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FYI: While holding a vote on an impeachment inquiry resolution can help clarify investigative powers & funding, Speaker McCarthy can UNILATERALLY launch a formal inquiry of President Biden, just like Speaker Pelosi skipped a vote on the 2019 impeachment inquiry of President Trump
1:17 PM · Aug 16, 2023
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If you believe Democrat prosecutors, Trump went on the biggest white-collar/public corruption crime spree in US history –bigger than Jack Abramoff, Bernie Madoff, Ken Delay, Jeff Skilling, Bernie Ebbers, Dennis Kozlowski, Albert Fall, Spiro Agnew & Bill Clinton combined #Lawfare
1:12 PM · Aug 16, 2023
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The only things "Madam D.A." Fani Willis left out of her kitchen-sink indictment of Trump is removing the tags from his mattress, taking expired prescription drugs, and having overdue library books
10:52 AM · Aug 16, 2023
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NEW: Georgia state records show that Fulton County D.A. Fani Taifa Willis whose father was a member of the militant Black Panthers has contributed $6,424 to the Georgia Democratic Party and Democrat candidates
12:22 AM · Aug 15, 2023
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Here's the Fulton County court clerk Che Alexander who lied to media about the "fictitious" Trump indictment docket sheet … in fact, it was Alexander who personally created it and posted it on the official Fulton County court website …
10:46 PM · Aug 15, 2023
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Georgia grand jury indictment: what we know so far in Trump case
The grand jury in Fulton county court has issued an indictment accusing Donald Trump of efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss
Trump indictment – live updates
A grand jury in Georgia has issued an indictment accusing Donald Trump of efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Prosecutors brought 41 counts against Trump and his associates, including forgery and racketeering, which is used to target members of organized crime groups.
The defendants were indicted on charges of violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (Rico) Act. The act essentially allows prosecutors to link together different crimes committed by different people and bring criminal charges against a larger criminal enterprise. The law requires prosecutors to show the existence of a criminal enterprise that has committed at least two underlying crimes.
Prosecutors charged 18 people in addition to Trump, including Mark Meadows, Trump’s former White House chief of staff, and lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman.
Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis said that all 19 defendants would be tried at the same time and that she would be asking for a trial within the next six months.
Willis said she was “giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than Friday the 25th day of August at noon.” This is the normal procedure. Trump will (most likely) arrive, be processed, and will plead not guilty.
Asked about accusations that the charges are politically motivated, Willis said, “I make decisions in this office based on facts and the law”.
This is the fourth time that Trump has been indicted. But this case is different because Trump cannot interfere in the case, even if he is elected president in 2024, and cannot issue a pardon.
The Trump campaign has responded to the indictment, saying, “President Trump will continue to power through this unprecedented abuse of power”.
A news conference featuring district attorney Fani T Willis is expected to take place after the indictment is released.
The court briefly posted a document on its website earlier on Monday listing several felony charges against Trump, but quickly removed it without explanation. Willis’s office said at the time no charges had been filed and declined further comment.
Over the course of a two-year investigation, Willis has examined Trump’s alleged efforts to pressure state leaders to reverse his 11,000-vote loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the state and organise a slate of illegitimate electors to undermine the process of formalising Biden’s victory. She has also looked into an alleged attempt by Trump’s allies to manipulate voting equipment in rural Coffee county.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing and accuses Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis, an elected Democrat, of being politically motivated.
Trump, 77, has been criminally indicted three times so far this year, including once by US special counsel Jack Smith on charges of trying to overturn his election defeat. He has long dismissed the many investigations, including two impeachments, he has faced in his years in politics as a politically motivated “witch-hunt”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/15/donald-trump-georgia-grand-jury-indictment-what-for-why-details-case-trial-everything-you-need-to-know
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Abusing RICO enforcement could backfire on Dems: A 2nd Trump admin/ GOP admin could charge Willis, Bragg, Smith, Garland + Biden w/ conspiring to sideline Trump w/ vexatious prosecutions and other overt acts of racketeering. All their comms would be subject to subpoenas/warrants
10:32 PM · Aug 15, 2023
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BREAKING: Fani Willis Seeking Trump Trial One Day Before Super Tuesday Primaries
By ChrisAugust 16, 2023
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has proposed a trial date of March 4 in her case levying allegations against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants, as reported by CNBC. The charges revolve around so-called attempts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.
Court records also reveal that Willis is pushing for the formal arraignment of Trump and the co-defendants to take place in the week starting September 5. Prior to this, she had given an ultimatum of noon on August 25 for the accused parties to voluntarily submit to Georgia legal authorities.
However, Trump appears to be gearing up to challenge this schedule. Throughout his multiple legal proceedings, Trump’s legal team has repeatedly sought trial postponements, aiming for dates after the 2024 presidential elections.
Parallel to the Georgia situation, Alvin Bragg’s trial has also been scheduled for March 25. The timing of these trials, particularly the early March date for such a high-stakes case, has raised eyebrows in many circles.
Super Tuesday, a monumental day in the U.S. election cycle, occurs on March 5th, one day before the proposed trial date in Fulton County. The overlap of the events will make it extremely difficult for Trump.
On top of all this, Trump has another trial date set for January 2, where he faces allegations related to his January 6 trial. This particular lawsuit is also being steered by Smith’s team.
BREAKING: Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis is seeking for a March 4, 2024 trial date for Donald Trump, right in the middle of election season.
They are actively interfering in the 2024 election right in front of your eyes and they don't even care.
Earlier this week, Willis acted… pic.twitter.com/Q9T7ikLjNq
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 16, 2023
Many legal experts are skeptical of whether Trump could immediately receive a pardon if convicted on any of the counts in the Fulton County indictment alleging that he engaged in racketeering to overturn the 2020 election.
The Daily Caller cited Ronald Carlson, a professor at the University of Georgia School of Law, who remarked that “President Trump could only apply for a pardon if he were to be convicted only after he served five years in a Georgia penitentiary.”
The authority that grants pardons in Georgia is the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles which decrees that a defendant to be eligible for a pardon “must have completed all sentence(s) at least five (5) years prior to applying” and that the same defendant “cannot have any pending charges” against them.
This measure also rules out a preemptive pardon by the Board. The Board itself is comprised of 5 members appointed by the governor and consented to by the state Senate.
The Georgia Constitution, unlike the decree from the Board, does not have this 5-year provision in its text. Further, the state constitution does permit the Board to “parole any person who is age 62 or older.” Trump is older than 62 years of age. Not everyone agrees with the assessment that there is no one who can pardon Trump unless he first serves 5 years of his sentence.
Mark Levin argued that “President Trump can, in fact, pardon himself from the GA charges if he is elected president” and cited the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, which states that federal authority is greater than state authority, and the general silence in the Constitution over “whether a president can be indicted”.
https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/breaking-fani-willis-wants-trump-trial-to-begin-one-day-before-super-tuesday-primaries-mace
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