“Won’t they be back in session after Labor Day anyway?”
No. Georgia’s next general session will not be until January.
Okay, so it will still be before at the trial, right? They could do it on day one if they wanted to. I mean I’m not familiar with all the processes involved with it in Georgia, but I don’t see it happening anyway. Kemp would look pretty foolish bringing back everyone for something that would fail.
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Fani Willis Fights for a Mass Trial As the Georgia Defendants Scatter
Turley’s column in The Messenger focuses on the early struggle of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to preserve her outlandish strategy of holding a mass 19-person trial over the 2020 election case involving former president Donald Trump.
Not only are defendants scattering, but some are seeking to go to federal court where the trial would not likely be televised, as the Georgia prosecutors reportedly want. The hearing on the removal gave a glimpse into the case. Regardless of the ruling of the court, it is likely to be appealed.
Willis appears in federal court in Atlanta today to fight for the ability to try her massive racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 18 other defendants in a state court in Fulton County, Ga. Trump’s final White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has filed to remove the case to federal court due to his prior federal office and duties. There are good arguments on both sides of the motion.
However, more is at stake for Willis than a change of courtrooms.
Willis used a sweeping racketeering theory to snare Trump and others in an alleged conspiracy that is the aggregation of more than 160 insular acts, ranging from tweets to speeches to specific actions. Some of these individuals face tough charges involving alleged access to voting machines and other specific crimes. However, Willis is trying to hold together a case to try them en masse and in state court. As her defendants try to scatter, Willis will be running between federal and state courts to herd them back into one collective trial.
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