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

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

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 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

MAY 25, 2023

Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Here is the column: The Department of Justice’s special counsel, Jack Smith, is continuing his work toward possible criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. district attorney election last year. The decision follows a pattern of DOJ refusing to charge its own.

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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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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

JULY 20, 2023

This would be the third criminal indictment of Trump and there may still be a fourth coming in Georgia. Smith has a reputation in conservative circles for stretching the criminal code in high-profile cases, including the prosecution of then-Virginia Gov. Such an indictment could come at a high legal and political cost.

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