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Dulcinea

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Sun Jul 7, 2024, 07:02 AM Jul 2024

What happens to the Georgia election interference case if Trump wins the White House?

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will be on a collision course with Donald Trump should he win back the White House this fall.
Polls show Trump with a growing edge over President Joe Biden following the Democrat’s halting debate performance in Atlanta last month. And Biden’s top aides are rushing to contain a swelling discussion within the party about his fitness to stay in the race.

If Trump’s momentum holds and he wins another term in the Oval Office, Fulton’s top prosecutor will be faced with a stark choice of her own. Does she shelve her high-profile case against the Republican until after he leaves office, or trudge forward and risk generating a constitutional fight that is likely to end up at the U.S. Supreme Court?

With no historic precedent for how to handle an incoming president already under indictment, legal experts have been divided on whether a state prosecution could continue if and when Trump is inaugurated. But skepticism spiked after this week’s blockbuster Supreme Court decision, in which the conservative majority ruled that presidents are immune from prosecution for their official acts. That ruling could sink parts of the Fulton County case.

But if Trump wins and shuts down the two federal prosecutions against him, the Georgia case could be the only one left standing, whether Trump is tried in 2025 or 2029.

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What happens to the Georgia election interference case if Trump wins the White House? (Original Post) Dulcinea Jul 2024 OP
It goes away whether he wins or not FBaggins Jul 2024 #1

FBaggins

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1. It goes away whether he wins or not
Sun Jul 7, 2024, 07:12 AM
Jul 2024

The state’s appellate courts have been willing to overturn a Republican judge to keep Willis’ romantic life in the news - and potentially disqualify her. Is there any doubt that they’ll quickly shoot down any actual conviction?

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