Unexpected Turns in Trump Election Cases Raise Questions About Their Durability

The New York Times ^ | Nov. 19, 2024, 3:26 p.m. ET | Danny Hakim

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Canceled oral arguments in one case and a judge’s recusal in another have added to questions about the future of four state cases against Donald J. Trump and his allies.

Election interference cases against President-elect Donald J. Trump and his allies are moving forward in Georgia and Arizona, but recent complications in each case have fueled speculation about whether the prosecutions are in more fragile shape than they were before Mr. Trump won the election.

While nobody expects Mr. Trump himself to be tried while he is in office, dozens of his former aides and allies are still being prosecuted in at least four states. Some of the most prominent Trump associates, including Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s former personal lawyer, and Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, are facing charges in both Georgia and Arizona; Georgia is the only state in which Mr. Trump has been indicted.

But the cases are a long way from trial. This week, the Georgia Court of Appeals abruptly canceled oral arguments on whether the prosecutor leading the case in that state, Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, should be disqualified. A lower court judge had ruled against the defense’s effort to disqualify Ms. Willis, stemming from revelations that she had a romantic relationship with the outside lawyer her office hired to run the Trump prosecution.

The oral arguments had been scheduled for Dec. 5. The court offered no explanation for the move.

The appeals court clerk said in an interview on Tuesday that the cancellation would most likely not affect the mid-March deadline by which the court has to rule on the disqualification matter. While the judges have not said what drove their decision to call off oral arguments, the clerk said it might just signal...

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[Dave911]

They aren’t durable because they we all lies from the start.

[Qwapisking]

NOT dropping each and every case against President Donald J Trump constitutes not just malfeasance but also felony Election interference. keep pushing but at some point the Train which cannot be stopped is coming through your station and you have to ask yourself one Question...do YOU feel lucky? well do you...punk?

[Liz]

This cannot be emphasized enough. Democrats’ debt-ridden $1 billion collapse, up close.
<><>Dems lost the White House, the House, the Senate and the popular vote.
<><>Dems were rejected coast to coast,
<><>Republicans won majorities in 31 out of 50 states
<><>Trump’s biggest victories: Wy (72.3%), WVa (70.1%), N/Dk (67.5%), Idaho (66.8%), Ok (66.1%).
<><>Ohio Sen Sherrod Brown, working-class champion, was toppled by a Republican
<><>Biden’s party is increasingly dominated by elite voters.
<><>Pa Democrat Sen Bob Casey lost, but refuses to concede,
<><>Trump Won More Black Voters Than Any Republican in 48 Years—
<><>Trump won 101 Chicago precincts-—home to high numbers of city workers,
<><>Trump won 22% of the Chicago vote-—increased from 2020’s 16%
<><>Pelosi’s own deep-blue S/Francisco base saw a 7-point swing to Trump.
<><>President Trump won 312 of 538 electoral votes, including all seven battleground states.
<><>Republicans lead the popular vote by some 4 million votes.

[Recompennation]

I would hope that a new justice department would focus on the correct issues ‘left sided’ crimes of the election , fraud and theft as it should have been all along.

[kiryandil]

but at some point the Train which cannot be stopped is coming through your station

WWRD? [What Would Rip Do?]

[Steely Tom]

It's very unusual for anything to "raise questions" about things the MSM-Democrats are pursuing.

[TonyinLA]

Non-existence of evidence and higher court clarification of law that the acts claimed don’t amount to a crime are not “twists and turns” of a case.