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Trump Attorney Accuses The President Of Criminal Conduct In His Withdrawal of Representation

JonathanTurley

On January 7th, an attorney representing President Donald Trump filed a one-page motion of withdrawal from a case filed shortly after the election. That is hardly remarkable with attorneys entering and leaving cases every day in federal court. In fairness to Marcus, one of the grounds for withdrawal is a criminal enterprise.

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DC Attorney General Looking Into Arresting Trump and Others

JonathanTurley

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine has declared that he is considering arresting President Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., My problem with this criminal case is not the timing of an indictment but the basis for the indictment. As I wrote earlier , the governing legal standard for violent speech is found in Brandenburg v.

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Harvard’s “Oddities Collector” Gets Probation After Unlawful Trafficking in Human Body Parts

JonathanTurley

Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. When police went to his house, Pauley told officers that collected “oddities” and that he had 15 to 20 human skulls he had legally purchased in his possession. Yet, the “oddities collector” will not go to jail under this plea.

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“God is Not the Author of Confusion”: Charges Dropped Against Protester Who Read Biblical Passages at Pride Event

JonathanTurley

YouTube The Berks County District Attorney’s Office has confirmed that it is dropping charges against Damon Atkins after the preacher was arrested citing the Bible in protest of an LGBTQ Pride event in Reading, Pennsylvania. ” In the YouTube video, Atkins is shown talking with Sgt.

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Why Police are ‘Natural Allies’ in the Fight Against Drug Abuse

The Crime Report

The harm reduction organization Eleyvst , the Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations Alliance (PRO-A) , and the data firm RIWI sought to do just that with their new, ambitious public opinion survey. And yet, stigmatizing those who use drugs persists, even as our governments declare the opioid epidemic a public health emergency.

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Controversial Super Bowl Political Ads on Local Stations – Why They Can’t Be Pulled

Broadcast Law Blog

Ads for a candidate in Pennsylvania used the “Let’s Go Brandon” language generally acknowledged to be an allusion to a profanity directed at President Biden (see article here ). At that time, the FCC indicated that broadcasters need not run an ad that would violate a Federal criminal law (in that case, obscenity laws).

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Police Suggest Possible Charges for Those Who Filmed Rape on Train

JonathanTurley

The recent rape of a woman on a train in Pennsylvania has shocked and disgusted the nation, particularly after passengers did nothing to help the woman as she was allegedly attacked by Fiston Ngoy, 35. Now police are reportedly considering criminal charges against passengers who filmed the rape and did not call the police. 316, 155 A.2d

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