Trump's 2024 Candidacy Faces Legal Challenges

Special Counsel Jack Smith Seeks to Limit Trump's Statements and Evidence in Upcoming Trial

Donald Trump's lawyers are seeking to disqualify Maine’s secretary of state from determining whether the former president should be allowed on the state’s 2024 ballot, citing her past social media posts as proof of bias.
The Michigan Supreme Court declined to hear a case contesting Trump's candidacy, effectively keeping him on the state's 2024 presidential primary ballot, contrasting with the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling that Trump is disqualified from holding the presidency under the Constitution's 14th Amendment.
Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a motion seeking to exclude specific evidence about January 6, such as cross-examination potentially causing unnamed government witnesses to breach attorney-client privilege under the Constitution's Speech and Debate clause.
Smith also filed another motion seeking to limit what statements Trump can make leading up to his scheduled March 4 federal trial on alleged 2020 election interference.
Smith's motion argues that Trump should be prevented from presenting “disinformation he has propagated” about the Capitol riot, including claims that undercover federal agents or foreign influence during the 2020 election were responsible for the events of Jan. 6, 2021.