Why Donald Trump is in "significant legal jeopardy" with Georgia indictment

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-georiga-indicated-fani-willis-1819562

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Darus214@lemm.ee · 83 pts · 3y (8 replies)

I'll breathe a sigh of relief once he's in jail. Before then, he's a criminal walking around with no justice. How many times is he going to get away with the law?

Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 3y

Exactly seen this basic title for Trump for years. Why "incert crime here" will doom Trump yet nothing happens to him.

HurlingDurling@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 3y

Once he's in jail, AND disqualified from running on any civil position of any level

athos77@kbin.social · 10 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Plus it's Georgia. What are the chances there isn't one Fox-addict on the jury?

aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y

I mean, the jury selection selection process is supposed to weed out anyone who is obviously biased in any direction.

Also—and I realize this undermines my first point—Fulton County is one of the most reliably Democratic counties in the country.

jdsquared@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Because it's Fulton county. That makes a huge difference.

grue@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

I hope this doesn't make me regret opposing Milton County.

kimchi_boy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Oh how I’d love to see him in jail, but I just can’t see this happening to a former US president. I’d imagine house arrest at a maximum, unfortunately.

afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

It's a bit nuts how untouchable we have made this position be. I read that even George Washington noticed it out and tried to reign it in. Maybe if there was a way to get rid of presidents based on no confidence or something it wouldn't have morphed into what it is now.

manicvelocity@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 3y (1 reply)
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SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net · 1 pts · 3y

Ya, sadly he has a way of getting out of things he shouldn't.

Gingerlegs@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 3y (2 replies)
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ares35@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

the gas and the stench, though. omg, you trying to kill everyone and everything within 1000 miles?

grue@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

As an Atlanta resident, I'm willing to take the risk.

BoobiesUnite@kbin.social · 8 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Question - I saw someone leaked the charges. could this impact the trial at all? like, could he claim it was improper and therefore get the whole thing thrown out?
I am honestly asking because I am not good at understanding the law lol

atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

He can, and will, claim all sorts of shit.

But no - the courts wouldn't just "throw everything out" over that.

BoobiesUnite@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

this is a relief haha.

MagicShel@programming.dev · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I'm not a lawyer so take this with a big grain of salt, but the charges get read at the beginning of the trial so it's not much of a spoiler. It's hard to imagine this would have an appreciable impact.

BoobiesUnite@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

ohhh okay so thats how it works.

thanks! im not a lawyer either (obviously LOL) but this makes sense. I can still see the orange turd make a stink out of it though

theodewere@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y

i love watching him try to hang onto the inside of the bowl, as he is slowly swirling down