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Carol C. Lam

former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California

Carol C. Lam was a U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California and a federal prosecutor for 18 years. She also was a Superior Court judge in San Diego County. She is a legal analyst for MSNBC.

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Jack Smith

Jack Smith’s final report limbo

A split composite image of Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump

N.Y. prosecutors have already painted a picture of how Trump twisted the press

Sideny Powell at a news conference in 2020.

To Sidney Powell, a half apology was just the cost of doing business

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is arraigned at the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse on Aug. 3, 2023.

Trump’s 2020 election conduct was unprecedented. His trial will be too.

Photo Illustration: An extreme close-up image of Donald Trump's open mouth next to sound waves

Jack Smith having Donald Trump on tape is good evidence. But it may not be enough.

In this courtroom sketch, Judge Lewis Kaplan, right, addresses Donald Trump's lawyer, Joe Tacopina, regarding Donald Trump and his son's social media posts relating to the E. Jean Carroll case, in Federal Court, in New York, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Carroll, a writer suing Donald Trump, took the stand to tell jurors that the former president raped her after she accompanied him into a department store fitting room in 1996.

The E. Jean Carroll witness decision that could haunt Donald Trump