‘Reduces To A Haiku’: Jonathan Turley Says Many Of The Charges In Trump’s Jan. 6 Indictment Are ‘Protected Speech’ – IOTW Report

‘Reduces To A Haiku’: Jonathan Turley Says Many Of The Charges In Trump’s Jan. 6 Indictment Are ‘Protected Speech’

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George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Tuesday that many charges in the indictment filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith were “protected speech” under the First Amendment.

Smith secured a four-count indictment of Trump relating to his efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election. Trump was ordered to appear before a federal magistrate Thursday.

“There is less than meets the eye in this indictment. I thought the last indictment was a very serious threat for Donald Trump,” Turley told Fox News host Bret Baier. “When I take a red pen through material that is protected by the First Amendment, it reduces much of this to a haiku. Many of the things that the prosecutor is charging here is protected speech. It repeats a lot of the allegations in the various states, it’s unfair at points. It quotes Trump in his speech about encouraging people to go to the Capitol Hill, but like the January 6th committee, it omits where he says, ‘you should go peacefully.’”

“I think that’s a mistake, quite frankly,” Turley added. “Because it undermines your credibility when you sort of hide the ball on things like that.” more

13 Comments on ‘Reduces To A Haiku’: Jonathan Turley Says Many Of The Charges In Trump’s Jan. 6 Indictment Are ‘Protected Speech’

  1. It’s all meant to tie up Trump and try to bankrupt him to prevent him from running for POTUS and most importantly to the Dirty Dems, keep him from winning and exposing their evil even more.
    Turley is a liberal and even he knows this stuff is bulloney.

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  2. 17 yeras ago a man who believes the only use for the Constitution is ass wipe was made Chief justice. Mr. Turley is “Virtue Signaling”! he knows Roberts is still here! In plain English Turkey lies!
    The entire GWB led persecution of Don id “UNFAIR”; HAS BEEN FOR 8 YEARS. Comey, Mueller and Rod are. all Bush hires; his acolyte BHO neither hired them nor fired them! GWB gives the orders, NOT HIS ACOLYTE BHO!

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  3. Free speech, protected speech.
    When one turns that free speech into actions which includes violations of federal laws, coup attempt & inciting violence against the government & an official proceeding it is no longer free speech but criminal actions.

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