Trump indictment would ‘bulldoze’ the First Amendment if it succeeds: Turley

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Constitutional law professor and Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley says the Trump indictment threatens to destroy the First Amendment.

Jack Smith, special counsel, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.

Turley also warned that successfully charging Trump in this way sets up the"dangerous" precedent of giving the government the power to determine what’s true and what isn’t. In this courtroom sketch from federal court in Washington, Aug. 3, 2023, former President Donald Trump sits between his attorneys, Todd Blanche and John Lauro, as he faces charges before Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya that he orchestrated a plot to overturn his 2020 election loss." with trying to"criminalize lies" in this way. He said a 2012 Supreme Court case, United States v.

 

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