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Cannon Fodder: The Media Piles on Federal Judge After Lionizing Manhattan Judge

JonathanTurley

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. So, yes, not only has the issue of whether the special counsel comports with the structures of constitutional law, that’s been settled. It is a baffling lecture.

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The “Why Not” Culture: Why the Georgia Final Report Should Worry Us All

JonathanTurley

(MSNBC/Screengrab via YouTube) Below is my column in the Hill on release of the final report of the Special Purpose Grand Jury in Georgia. According to Schiff, Graham calling Georgia officials about the counting or discarding of votes was enough to justify a criminal charge. However, Rep. Adam Schiff (D., insisted that Sen.

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“Oh Georgia, No Peace I Find”: The Fourth Indictment of Donald Trump and the Criminalization of Election Controversies

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the Georgia indictment. Here is the column from yesterday before the release of the indictment: “ Oh Georgia, no peace I find (no peace I find).” If indictments were treated like frequent flyer miles, Donald Trump would get the Georgia indictment for free.

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — With a Possible New Indictment of Donald Trump 

JonathanTurley

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. However, relying on bad advice or bad law is not a crime.

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Trying Trump: Scandal May Be His Element — But This Time May Be Different

JonathanTurley

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. Earlier, Smith reportedly compelled the appearance of Trump lawyers before the grand jury. Below is the column in the Messenger on the Trump indictment.

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A League of Their Own: The Rollins Decision Follows a Troubling Pattern at the DOJ

JonathanTurley

He also faces other possible legal action, of course, including potential state charges in Georgia for election law violations.) 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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“Just Do It”: Democrats Continue to Struggle to Find a Crime to fit the Offense

JonathanTurley

Hearing an account of Trump lawyer John Eastman tell the Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers to “just do it” in scrapping the state’s slate of electors was cringeworthy. However, many seem to be making the same demand of Attorney General Garland about bringing criminal charges. Not probably meritless but entirely, knowingly meritless.