 phase of the national race to derail and imprison the leading Republican candidate for president. The indictment, announced just sixteen short months before the American presidential election, represents a deadly-serious ramping up of the lawfare Democrats have waged against Trump for over six years now, threatening imprisonment that could not plausibly be pardoned in the lead-up to an election. The serious consequences potentially facing Trump do not mean that this prosecution isn't overtly political. Like the other three indictments facing the Republican frontrunner, it's been plagued by politics from its inception. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Taifa Willis took office January 2020, and though she first launched her probe the month after, she waited a year and half to subpoena Governor Brian Kemp, who was just weeks out from his re-election bid against longtime election-denier Stacey Abrams . Abrams, who had also spent the months prior to Willis arriving in office denying Georgia election results, loudly and unironically backed the subpoena, calling the investigation 'meticulous and very thoughtful.' Not everyone agreed. Just a few weeks earlier, Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney had struck down one of Willis's efforts, citing 'legitimate' concerns after Willis subpoenaed a state lawmaker shortly after hosting a fundraiser for his political opponent. 'An investigation of this significance, garnering the public attention it necessarily does and touching so many political nerves in our society,' McBurney wrote, 'cannot be burdened by legitimate doubts about the District Attorney's motives.' 'The district attorney does not have to be apolitical,' he continued, 'but her investigations do.' Even some at CNN questioned Willis's motives alo){kind=link}
The former President now has Georgia on his mind
The Democratic district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 “co-conspirators” on 41 racketeering charges on Monday night, kicking off the latest (and, possibly, most dangerous) phase of the national race to derail and imprison the leading Republican candidate for president.
The indictment, announced just sixteen short months before the American presidential election, represents a deadly-serious ramping up of the lawfare Democrats have waged against Trump for over six years now, threatening imprisonment that could not plausibly be pardoned in the lead-up to an election.
The serious consequences potentially facing Trump do not mean that this prosecution isn’t overtly political. Like the other three indictments facing the Republican frontrunner, it’s been plagued by politics from its inception.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Taifa Willis took office January 2020, and though she first launched her probe the month after, she waited a year and half to subpoena Governor Brian Kemp, who was just weeks out from his re-election bid against longtime election-denier Stacey Abrams.