, Tom Morgan, “ I’m, Jack, Steve Jones, Jones, Barack Obama, Monday’s, ” Jones, CNN Meadows, wasn’t, Willis, Brad Raffensperger, Trump’s, , ” Meadows, George Terwilliger, ” Terwilliger, John McEntee, William Barr, , Barr’s, Biden Organizations: Atlanta CNN — Former White House, White, Meadows, US, CNN, Georgia, Trump, Trump White House Locations: Fulton County, Meadows, Atlanta, DeKalb County , Georgia, Fulton, Cobb County , Georgia, United States, , Lafayette Park, Georgia
Currently the front-runner for the GOP nomination, Trump has already pleaded not guilty in a case he’s slammed as 2024 election interference. Meadows wants to move his case to federal court, where he may have a better chance of having it dismissed. Biden has nothing to do with the trial date being set. (The fact that television coverage is not allowed in federal court could be important here). Ron DeSantis and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott are among the candidates who have equivocated over Trump’s legal quagmire – preferring to attack Democrats for “weaponizing” justice.
Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Tanya Chutkan’s, Mark Meadows, Meadows, Richard Nixon, H.R, Haldeman, Hillary Clinton’s, , he’d, Trump’s, Jack Smith’s, she’s, ” Tom Dupree, George W, Bush, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Chris Christie, Smith, ” Christie, Tapper, Jack Smith, Donald Trump, , , Biden, It’s, Fani Willis, Willis, president’s, Christie, Asa Hutchinson, Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, quagmire, “ weaponizing, Nikki Haley, Haley Organizations: CNN, Super Tuesday, Trump, GOP, Republican Party, White House, White, Department, Former New Jersey Gov, Republican, Tuesday, Mar, Arkansas Gov, Florida Gov, , South Carolina Gov, United Locations: Washington, DC, Georgia, Manhattan, Fulton County, Iowa , New Hampshire , Nevada, South Carolina, Milwaukee, Florida, United Nations, America
Washington CNN —The federal criminal trial of Donald Trump on charges he sought to subvert the result of the 2020 presidential election will begin March 4, 2024, the day before the Super Tuesday primary, a federal judge ruled Monday. Special counsel Jack Smith had proposed a January 2024 start date and Trump sought to begin the trial two years later, in April 2026. Smith’s team told Chutkan in a filing earlier this month that the trial should begin on January 2, 2024. “The government’s objective is clear: to deny President Trump and his counsel a fair ability to prepare for trial,” they wrote in their filing. In the Georgia case, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis last week suggested an October 23, 2023, trial date, something Trump’s team also said they oppose.
Persons: Donald Trump, Tanya Chutkan, ” Chutkan, Jack Smith, Trump, Chutkan, John Lauro, , Lauro, “ Let’s, Molly Gaston, ” Gaston, , District of Columbia ”, Smith’s, Trump’s, Smith, Fani Willis, Judge Juan Merchan, Donald J, ” Smith Organizations: Washington CNN, Super, US, Trump, District of Columbia, DC, Republicans, Attorneys, New Locations: Washington ,, New York, Georgia, Fulton County, Florida, United States
In special counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion case, Trump’s bid to put the trial off until after the election appears to have failed. Meanwhile, the criminal case against Trump in New York is also scheduled for March. For instance, prosecutor Molly Gaston pointedly confronted Trump attorney John Lauro with his own public statements during the hearing Monday. Chutkan, who early in the case against Trump made plain her decisions would be clear and final, told Lauro, “Mr. “I take seriously the request that Mr. Trump be treated like any other defendant, and I intend to do so,” Chutkan said.
Persons: CNN —, Donald Trump, Jack Smith’s, Meadows, Tanya Chutkan’s, Trump –, Chutkan, Juan Merchan, Trump, Michael Cohen, Brad Raffensperger, Bill Barr, ” Meadows, , , Barr’s, Joe Biden, Mark Meadows, Fani Willis ’, , George Terwilliger, John McEntee, surrogates, Molly Gaston, John Lauro, Lauro, Gaston, Mike Pence’s, ” Gaston, ” Chutkan, ” Lauro, “ Mr Organizations: CNN, Republican, Trump, New York, Georgia, , Fulton, Michigan, ” Trump White House, Prosecutors, Justice Department, J6 Locations: Georgia, Washington ,, Atlanta, Washington , DC, New York, Fulton County, Meadows, Washington, DC
Four Twenty FiveThe name is the Park Avenue address of a new, 47-story office tower designed by Norman Foster. But Mr. Vongerichten and his partners hope to evoke another Park Avenue landmark: the former Four Seasons restaurant, the celebrity magnet that closed in 2019. He is working with Mr. Vongerichten on a menu that will showcase French, American, Italian and Asian flavors and techniques. 425 Park Avenue (56th Street). Nomad Tea ParlourIf you confuse this with the venerable Nom Wah Tea Parlor in Chinatown, you’re forgiven.
Persons: Norman Foster, Vongerichten, Jonathan Benno, Lincoln Ristorante, Simone, , Pete Wells, Tina Vaughn, Chip Smith, you’re, Wilson Tang, Mandy Zhang Organizations: Lincoln, Montrachet, Broadway Locations: Eulalie, TriBeCa, Chinatown, Blue Willow
Almost as soon as Trump left Atlanta after surrendering at the Fulton County jail Thursday, his team began to monetize his mug shot. Meadows to provide first major test of Georgia caseThe hearing in Georgia that could yield major revelations does not involve Trump directly, but rather Meadows. Meadows and Trump are among 19 co-defendants in a vast racketeering case built by Willis. Extensive pre-trial litigation in the Georgia case could also end up frustrating attempts by Willis, who initially sought a March 2024 trial date, to bring the case before the 2024 election. Trump’s attorneys are also arguing that Smith’s proposed timeline for the trial would conflict with other criminal and civil cases in which the former president is embroiled.
Persons: Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Mark Meadows, George Conway, Meadows, Tanya Chutkan, Jack Smith, Trump’s, Joe Biden, Smith, Trump, Biden, , Willis ., Brad Raffensperger, Willis, Chris Christie, , ” Christie, Jamie Raskin, ” Raskin, CNN’s Dana, , Raskin, Chutkan, Smith’s Organizations: CNN, Republican, Trump, White House, Atlanta, Biden, Former New Jersey Gov, GOP, CBS, Trump . Maryland Democratic, Capitol, Democratic, Union, Trump’s Locations: Georgia, Washington, Fulton County, Meadows, Trump, Iowa, United, Willis, Willis . Georgia, “ State, Florida, Manhattan
CNN —An ethnic studies professor who was accused of claiming to be Native American has agreed to part ways next year with the University of California Riverside following a complaint filed by colleagues, documents show. The separation agreement makes clear that Smith “denies and disputes all allegations contained in the complaint.” CNN has reached out to Smith for further comment. “The nine-page separation agreement will bring a negotiated end to Professor Smith’s employment with the university,” university spokesperson John Warren said in a statement. Earlier this year, another California professor issued an apology for claiming to be Native American. Hoover remains part of UC Berkeley’s faculty.
Persons: Andrea Smith, Smith, , Smith “, John Warren, Warren, , Elizabeth Hoover, Mi’kmaq, Hoover Organizations: CNN, University of California Riverside, Faculty, ” CNN, UC, American . University of California Berkeley, Mohawk, UC Berkeley’s Locations: American, California
Since Mr. Trump is charged with, among other crimes, conspiracy to defraud the United States and to deprive people of the right to have their votes counted, Mr. Smith would clearly be right in arguing that the Alvarez decision doesn’t apply. Characterizing Mr. Trump’s words as “speech incident to criminal conduct” would neatly solve Mr. Smith’s First Amendment problem, but at a substantial cost to the prosecution. To win a conviction, the government must persuade 12 jurors to peer inside Mr. Trump’s head and find beyond a reasonable doubt that he knew he was lying when he claimed to be the winner of the 2020 election. If Mr. Trump actually believed his false assertions, his speech was not “incident to criminal conduct.”How can Mr. Smith persuade 12 jurors that no reasonable doubt exists that Mr. Trump knew he was lying? But there also will likely be evidence that fervent supporters of Mr. Trump’s efforts fed his narcissism with bizarre false tales of result-changing electoral fraud, and frivolous legal theories justifying interference with Mr. Biden’s certification as president-elect.
Persons: Smith, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, Trump, Alvarez, doesn’t, Smith’s, Trump’s, reams, Pence, Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman Organizations: Justice Department, Justice Locations: United States
The atmospherics are distractingFormer President Donald Trump’s stone-faced mug shot and the televised motorcade of his trip to court painted his arrest Thursday at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta with a reality TV theatricality. Trump’s control of the party he remade around himself continues to hold. But ultimately, just as he was forced to submit to a mug shot, Trump will have to submit to the fact that juries of his peers, American citizens, will decide these trials of the century. It’s far from a mainstream view, and Trump’s multiple arrests have so far yielded little in the way of mass protest. He could win acquittal in any or all four of the trials in which he’s a defendant.
Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Joe Biden, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, John King, Read, Jack Smith’s, Fani Willis ’, Biden, Vladimir Putin, what’s, Sarah Palin Organizations: CNN, Trump, Republican, GOP, South Carolina Gov, Fulton, Alaska Gov, won’t, Biden Locations: Fulton, Atlanta, Iowa, East Coast, Manhattan, Florida, Fulton County, Georgia, Washington ,, Russia, Alaska
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