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The Trump Trial in Manhattan is an Indictment of the New York Legal System

JonathanTurley

Lawyers have been scouring the civil and criminal codes for any basis to sue or prosecute Trump before the upcoming 2024 election. This week will highlight the damage done to New York’s legal system because of this unhinged crusade. The funding was hidden as legal expenses by then-Clinton campaign general counsel Marc Elias.

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The Case for Punishing ‘Police Bystanders’

The Crime Report

For the sake of civilian safety, police must intervene if they see misconduct by colleagues,, according to a forthcoming paper in the George Washington Law Review. Kaufman writes that Congress and state legislatures should enact criminal laws mandating a “duty to intervene” in their colleagues’ misuse of force.

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Subpoena Wars: Washington is on a Path to Mutually Assured Destruction

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on the subpoena war raging in Washington as the Jan. The Navarro case is just one skirmish in a subpoena war engulfing Washington. These subpoena fights seem to be unfolding with little consideration given to the potential costs, either for Washington institutions or the individuals involved.

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Beware of the Eephus: Washington on Edge As Durham Prepares Possible Indictments and Report

JonathanTurley

Those “others” could include a virtual who’s who of Washington politics, and even if they are not indicted, Durham could implicate some of the most powerful figures in politics in his final report, expected in the coming months. million paid to the campaign’s law firm. You can find his updates on Twitter @JonathanTurley.

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“Are You Staring Me Down?”: Judge Merchan Becomes an Oddity in his Own Courtroom

JonathanTurley

Judge Merchan seems in open denial of the legal farce playing out in his courtroom. Even more notably, he admitted to the larceny on the stand — after the statute of limitations had passed. Prior witnesses testified that Trump’s payments to Cohen were designated as “legal expenses” not by Trump but by his accounting staff.

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

JonathanTurley

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears to be launching his own school of abstract legal work in the Trump indictment. To achieve that extraordinary goal, he has alleged that the document violations (which expired long ago under the statute of limitations) were committed to hide some other crime. Jonathan Turley is the J.B.

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How to Criticize U.S. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (Part I)

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Washington (1945) and the requirement of “minimum contacts.” criminal law as “an extreme abuse,” China applies its criminal law extraterritorially on all the bases that the United States employs. law in significant ways. At issue in Abitron was the federal trademark statute , which prohibits use of a U.S.

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