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News Articles: jack smith

The U.S. Department of Justice is seen on June 20, 2023 in Washington, D.C. At least 12 officials who worked with the special counsel Jack Smith to investigate President Trump have been fired from the department.

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  • Politics

Justice Department moves to fire at least 12 officials who investigated Trump

In termination letters sent to more than a dozen officials, acting Attorney General James McHenry wrote that he did not believe they "could be trusted to faithfully implement the President's agenda."

January 28, 2025
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas and
  • Carrie Johnson
Special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment against Donald Trump in August 2023 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Special counsel Jack Smith says evidence against Trump was enough to convict him

The report on federal charges against Trump for election interference in 2020 offers special counsel Jack Smith a last chance to explain his decisions after dropping the case.

January 14, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks about an unsealed indictment against former President Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Special counsel Jack Smith taking steps to wind down federal cases against Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith is taking steps to end both federal cases against Trump before the president-elect takes office, according to a source familiar with the Justice Department deliberations.

November 07, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks about the Trump election interference case in August 2023 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Judge unseals new evidence against Trump in the Jan. 6 election interference case

Prosecutors provided the most detailed look yet at their election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson and
  • Ryan Lucas
John Lauro (R), an attorney for former President Donald Trump, departs the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Court House in 2023.

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  • Law

Trump lawyers, special counsel fight over election interference case in court

In a hearing marked by moments of tension and humor, Trump and Justice Department lawyers clashed over how the federal election interference case against the former president should proceed.

September 05, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump, John Lauro (left) and Todd Blanche (second left), depart the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., in 2023, near a protester wearing a costume in Trump's likeness.

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  • Law

Trump Jan. 6 case gets its first hearing since the Supreme Court's immunity ruling

Lawyers for the government's special counsel and former President Donald Trump are set to clash in court in Washington over how the election interference case against him will proceed.

September 05, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Special Counsel Jack Smith appealed the dismissal of the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.

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  • Law

Special counsel appeals judge's dismissal of Trump documents case

Special Counsel Jack Smith is appealing a judge's order over the classified documents case against Trump, which was dismissed over his own appointment.

July 17, 2024
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Former President Donald Trump, aide Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos de Oliveira face some 40 criminal counts over classified documents found at Trump's Florida residence and club.

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  • Law

Trump's trial over classified documents in Florida could start as soon as this summer

In a hearing before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, prosecutors said they want the trial to begin in July. Trump's lawyers want to postpone it until next year, after the presidential election.

March 01, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Former President Donald Trump departs for a break during his civil fraud trial in New York City on Thursday.

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  • Law

Trump gag order is partially upheld in Jan. 6 case

The appeals court ruling would allow Trump to make public statements about the special counsel in the case, Jack Smith, but not other prosecutors, court staffers or their family members.

December 08, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he exits the courtroom of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court on Wednesday.

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  • Law

Special counsel urges court to reimpose Trump gag order in election interference case

Special counsel Jack Smith is arguing that the former president continues to try to intimidate witnesses on social media and in his public statements.

October 26, 2023
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
Prosecutors are seeking a partial gag order against former President Donald Trump.

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  • Law

Judge imposes partial gag order against Trump in election-interference case

The limited gag order bars the former president from making statements targeting prosecutors and court personnel as well as inflammatory statements about likely witnesses.

October 16, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson and
  • Ryan Lucas
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. Federal prosecutors in the case charging Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020 election are seeking an order that would restrict the former president from "inflammatory" and "intimidating" comments about witnesses, lawyers and the judge.

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  • Politics

Prosecutors in D.C. election case are seeking a partial gag order for Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith's team asked for a "narrow, well-defined" order restricting the former president from "inflammatory" and "intimidating" comments about witnesses, lawyers and the judge.

September 16, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a town hall-style event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College on June 6, Manchester, N.H.

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  • Elections

Bucking his party, Chris Christie makes his case for 2024

Christie is still a Republican – after all, he's running for that party's presidential nomination. But his views on Ukraine, abortion and other issues put him out of step with many in the party.

September 08, 2023
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By:
  • Susan Davis,
  • Tamara Keith,
  • and 1 more
Former President Donald Trump speaks before he boards his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on August 3 in Arlington, Va.

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  • Law

Special counsel proposes a trial date for Trump Jan. 6 case

The special counsel's office has proposed that a federal judge set Jan. 2, 2024 as the start of former President Donald Trump's trial on charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Twitter's blue bird is seen on its headquarters building in San Francisco on July 24. Special counsel Jack Smith obtained search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump's account, according to newly unsealed court documents.

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  • Law

Special counsel Jack Smith got a secret search warrant for Trump's Twitter account

In January, prosecutors got a search warrant directing Twitter to produce data and records related to the @realDonaldTrump account. The company was ordered not to tell Trump about this.

August 09, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
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