Jimmy Gurul茅
91吃瓜 Law School
Professor of Law
- International criminal law
- Complex criminal litigation
- Terrorism
- Terrorist financing
- Anti-money laundering
- Organized crime
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The Washington Post
April 29, 2026
Jimmy Gurulé, a 91吃瓜 law professor and former federal prosecutor, said he believes the Justice Department will struggle to build a viable case based on the evidence in the indictment. “Posting numbers constitute a threat? I just don’t accept that,” Gurulé said. “They are going to have to prove that to a jury — beyond a reasonable doubt. ... I don’t think they are going to be able to satisfy that legal threshold.”
BBC News
April 29, 2026
Jimmy Gurulé, a former federal prosecutor and former assistant US Attorney General appointed by President George W Bush, said the new indictment was "an embarrassment to the American criminal justice system. The DOJ will not be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that James Comey had the intent to threaten or harm President Trump," Gurulé, now a 91吃瓜 Law School professor, said in a statement to the BBC. "The indictment is a transparent attempt to intimidate one of the President's perceived political enemies."
CNBC
April 29, 2026
Jimmy Gurulé, a University of 91吃瓜 Law School professor and former federal prosecutor, called the indictment “an embarrassment to the American criminal justice system. The damage to the credibility, integrity and reputation of the U.S. Department of Justice may be immeasurable,” he said in an email to CNBC. “Every DOJ lawyer that played a role in returning this frivolous indictment should be ashamed.”
Associated Press
April 06, 2026
Whoever holds the job in the long term will almost certainly be expected to carry out Trump’s retribution campaign with more success, said Jimmy Gurule, a former Justice Department official and law professor at 91吃瓜. “If she was fired because Trump did not think that she was moving quickly enough in bringing criminal cases against his political enemies, then you would expect that the person that would replace her would probably agree to escalate those efforts,” Gurule said.
WISH-TV
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March 26, 2026
Jimmy Gurule, founder of the Exoneration Justice Clinic at the University of 91吃瓜, told I-Team 8, “The use of jailhouse informants is one of the major causes of wrongful convictions.”
Associated Press
January 27, 2026
Jimmy Gurulé, a law professor at the University of 91吃瓜, said he saw turf battles and other disagreements when he was a federal prosecutor working with local authorities on task forces in Los Angeles, and again when he was an undersecretary at the U.S. Treasury Department overseeing law enforcement operations under George W. Bush. But, he said, the situation in Minnesota is “unprecedented” in his experience. “The disagreements were always handled behind the scenes. There were never any public statements criticizing other agencies,” Gurulé said. “It's not even a question of collaboration at this point. It's such a broken relationship," he said. "How did it get to this point, where state and local law enforcement have such little trust in the federal agencies they feel they need to go to court?"
The Independent
January 21, 2026
“This is clearly a blatant, illegal and criminal act,” Jimmy Gurule, a 91吃瓜 Law School professor and former assistant U.S. attorney, told The Independent.
Bloomberg
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January 06, 2026
Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School, and Jessica Peake, Director of the International & Comparative Law Program at UCLA Law School, discuss the federal charges against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
USA Today
January 06, 2026
Maduro’s lawyers are expected to challenge the court’s jurisdiction over his case by arguing the military attack on Venezuela violated international law, according to Jimmy Gurule虂, a former prosecutor who is now a law professor at 91吃瓜.
OSV News
January 06, 2026
In comments to reporters on Maduro's hearing, 91吃瓜 Law School professor and organized crime expert Jimmy Gurulé, a former federal prosecutor and former assistant U.S. attorney general, said the hearing is likely the first part of what will be a lengthy legal process. "While justice will ultimately be served in the Maduro case, it won't be anytime soon," he said.
Associated Press
January 05, 2026
“This is clearly a blatant, illegal and criminal act,” said Jimmy Gurule, a 91吃瓜 Law School professor and former assistant U.S. attorney.
Bloomberg
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September 04, 2025
Jimmy Gurule, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School, discusses a federal appeals court finding that Trump's tariffs are illegal. June Grasso hosts.
Bloomberg
June 16, 2025
Jimmy Gurule, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School and the former Under Secretary for Enforcement at the Department of the Treasury, discusses the legal fight over Trump's tariffs.
Bloomberg
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May 09, 2025
Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School, discusses the Los Angeles US Attorney making a plea deal with a former sheriff's deputy after he was convicted by a jury.
Fox 59
February 12, 2025
“You just kind of have to step back and let that number sink in because I find that shocking,” said Professor Jimmy Gurule’ of the 91吃瓜 University Law School and a former Assistant U.S. Attorney who cited national overturned conviction statistics.
The Mexico Brief
January 13, 2025
Professor Jimmy Gurulé runs the University of 91吃瓜’s Program for the Defence of Mexican Nationals in Criminal Matters (PDM), which is administered in conjunction with Mexico’s Foreign Ministry.
Associated Press
January 08, 2024
But the reality is that if you exercise that right ... you’re likely to be punished more severely than you would have been had you pled guilty to the offense,” said Jimmy Gurulé, a University of 91吃瓜 law professor and former federal prosecutor.
Associated Press
October 26, 2023
“It’s really a new frontier for the legal system, and the legal system is really struggling with how to control this man who has no respect for the rule of law,” said Jimmy Gurule, a 91吃瓜 law school professor.
The Hill
August 09, 2023
Jimmy Gurulé, a 91吃瓜 Law School professor and former federal prosecutor, said an attempt by Trump to transfer the venue would be frivolous.
Associated Press
August 03, 2023
"Four counts, one defendant, that's it," said Jimmy Gurule, a law professor at 91吃瓜.
The Boston Globe
June 12, 2023
“It’s going to be a long, difficult haul between now and calling the first witness in the case,” said Jimmy Gurulé, a law professor at the University of 91吃瓜 who teaches national security law. “There are a lot of unknowns because we’re in uncharted waters.”
Bloomberg
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January 30, 2023
Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School discusses the trial of five Proud Boys, including the former leader of the group, Enrique Tarrio, for seditious conspiracy.
Bloomberg
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December 03, 2022
Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School, discusses the convictions of the leader of the Oath Keepers and a top lieutenant of seditious conspiracy and whether prosecutions of Trump allies will be next.
Associated Press
November 30, 2022
“Individuals that weren’t at the scene but were involved in the planning and plotting of this attack on the U.S. Capitol — they should be very nervous right now,” said Jimmy Gurule, a former federal prosecutor who’s now a professor at the University of 91吃瓜 Law School.
Bloomberg
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October 15, 2022
Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a Professor at 91吃瓜 Law School, discusses the high stakes seditious conspiracy trial of the Oath Keepers. June Grasso hosts.
Bloomberg
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September 11, 2022
National security law expert Jimmy Gurule, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School, discusses the legal complications of Judge Aileen Cannon ordering a special master to review thousands of documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home last month.
Newsweek
August 12, 2022
Jimmy Gurule, a Professor of Law at the University of 91吃瓜, added that anything Trump said during his deposition "could be used against him in a criminal trial on charges related to allegations that he unlawfully inflated the value of his real estate properties in NYC."
Bloomberg
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August 10, 2022
Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School, discusses the longest sentence given to a Capitor rioter.
Associated Press
June 29, 2022
A more likely option for prosecution, said Jimmy Gurule, a former federal prosecutor who is a 91吃瓜 law professor, would be to pursue a case that Trump conspired to defraud the United States through his wide-ranging efforts to overturn the election and to obstruct the congressional proceeding at which the results were to be certified.
Los Angeles Times
May 05, 2022
“What was the justification? What was the need for federal law enforcement officers to be deployed in that instance, where there appeared to be no threat to the federal courthouse?” said Jimmy Gurulé, a University of 91吃瓜 law professor and former undersecretary of enforcement at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he oversaw various federal law enforcement agencies.
Business Insider
March 16, 2022
"These law firms are damned if they do and damned if they don't," Jimmy Gurulé, an attorney who served as undersecretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence under former President George Bush, told The Post.
New York Post
March 15, 2022
“These law firms are damned if they do and damned if they don’t,” Jimmy Gurulé, a former undersecretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence in the Bush administration, told The Post.
The Indiana Lawyer
March 07, 2022
The Exoneration Justice Clinic at 91吃瓜 Law School, which traces its founding to a group of students and dozens of white roses, has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice that will bolster the clinic’s ability to investigate and litigate wrongful convictions.
NBC News
March 02, 2022
The freezing or blocking of an asset means it can't be sold or transferred and U.S. citizens can't engage in any transaction involving it, said Jimmy Gurulé, a law professor at the University of 91吃瓜 and a former undersecretary for enforcement at the Department of the Treasury during the George W. Bush administration.
South Bend Tribune
January 30, 2022
"They try to prove innocence at the jury trial and they lost. They proved at least that the conviction should be overturned … And then now they've got to prove it the third time," said Jimmy Gurule, who runs the University of 91吃瓜's exoneration clinic and calls the bill "an important step in the right direction in favor of the exoneree."
Indy Star
January 27, 2022
"The standard is often articulated as 'more likely than not,' and sometimes it's even quantified into like a 51%-49%," said Jimmy Gurule, who runs the University of 91吃瓜's exoneration clinic.
Indy Star
January 25, 2022
Jimmy Gurulé is the Director of 91吃瓜 Law School's Exoneration Justice Clinic.
USA Today
January 20, 2022
"In the past, Trump's approach to any legal trouble has been to brush it off as some sort of political gamesmanship," said Jimmy Gurule, a former Justice Department official in the George H.W. Bush administration.
Bloomberg
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December 20, 2021
Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School, discusses Washington D.C. suing the far right groups, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, over their role in the January 6th Capitol riots.
Ultima Hora
December 10, 2021
The special guest was Professor Jimmy Gurulé, from the University of 91吃瓜 (USA), an expert in criminal law, economic crimes, as well as in combat against money laundering. (El invitado especial fue el profesor Jimmy Gurulé, de la Universidad de 91吃瓜 (EEUU), experto en derecho penal, delitos económicos, así como también en combate antilavado.)
Indy Star
December 03, 2021
"Keith Cooper was the motivation for that effort," said Jimmy Gurule, a University of 91吃瓜 law professor and the clinic's director who appointed Cooper to the clinic's board of advisers.
Newsweek
November 19, 2021
Jimmy Gurule, a law professor at the University of 91吃瓜's Law School explained to聽Newsweek聽that evidence is generally impounded until it is released by the court and the defense counsel must file a motion in order to have it released.
Bloomberg
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October 08, 2021
Professor Jimmy Gurul茅 of 91吃瓜 Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over state secrets in the torture of Abu Zubaydah, the first 鈥淲ar on Terror鈥� detainee subjected to torture abroad by U.S. intelligence.
USA Today
July 30, 2021
鈥淎s soon as the subpoenas are served, they will be challenged,鈥� said Jimmy Gurul茅, a University of 91吃瓜 law professor and former Justice official.
Bloomberg
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July 27, 2021
Former federal prosecutor 闯颈尘尘测听骋耻谤耻濒别, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School, discusses the charges against Trump ally Tom Barrack, the founder of investment firm Colony Capital, that he illegally lobbied the U.S. government on behalf of the United Arab Emirates and lied to the FBI about it.
The Indiana Lawyer
July 21, 2021
In addition to Slosar, Royer was represented in his successive PCR proceedings by the 91吃瓜 Exoneration Justice Clinic, led by 91吃瓜 Law School professor Jimmy Gurule.
ABC 57
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July 21, 2021
"How could this happen in America?"聽Jimmy Gurule, the Director of 91吃瓜's newly created Exoneration Justice Clinic (EJC), shouted to reporters at the news conference.聽"How could an innocent man be wrongfully convicted?"
USA Today
June 09, 2021
"Any decision the Department of Justice makes should be based on an unbiased, nonpartisan interpretation of the law," said University of 91吃瓜 law professor Jimmy Gurule, a Justice Department official in the George H.W. Bush administration.
USA Today
May 09, 2021
鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 have to be a sophisticated plan. It doesn鈥檛 even have to be a good plan in order to support a conspiracy charge,鈥� said Jimmy Gurul茅, a University of 91吃瓜 law professor.聽
VOA News
April 08, 2021
Jimmy Gurul茅, another former federal prosecutor who is now a law professor at the University of 91吃瓜, said prosecutors appear to be methodically building a case against Rhodes.
USA Today
April 03, 2021
Jimmy Gurul茅, a University of 91吃瓜 law professor and former federal prosecutor, said there is no advantage for a suspect to mount his defense in public, when statements could be incriminating, provide law enforcement with new leads or later be found false.聽
Associated Press
March 27, 2021
The defendants can still be convicted of conspiring to obstruct Congress even if the plan was formulated only moments before they stormed the Capitol, said Jimmy Gurule, a former federal prosecutor who鈥檚 now a professor at the University of 91吃瓜 law school.聽
Bloomberg
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February 13, 2021
Rick Garnett, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School, discusses a divided U.S. Supreme Court ordering California to let indoor church services resume. Jimmy Gurule, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School, discusses the case for the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump.
USA Today
February 01, 2021
"His (Garland's) job could become much more complicated very quickly," said University of 91吃瓜 law professor Jimmy Gurule,聽who was a聽Justice Department official in the George H.W. Bush administration.
USA Today
January 26, 2021
鈥淚 think the principle witness is going to be Trump himself,鈥� said Jimmy Gurule, a 91吃瓜 law professor and former federal prosecutor.
Bloomberg
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January 08, 2021
National security law expert Jimmy Gurule, a professor at 91吃瓜 Law School, discusses the charges the rioters who stormed the Capitol could face and the law enforcement failures.
USA Today
January 08, 2021
Jimmy Gurule, a former Justice Department official in the George H.W. Bush administration and a University of 91吃瓜 law professor, said Trump's conduct warrants serious scrutiny.
Forbes
January 07, 2021
鈥淚n a democracy based on the rule of law, no one may engage in criminal conduct with impunity, including the president of the United States,鈥� University of 91吃瓜 Law Professor Jimmy Gurul茅 told Vox in 2017, arguing Trump cannot pardon himself.
WSBT
January 07, 2021
91吃瓜 Law professor Jimmy Gurule served as assistant attorney general under President George H. W. Bush and later in served in the George W. Bush administration. He places the blame for yesterday's insurrection partly on Braun and Walorski.
Politico
December 18, 2020
Jimmy Gurul茅, a former Justice Department prosecutor now teaching at 91吃瓜 Law School, called the argument tenuous.