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Nevilledog

(55,079 posts)
Tue Apr 18, 2023, 03:26 PM Apr 2023

Trump's Fake Georgia Electors Are Now Ratting on Each Other

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-fake-georgia-electors-are-now-ratting-on-each-other

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The fake GOP electors in Georgia that former President Donald Trump recruited as part of his failed attempt to stay in power are starting to point fingers at each other, court documents revealed on Tuesday.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Atlanta-area prosecutor who’s investigating Trump’s effort to upend American democracy there, laid out the details in a legal memo to a state judge—one that hints at criminal indictments to come.

According to the memo, prosecutors in July last year dangled immunity deals for “alternate electors” who were willing to cooperate with the investigation—but their defense lawyer is now accused of never telling them about the potential deal.

Following a special purpose grand jury recommendation in December that the DA seek indictments against some people involved in the fraudulent scheme, investigators have turned up the pressure.
It turns out, these Republican officials and political operatives are now starting to squirm, identifying illegal behavior by their colleagues while trying to save their own skin—a sudden pivot that came when Willis’ investigators met with these fake electors last week.

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gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. Who's going to be the first to ring up Willis looking for a plea deal?
Tue Apr 18, 2023, 04:25 PM
Apr 2023

That's a race you REALLY don't want to come in second or later. Their attorney is going to have to do some fast talking to explain why he didn't tell his clients about the immunity offers.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. Omg. Quelle surprise -- another attorney destroyed herself in service to the revolution.
Tue Apr 18, 2023, 04:38 PM
Apr 2023

(No, not THAT one.)

Not that that's what's important here. She never conveyed Willis's offer of potential immunity deals to the coup participants, and now it's come out and they're rushing to offer to talk.

Complicating factors (always!) include: 'But that situation has created what Willis calls “an impracticable and ethical mess,” because 10 of these fake electors are being represented by a single Atlanta defense lawyer—who can’t possibly advocate for clients who are simultaneously ratting each other out.'

LOVE: The list (of fraudulent electors) is a “who’s who” of Georgia politics.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
15. Yes! Hope they've been scared ever since their November 2020 plot failed.
Tue Apr 18, 2023, 09:15 PM
Apr 2023

That attorney's probably helped delude them about how much trouble they're in, though, and now the nightmare is coming true.

Delmette2.0

(4,503 posts)
14. Yep, just trying to save a few million $ on attorney fees.
Tue Apr 18, 2023, 07:48 PM
Apr 2023

TFG is a cheap, conniving, piece of s*!t.


70sEraVet

(5,482 posts)
9. The attorney is either incompetent, or is working for somebody other than his/her clients.
Tue Apr 18, 2023, 05:04 PM
Apr 2023

My guess is, the latter.

 

MMBeilis

(455 posts)
10. It's been my long held hope that these fake electors get real jail time. The fact that they are....
Tue Apr 18, 2023, 05:04 PM
Apr 2023

.....long time party operatives with standing in the state makes it even better to contemplate their comeuppance. I think that only Trump and/or Sydney Powell behind bars could make me happier.

electric_blue68

(26,856 posts)
11. Hopefully Jail time. I forgot which State we saw the vid of them parading themselves......
Tue Apr 18, 2023, 06:16 PM
Apr 2023

up to the door of the State House, or which ever State Building holds that event. So nonchalantly!
Grrrrrrrrrrrr.


We had President Obama's"Audacity of Hope".

Drumphf, Repugs, Faux Noos etc has been practically
The Audacity of Non-Stop Lies!




I'm so glad I have many Interests to follow, things to do, to create, people to chat with, now that it's Spring parks & gardens to visit - it keeps those bouts of frustration, anger, sorrow, and fear from usually at a decent level, or totaly gone.
Especially this year to try, and relax as much as possible because it'll probably be a bit (+?) looney tunes in 2024. I'll do my best at various GOTV activities. That'll help make me feel like I'm doing something useful besides "just" voting. Last year was the first time I did phone calling in decades: this time on my smart phone vs at a phone banking location. I liked that too, being w like minded people making our efforts.

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