JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

One issue to watch is how Judge Bruce Schroeder handles the gun count, which is based on what I believe is a flawed legal interpretation by the prosecution. Here is the column: The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse increasingly seems like a legal version of the parable of the blind men and the elephant. The narrative can overwhelm the facts.

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AUGUST 22, 2021

I fail to see the justified basis under controlling legal standards but I may have the bias of a criminal defense attorney. We have seen protests turned into riots repeatedly in the last few years, including racial justice protesters taking over police stations and city hall buildings. Will the Babbitt standard now apply.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 25, 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. There is a host of people, from his family to foreign officials around the world, who will bear witness to that.

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APRIL 29, 2022

The trial transcript includes Tyler’s statement to the court: “I wanted to put on the record that my attorneys are using the defense that I don’t agree with. … Vannoy , James Tyler maintains that his lawyer also conceded Tyler’s guilt over his objection in his August 1996 trial and sentencing. Ballance v. United States.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 9, 2022

As discussed below, there could be legal as well as political ramifications as the House moves forward with the long-delayed investigation of these social media companies. It is still early to determine possible legal implications of these files, but there are some areas likely to be of immediate concern for counsel.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The law covers violent crimes, sexual assault, and assault of a child. The law requires that individuals “shall as soon as reasonably possible notify the prosecuting attorney, law enforcement, medical assistance, or other public officials.” For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 27, 2023

” (He did not explain why a message legally acquired by the government from the cloud account of his client would be illegal to include in the report of a congressional investigatory committee.) His lawyer, Chris Clark, first insisted that the release of the messages “are not only irresponsible, they are illegal.”

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JonathanTurley

JULY 13, 2022

It should not violate HIPPA or other laws to confirm that a report was filed and the victim has been protected by authorities. ” Those three words from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost left many of us perplexed on Monday night when he said that his search for a notorious child rape case in his state had turned up nothing.

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DECEMBER 10, 2023

Moreover, besides the benefits to his family (which would legally constitute benefits in criminal cases ), there are references in Hunter’s emails to giving his father income, paying bills, and using shared accounts and credit cards.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 16, 2021

The targeting of recipients of this information in Congress and in the media constitutes direct attacks on Article I and the First Amendment of the Constitution. This will be one of the topics of a meeting convened by Attorney General Merrick Garland with media officials this week.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 2, 2023

Goldman was a Democratic staff attorney when the House impeached Donald Trump in 2019 largely on the basis of a single telephone call to the president of Ukraine. 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.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The most cited was the contempt case against former Attorney General Eric Holder. For the record, I previously stated that the House was on solid legal ground in pursuing a contempt charge. His legal position was hopelessly conflicted and incomplete. He also stated shortly before trial that he was in fact willing to testify.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Now, the Michigan Attorney General and others are suggesting that Republicans who oppose certification or even meet with President Donald Trump on the issue could be criminally investigated or charged. In my testimony, I went into historical and legal detail to explain why this theory was never credible. Imagine if this was U.S.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 28, 2020

He is calling for prosecutors to use grand juries to pursue Trump and others in an unrelenting campaign based on unfounded legal theories. Former campaign aide George Papadopoulos and attorney Alex Van Der Zwaan served sentences. Weissmann simply misunderstands criminal obstruction. Consider Andrew Weissmann.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Here is the column: It seems the subject of Donald Trump , like necessity, is the mother of invention, at least when it comes to legal analysis. From bribery statutes to constitutional provisions, legal experts routinely and unfailingly conclude that Trump or his family can be prosecuted or impeached for an endless array of misdeeds.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 16, 2023

Below is my column in the Daily Beast on the fourth indictment of former President Donald Trump by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The 98-page indictment from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is the legal version of Pollock’s style of throwing paint splatters on canvas as artistic expression.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 25, 2024

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. Scholars and former prosecutors (including former attorneys general) have argued that the appointment of special counsels like Smith are unconstitutional.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 26, 2024

Trump’s best attorney proved to be Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The ongoing prosecution of Trump is legally absurd but has resulted in the leading presidential candidate not only being gagged but prevented from campaigning. Alvin Bragg is the very personification of the danger immunity is meant to avoid.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 13, 2024

While some legal analysts continue to boost Hunter Biden’s legal claims, the reviews in actual courts are far less glowing. ” Legal experts like MSNBC’s Andew Weissmann have slammed the gun charges as “an abuse.” Judge Noreika is equally unimpressed by the arguments of the Biden team.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 17, 2023

In holding this spectacle, Biden and his legal team committed another unforced error. That is what attorney and former IRS official Lois Lerner did — twice — when House Republicans wanted to ask her about the Obama administration targeting conservative groups. Attorney in D.C., Hunter can now be held in contempt of Congress.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 30, 2023

Below is my column in The Messenger on the early struggle of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to preserve her strategy of holding a mass 19-person trial over the 2020 election case involving former president Donald Trump. The hearing on the removal gave a glimpse into the case.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

While legal experts pushed the department to challenge the entire order, the Department is seeking a smaller target. ” Despite a chorus of legal experts claiming that the entire order is legally unfounded and unsupportable, the DOJ is not making those arguments in court. It is a smart move.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In another defeat for the Justice Department, a federal court has ordered not just the appointment of a Special Master but halted the use of the seized Mar-a-Lago documents by prosecutors until the legal status of these documents is established (The ongoing intelligence security review of classified material can continue). The ruling by U.S.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2022

However, there are elements to the decision that are deeply concerning on issues ranging from free speech to attorney-client privilege. Given the Posts long record of running professed slam dunk criminal charges against Trump that amounted to nothing, that is hardly a surprise. After all, the media heralded the statements of D.C.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2022

However, as a criminal defense attorney, there are some gaps and disconnects that I expect could cause difficulties at trial on the sedition conspiracy charge. It will be the seditious conspiracy count that will produce the greatest factual and legal challenges in the months to come.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 3, 2021

Yet, the host of legal experts and media who condemned the use of tear gas and the clearing of the Lafayette park area last year are entirely silent on the disclosures. As I noted in my testimony to Congress on the protest, the clearing of the park raised serious legal questions, particularly the unjustified use of force that night.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2024

With the Trump trial, Manhattan has become a type of legal wilderness where prosecutors use the legal system to hunt down political rivals and thrill their own supporters. New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) ran on a pledge to bag former president Donald Trump. That is not how the law is seen from 9th Avenue.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 1, 2024

But the Trump prosecution has forced many to confront the undeniable reality of the politicization of our legal system. A chilling return Yet, it is the politicization of the legal system that is the most chilling return to the Adams era. Legal analysts and commentators openly celebrated on MSNBC and CNN — joining many in the streets.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 19, 2024

Here is the column: Chris Christie once said that Donald Trump is often portrayed by legal counsel as “the unluckiest S.O.B. While a recusal or removal of Willis may delay the case, it will not end the legal threat for Trump. in the world.” Wade also has been held in contempt in his messy divorce.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 11, 2024

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. At some point, the costs of shielding the Bidens from an alleged corruption scandal will become prohibitively high.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The testimony put the controversial demands of New York Attorney General James into sharp relief. The charges brought by New York State Attorney General Letitia James were curious from the start. Below is my column in The Messenger on the recent testimony of bankers in the Trump fraud trial.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The quote came to mind after reading the response of Abbe Lowell, legal counsel for Hunter Biden, to the issuance of subpoenas for Hunter and other family members by the House Oversight Committee. With this subpoena, he will now have to choose between cooperation or contempt … on the committee’s schedule. That will now change.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The court dismissed the “tawdry tales” offered by the DOJ and declared that it was far more concerned with the damage that Smith was causing to the legal system with his virtually limitless interpretation of criminality. In doing so, he is fueling anger over the perception of a weaponized criminal justice system.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 10, 2023

He could ask for a reconsideration of the policy, which was poorly supported during the Clinton Administration as a rationale for blocking any indictment for perjury by the Office of Legal Counsel. It is the type of question that Attorney General Merrick Garland should be eager to answer.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 5, 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. Indeed, in a change for his counsel and the media alike, sobriety is now Hunter’s final line of defense.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

For years, many of us argued that Attorney General Merrick Garland’s refusal to appoint a special counsel in the Biden corruption scandal was baffling. Even CNN legal analysts are now calling the handling of the investigation at the Justice Department an “ unholy mess.” The unseen pattern is becoming more and more troubling.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 15, 2023

Indeed, every call, speech, and tweet appears a criminal step in the conspiracy. District Attorney Fani Willis appears to have elected to charge everything and everyone and let God sort them out. As with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, many view Willis as a Democratic prosecutor pursuing the highly unpopular former president.

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