JonathanTurley

JANUARY 11, 2024

The political culture of short selling is nowhere more evident than in the “ballot-cleansing” efforts of Democratic officials and activists to remove Trump’s name from 2024 ballots as well as to remove primary opponents against Biden. Now, Democrats are about to do another short sell. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

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APRIL 27, 2022

to sit for depositions. The former president has been a consummate escape artist when it comes to his alleged violations of the law. Trump has never been charged for any criminal offense. 6 insurrection floated several possible criminal offenses that the former president might have committed. Eastman v Bennie G.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 9, 2022

I previously testified in Congress on the earlier seizure of the boxes at Mar-a-Lago under the Presidential Records Act and how criminal prosecutions have been rare under the law. It was a flagrant and premeditated violation of federal law and put national security secrets at risk. This column also appeared on Fox.com.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 13, 2022

Harvard Law professor emeritus Laurence Tribe has long been an endless font for the media in claiming clear evidence of a variety of crimes for the imminent prosecution of Donald Trump. It is certainly true that prosecutors have sought to apply this law broadly in past cases like that of Chelsea Manning.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 11, 2022

While the PRA requires the preservation of documents — and Trump’s alleged removal of records likely violated the law — it is relatively weak on enforcement elements. An allegation of removing classified material can trigger other laws beyond the PRA that bar the removal without authorization and proper protections.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 10, 2022

6 committee’s main aim is to ensure President Trump can’t run in 2024.” Indeed, much of this evidence would have been hard to refute like the deposition of former Attorney General Bill Barr on the election fraud allegations. Only eight percent answered in the affirmative while 89 percent said it made no change at all in their views.

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