People have just been talking about the Manhattan DA’s Trump case…
Trump’s lawyer’s are not….
Donald Trump’s attorneys have met in person with Georgia prosecutors who are considering possible criminal charges against the former president for calling the state’s top election official and demanding he “find” more votes, Rachel Maddow reported on her program Monday.
Prosecutors have spent months investigating the bombshell phone callbetween Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) that was made on Jan. 2, 2021.
“All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes,” Trump said in the call,which was recorded by Raffensperger.
“There’s nothing wrong with saying, you know, that you’ve recalculated,” Trump added.
Maddow reported no details of the talks between Trump lawyers and prosecutors. She pointed out that the probe is the only known criminal investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn his election defeat.
Raffensperger released the recording to the press after Trump falsely claimed in a tweet that the secretary of state “didn’t have a clue” about election issues….
But it is a mistake to ignore the critical role that others play in upholding the rule of law and deterring future coups.
The Associated Press reports: “The prosecutor weighing whether Donald Trump and others committed crimes by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential election victory said a decision on whether to bring charges could come as early as the first half of this year.” Fani Willis, district attorney for Fulton County, Ga., says she is “making solid progress, and she’s leaning toward asking for a special grand jury with subpoena power to aid the investigation.”….
Breaking….
Forget all the other legal cases against Donald Trump……
Down in Georgia an effort to stonewall a probe of Trump’s action is now going to a criminal grand jury…..
1. I already mentioned this today on here and “broke” the news
2. It appears to be some kind of “Special Grand Jury” and not a criminal grand jury. It cannot indict anyone on it’s own. There are some legal differences.
Re-read the Hill piece….
It DOES NOT say no criminal charges can come from the ‘special’ session….
And here’s the 411 on this…..
A special grand jury is unique in that it focuses on just one investigation, and can be impaneled for a longer time than typical grand juries. Willis wrote that the special grand jury will have “an investigatory focus appropriate to the complexity of the facts and circumstances involved.”
She noted that it will not have the power to indict, but will be able to recommend criminal prosecutions “as it shall see fit.”….
More…
The publication assumes its readers are intelligent and can understand the complexity.
Any decision to charge Trump in Georgia will be made by the elected Fulton County States Attorney, not the Grand Jury.
I agree it will happen if she wants to do it.
AH? CG?
Sitting Grand Jury’s vote up charges that DA ask they review
The DA is the only lawyer in jury chamber ..
But it’s jury that votes to indict…..
Or sometime?
NOT to vote charges….
When Jack come along he’ll explain what he thinks…..
No, that is not the case here.
There will be no jury vote to indict.
You see, that every piece on this describes it as a “special” Grand Jury.
So, that can also mean “different” from your original assumption.
Lots of Grand Juries though simply make recommendations. This particular effort in Georgia seems to be about determining who might or might not be compelled to participate in the investigation.
Trump’s lawyers have been down there already,,,,,
Were they looking for a soul to steal?
Snort.
I did NOT say roe special would….
I did say the special can recomend the original indict
Well, see, now you are just contradicting what you said mere moments ago.
But that’s hardly the first time.
He, he, he……
Read the CBS piece with is more detailed……
The facts do not change.
Why is it so hard to admit that sometimes you need help?
Cause when I’m wrong I DO admit
But when I’m Right,,,
I put my teeth in and don’t let Go…..
You are not right on this. Protect your dentures at all costs.
James should hope his employer provides good dental insurance in this case.
With the little legal knowledge I have (an Associate’s in Criminal Justice & Paralegal Studies), and not knowing the specifics of Georgia’s criminal code and code of criminal procedure, let me say that a prosecutor (which Jack has been at times) can usually prefer felony charges in one of two ways:
(1) by presenting an indictment to a grand jury, which can vote (or not vote) a true bill of indictment, or
(2) by preferring a criminal information, and then showing a court (as in many Perry Mason episodes) with enough testimony (rebuttable by defense attorneys) to show probable cause to try the case.
¶ And there’s absolutely NO NEED for anyone to prove how rightly or wrongly anyone else here has behaved : there’s enough room to argue the points and the facts without exploring or impugning anyone else’s possible personal faults (as opposed to errors). I come here to read about politics and public affairs, not this decades-long bloody soap opera psychodrama. Don’t get defensive and answer back, because I don’t have time to read replies about (mis)behaviour as opposed to the substance. For example, I won’t take personal offence at someone correcting or trying to correct what I wrote above prosecutions (not all of which may be accurate or precise). Rant is over; don’t respond.