2024 Criminal Law Misdemeanor 
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 27, 2023
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. The law recognizes the difference between a conviction and guilt. He then sough the return of two firearms.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 11, 2025
Merchan allowed a dead misdemeanor to be resuscitated by allowing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to effectively prosecute declined federal offenses. Jonnathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. ” If so, that is a chilling indictment of the entire New York court system.
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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. ” Biden seem to struggle to find words to express his revulsion : “How that could possibly happen, how one anyone could be that irresponsible.
JonathanTurley
MAY 1, 2023
New leaks from the Justice Department investigation have indicated that prosecutors are considering four charges : two misdemeanor counts for failure to file taxes, a single felony count of tax evasion related to a business expense for one year of taxes and a potential felony count on falsifying a form linked to a gun permit.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 11, 2022
Berger was allowed to plead to a misdemeanor , given two years’ probation and a three-year suspension — not a permanent revocation — of his security clearance. For that reason, the Justice Department has an added burden to show this raid was a step toward actual criminal prosecution and not just a political indemnification.
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
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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