Jack Smith Won’t Back Down
What A Day29 Aug 2024

Jack Smith Won’t Back Down

Special Counsel Jack Smith is on a roll this week. On Monday, he asked an Atlanta-based appeals court to revive his federal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. A day later, he filed a revised indictment against Trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The revisions were in response to the Supreme Court's decision earlier this year giving Trump and all future presidents broad immunity from prosecution for their official acts as president. But much of the indictment is the same as the original. Norm Eisen, who served as special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee's Democratic majority during Trump's two impeachment proceedings, helps break down where things now stand with Trump's criminal cases.

And in headlines: The Supreme Court dealt another blow to President Joe Biden's efforts to ease the burden of federal student loan debt, Israel carried out its largest raids in the occupied West Bank in at least two decades, and the 2024 Paralympics are underway in Paris!

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Trump's Jan 6 Pardons Re-Energize Far-Right Groups

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Trump Targets Immigrants

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Trump: Here We Go Again

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Trump Returns to the White House

Trump Returns to the White House

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Bye Bye, Biden

Bye Bye, Biden

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Breaking Down The Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal

Breaking Down The Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal

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16 Jan 202524min

Hegseth’s Sham Hearing

Hegseth’s Sham Hearing

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Pentagon, faced tough questions — at least from Senate Democrats — during his confirmation hearing Tuesday. The veteran and former Fox News...

15 Jan 202527min

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