Supreme Court Says YES - Hillary Clinton Gets Brutal News After President Donald Trump is Now Taking Legal Battle...
They may have been friends in the past, but ever since they faced off in the 2016 election, President Donald Trump and former First Lady Hillary Clinton have been at war with each other, figuratively speaking.
Now, their fight is about to escalate to the nation’s highest court.
Trump is continuing his long-running legal battle against Clinton by asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that dismissed his civil conspiracy claims and imposed nearly $1 million in sanctions.
Justice Clarence Thomas this week granted Trump’s request for additional time to file a petition asking the Supreme Court to hear the case.
Trump now has until Sept. 9 to submit his petition in Trump v. Clinton, which stems from allegations that Clinton and others helped promote claims that Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign colluded with Russia.
The extension is a routine procedural action and does not reflect any opinion on the merits of the case.
As the justice assigned to matters arising from the relevant federal circuit, Thomas handles administrative requests such as filing extensions.
The Supreme Court will decide whether to hear the appeal only after the petition is filed, and at least four justices must vote to grant review before the case can proceed.
Trump’s legal team filed the extension motion on July 23 at the Supreme Court.
In it, his lawyers argued the forthcoming petition will raise “exceptionally important” issues and that the appellate ruling and sanctions order “carries with it profound impact on the Presidency, and the nation as a whole.”
Trump’s appeal is expected to focus not only on the underlying allegations surrounding the Russia investigation but also on the broader legal question of when courts may impose sanctions against a president and his attorneys for filing civil litigation.
The federal appeals court that reviewed the case sharply criticized the lawsuit, concluding that many of the legal arguments advanced by Trump and his attorney, Alina Habba, lacked merit.
The court upheld sanctions totaling nearly $1 million against Trump, Habba, and her New Jersey-based law firm.
The sanctions represent a significant financial penalty, and Trump’s appeal is expected to address both the underlying lawsuit and the broader authority of courts to impose substantial sanctions on litigants whose claims are found to lack legal merit.
Trump’s original complaint alleged that Hillary Clinton and others conspired to promote a false narrative linking his 2016 presidential campaign to Russian election interference.
The district court dismissed those claims, and the federal appeals court upheld that decision. The filing seeking additional time to petition the Supreme Court did not identify the specific appellate circuit that issued the ruling.
The Clinton lawsuit is one of several cases Trump is currently asking the Supreme Court to review.
In a separate defamation lawsuit against CNN over the network’s use of the phrase “big lie” to describe Trump’s claims regarding the 2020 election, Thomas also granted Trump additional time to file his petition. That filing is due Aug. 14.
Trump is also continuing his legal challenge in the E. Jean Carroll case.
After the Supreme Court declined to hear his initial appeal last month, he filed a petition for rehearing on July 8, asking the justices to reconsider the damages award entered against him, which the high court agreed to do in an unusual move.
Together, the three petitions place multiple Trump-related legal disputes before the court, each involving distinct legal questions ranging from sanctions and defamation to civil liability.
Clinton has not publicly commented on the Supreme Court’s decision to grant Trump additional time to file his petition.
Although she is named as a defendant in the lawsuit, the court filings do not indicate that she took any separate action in connection with the extension request.
The additional defendants identified in Trump’s original complaint were not specified in the available court records.
The lawsuit stems from Trump’s longstanding contention that allegations linking his 2016 presidential campaign to Russian election interference were knowingly promoted through false or misleading claims.
Ilhan Omar Learns Her Fate as Primary Race Called
Voters in one of the nation’s most heavily Democratic congressional districts have made their choice after a campaign that unfolded without the kind of major challenge seen in previous election cycles.
The result sets up another November contest for a nationally prominent lawmaker who has frequently clashed with President Donald Trump and made opposition to his immigration policies a central part of her political agenda.
Rep. Ilhan Omar has secured the Democratic nomination for another term representing Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, CBS News projected Tuesday, after capturing more than 80 percent of the primary vote.
Omar defeated Julie T. Le, Abena McKenzie, Latonya Reeves and Nate Schluter in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary for the Minneapolis-area seat she has held since 2019.
The congresswoman will face Republican nominee John Nagel in November after Nagel was projected to win his party’s primary with 52.1 percent of the vote.
Omar enters the general election as the heavy favorite because Minnesota’s 5th District is the most Democratic congressional district in the state and among the most Democratic districts in the country.
Her overwhelming primary victory also represents a significant change from 2024, when Omar faced a much more competitive Democratic challenge and won her primary by approximately 13 percentage points.
Omar subsequently won the 2024 general election by approximately 50 percentage points, demonstrating the substantial Democratic advantage in the district.
This year marked the first time the congresswoman did not face a major, well-funded Democratic primary opponent as she sought another term in Washington.
Le entered the race only weeks before the primary after attracting national attention during her work as a federal immigration attorney amid the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge.
After reportedly being assigned nearly 90 immigration cases in less than a month, Le made headlines for telling a federal judge about the strain she was experiencing from the workload.
“This system sucks, this job sucks,” Le said during the courtroom episode, reportedly asking the judge to hold her in contempt so she could get “a full 24 hours of sleep.”
Omar, meanwhile, has said challenging Trump’s immigration crackdown remains one of her highest priorities as she seeks another term in Congress.
Her victory also comes amid continued tensions surrounding security at her public appearances and questions about federal law enforcement activity near one of her recent events.
Omar said Monday that a Homeland Security Investigations agent had been spotted outside a town hall she attended in Richfield, prompting questions from her office about why the agent was there.
“Instead of monitoring the area for those who might wish harm to me and my constituents, Richfield Police were required to devote time to investigating why an HSI agent was outside of a Congressional event in a vehicle with mismatched plates,” Omar said in a written statement.
“It also raises serious and uncomfortable questions about the purpose of HSI’s presence outside of my event,” she added.
Those concerns follow a January incident in which a man lunged toward Omar during a Minneapolis town hall and sprayed her with a substance authorities later determined was apple cider vinegar.
Omar said afterward that the incident would not prevent her from continuing to hold public events.
“I am really OK,” Omar told WCCO following the encounter. “What happened to me is not OK, but they picked the wrong person.”
“I am not one to be intimidated,” she added.
Omar has also remained a frequent political target of Trump, who has repeatedly criticized the congresswoman over immigration, her Somali background and her political positions.
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With the Democratic primary now settled, Omar moves into the general election against Nagel with a substantial partisan advantage and an opportunity to secure another term representing the deeply Democratic Minneapolis-based district, WCCO reported.
The November contest will determine whether Omar returns to Washington for another term as her clashes with the Trump administration, particularly over immigration enforcement, remain central to her political profile.
