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The Trump appointee is holding yet another hearing Tuesday, as Jack Smith separately debunks the defendant's claim that the government destroyed evidence.

Special counsel Jack Smith’s request highlights the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s damning record across his several court cases.

The federal government urged the justices to take the appeal. The case will be argued and decided next term, which begins in October.

“Deadline: White House” legal reporter and former prosecutor Jordan Rubin answers your questions about the Supreme Court, Trump’s trials and other legal issues.

Also in this week's Deadline: Legal Newsletter: Steve Bannon fights imprisonment, Aileen Cannon holds a weird hearing and we're still waiting on immunity.

The Trump ally wants to remain free while he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. A dissenting Trump appointee agrees he should stay out for now.

The case forced the Roberts Court to confront the mess it made in calling commonsense gun regulations into question with its Second Amendment rulings. 

Precedent supports the lawfulness of Smith’s appointment. The fact that Judge Aileen Cannon is holding Friday’s hearing at all helps the defendant.

The Supreme Court rejected a similar Kentucky law in 1980, but today's court has a much different makeup.

The former president has also asked Judge Juan Merchan to terminate the order because the trial is over.

The Trump appointee will consider special counsel Jack Smith’s motion to modify the defendant’s release conditions at a hearing next week.