2024 Attorney Criminal Law Misdemeanor 
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 27, 2023
I was highly skeptical of the charges brought by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who was later removed from the case due to ethical concerns. Mark McCloskey later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to end the case, but was then granted a pardon. As such, the state law on the seizure of the weapons stands.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 24, 2024
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) ran on a pledge to bag former president Donald Trump. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg also pledged to get Trump. Through various contortions, Bragg converted a dead misdemeanor case into 34 felonies in an unprecedented prosecution. Jonathan Turley is the J.B. and Maurice C.
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JonathanTurley
JANUARY 12, 2023
The discovery (and later addition of a second batch of classified material at a second location) is magnifying the inherently conflicted position of Attorney General Merrick Garland. There indeed are obvious differences in the two cases, but the underlying danger of a misdemeanor charge still remains in both.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 23, 2023
Below is my column in the Hill on how the two criminal investigations over classified documents could create an unprecedented constitutional conflict in 2024. Yet enough similarities exist that Justice could weigh charges in both cases, even if only misdemeanors. One or both could be indicted.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 11, 2023
” Washington is in full spin control with pundits who previously said that even a misdemeanor conviction of Trump should bar him from ever running again for federal office. Attorney General Merrick Garland knows that many citizens no longer trust the government and his current position will only deepen those misgivings.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 15, 2024
I have long been critical of the case as a clear example of the weaponization of the criminal justice system. No one seriously believes that Alvin Bragg would have spent this time and money to prosecute what is ordinarily a state misdemeanor if the defendant was anyone other than Trump. However, two prosecutors, Carey R.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 24, 2024
Below is an expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the start of the Trump trial and much awaited explanation of District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the underlying alleged criminal conduct. The Trump cases have highlighted a couple of New York’s absurdly ambiguous laws.
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