Trump selects William McGinley for White House general counsel
President-elect Trump announced Tuesday night that William McGinley, a lawyer who worked in his first administration, will serve as White House general counsel for his second term. McGinley served as White House Cabinet Secretary during the Trump administration. President Trump said in a statement that McGinley played a “huge role” in winning the election as […]
William McGinley tapped as Trump’s White House Counsel
President-elect Trump announced that William McGinley will return as White House advisor. “I am pleased to announce that William Joseph McGinley will serve as my White House Counsel,” the appointment announcement reads. In an announcement Tuesday night, President Trump said McGinley played a “huge role” in winning the election as outside counsel for election integrity […]
Judge Grants Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Request To Halt Trump’s Jan. 6 Case
Special Counsel Jack Smith, speaking to the press at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, DC, announced the release of an indictment against former President Donald Trump on June 9, 2023. (Photo by Mandel NGAN/AFP) (Photo by Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) OAN Staff Avril Elfie9:25am – Saturday, November 9, 2024 A federal judge […]
Texas AG Ken Paxton demands records from special counsel investigation of Trump
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Biden administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting records related to Special Counsel Jack Smith's corruption investigation into President-elect Trump. I asked for it. In a release, the Republican AG claimed that former special counsel Robert Mueller, who led […]
Special Counsel Jack Smith moves to drop Trump election interference case
Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a motion Friday in Washington, D.C., to void all deadlines in the 2020 election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump. This was a widely expected move, but it stopped short of completely dropping the case against Trump. Mr. Smith's charges are widely expected after Mr. Trump wins a second term […]
Special Counsel Jack Smith Weighs How To ‘Wind Down’ Trump’s Federal Charges
Special Counsel Jack Smith speaks to the press at the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, DC, on August 1, 2023 (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP, Getty Images) OAN Staff Avril Elfie5:48 PM – Tuesday, November 6, 2024 Special Counsel Jack Smith will consider how to quash two federal lawsuits filed […]
Corrupt Special Counsel Jack Smith to Exit DOJ, Drop Cases
Special Counsel Jack Smith, the keystone detective who continues to fail by putting Donald Trump in prison and ruining his re-election chances, has no intention of waiting for the next president to fire him ( Trump has, of course, promised to do so.) Instead, Mr. Smith will leave the Justice Department before Mr. Trump is […]
Lead counsel hits new Dem effort to ‘delegitimize’ Supreme Court amid senator’s report on Kavanaugh probe
A new report led by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (DR.I.) of the Judiciary Committee is “nonsense,” according to the then-chief legal adviser for Republican nominations, calling it “Democratic opposition to Judge Brett Kavanaugh.” It is a continuation of legal action.” “We followed the normal process of conducting background checks on Supreme Court nominees,” said Mike Davis […]
Cotton calls Trump special counsel filing 'a temper tantrum from a deranged fanatic'
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, said in an interview Sunday that Special Counsel Jack Smith's recently released filings were “the tantrum of a deranged fanatic.” “Well, what I think about what Jack Smith did this week is that it was a tantrum by a fanatical fanatic who is angry that he has kept losing the Supreme […]
5 key details in special counsel Jack Smith’s Trump election case filing
A federal judge on Wednesday unsealed key filings from special counsel Jack Smith's latest election interference case against former President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan of the District of Columbia released Smith's 165-page filing in which she alleges that Trump is also immune from prosecution for an alleged criminal plot to overturn the […]