Georgia Election Case Given Hope by Appeals Court
Thanks to the appellate court in Georgia the case most surely will not go to trial before the election, or sometime early next year.
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday June 5, ordered the proceedings halted in the election interference case against former president Donald Trump and eight other defendants pending the outcome of their appeal seeking to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/71e616c6-0a61-4818-aaff-2a80da445731.pdf
The order (above) means the case, which accuses them of a criminal conspiracy to try to overturn Trump’s defeat in the state, almost certainly not be scheduled for trial before the November election or even the new year. It remains unclear if the case against the six remaining co-defendants who did not sign on to the appeal will proceed.
The court announced Monday that oral arguments in the appeal of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s decision to allow Willis to continue prosecuting the case against Trump are now scheduled for Oct. 4. A three-judge appeals panel will then have the duration of two full terms of its proceedings to issue a ruling, a period that would end in the first week of March if the arguments proceed as scheduled.
Now, everyone knows that there’s one person behind this. Donald J. Trump. With this decision not coming down, possibly, until March 2025, that means IF this court rules in favor of Fani Willis, then she can proceed on with the case, IF she’s still the Fulton County District Attorney. She’s up for re-election this November.
Something else we need to think about with this. It has been the goal of the Republican governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, to keep this case from going to trial. He has said in the past he will do whatever it takes to stop this case. Fani Willis paid no attention to him, or the state Republican led legislature. She had ignored everything they have tried, because she is bound by law, and her oath. From what I’ve seen of her cases, her courtroom demeanor, and her aggressiveness to prosecute all who violate the law, she takes her job extremely seriously.
For those who care to argue about her violation of the laws by having the ‘fling’ with the attorney who was assigned to this case. If memory serves me, this is the ruling handed down in that court proceeding. Either she, or he, had to resign. There was insufficient evidence to show impropriety between the two, and no actual laws had not been broken. The judge, in my opinion, did the right thing. And the attorney did the right thing. He immediately resigned so she could continue with the case.
That wasn’t good enough for Trump. It wasn’t good enough for Governor Kemp, and it wasn’t good enough for eight if the co-defendants. They filed to the Appeals Court for this ‘Stay’., and this court is granting it!!!
Portions of this writing are from Washington Post article:
In his dreams, only. His Republican Party, Republican legislators, got to him. At the very beginning he was staying out of the case. That quickly changed. He has ‘kissed the ring’!!!
By the time Trump goes to trial in this case, he should be just about finished serving his prison sentence in the New York case. Assuming he’s not declared criminally insane.