The differences between Donald Trump’s charge of conspiracy to reverse the results of Georgia’s 2020 election and the other three targeted by the former US president begin right at the moment he is due to present himself to authorities – this time it looks like there will be a police photo, span the entire televised trial and go all the way to the final sentencing and a harder-to-get pardon. For now, the favorite’s lawyers for the Republican nomination for the White House are trying to contain Trump by having him cancel a press conference to reveal a report on all the alleged fraud he believes went on in this state’s election. used to be.
“Instead of releasing the report on Monday on Georgia’s fraudulent and stolen 2020 presidential election, my lawyers prefer to place what I believe is irrefutable and overwhelming evidence of voter fraud and irregularities in formal legal documents as we fighting to dismiss this shameful accusation.”, he wrote on his social network.
Trump was indicted Monday by Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis on 13 charges, including violating the state’s racketeering law — typically used against organized crime. There are 18 other defendants in this case, the fourth case against him: he is also responsible for buying the silence of a former porn star in New York; for classified documents found in Mar-a-Lago, Florida; and for trying to interfere in confirming Joe Biden’s Jan. 6, 2021 victory in Washington.
In the Georgia case, Trump has until August 25 to voluntarily turn himself in to the county jail (and not in a courtroom or prosecutor’s office, as in other cases).. Local sheriff Pat Labat came out to say that until further notice, the former president will be treated like any other defendant. This means that your fingerprints will be taken and your photo will be entered in the police register for the first time. – in the three previous cases this did not happen. However, according to CNN, the defense will negotiate the possibility of Trump turning himself in to the district attorney’s office for security reasons.
The formal reading of the indictment (which in Georgia is a different procedure than identification) and whether or not to declare guilty can be done remotely in the week of September 5. If done in person, it will be the first time television cameras have been able to capture this moment. In federal courts cameras are not allowed and in New York court only photographs were allowed. Americans will be able to watch the entire trial live and hear firsthand arguments from both the prosecution and defense.
That is if Trump’s lawyers fail to move the case to a federal judge. The defense will argue that the crimes were committed while he was president and only federal courts can try him. This closes the doors to the chambers (and the trial could be in the middle of the campaign) and will also help later if there is a conviction. If you’re convicted in Georgia, getting a pardon is much more difficult because it depends on a specific committee (not the president – and Trump wants to go back to the White House – nor the governor).
But a lot of ink will flow there. Prosecutors have proposed March 4 — the eve of Super Tuesday (when more than a dozen primaries are held) — as the start of the trial. Something that lawyers have to challenge, just as they are want to delay the verdict in the Washington case. They suggest it doesn’t start until April 2026, long after the presidential election, when prosecutors want it to be in January.
The argument for the postponement relates to the amount of documents involved, with the defense claiming it would be necessary to analyze nearly a hundred thousand pages a day to be ready in time for the proposed date. For prosecutors, January 2 strikes “an appropriate balance between the accused’s right to prepare a defense and the strong public interest in a speedy trial.” Judge Tanya Chutkan will rule on August 28.
Days before, on the 23rd, it will be the first debate between Republican candidates on Fox, but Trump has no plans to participate – according to the New York Times will instead give an interview to Tucker Carlson, removed from conservative television. Or he could choose that very day to turn himself in in Georgia, to mark the news agenda.
Source: DN
