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Alvin Bragg and The Art of Not Taking Law Too Seriously

JonathanTurley

After all, the base charge is a simple misdemeanor under a New York law against falsifying business records. However, it really did not matter, because the misdemeanor has been as dead as Dillinger for years. The dead misdemeanor was shocked back into life by claiming that it was committed to conceal another crime.

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The Closing: Trump’s Final Argument Must Be Clarity to Chaos in Merchan’s Courtroom

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the closing arguments scheduled for today in the trial of former President Donald Trump. Trump’s lawyers are defending a former president who is charged under a state misdemeanor which died years ago under the statute of limitations.

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Bragg and the Jackson Pollock School of Prosecution: Why the Trump Trial Could End With a Hung Jury

JonathanTurley

Bragg has achieved the same effect by regenerating a dead misdemeanor on falsifying business records as 34 felony counts. He is currently in prison in New York , but was not called by the prosecution. However, the only thing worse in New York than being a Trump supporter is being a chump. and Maurice C.

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A Manhattan Canned Hunt: The Trump Jury is Out But is the Case in the Bag?

JonathanTurley

In New York, the defense must go first, giving the government free rein over its closing with no risk of contradiction from the defense. The prosecutors zapped a dead misdemeanor back into life by claiming a violation under New York’s election law 17-152. Jonathan Turley is the J.B. and Maurice C.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

Moreover, it is not clear how transporting migrants who entered the country illegally to another state is a violation of law. New York City recently sent migrants to other cities without their permission or prior notice; Democratic leaders in El Paso, Texas, have also arranged such transports.

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Garland’s Theater of The Absurd: Why the Hunter Biden Scandal is No Longer a Laughing Matter

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the expanding scandal surrounding the Hunter Biden investigation. He actually was planning to let Hunter walk without even a misdemeanor charge despite massive unpaid taxes, gun violations, and work as an unregistered foreign agent, among other alleged crimes. Dan Goldman of New York).

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“I See Dead People”: Bragg’s Case Against Trump Goes Paranormal

JonathanTurley

Fareed Zakaria noted “I doubt the New York indictment would have been brought against a defendant whose name was not Donald Trump” Elie Honig has observed that, if brought in a less democratic district, “I would say there’s no chance of a conviction.” It was a pressure campaign directed at Bragg.