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. Yet, Friedman is not a lawyer. What is more disconcerting is that lawyers are alleged to be involved in such efforts. 21-2-603.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

During the homicide trial against Kyle Rittenhouse, now 18, lawyers repeatedly turn to the facts surrounding the semiautomatic rifle that he used to kill two men and wound a third during the community unrest in Kenosha, WI last summer. . Black says he did not say anything to dissuade him from bringing it, according to the New York Times. .

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. The law requires that individuals “shall as soon as reasonably possible notify the prosecuting attorney, law enforcement, medical assistance, or other public officials.” Perhaps some of our Pennsylvania lawyers could help out.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

He was a deputy commissioner at the New York Police Department (NYPD) in the early 1990s, when violent crime rates began to plummet. More recently, as president of John Jay College at the City University of New York from 2004 to 2016, he helped to spread the focused-deterrence model across the country. Later, at the U.S.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The troubles of more well-known figures like George Gascón in Los Angeles, Chesa Boudin in San Francisco, or Alvin Bragg in New York have made headlines. Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton is among a small group of district attorneys working to dial back decades of tough-on-crime approaches.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 22, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the expanding scandal surrounding the Hunter Biden investigation. ” The responsibility for this theater of the absurd is Attorney General Merrick Garland who has again shown a lack of strength and leadership at a key moment for his department. Dan Goldman of New York).

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Many criminal defense attorneys and torts attorneys give special thanks for a holiday that can involve copious amounts of alcohol, strained family relations, over-the-hill amateur football players, “Black Friday” sale stampedes , and novice cooks. faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 22, 2023

C-Span/YouTube Screenshot Below is my column in USA Today on the expected indictment of former President Donald Trump and the prospect of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg putting Michael Cohen on the stand as his star witness. Michael Cohen worked for Trump The star witness is one of the most repellent figures in New York.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2025

However, the most lasting judgment will be against the New York court system itself in allowing this travesty of justice to occur. Here is the column: With the sentencing of Donald Trump Friday, the final verdict on the New York criminal trial of the president-elect is in. The conviction should be overturned on appeal.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 28, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the closing arguments scheduled for today in the trial of former President Donald Trump. There is still debate among legal experts as to the specific crime that District Attorney Alvin Bragg is alleging. That is why many prosecution offices have conviction rates in the 80%-90% range.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 27, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears to be launching his own school of abstract legal work in the Trump indictment. For many of us, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has created a new school of abstract law where there is no need for objective meaning. The key is to avoid any objective meaning.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 13, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is losing even CNN hosts and legal analysts. It shattered her laughable claim that she had not really been seeking money in shaking Trump down for a non-disclosure agreement, a claim contradicted by her own former lawyer. It was a pressure campaign directed at Bragg.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 8, 2024

Below is my New York Post column on the unseemly scene in the courtroom of Judge Juan Merchan as prosecutors used porn star Stormy Daniels to present lurid details on her alleged tryst with former president Donald Trump. In New York, the relevance or credibility of witnesses like Daniels is largely immaterial.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 24, 2024

Below is an expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the start of the Trump trial and much awaited explanation of District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the underlying alleged criminal conduct. He did this by paying to quash a potentially embarrassing story and then reimbursing his lawyer with other legal expenses.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 15, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the start of the Trump trial today in New York. 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.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Below is a longer version of my column in the New York Post on the leaking of the interviews of former counsel to Donald Trump. The interviews could magnify the difficulties for both Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Special Counsel Jack Smith in their respective prosecutions.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post in response to the attack this week by Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe. He attacked former Attorney General Bill Barr’s religion and thrills his followers by referring to Trump as a “Dick” or “dickhead in chief.” It was later found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

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APRIL 4, 2023

Yet at the press conference and Q & A following the arraignment District Attorney Alvin Bragg told the world that the 34 felony charges brought against defendant Trump were nothing more than the Manhattan office engaging in its everyday prosecution of “bread and butter” white-collar crimes.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the level of joy being expressed by many over the indictment of former president Donald Trump, including former FBI Director James Comey. Yet now Comey is heralding the effort of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg , who campaigned on a pledge of bagging Trump for some unspecified crime.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 24, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the continued drama in Manhattan over the possible Trump indictment. Here is the column: It appears that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will go another week in the legal effort to locate the nation of Kailasa on a map. Bragg has Michael Cohen, the former lawyer to Trump.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the expected indictment against former President Donald Trump. 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. Here is the column: “It’s moving. It’s alive.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 11, 2022

Like most legal commentators you have seen on cable news more than twice, Turley functions principally as a brand—a reliable source of quotes from a predictable point of view. Still, although Turley may not be someone to worry about; Attorney General Merrick Garland is. Last week, on the eve of the Jan. Start tomorrow.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

On July 8, 2021, a jury in Minnesota state court found four activists guilty of aiding and abetting fourth degree criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor offense. On July 7, New York City filed its memorandum of law in support of its motion to remand. City of New York v. July 29, 2021); New York v.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s future remains uncertain following a report by the state attorney general’s office concluding that he sexually harassed nearly a dozen women throughout his recent political career — breaking state and federal laws, NBC News and The City NYC report. . ’ That’s not how it works.”

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