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Hunter Biden’s 7% Solution: Using Addiction to Excuse Corruption

JonathanTurley

million were sent to a law firm and another firm associated with Hunter Biden. His lawyer, Chris Clark, first insisted that the release of the messages “are not only irresponsible, they are illegal.” This past weekend, there were reports that, after the threatening WhatsApp message was sent, two payments totaling $5.1

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The Neutron Prosecutor: How Special Counsel Hur May Prove the Ultimate Punchline in Washington

JonathanTurley

I have long disagreed with the Justice Department policy as without foundation in the Constitution. There is no question that the best course in dealing with a felonious president is to first remove the president from office through the impeachment process and then indict the former president in the wake of the Senate conviction.

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Impeachment in the Age of Trump: Laurence Tribe’s Evolving Views Of Impeachable Conduct

JonathanTurley

Tribe however insisted that Trump could be impeached for the tweet , stating “Using power of WH to falsely accuse [Obama of an] impeachable felony does qualify as an impeachable offense whether via tweet or not.”. So just tweeting an accusation against a political opponent is an impeachable offense since it was done from the White House.

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Newly Released OLC Memo Shows Staff Lawyers Found No Basis For Obstruction Charges In Mueller Report

JonathanTurley

The actual prosecutors at Main Justice found that not only would the allegations not meet the standard for obstruction of justice but that it would still be the case even if Trump was not the President of the United States.

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Why Has Trump Not Been Charged With Criminal Incitement?

JonathanTurley

The campaign finance charge actually was one of the more credible claims, since former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to it. Others claimed Trump committed “felony bribery” by fundraising for Republican senators when he was about to be impeached.

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“Star Chamber Comeback”: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Loses Flint Water Cases in Spectacular Fashion

JonathanTurley

It can go up to 10 yeas for felonies like manslaughter, which were the charges brought against two defendants. In order to restart the process for a third time, prosecutors would have to establish the basis for indictments more than eight years after the water crisis. juror) to charge them.”

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Florida’s “Deactivation” of Pro-Palestinian Group is Unconstitutional

JonathanTurley

” That advocacy is being used to suggest that the group is guilty of a felony under Florida law to knowingly provide material aid or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. 7 attack as the result of Israel’s “apartheid, ethnic cleansing, indiscriminate bombing” and other “provocations.”