Donald Trump has been charged by the Justice Department for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Smith is an American attorney who was appointed as special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate president Donald Trump.

RCP Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon commented on the latest re-litigation of the events of January 6, 2021, that took place on Capitol Hill yesterday, where former special counsel Jack Smith testified before the House Judiciary Committee about the investigations into President Trump's conduct after the 2020 election.

After a tumultuous couple of months, many are wondering how to evaluate the commander in chief. Here are five especially thoughtful takes.

Former special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday staunchly defended his stymied efforts to prosecute President Trump, saying in his first public testimony that he doesn’t regret taking on the failed probes — even as he stares down the threat of prosecution himself.

Trump began his second term by raising his middle finger and dealing a significant blow to the rule of law in the United States.

Families of two Trinidadian nationals killed in a Trump administration boat strike last October are suing the federal government, calling the attack a war crime and part of an “unprecedented and manifestly unlawful U.