Stay tuned for the indictment against Trump in Georgia after exciting leaks
On the eve of the expected issuance of a new indictment against former US President Donald Trump for allegedly attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, the media leaked Monday exciting details about the arrival of his eldest son, Donald Jr., to the state, in order to help his father win the “deadly battle” against The Democratic nominee, President Joe Biden, is also facing legal headaches over his son Hunter, who is accused of criminal wrongdoing in his business dealings.
These legal troubles come as the former and current presidents enter the midst of the presidential campaigns for the 2024 elections. Trump faces three indictments so far in New York, Florida, and Washington, D.C., and a fourth indictment is likely to be issued this week, most likely in Georgia.
Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney, Judge Fannie Willis (AP)
Following the leaks published in major newspapers, Trump was quick to use his social networking platform, Truth Social, to target Fulton County Prosecutor Fanny Willis, Georgia, who is preparing to issue her indictment on his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. “I understand from the illegal leaks to the bogus media that (…) Willis desperately wants to accuse me on absurd grounds of manipulating the 2020 presidential election,” he wrote in large letters. While he denied tampering, he accused his opponents of doing so, calling for their trial. He added that any indictment from Willis would amount to “election interference” in 2024.
Judge Willis’ investigation focuses on Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results in Georgia, including his phone call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and asking him to find thousands of votes for him to influence the outcome.
Donald Trump (AP)
However, newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal focused Monday on new leaks related to the role of Donald Trump Jr., who traveled to Atlanta two days after the 2020 elections, when it seemed that the presidential race was still close. Very, amidst the Republican Party’s preparations there to prepare for run-off elections that determine control of the Senate.
But Trump Jr. “exhorted them to focus on another task: helping his father win the state by proving that large-scale fraud distorted the results.” “Americans need to know this is not a banana republic,” he said, referring to the “tens of thousands of ballots” that “magically” appeared across the country in support of Democratic candidate Joe Biden. “If you don’t support my father 100 percent, we have a problem,” he told the audience.
At a subsequent press conference, Trump Jr. told his father’s supporters, who were chanting “Stop the Stealing” and “Scam!” A fraud.” “The number one thing Donald Trump can do in this election is fight every single one of these battles, to the death.”
Trump supporters in Florida (AP)
Investigators noted that in the same week, allies of President Trump distributed a videotape “falsely accusing an election worker in Georgia of throwing ballot papers, making her a direct target of harassment and threats,” and that White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, along with others, “began evaluating a plan for how state legislatures would Like Georgia, by canceling the will of the electorate. They emphasized that Trump and his allies “pressured in phone calls, speeches, tweets, and by appearing in the media in order to annul the results of the 2020 elections in six swing states, as the results announced that Joe Biden was the winner,” in “an attempt that culminated in the January 6, 2021 attack.” Against the Capitol, when Congress was in session to confirm the results.
Georgia is more dangerous
Although much of what happened in Georgia has emerged in leaked recordings, court proceedings and congressional testimony, the full story could emerge this week, when the Fulton County attorney general is widely expected to announce the indictment against Trump and those who supported his efforts there.
Trump has repeatedly denounced criminal investigations into his actions around the 2020 election and has continued to claim, including last week, that widespread fraud marred his loss. With regard to Georgia, Trump and his allies emphasized that they were following counsel’s advice, and that they enjoy protections under the First Amendment of the US Constitution, including for speaking out to demand investigations into voting irregularities that marred the 2020 election.
Trump is currently facing three indictments issued this year, the latest in a federal case led by Special Counsel appointed by the Department of Justice Jack Smith on charges also related to election interference. But the Georgia case could be the biggest legal challenge to Trump’s attempts to cling to power.
Investigators have told about 20 people they may face charges. It could also prove to be the most enduring issue, since Trump could try to pardon himself for condemning federalism if he is re-elected. Presidents, however, cannot pardon themselves for the crimes of the States. Perhaps most importantly, the Georgia case is a reminder of the extraordinary lengths Trump and his allies have traveled to pressure local officials to overturn the election, in what the New York Times described as “a close-up of the test of American democracy so far.”
Biden and his son Hunter in a photo from last February (AFP)
In contrast, defense attorneys for Hunter Biden accused prosecutors of reneging on a plea deal that would have resolved the tax and firearms case against the president’s son.
This came after federal prosecutors in Delaware confirmed that Hunter Biden may be heading to a criminal trial after plea negotiations collapsed, knowing that the agreement included Hunter Biden pleading guilty to not paying income taxes of $ 1.5 million between 2017 and 2018. He entered into a separate deferred prosecution agreement for illegal possession of a firearm while on drugs, which is a crime in the United States. This issue became political after Republicans in Congress raised the possibility of suing Biden over his son’s business dealings and accused the Department of Justice of granting him a “favoritism deal.”
US Attorney General Merrick Garland denied the Republicans’ accusations. Last week, he decided to upgrade Delaware Attorney General David Weiss, who has been investigating the case since 2019, to the status of special counsel, giving him additional powers.
If the case goes to trial, President Biden will run for re-election in November 2024 under it.
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2023-08-15 13:24:39
