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Special Counsel Jack Smith Demands a New Gag on Trump

JonathanTurley

Special Counsel Jack Smith followed this practice this week in quietly filing a motion to gag former president Donald Trump in his Florida case. Now Smith would like to radically expand the gag with a new order out of Florida.

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

JonathanTurley

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” to be charged criminally for transporting 36 people to Sacramento. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.”

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Fani Willis Fights for a Mass Trial As the Georgia Defendants Scatter

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the early struggle of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to preserve her strategy of holding a mass 19-person trial over the 2020 election case involving former president Donald Trump. The hearing on the removal gave a glimpse into the case. In Washington, U.S.

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Gagging Donald Trump: Why Smith’s “Narrowly Tailored Motion” is a Neither Narrow Nor Wise

JonathanTurley

Smith seeks to bar comments “regarding the identity, testimony, or credibility of prospective witnesses” and “statements about any party, witness, attorney, court personnel, or potential jurors that are disparaging and inflammatory, or intimidating.” Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — With a Possible New Indictment of Donald Trump 

JonathanTurley

Many people were surprised by the news, since Smith already is pursuing criminal charges in Florida on the mishandling of classified documents and the likely Jan. However, relying on bad advice or bad law is not a crime. We have never criminalized such interpretations. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

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Trying Trump: Scandal May Be His Element — But This Time May Be Different

JonathanTurley

One of the early issues for the court in Florida will be whether to gag the former president from campaigning on this matter. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School.

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Aged Out at 17? Prince Andrew Raises Surprising Defense to Giuffre Lawsuit

JonathanTurley

Florida Southern District Court. He argues that the court is allowed to take “judicial notice” of the agreement in light of the fact that it has been used previously in court, including the voluntary dismissal of her battery claims against Epstein’s former attorney, Alan Dershowitz in a parallel case. See Giuffre v.

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