Georgia court posts then removes document detailing charges against Trump
Georgia court posts then removes document detailing charges against Trump
The Fulton County document listed 12 felony counts and one serious felony count for violating Georgia’s RICO Act.
The Fulton County document listed 12 felony counts and one serious felony count for violating Georgia’s RICO Act.
Here's the leaked doc:
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/gdpzwwwqyvw/Details.pdf
Stop. I can only eat so much popcorn!
IANAL. It sounds silly to me too have felonies and "serious felonies". All felonies seem pretty serious to me!
"I may have committed some light treason"
"My heart and my best intentions tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not."
Apparently "serious felony" is a real thing in Georgia. Regardless.
Another way to rank them how other states have first/second/third degree felonies.
Kind of like how burglary is a bad, but not as bad as murder or rape.
In this case the serious felony requires a minimum of 20 years in prison
16-10-20 - given that we're all learning about Georgia law tonight, it was fascinating to read that they also have a "lying to the government" law like the one that so many people cite in federal cases
I'm concerned that they will use this leak to somehow claim a mistrial since the charges were leaked before they selected the jury, and they'll win the appeal.
Exactly!! this is what I was thinking! i can totally see him using it as a way to get out of trouble. he always does
"Recall: Indictment. Please delete. 😰"
I like that this post appears to have negative one downvotes. It's not a bug, it's a feature.
Sometimes Lemmy is a silly little thing.
I'm gonna make my own social media platform that has up and down arrows that generate random numbers next to a message like "At least some people probably like this." And if you post too frequently a banner appears at the top of all the pages with your IP address. Also viruses. Just lots and lots of viruses.
Is it only 12 felonies? It seems to me the left number may be counts charged, or some site really sucks displaying out of sequence row #s