Laura Jarrett

For years, it was known as the “zombie” case within the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Many thought the case they’d built against Donald Trump had natural jury appeal, but this specific application of the law would be new and untested. On Thursday, the zombie sprang back to life. “Guilty.” A word uttered 34 times by the jury foreman in a stuffy, austere courtroom, to the world’s most powerful defendant. The law on the books benefits the prosecution, without a doubt. The state took a misde…

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, senior legal correspondent Laura Jarrett explores the key question that has lingered over Donald Trump’s legal proceedings this week. Plus, with the Ukraine aid package now passed, “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker looks ahead to the next big fight facing Sen…

The words “chaos and bedlam” are now synonymous with Jan. 6, 2021. That is also what Donald Trump’s lawyers argue will ensue if the U.S. Supreme Court allows any state to kick the former president off the 2024 ballot for his role in attempting to block the peaceful transfer of power. Trump’s eligibility to return to the White House hinges on one paragraph in the U.S. Constitution that is far from a model of clarity. Here’s what it says, doesn’t say, and why this matters as the case moves forward…

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