Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of the Sun, where he covers politics and culture. He holds a PhD from Harvard and a law degree from Stanford.
The special counsel, in threatening to seek appellate review — and, possibly, to pursue removal — could be making the jurist think twice about delaying Trump’s trial.
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The district attorney’s father, formerly of the Black Panthers, took the stand and testified that storing large amounts of cash at home — his daughter’s explanation for how she paid for her vacations with the special prosecutor — was ‘a Black thing.’
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The district attorney accuses a defense attorney of ‘being dishonest’ and ‘lying.’
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The Supreme Court gave the special prosecutor a week to respond to the former president. He took a day.
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Ahead of an evidentiary hearing, grounds for disqualification could be written in ink and skin.
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The request to the justices warns that if the special counsel has his way, ‘the presidency as we know it will cease to exist.’
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A hearing Thursday will shine a spotlight on the district attorney’s affair with the special prosecutor she hired to press the charges against the 45th president.
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Sometimes seen as the weakest of the four criminal cases against the 45th president, the one brought by New York could have the clearest path to a conviction.
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One of Trump’s co-defendants alleges that the district attorney wants a conviction ‘to open doors to a new political future.’
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It turns out President Trump isn’t the only one who can unleash a tirade against a judge. Could Smith’s next move be a motion for Cannon to recuse herself?
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The bombshell question, a thinly cloaked hypothetical, came as the Supreme Court, including its liberal wing, appears skeptical of efforts to exclude Trump from the ballot as an insurrectionist.
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Treasure trove from the subcontinent marks a major moment, as the Mughals take Manhattan.
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