Viral claims about Donald Trump's hush money trial, fact checked

As former President Donald Trump's historic criminal trial gets underway in New York this week, the CBS News Confirmed team has been tracking potentially misleading narratives that have gained some ... Read More

Fact-Checking Trump’s Defenses in His Court Cases

The former president has trotted out a host of false and misleading claims to defend his conduct, attack judges and prosecutors and portray himself as a victim of political persecution. Read More

Trump quotes Fox News host on prospective jurors despite gag order

Former President Trump took aim at prospective jurors in his first criminal trial Wednesday, despite a gag order barring him from making public statements about them. “’They are ... Read More

Trump looks to weed out jurors over political social media posts

Lawyers for former President Trump are using social media posts made by prospective jurors and their spouses to attempt to excuse them from the jury pool in his hush money trial. The lawyers ... Read More

Judge Rejects Trump’s Effort to Delay Jan. 6 Civil Cases

The former president had sought to have lawsuits against him put on hold until after his federal criminal trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. Read More

Fact check: Trump’s false and unsubstantiated claims about his Manhattan criminal case

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly made false and unsubstantiated claims while denouncing the Manhattan criminal case against him over his alleged falsification of business records related ... Read More

Special counsel Jack Smith urges Supreme Court to reject Trump’s immunity claim

Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump’s immunity claim in the federal 2020 election interference case. Smith, in a 66-page ... Read More

Prosecutors urge Supreme Court to reject Trump's immunity claims in election subversion case

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team is urging the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with scheming to overturn the re ... Read More

Special counsel Jack Smith urges Supreme Court to reject Trump's presidential immunity claim

In a court filing ahead of April 25 arguments, Smith laid out a series of arguments against Trump’s claim that a president has “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution. Read More