USA v. TRUMP

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:23-cr-00257

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Tanya S. Chutkan

Firms

  1. October 18, 2023

    Why Trump's Gag Order Appeal Is Expected To Fail

    Donald Trump's challenge to a gag order in his Washington, D.C., criminal election-interference case will likely lean on a decades-old Sixth Circuit decision and appeals to free speech, but experts predict the trial court's carefully tailored ruling will stand up to scrutiny.

  2. October 17, 2023

    Trump Appeals Gag Order In DC Election Interference Case

    Donald Trump filed a quick appeal Tuesday of a D.C. federal court's gag order prohibiting him from making statements publicly attacking special counsel Jack Smith, prosecutors, court staff, or witnesses and their expected testimony in his criminal conspiracy and obstruction case over alleged attempts to subvert the 2020 presidential election. 

  3. October 16, 2023

    Trump Hit With Gag Order In Election Interference Case

    A D.C. federal judge issued a gag order Monday prohibiting former President Donald Trump from making statements publicly attacking Special Counsel Jack Smith, prosecutors, court staff, or witnesses and their expected testimony in his criminal conspiracy and obstruction case over alleged attempts to subvert the 2020 presidential election.

  4. October 10, 2023

    DC Prosecutors To Trump: Do You Plan To Blame Attys?

    Federal prosecutors on Tuesday urged the Washington, D.C., federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's election interference case to make the former president reveal whether he intends to defend himself from conspiracy and obstruction charges by blaming his attorneys for the legal advice they gave him at the time.

  5. October 05, 2023

    C-SPAN, 19 Media Orgs Request Access To DC Trump Trial

    The Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network and a coalition of media organizations filed a motion in Washington, D.C., federal court Thursday, arguing the election interference trial of former President Donald Trump in March is too nationally significant to keep cameras from the courtroom.

  6. October 05, 2023

    Trump Claims 'Presidential Immunity' In Jan. 6 Case

    Former President Donald Trump filed a motion Thursday to dismiss his criminal indictment in the election interference case in Washington, D.C., arguing that he's protected by "presidential immunity."

  7. October 04, 2023

    Trump's Attacks May Goad Courts Into 'Constitutional Crisis'

    Facing a gag order in his New York civil fraud trial and the threat of another in his Washington, D.C., election-interference case, Donald Trump may put core constitutional principles to the test by continuing verbal attacks on court staffers, witnesses and prosecutors.

  8. September 27, 2023

    DC Judge Won't Exit Trump's Election Interference Case

    The Washington, D.C., federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's election interference case declined to recuse herself Wednesday, saying statements she made at previous Jan. 6 sentencing hearings "do not manifest a deep-seated prejudice" that would prevent her from making a fair judgment in the former president's case.

  9. September 26, 2023

    Trump Blasts Proposed Gag Order In DC Case As 'Censorship'

    Former President Donald Trump called prosecutors' request that a Washington, D.C., federal judge limit what he can say publicly about his election interference case an attempt to strip him of his First Amendment rights and thwart his presidential campaign.

  10. September 15, 2023

    Gov't Seeks To Limit Trump's Posts About DC Election Case

    Prosecutors are urging a D.C. federal judge to impose limitations on what former President Donald Trump can say publicly about his election interference case, arguing in a Friday motion his "relentless" social media posts attacking potential witnesses and the entire judicial system need to be curbed to avoid biasing future jurors.