Trump May Be Charged for Trying to Overthrow Election by End of the Month
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Former President Donald Trump could face his first charges for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election as early as this month.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis told the Associated Press that she expects to come to a decision on whether her office will charge the former president by June 30 for allegedly attempting to overthrow the results in Georgia.
"I certainly think that in the first half of the year that decision will be made," Willis said in January.
Willis has been investigating Trump's efforts to intervene in Georgia's 2020 election for more than 16 months. Trump lost the state by a narrow margin of 0.23 points.
Former President Donald Trump could face his first criminal charges as soon as the end of June. Trump speaks during the American Freedom Tour at the Austin Convention Center on May 14, 2022 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty
The district attorney has ramped up her investigation in recent months, interviewing more than four dozen people in the state and reportedly subpoenaing a number of state officials, including Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who recently won the GOP nomination for re-election despite Trump's efforts to replace him for failing to help him "find 11,780 votes."
Earlier this year, Willis was granted approval for a special grand jury and has requested backup security from the FBI amid her investigation, citing the January 6 Capitol riot. But she has held off on having witnesses testify before the jury.
"I don't want anyone to say 'oh, she's doing this because she wants to influence the outcome of this upcoming election,'" Willis, a Democrat, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about waiting until after the state's primaries. "The people will decide the outcome of this upcoming election. It will have nothing to do with this district attorney's office."
She also previously told Atlanta's WSB-TV2 in February,"Anyone who violates the law will be prosecuted, no matter what their social status is. No matter what their economics are, no matter what their race or gender is. We are not going to treat anyone differently."
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Legal experts are anticipating that Willis' probe will likely lead to criminal charges for Trump, and suggest that those charges could be the first of many across the country.
"It wouldn't surprise me for Georgia to become the first jurisdiction to indict a former president on felony charges. I doubt it'll be the last. And I think the charges will stick," Laurence Tribe, professor emeritus of constitutional law at Harvard University, tweeted last month.
Trump, on the other hand, has continued to criticize the investigation, declaring it a "witch hunt" and slamming Willis on social media platform Truth Social for going "after me instead of the people that Rigged and Stole" the 2020 election.
Lock Him Up!
When?
What number of "We have got Trump this time for sure" is this? I have lost count.
I actually do hope that the Democrats finally get Trump this time. Get him off the 2024 Republican ticket; shut the partisan POS fucking Jan 6th committee up as they will have nothing left to do (they wouldn't know how to fix DC's security issues if you gave them a cheat sheet with all the answers on it); and let the Republicans for 2024 come out of the woodwork to smack down Brandon openly; w/o fear of Trump stepping on them by running again.
The Democrats will have nothing to run on for midterms or 2024. High gas prices; rampant inflation; recession coming; high crime rates; wide open southern border; increased deaths from drugs; passed a million deaths from Covid (the majority on Brandon's watch); and US citizens still in Afghanistan that Brandon abandoned.
The Clinton's are getting jealous of all of the attention Trump is getting. They are just as corrupt; but no one seems to want to investigate them anymore. They are really upset at having lost the title of being the most investigated family in politics. Maybe Hillary will have to run in 2024. That will surely get them back in the investigation spotlight!
Why don't you read the article before commenting? This article is about Fulton County Georgia. Republican run Fulton County in republican run Georgia.
Lol... Do you think Republicans run Chicago, too?
What does Chicago have to do with the it?
And yet you bitch if anyone else posts a meme?
Three upvotes for "Republicans control Fulton County. "
What else can you do but laugh?
I only do maybe one a week. A few others, it's at least one an article. Like ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And you may just want to review your comment history JUST today
Do Trump memes make you mad or just sad?
I hear you. We all hear you. It never changes...
Can you direct us to any on topic comments you have made on this entire article that were not merely a cheap shot at another member?
The wiki page has the party of each commissioner...4 Democrat, 3 Republican. So yeah....you're right it's not republican "controlled"
WRONG! Comment 1.1.8 had zero to do with Trump's impending indictment in Georgia...
JBB...if somebody is going off topic flag them. If they persist they may get a trolling ticket. Don't put up with the bullshit
I'm not holding on to any hope of this happening. That big steaming pile of shit may get away with it.
Amazing, that the "right' needed NO evidence to Lock up so many, while they declare that without Trump being found guilty, even when, you know, they know, HE IS !, it's all a witch hunt, while the Dog doesn't. Because a pathetic GOP did NOT want it to be, does not an exoneration make, irregardless of what
Trumphy did state
Obviously you are not paying attention to the Jan 6 sham committee.
The HEAD of the committee has come out publicly and stated they do not expect to send referrals for charges against Trump to the DOJ.
Yet another of your pipe dreams have come to a devastating end.
BTW...how are your "clandestine Russian spy ring" coming along?
That was a misstatement made by Chairman Thompson which he has retracted already...
In any case, this is not even about the January 6th Committee. This is about Trump illegally ordering Georgia officials to "find votes"...
Ordering?? He can't order anyone to do anything. LMMFAO. I swear liberals come up with the damnedest shit.....................
Trump was President of the United States at the time he ordered Georgia officials to find enough votes to steal the election from Biden.
He told them to find the votes. He can't/couldn't order ANYONE to do jack shit. That is your imagination...........and deluded vision
Pay no mind to the defend to the death trumpturdians. We know trumpturd told Georgia how many votes to 'find'
That he did. No doubt. Order them to find them? LMMFAO
Speaking of deluded
That is the crime.
What deluded moron doesn't get that?
The crime? hahaha. Alright, I am telling you right now to go into the supply room and grab 20 packs of sticky notes and take them home. And the result will be much the same as it was when Trump "ordered" LMMFAO Georgia to find the votes. ZIP!!
Only a deluded moron believes the steaming pile of shit did nothing wrong.
Guys,
Stop with the deluded commentary. Only warning.
He thought he was giving an order. Is that better?
trump doing a perp walk would shake another bunch of rwnj's out of the trees...
WTF are you people talking about? This is about the interference in the Georgian election not the insurrection at the capitol. Jesus Christ if you are going to be bitching about something at least be on the same topic as the article is.
Fulton County, Georgia? That doesn't justify what Congressional Democrats are doing.
Democrats had damn well better deliver a Federal prosecution. These little two-bit sideshows won't let Democrats off the hook.
Democrats? Is Trump a Democrat? I didn't know!
Democrats have decided the most important thing for the country to focus its attention on at the moment is Trump's crimes. Trump is guilty as hell. Democrats had damn well better deliver a Federal prosecution.
Democrats have decided that Trump's crimes are more important than anything else Congress could be doing. Democrats have decided that it is more important to inform the country about Trump's crimes than inform the country about Biden's agenda (if Biden has an agenda).
Democrats have placed their credibility on the line. If Democrats don't deliver then who will believe Democrats the next time they say something is important? Without a Federal prosecution then all of this will be seen as just another political stunt by Democrats to divert attention away from important issues.
They or their mindless lemmings can't even figure out exactly what is chargeable. They've chirped "Trump's going to be charged" so many times that it's just white noise as of late. Many of the "investigations" have failed filing charges and many of the "investigations" have been stopped over a lack of evidence. And every time a random article appears (I think this is the 5th or 6th one in the past 2 days) the left starts blathering endlessly on things that have not bee proven.
You are correct that the Democrats credibility is on the line, it's not like they have much anyway. But hey, lets blow it all on bullshit instead of doing something about the continually rising inflation, rising fuel prices, illegal immigration, etc..
We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Its not a matter of Trump or inflation.
Democrats cannot sweep wall-to-wall prime time coverage under the rug. Democrats wanted the country's attention. Democrats' can't weasel out now.
Without a Federal prosecution Democrats' credibility will be in the toilet. And since Cheney has been prominent, anti-Trump Republicans will be dragged down with Democrats.
You say that but the actions reflect differently.
One is an obsession by the left that they can't get over and the other is a serious problem for the country that is being ignored.
And their lack of action on actual matters of the country is there for the world to see.
Hopefully that will bring in people who will actually do something for the country instead of this stupidity.
What is the republican action? What are they doing right now?
There isn't much they can do being as hamstrung as they are with the Democrats focusing on retribution for their hurt feelings. That all could (will) change come November.
So in other words. they are sitting on their hands...
Negotiating gun control legislation. Attempting to increase support for the Border Patrol. Calling for incentives to increase oil and gasoline production. Protecting the SALT tax increase on the rich. Voting for military aid to Ukraine.
A bipartisan effort. Which Imo won't really change much. Something like that really needs to be done at the local and state level.
How, by talking about it?
Again, just talking about it.
? Real hard there. I am sure it is taxing on them. Pun intended.
They would look like idiots if they didn't.
speak for yourself. My TI at basic told us to stop and render salutes because he didn't trust us to walk and salute at the same time
If you can walk, salute and carry a rifle,...Promotion!
(kidding) Haha
What can Republicans do to get bills onto the floor when Pelosi and Schumer ignore members of their own party?
Are you saying Pelosi and Schumer are pulling a McConnell?
Best thing to do when you opposition is making a fool of themselves.
In the Army...sure.
Yes I am. The difference is that Pelosi and Schumer aren't afraid of Biden.
That's why Democrats can't sweep their wall-to-wall prime time coverage under the rug. Biden provides no cover and no leadership. So, now Democrats must deliver. Democrats weaseling out of prosecuting Trump will be a serious hit to Democrats' credibility.
We're not the ones telling Georgia how many votes need to be found.