Legal scholar and George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley published a blog post on Friday morning, explaining what comes next after former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts by a Manhattan jury, a verdict that pushed the American political and legal system into uncharted territory.
Turley, who was outside the Manhattan courthouse when the verdict was handed down on Thursday afternoon, wrote that Trump’s legal team will appeal, adding that he believes “convictions will be overturned.”
“Indeed, moments like this require us to take a leap of faith in a nation that remains committed to the rule of law. Manhattan is neither the entirety of the country nor the legal system. I believe that these convictions will be overturned, but it will take time,” Turley wrote. “Judge Merchan committed, in my view, layers of reversible error….
