In 15 Round fight with the law, don't bet the house on Trump

[Tanuki]

https://verdict.justia.com/2022/02/03/in-15-round-fight-with-the-rule-of-law-dont-bet-the-house-on-donald-trump

"Donald Trump is toe-to-toe with the law like he’s never been. On February 1, both Fani Willis, Fulton County’s elected district attorney, and the serious investigators for the House Select Committee probing January 6 punched back. Trump’s January 29 Texas rally speech had included trash-talking those who would hold him to account.

Trump labeled the prosecutors who are closing in on him in Atlanta and New York “racists” and called for “massive rallies” against them. I can say, as a former prosecutor who has been threatened, that will energize them.

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Soliciting election fraud is a crime in Georgia, and tapes are among the strongest evidence that prosecutors can produce.

Significantly, Willis is not limited to prosecuting Trump for interfering with Georgia’s election officials. A future indictment could combine the felonious phone call with another plot – the Trump campaign’s having solicited Georgia Republicans to submit  bogus Republican electoral slates falsely claiming to Congress that the Trump electors on the fake certificates were “duly appointed.” The DOJ, too, is investigating that scheme, which signals an expansion of its probe beyond January 6 itself.

In a Georgia indictment, Willis could potentially bundle that plot and the Raffensperger call with other Trump overturn-the-election schemes, alleging a “criminal enterprise” that violated Georgia’s racketeering statute, which allows use of federal violations. A Georgia racketeering conviction is punishable by 5-20 years in prison.

Small wonder that a preoccupied Donald Trump might have dropped his guard in Texas, thinking he could afford a risk and invite prosecutors to take their best shot. Fani Willis has the evidence and the law for an Atlanta jury to make it a knockout.

[brer cat]

1. I want the DOJ on his a$$

but I would love for Fani Willis to draw first blood. A strong Black woman convicting him using his own words would be so sweet.

[Dan]

3. Plus, the GOP if it takes the presidency in the future, cannot pardon his ass on State Charges.

[brer cat]

8. Good point.

[Mr.Bill]

2. At the very least,

I hope he winds up not being able to leave Florida. DeSantis will protect him from extradition.

[Dan]

4. What I like about Florida is that

Trump has claimed that Mar-a-largo is not his home, but he’s just an employee.

So, if there is some justice, he will lose that piece of property.

[monkeyman1]

5. his secret service detail will be ordered to bring him in !! no muss ,no fuss !!!

their a federal law enforcement agency !! he's screwed every which way !!

[Mr.Bill]

6. I hope it would work that way,

but there is no precedent. I also wonder what the SS would do if he was in prison.

[monkeyman1]

7. o'ya there is ! trump get's 1 felony, loses all federal perk's & pension !

[NanananaFatman]

9. Likely not.

It will come down to a jury and with enough Russian money those can be stuffed, corrupted, or threatened into custody forming.

Even if it goes to trial he will skate.

[Poiuyt]

10. You're right -- no jury will convict him

There will almost certainly be a few MAGAts on any jury. They're not about to convict their god, no matter what the evidence shows.

[NanananaFatman]

15. Yup.

And they lie like rugs, so you know they will lie to get on that jury then act to fuck it up and deny justice.

[DLCWIdem]

16. Voir dire? Jury selection?

[calimary]

11. K&R

[BlueWavePsych]

12. The cover graphic says it all :)

[Stuart G]

13. iT will take time..but Trump will go down. One way or another. Donald Trump will be convicted.

...Trump may NOT go to jail, but the convictions will come for one reason only: "Trump broke the laws"

...........There is no more to say, it is that simple..

[Initech]

14. It's definitely a tricky line to walk with a party that has declared themselves above the law.