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The Neutron Prosecutor: How Special Counsel Hur May Prove the Ultimate Punchline in Washington

JonathanTurley

He could wait to see if Biden does not run for reelection or loses in 2024. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School. Hur can bring charges against third parties, who would not be barred from indictment under the DOJ policy.

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Jack Smith’s War on Free Speech: Attorney General Garland Should Rein in His Special Counsel

JonathanTurley

The rebuke came to mind this week as Smith continued his unrelenting effort to gag former president Donald Trump before the 2024 election. Meadows’ lawyer disputes those reports.) Some of us have previously denounced the gag order issued by U.S. District Judge Tanya S.

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Trying Trump: Scandal May Be His Element — But This Time May Be Different

JonathanTurley

It will be difficult to get through a trial before the 2024 presidential election. Earlier, Smith reportedly compelled the appearance of Trump lawyers before the grand jury. The 2024 election could become a referendum on this case. Indeed, the ultimate jury in this case could prove to be the American people.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

However, it wasn’t a reference to the Colorado Supreme Court’s recent 4-3 decision to disqualify Donald Trump from running in the 2024 election. Chief Justice John Roberts was then a Republican lawyer who helped present Bush’s case to the Florida Supreme Court and advised the Bush campaign on its U.S. Supreme Court challenge.

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Have You Seen This Man? Biden Special Counsel Robert Hur Appears to Have Vanished

JonathanTurley

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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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — With a Possible New Indictment of Donald Trump 

JonathanTurley

Those hearings showed that the White House’s lawyers rejected the theories put forward by figures like Trump associate John Eastman. However, relying on bad advice or bad law is not a crime. While many of us rejected the Eastman arguments, Trump had a split among the lawyers advising him on that day.

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Cannon Fodder: The Media Piles on Federal Judge After Lionizing Manhattan Judge

JonathanTurley

Most recently, the left expressed nothing short of horror that Judge Cannon allowed the Trump team to argue a point of constitutional law in a hearing. So, yes, not only has the issue of whether the special counsel comports with the structures of constitutional law, that’s been settled. It is a baffling lecture.