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APRIL 29, 2021

“Because of the highly publicized nature of this case in both the news and social media, I wanted to provide no-spin coverage of the trial by paying attention to the process of law, evidence presented, and the work of the attorneys involved,” Colletti said. It is imperative to remember that, so justice can be done.”

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

We often follow novel or new arguments raised in criminal cases and one such defense has arisen in the case of a defendant convicted of bombing a Minnesota mosque in 2017. That is the first such argument that I have seen in a criminal case. Hari bombed the Dar al-Farooq (DAF) Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, on Aug.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 5, 2021

Conversely, Chauvin’s attorney, Eric Nelson, sounds more like the typical prosecutor noting that there is only one official autopsy and one official report on the cause of death. It is usually the defense that brings in a host of doctors to challenge official autopsy findings. He told the jury “Dr.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 12, 2022

Many of us were appalled when former Democratic National Committee Deputy Chair Keith Ellison, now the Minnesota attorney general, said Antifa would “ strike fear in the heart ” of Donald Trump. Last year, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif.,

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 29, 2025

called the arrest a drastic move threatening the rule of law and a grave step that undermines our system of checks and balances. Her Minnesota colleague, Sen. Defense attorneys and defendants who were not in custody never used the jury door. Within hours, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.,

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 21, 2021

Waters ignited a firestorm of controversy by flying to Minnesota to tell protesters to remain in the streets and fight for “justice,” to be “more confrontational,” despite days of rioting, looting and other violence. Those crimes will be focused in Minnesota but could spend across the country, too. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 19, 2021

Maxine Waters, D-CA, went to Minnesota and told the protesters that they “gotta stay on the street” and “ get more confrontational.” Moreover, they would fail under a lower standard of proof than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard in criminal law. With rioting continuing in Brooklyn Center , Minn.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 9, 2025

Roughly a year ago, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel made a splash in the press after she brought charges against anti-Israel protesters at the University of Michigan. The move followed a refusal of liberal local district attorneys to prosecute the cases despite clear criminal conduct.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 12, 2024

Calvert is accused in the explosion of an IED device outside of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office in downtown Montgomery at around 3:42 a.m. Former Democratic National Committee deputy chair Keith Ellison, now the Minnesota attorney general, once said Antifa would “strike fear in the heart” of Trump.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Former Democratic National Committee deputy chair Keith Ellison, now the Minnesota attorney general, once said Antifa would “strike fear in the heart” of Trump. We have continued to follow the attacks and arrests of Antifa followers across the country, including attacks on journalists.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 27, 2023

Former Democratic National Committee deputy chair Keith Ellison, now the Minnesota attorney general, once said Antifa would “strike fear in the heart” of Trump. It’s not a fiction.” Some Democrats have played a dangerous game in supporting or excusing the work of Antifa.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 25, 2021

Former Democratic National Committee deputy chair Keith Ellison, now the Minnesota attorney general, once said Antifa would “strike fear in the heart” of Trump. He told one committee last year Wray stated “And we have quite a number — and “Antifa is a real thing. It’s not a fiction.”.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 17, 2024

Keith Ellison, the Democratic attorney general of Minnesota, mocked the notion of liberal violence. Mass shootings by leftist gunmen have repeatedly occurred but those are treated as one offs while any conservative shooter is part of a pattern of right-wing violence.

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