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Trump’s Surprise Witness: Rep. Waters Becomes A Possible Witness Against Her Own Lawsuit

JonathanTurley

Moreover, they would fail under a lower standard of proof than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard in criminal law. Such a result would eviscerate the claim that Trump was guilty of criminal incitement in his speech. Trump’s Jan. 6 speech would not satisfy the test in Brandenburg v. If we don’t, we cannot go away.”.

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Subpoena Tsunami: House Democrats Issue Hundreds of Secret Subpoenas Targeting GOP Colleagues and Others

JonathanTurley

Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who have already been told to preserve their phone records to be surrendered to the committee. The storm of secret subpoenas also seems to run against the thrust of recent Supreme Court decision, Trump v. With those words , House Select Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) 6 riot in Congress.

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