Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts in the New York hush money case—but there’s a lengthy appeals process ahead. And what ever happened to the other three cases against him: Jack Smith’s federal election interference and classified documents cases and Fani Willis’ Georgia election interference case? All three have hit various roadblocks. To make it easier to follow Trump’s ongoing legal entanglements, each Monday we’ll give you updates on the latest developments in Keeping Up With the Trump Trials.
Programming note: Keeping Up will be taking a brief summer hiatus next week but returning Monday, July 1.
All eyes are on the Supreme Court as the justices are expected, any day now, to release their opinion on whether Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in his federal election interference case. Meanwhile, Judge Aileen Cannon rejected an attempt by the former president’s attorneys to dismiss the classified documents indictment. Over in Washington, House Speaker Mike Johnson has been busy having private conversations with Trump over his criminal conviction.
Another Attempt to Dismiss the Classified Documents Case Is RejectedJudge Aileen Cannon turned down a motion from Trump’s defense team to dismiss special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case, but at the same time, she agreed to strike one paragraph from Smith’s indictment that she found “legally unnecessary.”
The paragraph was about a meeting Trump had had in August or September 2021 in which he allegedly said that an ongoing U.S. military operation was not going well and proceeded to show a classified map that depicted where the operation was happening. Trump disclosed this information to a person, who is identified merely as “PAC Representative” but is........