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Three Georgia Law Professors Weigh In On Trump's Indictment

2023/8/15
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Anthony Michael Christ
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Christopher Timmons
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Galen Druke
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Galen Druke: 本期节目讨论了特朗普在佐治亚州的第四次起诉，重点关注了该案与之前起诉案的不同之处，例如州级罪行、涉及的犯罪组织以及总统无权赦免等。 Kay Levine: 佐治亚州的起诉书与杰克·史密斯对特朗普干预选举的起诉最为相似，但其细节程度远超后者，提供了大量关于电子邮件、推文、短信、会议和电话的具体信息，揭示了幕后许多隐藏的细节。 Christopher Timmons: 佐治亚州的RICO法案与联邦RICO法案不同，允许对时间跨度较短的犯罪行为进行指控，并且可以使用更广泛的证据。起诉书中包含许多“为了阴谋而采取的行为”，这些行为本身并非犯罪，但它们将被告与阴谋联系起来。检察官面临的挑战包括信息过载以及如何平衡技术细节与叙事，避免陪审员觉得起诉是出于政治动机。 Anthony Michael Christ: 本案的起诉书试图展现一个全国性的犯罪组织是如何形成的，以及佐治亚州是如何不成比例地成为目标，以及佐治亚州的法律是如何被违反的。检察官需要证明特朗普知道自己的行为是非法的，但陪审团否决权可能会对结果产生影响。佐治亚州对选票进行了多次计票，结果均显示乔·拜登获胜，这为检察官提供了有力证据。

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The Georgia indictment against Trump is distinct due to its state crimes, use of Georgia's racketeering laws, and the involvement of a criminal enterprise leading to multiple indictments.

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Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for a fourth time, now in Fulton County, Georgia, for efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in that state. While the alleged crimes in this case are similar in some ways to his previous federal indictments in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation, there are important differences.

First, these are state crimes, based in part on Georgia’s racketeering laws, which have historically been applied much more broadly than federal racketeering laws.

Second, and relatedly, the core of this case involves an alleged criminal enterprise, which has led to the indictments of 18 other people also involved — in various ways — in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Third, these being state crimes, the president has no power to pardon or commute a sentence in this case — important when thinking about the possibility of a second term for Trump. And unlike the former president’s prior indictments in New York, Florida and Washington, D.C., Georgia allows its court proceedings to be televised. That could be a significant factor in how the public might process the indictment.

In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke speaks with a group of Georgia legal experts about what to expect from this case and what makes it distinct from Trump's other legal woes.

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