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What to Expect in the Closings at the Trump Trial

A detailed account of the paths that the prosecution and defense can and will likely take, based on a meticulous account of the trial record.
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The Just Security Podcast: Courtroom Views from Inside Trump’s New York Criminal Trial

Experts Terri Austin and Adam Klasfeld share their views from inside the courtroom in Trump's New York trial and preview what comes next.

How Prosecutors Turned Michael Cohen’s Greatest Liabilities into Their Assets

Klasfeld’s reporting is part of Just Security’s Trump Trials Clearinghouse. The first time that Manhattan prosecutors met Michael Cohen inside a federal prison to enlist his…
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What Happens After Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Absolute Immunity: Mapping 3 Scenarios

Mapping different outcomes for the Court's decision on Trump's presidential immunity and the follow-on procedural pathways emerging from those scenarios.
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Stormy Daniels’ Darker Testimony About Trump Hints at a Forbidden Side of His Trial

A close look at the lines the judge must draw - and is drawing - to steer clear of testimony and other evidence that could cause undue prejudice to Defendant Trump.

No, Trump Was Not Good for US Alliances. And Without Changes, Trump 2.0 Will Be Worse.

His supporters' endorsements of his record belie his flouting of the ties of trust required for a rules-based international order.

Keeping Count: Major Adverse Legal Findings Against Donald Trump (Nov. 2020-2024)

Tracking former President Donald Trump's string of major defeats in the legal system after the 2020 election.
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Trump Case Unveils: The ‘National Enquirer Trial’ That Never Was

Analysis of the revelations of the potential criminal case that might have been brought against the National Enquirer for actions in 2016 presidential election.
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Why No “Plain Statement Rule” Bars a President’s Prosecution for Murder

Drilling into the foundations of an idea - the 'plain statement rule' - discussed in Supreme Court oral argument on former President Trump's claims to presidential immunity.
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Why Trump Will Likely be Held in Contempt and What Then

Explaining former President Donald Trump's gag order in his New York criminal trial, the alleged violations, and the legal framework.
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‘Election Fraud, Pure and Simple’: Trump’s Prosecutors Move Beyond Stormy Daniels in Wide-Lens Trial Opening

Prosecutors widen the aperture on the historic case against former President Trump through a sweeping narrative about election influence that went beyond any single hush-money…
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History Shows the Supreme Court Knows How to Move Quickly, as it Should With the Trump Immunity Case

History shows the Supreme Court can come to a decision soon after oral arguments. It must do so on the question of presidential immunity.
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