Trump Trials

A former U.S. attorney breaks down the challenges and choices the special counsel now faces in prosecuting Trump.

The decision of whether to prosecute the former president for mishandling national security secrets will likely end up in the Supreme Court’s hands.

The immunity decision has enormous implications for Trump’s trial — and the future of the presidency.

With the myth of Donald Trump’s invincibility shattered, Smith can proceed like business as usual.

New York ran a fair and efficient trial while SCOTUS stalls.

Two former New York prosecutors explain the possible outcomes.

Experience shows that juries take seriously their duty to set aside their biases and decide where the truth lies.

Thanks to loopholes and lax enforcement, former president Trump is using campaign funds to pay almost all of his legal bills.

They strayed far from both the facts and the Constitution.

New York’s high court overturned the producer’s conviction. Will that affect the Trump trial?

Former President Trump’s criminal charges may be a historic first for the United States, but prosecuting national leaders for criminal misconduct is common in other democracies.

Two centuries of U.S. constitutional history make clear that Donald Trump is liable to criminal prosecution.

The Supreme Court should move quickly to reject Trump’s claim to presidential immunity from criminal prosecution.

The Supreme Court should get out of the way and let Trump’s federal trial begin.

Historians Rosemarie Zagarri and Holly Brewer explain the anti-monarchical origins of the Constitution and the presidency.

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Trump’s bid for immunity in the criminal case against him for trying to alter the 2020 election results.

Former presidents are not immune from criminal prosecution.

Understanding how the classification system works is critical to understanding Trump’s culpability — legal and otherwise.

Trump’s effort to cast doubt on his 2020 loss with claims of widespread fraud has failed again and again.

The Trump indictment sends an encouraging message to our embattled election officials.

Charging the former president for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election continues a long legal legacy of guarding against election subversion.

The former president made a slew of false claims in asking the Georgia secretary of state to overturn the 2020 election results.

This hearing has little to do with public safety and everything to do with smearing the prosecutor who indicted former President Trump.