Republicans snuck a provision to sue Jack Smith into the shutdown deal.

Donald Trump gave (largely symbolic) pardons to Giuliani, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, and more.

Donald Trump is moving to avoid consequences once again.

Jack Smith made one major mistake when bringing his case against Donald Trump.

Jack Smith is calling Republicans’ bluff.

There has never been a moment in U.S. history like this one.

Donald Trump went on a celebratory posting spree about his civil fraud ruling getting tossed out.

Donald Trump was fined nearly $500 million after he was found guilty of bank fraud.

Emil Bove has been hit with damning new allegations.

Donald Trump continues to blame Joe Biden for everything.

Donald Trump continues to falsely insist that 2020 election was rigged.

Donald Trump is going after the people involved in his prosecutions.

How a temporary legal expedient came to defy the rule of law

This is the week that the former president’s epic legal misadventures begin. It’s hard to imagine his coming out unscathed.

The former president’s legal entanglements aren’t his superpower. He’s taken a commanding lead in the primary because he faces weak opponents from a feckless political party.

Trump goes into his trials era with a big advantage—a majority of Americans incorrectly believe that the charges against him are politically motivated.

There’s a good chance the political press will create a circus out of the former president’s legal entanglements and then blame the people trying to hold him accountable.

The former president is demanding a change in trial venue, for the same reason he demanded that votes not get counted in certain U.S. cities.

Trump’s defenders have come up with a scorching-hot legal theory—but it’s one that’s easily extinguished.

Alas, they probably won’t take it.