2024 Attorney Misdemeanor Statute 
JonathanTurley
APRIL 15, 2024
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. Lawyers have been scouring the civil and criminal codes for any basis to sue or prosecute Trump before the upcoming 2024 election. Dunne and Mark F.
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. We have never seen a case like this one where a dead misdemeanor from 2016 could be revived as a felony just before any election in 2024.
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The Crime Report
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.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 21, 2023
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. He is reportedly going to convert a misdemeanor for falsifying financial records into a prosecution of a federal crime. Here is the column: “It’s moving. It’s alive.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 27, 2023
I was highly skeptical of the charges brought by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who was later removed from the case due to ethical concerns. Mark McCloskey later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to end the case, but was then granted a pardon. Louis appeared outside of their home in an armed standoff with protesters in St.Louis.
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