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Aviation Pro

(15,648 posts)
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 11:09 AM Aug 2023

Let's clear something up right now

Making DA Willis the face of this case is wrong, it's the State of Georgia that is the plaintiff.

Fani Willis and her office is the state's instrument.

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Let's clear something up right now (Original Post) Aviation Pro Aug 2023 OP
you could say the same thing about Jack Smith__it's what we humans do Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #1
Correct Aviation Pro Aug 2023 #3
Also! Reminder A GRAND JURY made up of citizens did this! Brainfodder Aug 2023 #2
You mean like this? ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2023 #5
He looks like he is struggling to have a BlueKota Aug 2023 #10
There's a name for that BaronChocula Aug 2023 #25
🤣 BlueKota Aug 2023 #27
He is ready for his solo Madison Square Garden series, I am sure he would SELL OUT! Brainfodder Aug 2023 #11
Those are excellent! geardaddy Aug 2023 #18
Some people can't help but become fascinated with personalities Effete Snob Aug 2023 #4
Yes it is the PEOPLE vs Donald J. Trump. Irish_Dem Aug 2023 #6
I've been stressing Jarqui Aug 2023 #7
or "flight risk" ... Justice matters. Aug 2023 #17
4 indictments, 91 counts Jarqui Aug 2023 #21
Not according to faux news. rubbersole Aug 2023 #8
Fuck Fux and their fucking Fuxanda Aviation Pro Aug 2023 #9
+1 2naSalit Aug 2023 #23
What Fox News says is utterly irrelevant. Elessar Zappa Aug 2023 #16
I liked what someone on MSNBC said the other day Marthe48 Aug 2023 #12
Totally correct orangecrush Aug 2023 #13
You couldn't convince a MAGAt of that.... lastlib Aug 2023 #14
He wants black women to be the face of his attacks RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2023 #15
I'm a Georgia voter Sedona Aug 2023 #19
Faceless, colorless government doesn't sell the polarization narrative. hay rick Aug 2023 #20
Sadly true. ...nt 2naSalit Aug 2023 #24
trump is the "face" of this case/trial...nobody else...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2023 #22
I'm ecstatic that Fani Willis is the DA on this case BaronChocula Aug 2023 #26
K&R Blue Owl Aug 2023 #28

Aviation Pro

(15,648 posts)
3. Correct
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 11:12 AM
Aug 2023

The United States of America is the plaintiff and that carries far more weight than one individual. That's why SC Smith is such a stone, cold killa, he never forgets that.

Brainfodder

(7,781 posts)
2. Also! Reminder A GRAND JURY made up of citizens did this!
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 11:11 AM
Aug 2023

TFG and sycophants will dance around it.

He is a great dancer!

Brainfodder

(7,781 posts)
11. He is ready for his solo Madison Square Garden series, I am sure he would SELL OUT!
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 11:37 AM
Aug 2023

Perhaps to shut up mouthy Republicans: WANNA BET ON EACH TFG INDICTMENT?
*add If he dies during clause, then bets are void*

Bonus: [Advised to not be eating or drinking for these]

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I don't put it past him to croak on schedule?

His upcoming mugshot debut with no face paint or special treatment!

Looking forward to seeing a lot of RATHER BE DEAD THAN THIS GUY bright orange T-Shirts that will be all the rage?

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
4. Some people can't help but become fascinated with personalities
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 11:13 AM
Aug 2023

You are utterly correct.

IMHO it's unseemly to heap personal praise on public officials for doing their jobs.

That especially goes for judges. Some folks learn quickly not to say "thank you" to a judge after a ruling during the course of a proceeding, because a lot of judges will take that as a statement that one believes the judge is doing them some sort of personal favor, and they will find "thank you" to be patronizing and offensive.

Jarqui

(10,920 posts)
7. I've been stressing
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 11:23 AM
Aug 2023

Facts, evidence, testimony mostly by Republican witnesses led to House & Senate majorities to support impeachment.

Facts, evidence and testimony led four different Grand Juries made up of Americans in New York, Florida, DC & Georgia to conclude they had probable cause to believe Donald Trump committed 91 felonies.

Bragg, Willis & Smith led their respective Justice efforts to collect the facts, evidence and testimony.
They and law enforcement did their jobs.

But the American people made the decision to indict Donald Trump.

To even submit something to a Grand Jury, the DA or Special Counsel or Attorney usually already has a very optimistic sense that the Grand Jury will approve - 80-90%?

To have that level of prosecutorial confidence result in 91 different felonies, the chances of Trump beating all 91 felonies are so miniscule - virtually non-existent.

Only outside forces like pardons, legislature, vacations on the Supreme Court buying decisions, getting to a juror, etc can stop this now.

Justice matters.

(9,908 posts)
17. or "flight risk" ...
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 12:47 PM
Aug 2023

then harassing his perceived "enemies" online, enticing his armed terrorists to commit crimes from abroad (like bin Laden... in a sense).

Jarqui

(10,920 posts)
21. 4 indictments, 91 counts
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 01:50 PM
Aug 2023

Facing a maximum 712 years and 6 months in prison

I'm confident he will not beat all 91 counts.

I still doubt he'll serve a day.

When things get iffy, he'll take off.
It won't be the South of France.
It will be some place where he can't be extradited

rubbersole

(11,250 posts)
8. Not according to faux news.
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 11:25 AM
Aug 2023

Partisan, racist, Soros backed, higher office aspiring, etc. +20 more.

Marthe48

(23,259 posts)
12. I liked what someone on MSNBC said the other day
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 11:50 AM
Aug 2023

If one DA is removed, there is another. If a prosecutor is removed, there is another. I think it was one of the legal analysts and the conversation was about threats directed at people active in these investigations.

None of the DAs and prosecutors should have to worry about a through and through traitor directing his goon squad to harm representatives of law and order, but here we are.

I don't think of D.A. Willis or S.C. Smith as traitor's adversaries. To me, they are more like heroes representing the concept of good against the concept of evil.

I'd really like to see a powerful voice and personality emerge who could completely counteract the poison of traitor's words and actions, and help people back to normal. President Biden is great, but as long as traitor keeps making Pres. Biden the enemy, traitor's supporters won't move from their evil position.

lastlib

(28,398 posts)
14. You couldn't convince a MAGAt of that....
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 12:36 PM
Aug 2023

...with multiple blows over the head with heavy lumber. To that crowd, it will always be the "very racist, radical-left, deranged fanatical" Fani Willis, "witch-hunting the greatest president ever."

hay rick

(9,651 posts)
20. Faceless, colorless government doesn't sell the polarization narrative.
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 01:34 PM
Aug 2023

Fanni is a racist's dream scapegoat. The media is counting eyeballs and will play along.

BaronChocula

(4,635 posts)
26. I'm ecstatic that Fani Willis is the DA on this case
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 02:16 PM
Aug 2023

And I'm more than happy to see her face at the helm.

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