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Legal experts answer questions about what to expect in the anticipated Fulton County indictment of former President Donald Trump.

My regular readers will recognize that it’s been a few weeks since I shared a new column. But it’s not without good reason. First, I’ve had jury trials scheduled back to back. I secured favorable results, but the process I go through for trial prep doesn’t leave much room for anything outside of that preparation. So when I have multiple trials set within a month, I have to pull away from other endeavors and really dig in.

>> jake, its a powerful statement by a group of deeply respected former officials. i think judge chutkan has made it clear she intends to decide this case without regard to what anyone on the outside is saying. her goal to decide the case without regard to politics or outside influence. with respect to how realistic a january 2nd trial date is, i think judge chutkan has made it clear she will schedule this trial before the 2024 election, but january 2nd is just five months before the indictment ...

James Snyder, 45, was denied an appeal by the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit in June. He now asks the nations highest court to examine the case.

In a small corner of Yellowstone national park that bleeds into Idaho, a niche legal argument could theoretically be applied that would allow accused criminals to walk free.

It already looks bad for President Trump in his looming trial over his statements regarding the 2020 election, now scheduled in Washington, D.C.

Though, is that every other accused, including the president, has a sixth amendment right to an effective assistance of counsel. so if his lawyers say, hey, this is too quick, i cannot be effective, i cannot prepare, then theres going to be a problem in terms of whether this thing can move at the pace the judge wants it to move. >> and finally, the judge was a law school classmate of mine at penn law. yet i think you know her far better than i do. give us some insight. you who know her well of w...

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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/Public DomainU.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, whose pro-Trump bias and head-turning errors have raised questions about whether she should be overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Florida, made what appears to be another surprising mistake last year.Now, a defense lawyer is seizing on her misstep to try freeing his client from prison—even though he was caught on tape violently throwing a courtroo...