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Post by mhbruin on Aug 14, 2023 11:21:49 GMT -8
 Aug 14 (Reuters) - The Fulton County, Georgia, court's website briefly posted a document on Monday listing several criminal charges against former U.S. President Donald Trump that appeared related to his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state, before taking the document down without explanation. The Fulton County District Attorney's office said in a statement that no charges had been filed against Trump. The document was dated Aug. 14 and named Trump, citing the case as "open," but is no longer available on the court's website. Reuters was not immediately able to determine why the item was posted or removed."The Reuters report that those charges were filed is inaccurate. Beyond that we cannot comment," a spokesperson for the District Attorney's office said. Georgia court website briefly publishes, removes document about potential Trump charges |
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Post by mhbruin on Aug 14, 2023 14:48:05 GMT -8
Speculation About the Charges
RICO Violation, § 16-14-4: As I have previously discussed, RICO is a powerful criminal statute making it crime to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity (defined as more than two offenses from a specified list of crimes). It is designed to go after criminal enterprises. Donald Trump is likely charged as the head of that criminal enterprise. “The boss” who led the criminal attempt to overturn Georgia’s presidential election results. The date here of the offense, 11/04/2020, is also interesting. That’s the day after the election. Willis is asserting the criminal enterprise began that early.
Criminal Solicitation, § 16-4-7: Makes it a crime to solicit another to commit a crime. The (b) designation indicates the crime solicited is a felony. The date of 12/07/2020 suggests this involves solicitation related to the forged electoral college certificates.
Criminal Conspiracy, § 16-4-8: This statute generally makes it a crime to conspire to commit a crime. This most likely is the fake electors conspiracy. Trump conspired to have fake electors impersonate authentic ones.
Criminal Conspiracy, (same as above): Five criminal conspiracy charges are listed for conspiracies to commit forgery, commit false statements/writings, and commit false filing of documents . These likely involves the conspiracy to forge electoral college certificates and submit them to Congress. They are also all dated 12/06/2020.
Filing False Document, § 16-10-20.1: Makes it an offense to knowingly enter into public record a document that is false or fraudulent or to alter or conceal a document filed in the public record. This is a very interesting one because it is not a conspiracy charge, suggesting Trump personally did it. Edit: The date here gives it away. On New Year’s Eve Trump’s team worried about him signing court documents with allegations identical to some previously filed in another court. However, in the interim those allegations were proven false, and Trump attorneys worried having him sign them could be a knowingly false filing. Trump signed anyway. Looks like his attorneys were right, it was a bad idea.
Criminal Solicitation, § 16-4-7: The date, 01/02/2021, gives this one away. This was for Trump’s call to Raffensperger demanding that the Secretary of State “find” the exact number of votes Trump needed to win.
False Statements and Writings, § 16-10-20: Makes it an offense to: “knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; makes a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or makes or uses any false writing or document, knowing the same to contain any false.” The date is again of Trump’s call to Raffensperger and likely involves false claims that he demanded Raffensperger act on.
Criminal Solicitation and False Statements or Writings (see above) : These final two charges have a very interesting date, 09/17/2021. That’s well after the election, well after Biden became President, well after Fani Willis started her investigation. So what did happen on that day? On that day Trump sent a letter to Raffensperger demanding that he decertify the election.
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