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Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Jack Smith election case against Trump delayed amid immunity appeal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Special counsel Jack Smith wasn’t lawfully appointed, can’t prosecute Trump, legal scholars say

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This artist sketch depicts former President Donald Trump, seated right, listening as his attorney D. John Sauer, standing, speaks before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals at the federal courthouse, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 in Washington. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

With Trump present in court, judges express skepticism of claims that he’s immune from prosecution

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer and Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally, Dec. 13, 2023, in Coralville, Iowa. Trump's lawyers are pressing to have special counsel Jack Smith's team held in contempt. The Republican former president's lawyers said Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, prosecutors have taken steps to advance the 2020 election interference case against him in violation of a judge's order that put the case on hold. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump legal team want special counsel Jack Smith held in contempt

By Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: Only Trump isn’t protected

FILE - Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. The Supreme Court said Friday, Dec. 22, that it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions to overturn the 2020 election results. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Special counsel Jack Smith’s great insurrection lie

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks after exiting the courtroom for a break at New York Supreme Court, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. Lawyers for Trump say he may testify at a mid-January trial set to decide how much he owes columnist E. Jean Carroll for defaming her after she said he sexually abused her three decades ago in a Manhattan department store. The lawyers filed papers in Manhattan federal court late Thursday, Dec. 29, 2023, to request that Trump's October 2022 deposition transcript in the case not be shown to the jury because Trump has been named as a witness likely to testify at the trial. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Jack Smith urges appeals court to reject Donald Trump’s immunity claims in election subversion case

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump watches the UFC 296 mixed martial arts event Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP) **FILE**

Seizure of Trump’s smartphone data puts special counsel in uncharted legal waters

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Decision on Trump’s immunity claims could be months away, former prosecutor warns

By Ramsey Touchberry and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court building is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Supreme Court rejects special counsel’s request to decide Trump’s immunity claim

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

House Republicans demand special counsel Jack Smith turn over trove of records or face subpoena

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Jack Smith says Supreme Court must decide Trump’s immunity case by June

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Durham, N.H. The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19, declared Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha) **FILE**

Trump tells Supreme Court not to rush presidential immunity challenge

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, left and his wife Virginia Thomas, right, are shown in this file photo leaving the funeral Mass of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, on Feb. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

House Democrats ask Justice Thomas to recuse himself from Trump election case

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump is introduced to the crowd during a rally Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Trump asks full appeals court to hear his challenge to gag order

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump sits at his desk after a meeting with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, left, and members of his staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 8, 2017, as a lockbag is visible on the desk, the key still inside at left. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Special counsel urges Supreme Court decide if Trump has presidential immunity from prosecution

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Government reading Twitter accounts illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump prosecutor Jack Smith is reading your Twitter account

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This exhibit from video released by the House Select Committee, shows President Donald Trump recording a video statement on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. (House Select Committee via AP) ** FILE **

Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from them

By Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks to Texas state troopers and guardsmen at the South Texas International Airport, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in Edinburg, Texas. A federal appeals court is hearing arguments on Monday, Nov. 20, on whether to reinstate a gag order against Donald Trump in the federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Appeals panel grapples with scope of Trump gag order in Jack Smith case

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks to Texas state troopers and guardsmen at the South Texas International Airport, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in Edinburg, Texas. A federal appeals court is hearing arguments on Monday, Nov. 20, on whether to reinstate a gag order against Donald Trump in the federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Trump lawyers urge federal appeals court to revoke gag order in D.C. election case

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer and Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press