Playbook PM: A busy day for legal news in Trump world

Playbook PM: A busy day for legal news in Trump world

Judge Aileen Cannon’s new timeline for the classified documents case is a blow to Donald Trump, whose legal team requested the court push the trial until after the 2024 presidential election. | Carmen Mandato/Getty Images MARK YOUR CALENDARS — Federal judge AILEEN CANNON has set the court date for former President DONALD TRUMP’s trial for […]

What Are the Legal Cases Against Donald Trump?

What Are the Legal Cases Against Donald Trump?

case type: civilwhere: New York Supreme CourtAttorney: Roberta KaplanVerdict: Trump found liable for battery and defamation in May 2023. A second defamation trial begins on January 15, 2024. In a 2019 New York cover story, writer E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s. After […]

Democracy Alerts – Court Rejects Failed Arizona Republican Attorney General Candidate’s Request for a Second Trial

Democracy Alerts – Court Rejects Failed Arizona Republican Attorney General Candidate’s Request for a Second Trial

WASHINGTON, D.C — On Friday, July 14, an Arizona judge rejected attorney general candidate and election denier Abe Hamadeh’s (R) motion for a new trial in his previously dismissed election contest. In December 2022, the same judge tossed out Hamadeh’s election contest, which was also backed by two Arizona voters and the Republican National Committee […]

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