Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis asked a judge on Wednesday to take steps to protect jurors who indicted former President Trump and over a dozen of his allies for their alleged attempts to flip Georgia’s election results in 2020.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I’ve an idea.

    how about they, you know… charge trump with witness tampering, and slap some rico charges on the idiots who doxxed them, too. (also provide protection because his followers are zealots who will do anything for the Orange Turd)

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    2 years ago

    Wouldn’t moving his case to a federal court also mean if he’s found guilty he could be pardoned later? 🧐

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      2 years ago

      IANAL, but my understanding it’s still state charges and possible conviction. Moving it to federal just changes the venue which changes the jury pool which doesn’t benefit him that much. Could delay the trial though. Which we know is his Hail Mary.

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        Another part of it is that it won’t be televised in Federal Court, but it will be in Georgia state court. I think it scares him that all the evidence against him will be shown live and hard to ignore.