JonathanTurley

JUNE 17, 2023

Thus, the odds of Trump going to prison could well be the same as the odds of him or another Republican winning the 2024 presidential election. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary Lawton issued the three-page memo , which was lacking both depth and support. Currently, those odds are roughly even. Pardons are no different.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 15, 2023

Here is the column: With the arraignment of Donald Trump in Miami, Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith is pushing forward with a historic criminal prosecution that could result in a terminal prison sentence for the 76-year-old former president and, at least for now, the leading Republican candidate in the 2024 election.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 15, 2024

After an absurd $450 million decision courtesy of Attorney General Letitia James, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will bring his equally controversial criminal prosecution over hush money paid to former porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. However, this is a Pyrrhic victory for the New York legal system.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 28, 2023

Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School. That is what is called a “happy ending” in Washington.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2023

The scene from the 1931 movie “Frankenstein” came to mind this week as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg prepared an indictment of former President Donald Trump. Trump were seeking a way to prove the political weaponization of the criminal justice system, Bragg just fulfilled that narrative. Here is the column: “It’s moving.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 20, 2023

Not only could Trump be pardoned by a potential Republican president after 2024, he could grant himself a self-pardon if he won election to another presidential term. Smith goes to Washington this time, he needs to bring indisputable evidence and law to support new charges against Mr. Trump.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 25, 2024

Scholars and former prosecutors (including former attorneys general) have argued that the appointment of special counsels like Smith are unconstitutional. Attorneys be appointed under statute or nominated by the president (and confirmed by the Senate). This glaring inconsistency has led to a number of challenges.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 12, 2023

In April, Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg related to hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 election. Nevertheless, Comey chose this month to declare that, in the 2024 election, “it has to be Joe Biden.”

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 11, 2024

The political culture of short selling is nowhere more evident than in the “ballot-cleansing” efforts of Democratic officials and activists to remove Trump’s name from 2024 ballots as well as to remove primary opponents against Biden.

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