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The conviction of Sen. Menendez in Washington is monumental. He was one of the untouchables. Despite long being viewed as corrupt, Menendez wielded power with abandon for his own benefit...
...The problem was the defense theory. Menendez tried to convince the jury that this was a "Cuban thing." They clearly viewed it as a "corruption thing"...
...The images of gold bars and cash stuffed in clothes is difficult to overcome with a cultural claim. Yet, this conviction is an indictment of the Washington establishment. Menendez was always viewed as a corrupt figure but he was still given powerful positions that he used for corrupt purposes...
...Sentencing is likely to be crushing. He will face an aggravator as someone who betrayed an office of public trust. He has little to offer in terms of mitigators. While the counts will run concurrently, he is facing at a long likely sentence. At his age, a long term could be a terminal sentence.

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Apr 15
Fox just broke a criminal referral against Letitia James over alleged fraudulent housing loan filings. The filings include allegedly false representations that an out-of-state residence was her principal residence and other dubious claims...
...I reviewed the referral before going on Fox tonight. It took me less than a minute to find cases prosecuted under 18 U.S.C. 1014 for false claims of principal residences and the other allegations...
...For James, the irony is crushing. She previously prosecuted Trump for everything short of ripping a label off a mattress. She emphasized that Trump was ultimately responsible for any filings made in his name or that of his company...
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Apr 14
After the arson at the home of Gov. Shapiro, I was deluged with emails due to my past writings on the rise in leftist violence. One writer seemed to gloat about a conservative arsonist and asked why "no morally superior comments about that? At the risk of being a buzz kill...
...USA Today is reporting that Cody Balmer was a critic of both Biden and Trump and had a particular hatred for Shapiro. That does not mean that violence does not come from far-right groups. It has and is equally disgraceful...usatoday.com/story/news/inv…
...Indeed, we still do not know much about Balmer's motivation and this certainly appears to be political violation. He appears deeply disturbed and his life was falling apart...
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Apr 11
According to Fox, the judge in the Khalil case has just indicated that his deportation can move forward and that he is "removable." Khalil will now be allowed time to appeal...
...That would be a major win for the Trump Administration. As I just mentioned on Fox, the Administration seemed intent on winning this case on the statute rather than the case facts. It clearly wanted to establish precedent for hundreds of other cases...
...It will now likely use the same two-page declaration or a variation in other cases. The problem for Khalil's counsel is the underlying conduct, which is sweeping in its authority afforded to the Secretary of State.
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Mar 30
Some Democrats seem to be moving from coded racism to outright racism, as with the mayor of Newark. Not to be outdone, Rep. Jasmine Crockett attacked Rep. Byron Donalds (who has a white wife): “Married a white woman ... and now you're whitewashed.”...jonathanturley.org/2025/03/29/rei…
...After the absurd spin on mocking the Texas governor as wheelchair bound, it will be a challenge to spin out of this openly racist attack on Donalds. This is the woman who was celebrated by the Human Rights Campaign where the audience laughed uproariously at the Abbott attack.
...These are people addicted to rage. They do not like to admit it, but they like it. They are rage addicts. simonandschuster.com/books/The-Indi…
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Mar 18
Hillary Clinton is now speaking in Berlin. It has been a love fest for the Clintons. Clinton started by trashing “the government I the United States” as now supporting “autocrats”…
…Clinton immediately turned to the need to control information which “controls what we think.” She insisted that there must be a protection for “facts” : a chilling message from one of the most outspoken champions for censorship and speech regulations.
…Clinton is the perfect personification of the goal to crate “A New World Order: Based on European Values”. It is American values that are a bit more of a challenge for a leader who called on the EU to use the Digital Services Act to censor Americans.
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Mar 18
I am in Berlin to speak at the World Forum. I am currently listening to the opening session at a conference pointedly named recently as “A New World Order: European Values”…
Bill and Hillary Clinton were just celebrated as leadership “truly made America great again.” When it comes to free speech, the Clintons certainly represent “European Values” on free speech…
…After Elon Musk bought Twitter and dismantled most of the company’s censorship program, Hillary Clinton turned to Europe and called upon them to use their Digital Services Act to force censorship against Americans…
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