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“Hunter is Resolved”: Washington Celebrates the End to the Biden Corruption Scandal

JonathanTurley

They even threw in a phantom felony allegation that will evaporate once Hunter completes a diversion program. What is particularly chilling is that the establishment in Washington is not even trying to rebut the widespread view of a two-tiered system of justice. After all, the 4-year-old just got her clock cleaned in court.

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“Are You Staring Me Down?”: Judge Merchan Becomes an Oddity in his Own Courtroom

JonathanTurley

There will be no dead felony zapped back into life against Cohen, as it was for Trump. While most members wait to take office to commit felonies, Rep. It certainly now should be facing a directed verdict by the court. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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The Trump Trial in Manhattan is an Indictment of the New York Legal System

JonathanTurley

But Bragg then used the alleged federal crime to bootstrap a defunct misdemeanor charge into a felony in the current case. Fortunately witnesses are no longer required to put their hand on the bible in swearing to testify truthfully in court. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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The Odor of Mendacity: 2024 Could Turn on Smell of Selective Prosecution from Georgia to New York

JonathanTurley

It is becoming harder to deny the existence of a two-track system of justice in the country as commentators and even a few courts raise concerns over the role of politics in prosecutions. The problem is that courts have made it virtually impossible to use this claim to dismiss counts. District Court Judge Cormac J.

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Bragg and the Jackson Pollock School of Prosecution: Why the Trump Trial Could End With a Hung Jury

JonathanTurley

Bragg has achieved the same effect by regenerating a dead misdemeanor on falsifying business records as 34 felony counts. In the instructions, the court will tell the jurors that payments cannot be campaign contributions if they would have been made anyway regardless of the campaign. They also need to point out other gaps.

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Eric Swalwell and the Politics of Contempt

JonathanTurley

As first reported by the Washington Examiner, Swalwell used his official position to reserve the space for the press conference and lent his assistance to Hunter in refusing to appear before the House committees investigating his father, President Biden. Swalwell has long courted controversy. It was a valid subpoena. and Maurice C.

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Biden’s Break-The-Glass Option: Pardon Hunter and Withdraw from the 2024 Election

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: The collapse of the Hunter Biden plea bargain has left many in Washington shocked. District Court for the District of Delaware. That is not even including potential felony charges for the original gun violation , money laundering, or other crimes. That is what is called a “happy ending” in Washington.

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