Georgia grand jury investigating Trump returns indictments

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/annabower/status/1770461565776495017https://twitter.com/bradmossesq/status/1770461157633003936https://twitter.com/annabower/status/1770467447356723266

[Redban]

From what I hear, immediate review before trial is rare. But it's good news for Trump & the others. The Appeals court could agree to take the case, and after review, they might agree to kick Fani off the case.  At the very least, trial won't be scheduled for a bit until the appeals court either refuses to take the case or rejects the motion

[Tekken_Guy]

From what I hear, immediate review before trial is rare. But it's good news for Trump & the others. The Appeals court could agree to take the case, and after review, they might agree to kick Fani off the case.  At the very least, trial won't be scheduled for a bit until the appeals court either refuses to take the case or rejects the motion

I don’t think she’s going to be kicked off the case if she wasn’t by McAfee. What it does do is delay.

[wbrocks67]

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1775925825738559881

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1775925825738559881

https://twitter.com/klasfeldreports/status/1775926310050603369https://twitter.com/joycewhitevance/status/1775925939370627281

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/zcohencnn/status/1777839251658346964

[brucejoel99]

McAfee re-election updates:

In related news

https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1765475351290159489

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https://www.keepjudgemcafee.com/

https://www.ajc.com/politics/civil-rights-attorney-to-challenge-scott-mcafee-judge-in-fulton-trump-case/25EEXCCET5BPTKX26Y4Z6OZHG4/

Judge McAfee seems to be a very fair judge.  I doubt that he'll let the fact that someone is running against him affect his decision.  (Is that naive?  Maybe so, but he seems like a good judge.)

Great judge whom challenging is a shame.

https://twitter.com/ASFleischman/status/1778125435848527919

What would happen if he loses while the trial is going on

https://twitter.com/soultwist93/status/1778081614527881711https://twitter.com/ChrisWTimmons/status/1778101508103434740

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

If I lived in Fulton County I'd probably vote for McAfee unless he does something crazy before election day, because if he was removed and a new one took over there's no guarantee that new one would be a Democrat or not a more partisan Republican. It's not like it would automatically go to his challenger.

[brucejoel99]

If I lived in Fulton County I'd probably vote for McAfee unless he does something crazy before election day, because if he was removed and a new one took over there's no guarantee that new one would be a Democrat or not a more partisan Republican. It's not like it would automatically go to his challenger.

It seemingly would, per the preceding post. And now, McAfee only has the one challenger, who's the former executive director of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

[brucejoel99]

Rudy Giuliani hit with $148M verdict for defaming two Georgia election workers
An attorney for Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, had urged the eight-person jury to “send a message” with its verdict.

Rudy Giuliani should pay a pair of Georgia election workers he repeatedly and falsely accused of fraud $148 million in damages, a federal jury said Friday.

The eight-person jury awarded Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, the sum after a four-day trial, during which they testified that Giuliani’s lies in support of former President Donald Trump’s bogus stolen-election claims subjected them to a torrent of racist and violent threats and turned their lives upside down.

The amount awarded to Freeman and Moss was for three different kinds of damages — defamation, punitive and emotional distress. The plaintiffs were awarded $20 million each for emotional distress, and $75 million between them in punitive damages. Freeman was separately awarded just over $16 million in defamation damages, while Moss was awarded almost $17 million.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rudy-giuliani-hit-148m-verdict-defaming-two-georgia-election-workers-rcna129807

Even after the verdict, Giuliani again said that everything he said about them is supportable.

https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1779954542462812182

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/anthonymkreis/status/1782758968772747350https://twitter.com/anthonymkreis/status/1782761064188244159

So, let's talk about the Georgia Court of Appeals. Now that Judge McAfee has granted the certificate of immediate review for the disqualification of Fani Willis, what's the process? The application for an interlocutory appeal will be randomly assigned to a judge. From there, it will be assigned to a staff attorney who will review the application and any supporting materials. That attorney will provide a memo providing a recommendation to the judge on whether the appeal should be granted or denied. The court has 45 days to act, so decisions are quick.‬

‪Court of Appeals Rule 30(a) provides factors that favor review. The most important one here will be whether there is a need to establish clear precedent to refine and guide the trial court. Defendants will have to argue that precedent is insufficient *and* this is a good vehicle.‬

‪The other key is this: is there *reversible error*? Even if there might be a need for some clarification around the law, the COA may not necessarily see the need to step in and reverse Judge McAfee if they think he essentially got it right. That may be the biggest hurdle for D[efendant]s.‬

‪Appeals are heard by a three-judge panel. Only one judge on a panel needs to agree to hear the appeal. All three are thus required to agree to deny it.‬