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Yes, Trump was Seeking Another Recount or Investigation in Georgia: A Response to the Washington Post

JonathanTurley

Below is an expanded version of my Hill column on the Georgia call at the center of the recent indictment and the attack in the Washington Post by columnist Philip Bump, someone I have repeatedly criticized in the past for false and misleading stories. I have covered such challenges for years as a legal analyst for CBS, NBC, BBC, and Fox.

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Justice or Just Desserts? Trump, Cosby and Georgia cases show rising cost of political litigation

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on a series of cases that appear propelled by political rather than legal considerations. The costs to the legal system, the public, or victims in such cases are often overlooked but they are considerable. Nor is he alone in pursuing a case driven more by political than legal considerations.

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Trump’s Midas Touch: Legal Experts Line Up To Declare The Georgia Call As The Latest Crime By Trump

JonathanTurley

For many legal analysts, President Donald Trump remains a type of criminal Midas figure: everything he says or does turns instantly into a crime. Over the last few years, the media has published a long line of unfounded criminal theories by experts claiming that a tweet or a meeting or a statement established a clear prosecutable case.

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Can Donald Trump Avoid a Reckoning in Court?

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Engoron added to his legal problems by holding the former president in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena seeking records, and assessed him a fine of $10,000 per day until he satisfies the requirements of the court. 6 insurrection floated several possible criminal offenses that the former president might have committed.

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Spring Break: Christie’s Prediction of a Trump Conviction by Spring Just Hit a Snag

JonathanTurley

However, Yogi Berra would likely caution that, in baseball and litigation, “it ain’t over till it’s over.” In Georgia, a slew of former lawyers are taking pleas with promises to testify if called. That long-held journalistic view is now a viable criminal defense. So that leaves the two cases surrounding the 2020 election.

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“Rittenhouse Should Pay for his Crimes”: ASU Students Demand the Expulsion of Kyle Rittenhouse

JonathanTurley

Despite a jury with the same racial makeup convicting the defendants in Georgia in the Arbery case, many have denounced the entire legal system as racist. ” The campaign reflects a growing sense that the legal system is only worthy of respect (or even protection) if it rules in the way that we demand.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

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Here is your chance to help pick the legal technology startups that will be selected for the sixth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2022. We apply Natural Language Processing and a semantic knowledge graph to the process that attorneys use to research, analyze and write complex legal documents. We need your vote! Founded: 7/6/2021.