Trump GA Indictment (1 Viewer)

[MT15]

I may be jumping the gun, but I thought we should probably keep the 3 major indictments in their separate threads.

And this Tweet reminded me that it looks like Monday could be the day.

 

[MT15]

 

[zztop]

^ how republicans view him ^ how democrats view him ^

 

[Neworleansfan]

328lbs. Probably 6ft and 3rd quarter tall?

 

[LA - L.A.]

I based mine on one of my grandfathers. Trump seems to be about the same height, skeletal frame and overall body dimensions as my grandfather was when he died. My grandfather was 6' 2.5" inches and weighed 356. I knocked a half inch of the height and added 4 pounds, because eff Trump.

 

[MT15]

 

[UriUT]

yeah these cowards didn't even show up to the courthouse to protest what they believe is an "injustice". Yet they're keyboard warriors by posting the names and addresses of the grand jury. This is an obvious intimidation tactic for future jurors.

Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online

A fringe website featured the purported names and addresses of the Fulton County grand jury that indicted Trump and 18 other people for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

Since his entry onto the American political stage in 2015, former president Donald Trump has managed to avoid serious consequences from most investigations into his conduct through the loyalty of his close associates and by deploying the power of the office he held from 2017 to 2021.

Even as he faces four criminal cases against him, Mr Trump’s continued campaigning for the presidency in next year’s general election has allowed his confidantes to credibly hold out the possibility that a win over President Joe Biden next year would allow him to deep-six at least the two cases currently being prosecuted against him by Special Counsel Jack Smith.

And in the case pending against him in a New York court, he managed to avoid charges more serious than those he faces for allegedly falsifying business records thanks to the loyalty of his company’s executives, including a longtime aide who served a jail sentence rather than give evidence against him.

But many legal experts believe the 40-count indictment brought against Mr Trump and 18 co-defendants by Fulton County, GeorgiaDistrict Attorney Fani Willis will push his co-defendants, some who have been among his closest allies, beyond their breaking points and force them to turn on the ex-president rather than face the wrath of a Georgia jury.

The list of targets who Ms Willis is now prosecuting includes some of the twice-impeached, indicted-four-times-over ex-president’s most high-profile confederates, including his former personal attorney, ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who faces 12 separate felony charges as a result of his work to help Mr Trump push to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden……

Will the Georgia gang of 18 turn on Trump? Trumpworld hanging by a thread

The former president has long been able to rely on the loyalty of his underlings to help keep him out of trouble. But this time might be different, writes Andrew Feinberg

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Optimus Prime]

I’m going 6-1 280

 

[MT15]

Last one tonight - I will update in the morning.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

This thread has gone for a loop and I love it...

 

[Junebug]

I’m going to say 6’1” and 275 lbs

 

[GrandAdmiral]

CNN is interviewing a lawyer of some mob bosses that Giuliani convicted under RICO. To quote him (not verbatim), his clients are "forking thrilled" to see him with a RICO charge as well.

 

[Lapaz]

What can be done about jury intimidation? I can imagine jurists fearing for their and their family’s safety if they convict Trump. So on top of the potential jury nullification by some covert Trumpist, I think it is equally likely that some may fear prosecuting.

 

[dtc]

We need a prize pool for this.

$20 buy-in?

Make it a lotto for MAP lol.

Good for me 6.1 312

 

[MT15]

 

[Saintamaniac]

Last one tonight - I will update in the morning.

Speaking from experience, I can confidently say that Trump is 6ft 1.75in and 328 lbs.

 

[Maxp]

6'2" 265#
He is on Ozempic

 

[Optimus Prime]

After news broke on Monday night of Donald Trump’s indictment in Fulton county, Georgia, attention quickly turned to the possible spectacle of a trial unfolding on television as a former president attempts to rebut charges of racketeering and conspiracy over his efforts to overturn the results of an election.

But before the district attorney Fani Willis can have the opportunity to make her case against Trump with the cameras rolling, she must first clear a key procedural hurdle to keep the case in Fulton county. Trump’s legal team is expected to rely on a little known legal statute to argue the case should be moved to federal court, and that jurisdictional question could delay a trial for months. The stakes of that procedural fight will be high, as a conviction in Fulton county would leave Trump facing years of prison time with no clear pathway to a pardon.

Fulton county is already bracing for a media frenzy when Trump’s case goes to trial, which could happen in March 2024 if Willis gets her way. A Georgia trial could provide Americans with their sole opportunity to see one of the criminal cases against Trump play out in real time, as state law generally requires cameras to be permitted inside courtrooms to cover judicial proceedings. That policy, a stark contrast to rules for federal courtrooms – unless Trump succeeds at moving the case by invoking the federal officer removal statute.

The statute allows a federal official to have a state case moved to federal court if the matter of concern is “for or relating to any act under color of such office”. Trump’s legal team is expected to argue that, as he attempted to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in Georgia, he was acting in his official capacity as president, and thus the case is a federal issue.

Some of Trump’s 18 codefendants in the Fulton case may attempt to make the same argument, as the statute also covers “any person acting under” a federal officer. Trump’s former White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, filed a motion on Tuesday to have his case moved to federal court based on this legal doctrine.

A federal judge will be called upon to determine whether Trump’s case will remain in state court. If a judge rules in Trump’s favor, the case would move out of Fulton county, killing the possibility of a televised trial and significantly altering the legal stakes for the former president................

Why is Trump desperate to move the Georgia trial to federal court?

Ex-president faces years of prison if convicted in Fulton county, but if case is moved to federal court it might result in dismissal of charges

www.theguardian.com