Eric Tucker

August 30, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"Bad lawyering" is in and of itself not a crime, nor is "testing the waters" of legal arguments, said Stephen Saltzburg, a George Washington University law professor and former Justice Department official.

By Eric Tucker | The Associated Press

6 minute read

August 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan rebuffed claims by Trump's attorneys that an April 2026 trial date was necessary to account for the huge volume of evidence they say they are reviewing and to prepare for what they contend is a novel and unprecedented prosecution. But she agreed to postpone the trial slightly beyond the January 2024 date proposed by special counsel Jack Smith's prosecution team.

By Eric Tucker, Lindsay Whitehurst and Michael Kunzelman | The Associated Press

5 minute read

August 24, 2023 | Daily Report Online

As the former president was en route from New Jersey to Atlanta, his campaign sent a message saying, "I'm writing to you from Trump Force One, on my way to Atlanta where I will be ARRESTED despite having committed NO CRIME."

By Eric Tucker, Kate Brumback and Jill Colvin / The Associated Press

6 minute read

August 24, 2023 | Daily Report Online

His arrival follows a presidential debate featuring his leading rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination, a contest in which he remains the leading candidate despite accelerating legal troubles.

By Eric Tucker, Kate Brumback and Jill Colvin | The Associated Press

5 minute read

August 15, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"The indictment alleges that rather than abide by Georgia's legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia's presidential election result," Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said.

By Kate Brumback and Eric Tucker | The Associated Press

7 minute read

July 18, 2023 | Daily Business Review

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon drew criticism and second-guessing from legal experts for granting former President Donald Trump's request for a special master to conduct an independent review of the classified documents removed by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago.

By Adriana Gomez Licon and Eric Tucker

3 minute read

July 17, 2023 | Daily Business Review

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's ruling in the lawsuit against former President Donald Trump last September catapulted her into the spotlight since it effectively halted core aspects of the Justice Department's investigation into the hoarding of classified documents.

By Eric Tucker and Adriana Gomez Licon

6 minute read

July 14, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Defense lawyers argue that former President Donald Trump's busy campaign schedule in pursuit of the 2024 Republican nomination needed to be taken into account in scheduling a trial.

By Eric Tucker

3 minute read

June 21, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"If my client went on TV and said everything that [former President Donald Trump] said, I might have fainted," said Jeffrey Jacobovitz, a Washington criminal defense lawyer.

By Eric Tucker

5 minute read

June 09, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The indictment carries unmistakably grave legal consequences, including the possibility of prison if Trump's convicted.

By Eric Tucker, Jill Colvin and Michael Balsamo | The Associated Press

7 minute read