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AUGUST 3, 2021

In 2017, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions ended a controversial Bush- and Obama-era practice that allowed corporations to settle financial claims by making substantial “donations” to pre-selected non-profits. directs The Heritage Foundation’s project to counter abuse of the criminal law, particularly at the federal level.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

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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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). To make matters worse, Miller is a convicted felon and is barred under state law from possession of a firearm for hunting or self-defense. Source: KETV. _.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Before this week, Smith found himself on the losing end of the schedule in Florida in his prosecution of Trump for his retention of classified documents. Moreover, the new Attorney General could scuttle or undermine the prosecution. Moreover, a trial after the election could mean no trial at all.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 6, 2021

Kent confirmed the request made to Gaetz’ father, Don Gaetz, and the involvement of former DOJ lawyer David McGee, who served as the Levinson family’s attorney. It is also notable that Kent was working with Florida businessman Stephen Alford, who reportedly was convicted of fraud.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Other family members could also be subject to investigation, including Bankman’s sister, Barbara Miller, who works in Florida as a Democratic political consultant. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2021

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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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Oklahoma that Congress had not clearly disestablished a Creek Nation reservation covering much of eastern Oklahoma, and thus the area remained Native American territory for the purposes of a federal criminal law, eliminating the state’s ability to prosecute crimes there. Florida , 21-53. relisted after the Oct. 10, and Jan.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 20, 2023

The Georgia indictment is a serious threat for Trump as is the Florida case. The New York indictment, led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, is the weakest. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ demand to try all 19 defendants together in six months is wildly unrealistic.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Having had his driver’s license suspended in Florida , Frank nonetheless rented a Jaguar and had a younger man whom he had met at a Whole Foods driving him. When attorney John F. He only recently began paying what he owes. The police report suggested Frank was uncooperative with police on key points of the investigation.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2022

There has never been a more important time for Attorney General Merrick Garland to show leadership in plugging his leaky ship while ordering the release of a redacted affidavit. Here is the column: This week, a curious scene will play out in a Florida courtroom. There were also allegations of efforts to influence investigators.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 31, 2022

Last night, Department of Justice Tuesday filed in opposition to the appointment of a Special Master in Florida. “As the former President’s filing indicates, the FBI agents and DOJ attorney were permitted to visit the storage room. ” The filing also adds new disclosures on past claims of declassification by Trump.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 30, 2023

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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JonathanTurley

MAY 8, 2021

In the emails, Bao offers possible talking points in dealing with the election and opposing research on Trump including Trump’s alleged links to a Chinese-owned Florida “prostitution parlor,” an ironic attack point given the photos of Hunter with alleged Chinese prostitutes. That may be true.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 7, 2022

Epstein pleaded guilty to Florida charges of felony solicitation of underage girls in 2008 and served a 13-month jail sentence. The agreement violated federal law and the rights of the vict ims. attorney Alexander Acosta , who signed off on the agreement, was inexplicably made Labor secretary under Trump.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 23, 2021

While Attorney General Merrick Garland was criticized for launching a federal task force on threats against school boards (based on a handful of local cases), he has been largely silent on any federal effort to deal with this actual crime wave. One group notably missing in this effort has been the federal prosecutors.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2020

On the Republican side, Florida attorney Bill Price is facing a more direct and serious investigation than Abrams (who has not been personally implicated in such actions). Now we have a video of Price speaking to Bay County GOP members in Florida calling for registrations using false addresses. The date is notable. It was Nov.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 11, 2023

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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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The interviews could magnify the difficulties for both Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Special Counsel Jack Smith in their respective prosecutions. Trump’s greatest threat of conviction remains in Florida, where he is facing federal charges related to his retention of classified documents.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Epstein pleaded guilty to a Florida state charge of felony solicitation of underage girls in 2008 and served a 13-month jail sentence. attorney Alexander Acosta was inexplicably made labor secretary under Trump. He was accused of abusing more than forty minor girls (with many between the ages of 13 and 17).

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 20, 2023

However, false statements to Congress are criminal acts and the allegations have to be taken seriously. That statement by President Joe Biden last year to a Florida mayor seems more than just a boast this week after a whistleblower at the Internal Revenue Service surfaced. attorney for the District of Delaware.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 16, 2022

Below is my column in USA Today on the diminishing role of Attorney General Merrick Garland at the Justice Department after a series of controversies. ” If one image sums up the incredibly shrinking stature of Attorney General Merrick Garland, it is that line in the aftermath of the Mar-a-Lago search. Unlike the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 11, 2022

Here is the column: The unprecedented raid on former President Trump’s home in Florida has set off firestorms of celebration and recrimination across the country. For Trump foes, it is the long-awaited moment of FBI agents swarming over Trump’s property in a concrete step toward criminal prosecution.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 20, 2021

The case involved the use of a prostitute, a hidden camera, and an effort to intimidate his own brother-in-law but sending the film to his own sister. 45-caliber handgun while flying to Florida on a private jet in 2019 as well as an array of drugs. Most presidents would have burned Kushner’s petition in a profilactic act of cleansing.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Below is my column in the Hill on the claims that Florida Gov. If Attorney General Merrick Garland were to yield to this pressure, he would saw off the very branch of government on which his department sits. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) The claims are legally baseless. has declared the free trips to be “ crimes against humanity.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

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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JonathanTurley

JULY 20, 2023

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. That means it cannot be another McDonnell case built on some new “boundless interpretation” by Smith of federal law. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Here is the column: President Biden’s hot mic moment during a visit to hurricane-stricken Florida — in which he muttered that “No one f–ks with a Biden” — left many people confused. Yet Attorney General Merrick Garland has refused to do so. attorney in charge of this investigation, David C.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 7, 2021

The New York Times is reporting that Florida Republican Rep. For the Trump White House to be able to fully explore the merits of the allegations, it would have had to seek confidential information for the Justice Department — something former Attorney General Bill Barr would clearly have rejected.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 12, 2023

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to mishandling classified White House documents that were recovered at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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