Posted on 08/15/2023 10:42:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
Legal scholar Jonathan Turley has overruled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over the charges against President Donald Trump and 18 others.
As Slay News reported earlier, a Georgia grand jury has indicted Trump, charging the 45th POTUS with felony racketeering and numerous conspiracy charges.
In addition to charging Trump, the grand jury returned an indictment on Monday of 18 other people as co-defendants.
The indictment mentions 30 unindicted “co-conspirators.”
Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School, blasted DA Willis over her get-Trump case.
“What’s concerning, particularly about this is that Willis didn’t really show any semblance of restraint,” Turley said on Fox News.
“She indicted everyone for everything she could think of.
“It is sort of the Jackson Pollock School of Prosecution.
“She threw it all against the canvas.
“And I think she is hoping that some of these other co-defendants will flip.
“I think partially she went with the RICO charge is because she’s quite familiar with it.
“This is a prosecutor who made her name bringing RICO state, RICO cases.
“Also, it allows for this type of overarching conspiracy.
“I mean, she is listing over 160 acts.
“They’re often phone calls, meetings, tweets.
“She just calls them all criminal.
“She says that they all were knowingly false.
“And with that broad brush, she’s able to indict everyone and bring in 19 people into that courtroom.
“That’s the benefit of using a racketeering approach,” Turley said.
“But it also increases the danger for the country in terms of how we will handle contested elections in the future.”
The full list of the indicted is below:
Donald Trump
Rudy Giuliani, Trump lawyer
Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff
John Eastman, Trump lawyer
Kenneth Chesebro, pro-Trump lawyer
Jeffrey Clark, top Justice Department official
Jenna Ellis, Trump campaign lawyer
Robert Cheeley, lawyer
Mike Roman, Trump campaign official
David Shafer, Georgia GOP chair
Shawn Still
Stephen Lee, pastor
Harrison Floyd, leader of Black Voices for Trump
Trevian Kutti, publicist
Sidney Powell, Trump campaign lawyer
Cathy Latham, tied to Coffee County breach
Scott Hall, tied to Coffee County election system breach
Misty Hampton, Coffee County elections supervisor
Ray Smith
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Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley · Follow
The scope of the alleged conspiracy is massive. Indeed, every call, speech, and tweet appears a criminal step in the conspiracy. District Attorney Fani Willis appears to have elected to charge everything and everyone and let God sort them out.
jonathanturley.org
“Oh Georgia, No Peace I Find”: The Fourth Indictment of Donald Trump and the Criminalization of...
Below is my column in The Messenger on the Georgia indictment. As expected, the indictment is a sweeping racketeering based prosecution involving former president Donald Trump and the 18 other …
5:50 AM · Aug 15, 2023
https://jonathanturley.org/2023/08/15/oh-georgia-no-peace-i-find-the-fourth-indictment-of-donald-trump-and-the-criminalization-of-election-controversies/
Trump's team needs to copy this before it gets disappeared!
Joe Biden brags about having “the most extensive and inclusive VOTER FRAUD organization” in history.
America: it was fun while it lasted
John Turley “overruled” Fani Willis, or simply did a
“fact check”? I don’t think Turley holds any actual authority over Willis. I wish he did.
Have I missed something here?
Editorial license.................
Jonathan Turley is a very astute legal scholar.
Fani Willis is a corrupt and stupid tool of the Democrat machine, who pretends to be a “district attorney”!
Exactly. Not overruled.
“It is sort of the Jackson Pollock School of Prosecution.”
“She threw it all against the canvas.”
LOL! Love it, perfect way of putting it!
Plus 75 million unindicted co-conspirators — Diehard Trump Supporters
““This is a prosecutor who made her name bringing RICO state, RICO cases.”
She is very familiar with RICO. She used it against both of her political opponents in her 2020 election.
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If we had any worthwhile republicans in congress they would stop all budgeting and legislation until these abuses are stopped. They should be screaming about nothing else. What are we hearing from them???
Zilch, nada, nothing
If we wait for them to do anything, we’ll still be waiting when Jesus comes back.
You’re right that the only answer to this is a display of force of our own, to dissuade the left from continuing on this course. But it’s going to have to come from the ground up, not from the useless GOP “leaders”.
Remember all this when it’s time for re-election, people.
In my little town, the entire town council went against the wishes of the citizens, save one lone member. Guess what? Each and every one except for the one who voted with us has now been voted out. 4 voted out and replaced with the subsequent election, one was re-elected.
Stop saying, oh, my guy is such a nice person. If they aren’t doing what you ask them to do, get rid of them! Vote them out, or they learn no lessons.
Rudy Giuliani, Trump lawyer
Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff
John Eastman, Trump lawyer
Kenneth Chesebro, pro-Trump lawyer
Jeffrey Clark, top Justice Department official
Jenna Ellis, Trump campaign lawyer
Robert Cheeley, lawyer
Mike Roman, Trump campaign official
David Shafer, Georgia GOP chair
Shawn Still
Stephen Lee, pastor
Harrison Floyd, leader of Black Voices for Trump
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Take note of this, and make a list of Dems. Lawyers, campaign people...
It comes around if it goes around.
So what? Just Joe being Joe, as they say.
In other breaking news, Brian Kemp reveals today that he has Presidential ambitions, now.
Willis threw something against the canvas & it wasn’t paint, more like what you find at a barnyard or pasture.
she is not a district attorney
Your statement, “And with that broad’s broad brush, she’s able to indict everyone and bring in 19 people into that courtroom.”
I can see it all now: 19 defendants with their lawyers..probably 2 each..in the courtroom at the same time. Can’t you envision each defendant and his lawyers being assigned a place in the courtroom. For example: defendant Fred Allen section A,seats 4,5,6. defendant Richard Roberts Section R seats 56,57 and 58.
Get your popcorn, beverage, take your seats and let the fun show begin.
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