Hush-money judge gives Trump one final twist of the knife by rejecting lengthy deadlines in favor of DA’s quick turnaround — and deals Jack Smith one final card to play

Left to right: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks Tuesday…

Juicy Jan. 6 details could spill out as Trump’s judge sets series of deadlines before election, including more arguments about Jack Smith’s power to prosecute

Left: Jack Smith: (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin). Right: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle,…

SF Criminal Cases to Be Dismissed After Courts Fail to Meet Deadlines

San Francisco just can’t seem to get its act together. The latest…

Mar-a-Lago judge vacates several key deadlines while giving Trump and Jack Smith the tentative opportunity to argue over SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling

Left: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File); Center: U.S. District Judge Aileen…

Mar-a-Lago vacates several key deadlines while giving Trump and Jack Smith the tentative opportunity to argue over SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling

Left: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File); Center: U.S. District Judge Aileen…

‘Injecting needless delay’: Jack Smith pillories new defense effort to delay deadlines in Mar-a-Lago case after Trump valet’s latest ‘excuse evaporated’

Valet Walt Nauta hands former President Donald Trump an umbrella before he…

Defense filing in Trump Mar-a-Lago case says all sides have ‘methodologically proceeded toward trial readiness’ while asking for judge to push back discovery deadlines

Left: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Mike Stewart), File); Center: U.S. District Judge Aileen…

‘His counsel cannot prepare’: Trump lawyers tell Mar-a-Lago judge it’s ‘virtually impossible task’ to juggle hush-money trial defense and ‘critical’ deadlines

Donald Trump (left) (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall); Jack Smith (right) (AP Photo: J.…

Mar-a-Lago judge rejects Trump’s demand to delay deadlines in documents case

Judge Aileen Cannon (Senate Judiciary Committee via AP), Donald Trump visits Cedar…

Judge rejects Giuliani’s request for ‘indefinite extension’ of deadlines in Georgia election case

Left: Rudy Giuliani and former President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Susan Walsh). Right:…