JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Prosecutors have secured convictions in two cases where such conduct was alleged in Georgia and Nevada. In Georgia, Sir Maejor Page, also known as Tyree Conyers-Page, raised a massive amount of money in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Rebecca C.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 29, 2023

The hearing yesterday on the motion of former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to remove his case to federal court from Georgia state court had a number of notable moments. The testimony of both Meadows and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger offered insights into the case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2022

The United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack Thursday heard testimony from former Acting Attorney General (AG) Jeffery Rosen outlining that former president Donald Trump tried to influence the Department of Justice (DOJ) to interfere in the certification of the 2020 election.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The image most of us had of former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis was a remarkably cheerful mugshot after her arrest in the RICO case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. In the frenetic pace of attempting to raise challenges to the election in several states, including Georgia, I failed to do my due diligence.”

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Below is a slightly expanded version of my column on Fox.com on the hearing in Georgia over allegations of improper conduct by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. ” The fact that the question clearly asked about any sexual relationship up to May 30, 2023 did not matter to the lead prosecutor in the Georgia election case.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 20, 2023

The Georgia indictment is a serious threat for Trump as is the Florida case. However, the Georgia case does present a clear context for considering the prospect of prison for Trump. However, the Georgia case does present a clear context for considering the prospect of prison for Trump. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

Two of the cases involve criminal law, and one is a capital case. The third case involves a fairly arcane issue of pleading claims under federal pension law. The Georgia Supreme Court concluded that the shackles had little effect on the jury in light of the evidence of Whatley’s dangerousness, and the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Moreover, the new Attorney General could scuttle or undermine the prosecution. That would still leave the New York and Georgia cases, which are not subject to presidential pardons. If Trump is elected, he could give himself a preemptive self-pardon , though some disagree with this view.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). The 2017 cases include a Georgia company that is likely to conclude that no good deed goes unpunished. This is going to make this year’s dinner.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

In an article for Woodward Academy, a private school in Georgia that O’Brien attended, he reflected on his early days as a Supreme Court reporter: There was no internet in those days, nor even cable television. He also taught criminal law and trial practice at the George Washington University School of Law.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 18, 2024

Below is my column in the Hill on the recent decision in Georgia and the “odor of mendacity” raising out of various courtrooms across the country. District Attorney Fani Willis had described Wade as “ a Southern gentleman. It is the smell of not just selective prosecution but political bias in our legal system.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 5, 2021

Law has become a recreation and legal analysts have become part of the legal entertainment. Within minutes of the leaking of a call between Trump and Georgia election officials, the same experts were declaring yet another clear crime. Georgia is a one party consent state).

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JANUARY 17, 2022

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

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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. In Washington, U.S.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2020

We recently discussed how figures like New York Times columnist Tom Friedman calling on people to move to Georgia to rig the vote in favor of a Democratic takeover of the Senate. Price is shown in a video boasting of his own registration in Georgia at the home of his brother and encouraging others to do the same. I’m doing that.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Here is the column: Last week , some of us were struck by how Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis seemed to morph into the man she is prosecuting in Georgia. ” He argues that DOJ regulations instruct the attorney general to appoint a special counsel from outside the government, but Weiss was working as U.S.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 27, 2022

The list of civil cases includes the ongoing investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James into whether he falsely inflated the value of his assets in annual financial statements. However, after a lifetime of crime, corruption, and impunity, the criminal law may finally be catching up with the Houdini of white-collar crime.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 15, 2023

Below is my column in The Messenger on the Georgia indictment. 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. However, it will be anything but costless.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 5, 2021

From the prosecution of Bill Cosby to a federal lawsuit against Georgia, courts are dealing with cases where government lawyers repeat the same implausible claims with the same unconvincing results. Dunne’s statement was made after Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. The Georgia lawsuit. The Weisselberg indictment.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We are also waiting for what is likely to be a reduction or even a rejection of the Trump civil case by Attorney General Letitia James. As cases piled up in Washington, New York, Florida and Georgia, the effort seemed to move more toward political acclamation than isolation. Then there is the roaring dumpster fire in Georgia.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2022

On CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront, ” Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe declared that Trump can now be charged with the attempted murder of former Vice President Mike Pence “without any doubt, beyond a reasonable doubt, beyond any doubt, and the crimes are obvious.” Those are plenty to start with.”. Seditious conspiracy. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)

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JonathanTurley

JULY 21, 2022

There were discussions of appointing Trump attorney Sidney Powell as a special counsel , seizing voting machines or replacing the Justice Department’s leadership. Attorney General Merrick Garland clearly is looking for evidence of criminal conduct and could seek an indictment.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The interviews could magnify the difficulties for both Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Special Counsel Jack Smith in their respective prosecutions. In Georgia, a slew of former lawyers are taking pleas with promises to testify if called. Again, the deal avoided jail time and allowed him to keep his law license.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 11, 2023

In a rally in Georgia, Trump declared : “They’ve launched one witch hunt after another to try and stop our movement, to thwart the will of the American people. 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

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The public statements of Trump alone would not make for a credible case for criminal incitement under the controlling case law. Nevertheless, District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine garnered widespread acclaim by announcing soon after the Jan. 6 riot that he was investigating Trump for a possible incitement charge.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

In New York, Trump is facing a clearly political prosecution by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a case that easily fulfills Trump’s narrative of the weaponization of the criminal justice system. In Georgia, another Democratic openly anti-Trump prosecutor is pursuing a case of election interference that many have questioned.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 17, 2023

In October 1973, Nixon carried out the “Saturday Night Massacre” over Attorney General Elliot Richardson’s refusal to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox; the standoff led to the resignations of Richardson and his deputy, William Ruckelshaus. A self-pardoned president can still be impeached. Pardons are no different.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 23, 2023

For example, Georgia’s Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, is investigating Trump over the 2020 election; the case has some major evidentiary and legal issues to overcome in any trial — but Trump could well be indicted. Biden could have his own pardon surprise.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 11, 2022

” It was not illegal to push for the appointment of a more favorable attorney general though I believe such a letter would have been fundamentally wrong.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2023

For District Attorney Fani Willis and many of her supporters, the mugshot clearly holds a type of trophy kill appeal worthy of framing and mounting on a wall. I think that the Georgia, New York, and federal January 6th indictments are unwarranted and threaten free speech. The Scowl is likely to launch millions of ships.

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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

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. While a possible charge in Georgia over election violations is weaker, it is also based on a stronger legal foundation.If Here is the column: “It’s moving.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 25, 2024

Scholars and former prosecutors (including former attorneys general) have argued that the appointment of special counsels like Smith are unconstitutional. Attorneys be appointed under statute or nominated by the president (and confirmed by the Senate). This glaring inconsistency has led to a number of challenges.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 3, 2023

Below is my column on how the upcoming election could play out with three different criminal cases in New York, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. It is another disheartening example of intentional leaks in violation of federal law and DOJ policies. But it too would likely be pending by Election Day 2024.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

However, Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Fulton County District Attorney appear to be arguing that, while Trump was assured of these claims by counsel, he should never have listened to them. It is a type of “Siren’s Call” theory of criminality. What is novel is the criminal “Siren’s call” theory of these cases.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Smith seeks to bar comments “regarding the identity, testimony, or credibility of prospective witnesses” and “statements about any party, witness, attorney, court personnel, or potential jurors that are disparaging and inflammatory, or intimidating.” Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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