JonathanTurley

JANUARY 11, 2024

That alone will be an historic moment for Congress to declare that the son of a sitting president may have committed a federal felony. 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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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here is the column: Hunter Biden returned to court today on the felony indictment for his possession of a handgun, including allegations that he lied on an Oct.12, 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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JonathanTurley

MAY 26, 2021

The long-awaited, though partial, release of a memorandum from the Justice Department this week left many “ frustrated ,” as predicted by the Washington Post, in Washington. Critics had sought the memo as the “smoking gun” to show how former Attorney General Bill Barr scuttled any obstruction charges against Donald Trump.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.)

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If it were intended to disrupt the congressional proceedings, it could be treated as a felony. this would more likely constitute a criminal misdemeanor. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and a practicing criminal defense attorney. It could be a crime.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 25, 2023

He will plead guilty to two minor misdemeanor tax counts and a phantom felony count that will go away in time. 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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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

For years, many of us argued that Attorney General Merrick Garland’s refusal to appoint a special counsel in the Biden corruption scandal was baffling. The Justice Department then attempted an absurd sweetheart deal to close off the case without felony charges or jail time. The unseen pattern is becoming more and more troubling.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Major media from the Washington Post to National Public Radio routinely refer to the riot as an insurrection despite a deep disagreement over the characterization of the criminal conduct. The Committee was playing to the same audience and knew that they did not have to produce such evidence to make their case.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 30, 2023

Trump also knows that while he cannot afford to lose one felony count, Smith cannot afford to lose one juror. 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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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Former prosecutor and Washington Post columnist Randall D. Others claimed Trump committed “felony bribery” by fundraising for Republican senators when he was about to be impeached. Bolstering such claims, District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine said he was investigating Trump for a possible incitement charge.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2020

One of the longest standing debates in constitutional law is dismissed as ill-informed by some of the same experts. After host Lawrence O’Donnell said he believed a president could give himself a pardon, Tribe proclaimed such a view is “incoherent and incompatible” as a constitutional matter.

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