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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. However, these lockets were not made for this purchase and this is not likely a case for foreseeable misuse against the manufacturer. In yet another arrest that seemed to capture this bizarre holiday, Raymond Deskins, 61, of Sterling, Va.

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The Lawrence O’Donnell Factor: Will the Trump Jury Exercise Blind Justice or Willful Blindness?

JonathanTurley

Judge Juan Merchan has refused every opportunity to bring an end to this politically manufactured prosecution. Now it will be up to 12 New Yorkers to do what neither the court nor the prosecutors were willing to do: adhere to the rule of law regardless of the identity of the defendant.

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

JonathanTurley

The prosecutors zapped a dead misdemeanor back into life by claiming a violation under New York’s election law 17-152. I remain hopeful that a couple jurors will balk at this manufactured criminal theory. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School. We will see.

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

JonathanTurley

In a case based on a dead misdemeanor and a rapidly falling heart rate on the manufactured felony, one can understand the appeal of witnesses who can speak for the dead. He has already allowed every effort to bring this dead misdemeanor back to life. Jonathan Turley is the J.B. and Maurice C.