JonathanTurley

APRIL 15, 2024

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. Lawyers have been scouring the civil and criminal codes for any basis to sue or prosecute Trump before the upcoming 2024 election.

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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.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 6, 2025

His order suggests that, if there is any interruption or delay in his sentencing, he might follow the advice of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and suspend sentencing for four years, a terrible option that we previously discussed. Since Trumps conviction in May 2024, Merchan has contemplated his sentencing options.

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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.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

All of the three main players — Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Special Counsel Jack Smith — will face immediate challenges in the legal arms race unfolding in Washington. His announced intention to run for the presidency in 2024 may have expedited the appointment of a special counsel. Former President Trump.

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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 10, 2025

Once considered the premier legal system in the country, figures like New York Attorney General Letitia James , Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Justices Arthur F.Engoron and Juan Merchan have caused the system to be weaponized for political purposes. million New York votes, or 42.7%, in the 2024 election.

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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. We have never seen a case like this one where a dead misdemeanor from 2016 could be revived as a felony just before any election in 2024.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

He attacked former Attorney General Bill Barr’s religion and thrills his followers by referring to Trump as a “Dick” or “dickhead in chief.” Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School. Indeed, it is relatively tame in comparison to Tribe’s past vulgar and juvenile assaults on others.

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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. He is reportedly going to convert a misdemeanor for falsifying financial records into a prosecution of a federal crime. Here is the column: “It’s moving. It’s alive.

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