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Academic, legal analyst, author of "The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage" (Simon & Schuster 2024). Blog: Res Ipsa

Washington, D.C.

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"The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in the Age of Rage," is now available for purchase. The book and is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, and other sites for pre-orders...

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THE INDISPENSABLE BOOK: THE TURLEY BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!

I am pleased to announce that my book, The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in the Age of Rage, is now available for purchase. The book and is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, a…

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Jim Acosta's interruption of Dr. Birx is an example of how CNN's echo-journalism model is destroying the media's credibility. Every question from Acosta is an effort to score points rather than elicit information. It is a press pandemic that continues to rage without relief.

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CNN is running a headline that Trump "now" claims Easter was aspirational. I have criticized Trump statements but he never said Easter was a firm deadline as opposed to his hope. The unrelentingly negative spin on stories makes it difficult for viewers to trust the media.

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Pelosi's act dishonored the institution and destroyed even the pretense of civility and decorum in the House. If this is the Speaker's "drop the mike" moment, it is a disgrace that should never be celebrated or repeated. In a single act, she obliterated decades of tradition.

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The facial expressions and head shaking is a new low for the House. Moreover, the protests of members was incredibly inappropriate. A president speaks at the SOTU as a guest of both houses. . . .

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Today's "nonposition" of the White House on the targeting of justices at their homes is one of the lowest moments in American politics. We have finally hit the bedrock of rage in American politics...

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The Flynn documents are out. One line is as significant as it is shocking. Indeed, for those who have long seen a concerted effort to target the Trump Administration, the record fragment will read like a deep sea scroll of a deep state conspiracy.

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Tapper's retweeting that "Trump is 100% insane" only further undermines the media by reaffirming for many that the media is campaigning against Trump rather than covering him. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

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Elon Musk has exposed the underbelly of censorship — which is where we found Adam Schiff...

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“We Don’t Do This”: Adam Schiff and the Underbelly of American Censorship

Below is my column in the Hill on the recent disclosure of efforts by Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Cal.) to pressure Twitter to censor critics, including a columnist. This effort occurred shortly after Sc…

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We have learned that two of those arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails at police vehicles are attorneys. Colinford Mattis, 32, is a Pryor Cashman associate and graduate of NYU and Princeton. Urooj Rahman is a human rights lawyer and graduate of Fordham

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Two New York Attorneys Arrested For Throwing Molotov Cocktail At Police [Updated]

Yesterday we discussed the four arrests associated with two attacks on New York police officers using Molotov cocktails. It is now being reported that one of the defendants arrested, Colinford Mat…

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I have to run to a speech, but I never thought I would come to see this day when Democrats trash journalists for seeking to disclose government censorship work and pressing them for their sources and confidential information...

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Newly released evidence reveals over $20 million coming from 23 separate countries on four continents to at least nine Biden family members. Not only are the Biden transfers becoming clear, so is the Biden family tree in this lucrative form of corruption.

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The Biden Family Tree: How Investigations are Exposing the Bidens’ Influence-Peddling Dynasty

Below is my column in The Hill on the exposure of the Biden family and its long-standing business of influence peddling. Newly released evidence from the House Committee on Ways and Means reveals o…

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President Obama is being quoted on Flynn, saying "There is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free." It is a curious statement. First and foremost, Flynn was not charged with perjury...

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Did The Mueller Team Violate Brady and Flynn Orders?

With the release of the new material from the case of Michael Flynn, an array of experts came forward to assure the public that it was all standard procedure for investigators to conclude that ther…

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My call for greater civility and dialogue may have been the least successful argument I made to the committee. Before I finished my testimony, my home and office were inundated with threatening messages and demands that I be fired from GW.

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Turley: Democrats offering passion over proof in Trump impeachment

Lawmakers cannot lower standards to fit a paucity of evidence and an abundance of anger.

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By giving up much of the first day, the White House gave a concise opening, relieved the jury, and pushed the main argument to Monday with a larger television audience. It was a sophisticated and effective strategy that paid off. A very strong start to their case .

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I have been a criminal defense attorney for decades. I have seen abusive tactics. However this is one of the most thuggish records I have seen. Most concerning is that they were trying to create a crime, not investigating a crime. The use of Logan only highlights that bias.

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The Flynn case is fast becoming a case of gross judicial overreach as the court appears to assume both judicial and executive powers. Sullivan can disagree with the exercise of prosecutorial discretion, but he cannot substitute his own judgment for it.

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In Michael Flynn case, Judge Sullivan's gross overreach turns justice into mob rule

The case against Micheal Flynn is abusive and should be dismissed, as the Justice Department requests. But Judge Emmet Sullivan has other ideas.

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The alleged leak of the opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is nothing short of breathtaking. It would constitute one of the greatest breaches of security in the history of the Court.

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It is increasingly painful to watch Karine Jean-Pierre as she argues that they have been "transparent" by being transparently unwilling to answer any questions...

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The President just said that the documents found in his garage are in a "locked garage" like his corvette. The corvette standard is actually not in classified protocols...

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Rep. Goldman just tripped the wire on Joe Biden. In trying to grill the whistleblowers to show that there is no evidence that Joe Biden was involved, he elicited an answer that the witnesses established that Joe Biden did discuss business deals of Hunter with the Chinese...

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Harvard just proved William F. Buckley's point when he said "I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."

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Lori Lightfoot, former Chicago mayor, named Senior Leadership Fellow for fall 2023

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will serve as a Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at Harvard Chan School during the fall semester of 2023.

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The President just repeated the false statement that when the Second Amendment was ratified "you could't own a cannon." The suggestion that the Second Amendment was viewed as limited types of gun ownership, even cannons, is false.

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Schumer's threat to the Court that "you will pay the price" is a direct attack on the integrity of our courts. I criticized Trump for his reckless comments about the courts. Where is the chorus of condemnation of Schumer? Schumer sounded more like a stalker than a statesman.

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The Supreme Court's report indicates that they cannot isolate the culprit among the over 80 possible suspects for the Dobbs leak. It is an admission that is almost as chilling as the leak itself...

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Michael Flynn was a useful tool for everyone and everything but justice: Mueller, the media, even the court. What is left in the wake of the prosecution is an utter travesty of justice ...

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Michael Flynn case should be dismissed to preserve justice

Some more documents reveal an unlawful reason for this case.

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Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger have done an incredible job today despite the personal attacks from Democratic members. We all owe them a debt of gratitude from putting themselves in harm's way in this age of rage.

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Biden snapped at Peter Doocy yesterday for asking about his roughly 20 speakerphone calls to dinners or meetings with his son's foreign associates. However, in my view, what was most interesting is what came next...

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Special Counsel Jack Smith just issued the first criminal indictment of alleged disinformation in my view. If you take a red pen to all of the material presumptively protected by the First Amendment, you can reduce much of the indictment to haiku...

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Given Durham's findings that there was no basis for the actions taken by the FBI in launching this investigation, this would be a good time for former House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff to reveal that evidence he said showed the Russian collusion...

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The allegations could not be more serious. Wade and Willis are prosecuting defendants for filing false papers and making false statements to courts. They are now accused of the same conduct, including allegedly lying under oath.

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Friends with Benefits? Telephone Records Raise New Challenge to the Willis/Wade Testimony

In the movie Friends with Benefits, the character Jamie asks Dylan “why do I get the feeling this is the first real commitment you’ve ever made?” Dylan responds “It’s …

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One MSNBC commentator angrily objected that this is “criminal evidence” — ignoring that it is evidence that was denied to criminal defendants. I spoke with Chansley’s new counsel, Bill Shipley, and confirmed that defense counsel did not have this material.

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Did the “QAnon Shaman” Get Shafted on Sentencing? New Footage Raises Questions Over the Chansley...

If there is one image from Jan. 6th that will remain indelible with the day, it is the “QAnon Shaman.” Bare chested and wearing an animal headdress, horns and red-white-and-blue face pa…

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Chuck Todd just had an angry exchange with Sen. Ron Johnson and bizarrely asked "do you have a crime that you think Hunter Biden committed because I have yet to see anyone explain that it is a crime to make money off your last name." ...

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It is awful to think of this child learning that her father fought recognition of paternity, fought child support, and then fought her using his name. Fortunately, she has the law on her side and, despite her father's disgraceful efforts, she is a Biden.

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The Importance of Being Biden: How Hunter Reached a New Low in Seeking to Bar Daughter From Using...

In Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” the main character’s search for his true name comes to a head when he finally demands “would you kindly inform me who I am?” In an astonishing fi…

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Gov. Hochul just assured businesses that there is “nothing to worry about” after the $355 million public execution of the Trump Corp. Drawing new businesses to the city is going to be about as easy as selling country estates during the French Revolution.

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Obscene award against Trump is testing the New York legal system’s integrity

The one hope for New York businesses may be the U.S. Supreme Court.

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While I was highly critical of the President's remarks, he never actually called for violence or a riot. Indeed, he expressly told his followers “to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” Such marches are common in both federal and state capitols.

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It was a valid subpoena. The question is not whether Hunter Biden can be held in contempt. Of course he can. The question is what to do with Eric Swalwell, the House member who facilitated not only contempt of Congress but a possible federal crime.

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Eric Swalwell and the politics of contempt

Swalwell did not simply facilitate a crime, he went out of his way to associate himself with it.

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There has long been a revered SOTU tradition that the Speaker of the House does not exhibit opposition or ridicule for the remarks of a president (even if he is from the opposing party). Pelosi is shattering that tradition by nodding in the negative and shaking her head.

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A curious case just got curiouser. The Messenger is out with my column on the testimony of the bankers in the Trump trial, stating that the banks made money on the loans and wanted more business from Trump and his family.

The Curious Fraud Case Against Trump Just Got ‘Curiouser’

Two bankers testified that the banks made millions and viewed Trump as a much-sought-after ‘whale’ client

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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost just said that his office has no evidence of a raped ten-year-old child who was impregnated, including a request for lab results. He also noted that Ohio law would have allowed for an abortion in such a case.

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Protesters have now descended upon the home of Justice Amy Coney Barrett and her family, including seven children. This is just a day after the alleged attempted murder of her colleague, Justice Kavanaugh.

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George Washington University just issued a statement rejecting the campaign to force Justice Clarence Thomas off our faculty as an adjunct professor. Rather than yield to another cancel campaign, GWU has stood firm on its values of free speech and academic freedom.

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A court had to order Fulton county to remove posters blocking the view of observers and to force the county to allow observers to move closer (10 feet). What is astonishing is that the Georgia officials forced such reasonable requests to be litigated in the courts.

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The Justice Department has dismissed cases in the past including the Stevens case.That was requested by President Obama's own Attorney General Eric Holder for the same reason: misconduct by prosecutors. It was done before the same judge, Judge Sullivan. How is that for precedent?

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Obama's United Nations Amb. Samantha Power testified that she had no recollection of even a single such request to unmask Flynn. She made at least seven. When Sessions said that he had “no recollection”, Democrats called for his prosecution for perjury...

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Did Samantha Power Commit Perjury? It Depends If The Sessions Standard Applies.

For weeks, we have discussed how the media, Democratic members, and a wide variety commentators have adopted a different standard in dealing with the allegation of sexual assault against Joe Biden.…

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The White House is saying that no visitor logs exist for his personal residence in Delaware. That will not end the headache for the Bidens. Indeed, it may make it worse...

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No visitor logs exist for Biden's Wilmington home, site of classified doc discovery, WH Counsel's...

No visitor logs exist for President Biden's Wilmington home, the White House Counsel's Office said Monday of the residence where Biden kept classified documents.

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The view of the case appears to be worsening. Now there is less than a majority viewing the indictment as well-founded and justified. The poll shows that 83% of Republicans and 55% of Independents view the indictment as a political exercise...

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Harvard Poll: 55 Percent of the Public View the Trump Indictment as “Politically Motivated”

A Harvard/Harris poll is bad news for Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department. The poll shows that 55% of Americans believe Trump’s indictment is politically motivated and…

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The transcripts are now released. President Biden claimed no knowledge of any of the classified documents in his home and open in his garage. That is 40 years of memory lapse in the face of open violations of federal law...

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The viciousness of the Biden family in dealing with this little girl is only matched by that of the media. Reporters who profess to support women and denounce deadbeat dads have either ignored this story or belittled her mother...

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Daddy Dearest: Hunter Forced to Appear in Arkansas in Fight Over His Child’s Name and Support

On Monday, Hunter Biden will finally make it to Arkansas. The Natural State is not a Biden family favorite but there is one thing that would ordinarily be an attraction: Biden’s daughter Navy Joan.…

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The media has steadfastly refused to see what should be one of the biggest stories in decades: an administration’s targeting of an opposing party’s presidential campaign based on false and, in at least case, possibly criminally falsified evidence.

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More willful blindness by the media on spying by Obama administration

A new document shows what lots of news outlets discredited.

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Due to the EPA decision, it will be much more difficult for President Biden to order sweeping environmental changes without congressional approval...

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Remember the 2015 dinner with Hunter's foreign clients that Joe Biden never attended. Well he did, according to Devon Archer. It was previously denied by the Biden team as "Russian disinformation." Sound familiar? The media response: Crickets. .

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Remember that Biden Dinner That Joe Biden Never Attended? Well, he did.

“The Bidens are the best at doing exactly what Chairman wants.” That WhatsApp message to a Chinese business associate was the perfect epitaph for the entire Biden corruption scandal. Part of the br…

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Pelosi demolished decades of tradition in this ill-considered, ill-tempered moment. Many will celebrate her conduct and be thrilled by the insults. However, if she cannot apologize and maintain this tradition, Pelosi should resign as Speaker.

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Nancy Pelosi should resign

She has demolished decades of tradition in her moment at the State of the Union.

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Nancy Pelosi just said to Chris Wallace on Fox that she does not understand people publicly protesting civil liberties on lock down orders. However, this followed her defense of her calling people to join her in Chinatown in late February as a protest against discrimination...

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Chuck Todd told NBC viewers that the Michigan Supreme Court did not cite a single case in ruling against Gov. Whitmer. I have listed 60 such cases at a rate of citation of two per page in the 50-page opinion.

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Chuck Todd: The Michigan Supreme Court Did Not “Cite Any Law” In Ruling Whitmer’s Actions Unconst...

Chuck Todd interviewed Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this morning and turned to the recent decision of the Michigan Supreme Court that ruled that she had violated the Michigan Constitution in her …

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The Devon Archer transcript is out. Archer said that Ukrainian wanted Hunter Biden to help relieve pressure from the prosecutors looking into corruption. They wanted the Bidens to take the heat off. Biden later insisted on the firing of the prosecutor.

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Michigan Gov. Whitmer just said on Fox that the response should not depend on who is governor of a given state. However, that is the meaning of federalism. Governors did little to prepare for this pandemic despite years of studies showing shortages to deal with an outbreak . . .

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Chuck Todd just explained the prior positions of the Senate on election year nominations by only citing Republicans opposing the idea and not all of the Democrats who demanded it. Such election year nominations have occurred 29 times in history.

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Reports indicate that Hunter went to Capitol Hill but refused to sit for the deposition. Instead he held a presser. If true, it is a remarkably bad decision and virtually begs for a contempt sanction...

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Had they waited for a couple months as I advised, they could have gotten Bolton's testimony and other witnesses as well as key court orders. It was a rush to a failed impeachment. History will view the decision to rush the vote as one of the most baffling decisions of all time

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CBS has just reportedly laid off Catherine Herridge, one of the finest journalists in the business. I came over to Fox from CBS the same week that Catherine went from Fox to CBS. I have worked with her for years and hold no one in greater respect...

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Problems continue to pile up for Gov. Grisham in her flagrantly unconstitutional order suspending Second Amendment rights. Now the sheriff is declaring “as an officer of the court, I cannot and will not enforce something that is clearly unconstitutional.”

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New Mexico Governor Suspends Gun Rights in Albuquerque for “Public Health Emergency”

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday suspended laws that allow open and concealed carry of firearms in Albuquerque for 30 days after declaring a public health emergency. The order,…

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Sally Yates just testified that she would not have signed off on the surveillance of Carter Page if she knew what she knows now. That follows Rod Rosenstein saying the same thing.

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Rosenstein Slams McCabe, Obstruction Theories, and “1000 Former Prosecutors”

Yesterday, we did our first live blogging on a hearing with former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. There was a lot of broken china after the hearing was over. Indeed, the most interesting …

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In her press conference, Pelosi continued to refuse to acknowledge that she destroyed decades of tradition by changing the greeting of the president, making faces behind his back, and then ripping up the address. Saying that you were "appalled" does not excuse appalling conduct.

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We should be able to agree on two simple facts. First, influence peddling is corruption long opposed by the government. Second, if the president knew that his son and uncles were using him for influence peddling, Joe Biden is also corrupt...

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The grifter defense: The Bidens move to embrace influence peddling with a twist

It is a curious defense that we are not corrupt because we just ripped off dupes who were corrupt people.

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The allegations raised against the Department now have potentially criminal and impeachable elements. As such, the authority of Congress to investigate is at its apex. Despite the opposition of the Democrats, the House must now act...

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Who is Lying? Merrick Garland or the Whistleblowers?

Below is my column in the Hill on the growing controversy surrounding the investigation of Hunter Biden. I previously wrote on the failure of Attorney General Merrick Garland to restore public trus…

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At what point does someone apologize to Carter Page? He is, in fact, the victim of this criminal referral. He is the victim of what Horowitz describes as a “misleading” basis presented to the FISA court. He is a victim of media “groupthink”.

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An apology to Carter Page

The trashing of his reputation was a cost of doing business with the federal government.

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The hatred for Trump is so all-encompassing that legal experts on the political left have ignored the chilling implications of this indictment. It would could allow the government to arrest those who are accused of spreading disinformation in elections...

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Making History in the Wrong Way: The Second Trump Indictment is a Threat to Free Speech

Below is my column in USA Today on the second indictment of former President Donald Trump. While many are celebrating the charges, the implications for free speech are chilling. While Smith did not…

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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs appears to have secretly sought to deny free speech to citizens through allies in these social media companies. The Arizona legislature should investigate these allegations and hold Hobbs accountable for any attack on political speech.…

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Many in Congress are now calling for Hunter Biden to be held in contempt in light of his flagrant violation of a House subpoena. The more challenging question is what to do with Rep. Eric Swalwell, who facilitated the commission of this alleged federal…

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...Musk seems to be forcing a reckoning that few in Washington relish. Political and media figures will be forced to dispense with any pretense of support for free speech in defending censorship, election manipulation, blacklisting and shadow banning.

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The newly released transcripts are deeply disturbing-not for their evidence of crimes or collusion but the total absence of such evidence. The calls covered a variety of issues, including sanctions. What was not discussed was any quid pro quo or anything untoward or unlawful...

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Pres Trump stated that “When somebody is President of the United States, his authority is total.” The Constitution was written precisely the deny that particular claim. It also reserved to the states (& individuals) rights not expressly given to the federal government.

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Rather than wait for courts to review immunity and privilege arguments, the House impeached Trump for seeking judicial review. Now the court says that he was right in raising his constitutional objections. Article 2 now looks like a case of prosecutorial excess, if not abuse.

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The fact is, in this instance, Donald Trump was correct when he said he was the target of a political hitjob funded by the Clinton campaign and maintained by virtually every media outlet. There is a word for that: disinformation.

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Durham Report Condemns the FBI’s Russia Probe — But Don’t Expect It to Make a Difference

Below is my column in The Messenger, the new digital news platform created by Jimmy Finkelstein (the former owner of The Hill). Finkelstein’s signature has always been balanced publications …

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The Hill is out with my column on the verdict against Trump. While Judge Arthur Engoron found that “this is a venial sin, not a mortal sin,” the $355 million in damages makes Trump look like the source of Original Sin. It is excessive and abusive...

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Obscene award against Trump is testing the New York legal system’s integrity

The one hope for New York businesses may be the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The Colorado Supreme Court has handed down the most anti-democratic opinion in decades. Yet, these justices barred voters from being to vote for their preferred candidate in the name of democracy. It is like burning down a house in the name of fire safety.

Yielding to Temptation: Colorado’s Supreme Court Blocks Democracy to Bar Trump on the 2024 Ballot |...

Oscar Wilde wrote that “the only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

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The implications of this criminal plea is enormous but the media has engaged in a pattern of willful blindness to mounting evidence of wrongdoing in the Russian investigation by FBI and DOJ figures.

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FBI Lawyer In Russian Investigation To Plead Guilty For False Statement

We have previously discussed allegations against FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith who played a key role in maintaining the secret surveillance of Trump campaign advisers in the Russian Investigation, in…

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CNN's Jake Tapper just interviewed Stacey Abrams about her views on how Republicans are trying to bar voters and violate election laws. Despite Abrams expressing pride in her past work, Tapper never asked Abrams about investigations into her group for voter fraud or violations.

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This is the moment that will continue to resonate with me and others. Rep. Steve Cohen (D., LA) warned Durham that he needed to reconsider his conclusions: "You had a good reputation. You had a good reputation . . . but the longer you hold on to Mr. Barr . . . your reputation…

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Speaker Pelosi just repeated the false claim that this decision now undo cases on contraception and other areas. That is simply untrue and the Court expressly addressed that false claim in the opinion...

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Lisa Page is the new Legal Analyst for NBC and MSNBC. The problem is not that Page disagrees with the Administration on legal matters but that she is personally involved in the investigations and has shown intense and at times unhinged bias against Trump.

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Lisa Page Hired By NBC and MSNBC As Legal Analyst

Lisa Page, the former FBI lawyer who resigned in the midst of the Russian investigation scandal, has been hired a NBC and MSNBC as a legal analyst. The move continues a trend started by CNN in hir…

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Roth says that it would not surprise him if "visibility filters" were placed on the accounts of elected officials without their knowledge.

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the DOJ declined to have the FBI conduct searches and instead allowed uncleared private counsel to do so. If true, it is a level of accommodation that would make a Kardashian blush.

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WSJ News Exclusive | Justice Department Considered but Rejected Role in Biden Documents Search

DOJ officials opted for a hands-off approach to leave the special counsel’s probe uncompromised since they saw President Biden’s team as cooperative, people familiar with the matter say.

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Why is it necessary or acceptable to insult Gov. Cuomo's family when he is coming to a meeting at the White House. As a Sicilian, I do not consider Fredo a terrible slur but as a Sicilian I am appalled at the notion of insulting a guest at the White house.

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Trump insults Gov. Cuomo’s brother ahead of White House meeting: ‘Don’t bring Fredo’

President Trump tweeted out earlier Thursday that he was getting ready to meet with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but also took a whack at Cuomo’s brother.

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The letter has an uncomfortable feeling of marching orders to the media. It is also notable in the role of White House Counsel's office. It removes any pretense of separation between the Biden personal legal team and the White House Counsel’s office.

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Marching Orders: White House Letter Tells Media To “Ramp Up Their Scrutiny” In Response to Impeac...

I have previously written how the level of advocacy and bias has created a danger of a de facto state media in the United States. It is possible to have such a system by consent rather than coercio…

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The argument is now over. The disqualification advocates may have expected a cold reception, but this was perfectly glacial. Notably, some of the toughest and most skeptical questions came from the left of the Court.

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You do not have to feel sorry or even sympathetic for Trump to see this award as obscene. The appeal will test the New York legal system to see if other judges can do what Judge Engoron found so difficult: set aside their feelings about Trump.

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Obscene award against Trump is testing the New York legal system’s integrity

The one hope for New York businesses may be the U.S. Supreme Court.

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What was striking was the degree to which President Biden spent this week putting out clearly false statements. Despite pushing for the censorship of citizens for disinformation, Biden openly lied about his conduct and the report...

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“That is Not the Judgment of the Press”: The White House Calls the Media to Heel With Disinformat...

“That is not the judgment of the press.” Those words from President Joe Biden were a telling moment after a reporter noted that there is widespread concern that he is mentally diminishe…

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Frankly, when I look at this impeachment, I see a banana taped to a wall. As others coo over the power and evidence in the report, I continue to look around scratching my head, wondering why others don’t see the obvious gaps and conflicts.

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Jonathan Turley: I told Congress it needed more evidence to impeach Trump. Here's why

As a legal scholar who testified before Congress last week, I still have misgivings.

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For those in support of the restoration of free speech protections on Twitter, here are some of the companies pulling their ads in protest. Chevrolet, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Ford, Jeep, Kyndryl, Merck & Co. and Novartis AG. ...

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Twitter has lost 50 of its top 100 advertisers since Elon Musk took over, report says

Half of Twitter's top 100 advertisers appear to no longer be advertising on the website. A new report states that these 50 advertisers have spent almost $2 billion on Twitter ads since 2020.

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Bergès admitted that most of the art was actually purchased by Kevin Morris, who reportedly gave Hunter millions to cover unpaid taxes and expenses. So, as media was reporting how Hunter’s art was a huge success, it appears to have been an illusion.

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Hunter’s Art Dealer Contradicts White House Claims Over Art Sales

Over the last two years, ethicists and public interest groups have raised concerns over the selling of art by Hunter Biden as an avenue for Biden donors and allies to funnel money to the family. In…

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It appears that Fani Willis has failed to block a hearing into her alleged conflict of interest. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is quoted as saying “Because I think it's possible that the facts alleged by the defendant could result in disqualification, I think an…

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4 years

The President just said that he may unilaterally adjourn Congress. This seems to be a reference to Article II, Section 3, which gives a president in “extraordinary occasions” to convene or adjourn the Houses. This power has never been used and should not be used now . . .

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...Doocy said that the White House called him as soon as he made it to his car to refute the specifics of the allegations on discussing business. The use of White House staff to repeat these positions could magnify the problems for Biden.

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How Donald Trump’s Indictment Could Backfire on Joe Biden

Below is my column in The Messenger on how the second indictment could prove damaging for President Joe Biden. Ironically, both Trump indictments have blowback potential for Biden on the retention …

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Chuck Todd just cut off Sen. Johnson who was raising media bias by saying "I have had enough of this." Johnson was arguing for the creation of a Commission to look at the election which Todd is rejected as entirely unnecessary despite millions who view the election as rigged.

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Bragg reportedly has secured his indictment. He has made history, but it is an inglorious moment where even some on the left have criticized the effort. This is a patently political prosecution.

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It’s Moving, It’s Alive! Alvin Bragg Prepares the Ultimate Frankenstein Indictment

Below is my column in the New York Post on the expected indictment against former President Donald Trump. It is an effort to reanimate a long dead legal claim against Trump, but could reanimate his…

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Judge Sullivan has now appointed a retired judge to look into “whether the Court should issue an Order to Show Cause why Mr. Flynn should not be held in criminal contempt for perjury.” Thus, the court is not only considering denying an uncontested motion for dismissal but...

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The NY Times just confirmed that Weiss was prevented from bringing charges against Hunter in California and New York. That is in direction contradiction to Garland's prior statements...

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Who is Lying? Merrick Garland or the Whistleblowers?

Below is my column in the Hill on the growing controversy surrounding the investigation of Hunter Biden. I previously wrote on the failure of Attorney General Merrick Garland to restore public trus…

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I have spoken confidentially with current and former CBS employees who have stated that they could not recall the company ever taking such a step before. One source said that the move had sent a “chilling signal” in the ranks of CBS.

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CBS faces uproar after seizing investigative journalist’s files

The position of CBS has alarmed many, including the union, as an attack on free press principles by one of the nation’s most esteemed press organizations.

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I have testified over 50 times in Congress. I have witnessed a many times that number. I have never seen a more powerful and moving testimony than that of Laura Wolk just now in favor of Judge Barrett. Brava, Laura, Brava.

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