Mark Meadows and Jeffrey Clark had both pleaded with the judge to prohibit District Attorney Fani Willis from arresting them by a Friday deadline.
This makes me think they’re fully aware they’ll never get a pardon from Georgia.
which is why they want it moved to federal court in the first place. That, or they think the federal system will be more sympathetic or something.
Removing to federal court doesn’t change the pardon rules. The charges remain state charges. A trial in GA will be televised by default. Federal courts don’t allow cameras by default, but a federal judge may deem that the public interest is best served by televising it, and may make an exception. The difference in the jury pool is something, too.
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Presidents can’t pardon state cases.
Federal prosecutors may already have cut a deal with them (or with Meadows at least). They may feel that after attempting to murder American democracy, the deal they cut with the feds to betray their former allies and escape serious consequences needs to be sacrosanct and protect them, and that to do otherwise isn’t fair and ethical.
If I were a character in the ending to a Roald Dahl short story, I’d get close up to their face and say with a maniacal grin, “Look who’s talking! Look who’s talking!”
I could be wrong but I believe Ms. Willis remains the prosecutor even if it gets moved. So any deals they cut with federal prosecutors are irrelevant. It basically just means it won’t be on TV.
