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Laura PourMeADrink
Laura PourMeADrink's Journal
Laura PourMeADrink's Journal
April 11, 2023
Georgia Looms Next After Trumps Indictment in New York
Former President Donald J. Trump now faces a very different legal challenge in the culmination of a more than two-year Atlanta investigation into election interference.
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For Ms. Willis, the choice to pursue a narrowly focused indictment or more a sprawling one a classic prosecutors dilemma carries with it potential risks and benefits on both sides. And American history offers few examples in which the stakes are so high.
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Certainly prosecutors would have this conversation of whats in the best interest of justice and what is strategically preferable for a case, said Barbara McQuade, a law professor at the University of Michigan and former federal prosecutor. A narrow case can be easier for jurors to understand. But it is also possible to go too narrow, Ms. McQuade said, denying a jury the ability to see the entire scope of a defendants criminal behavior.
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If Ms. Willis chooses to seek indictments in the Georgia case, she may do so after a new grand jury begins its work in the second week of May, though nothing is set in stone. Typically, presenting such cases to a regular grand jury is a short process that takes a day or two.
Something may START happening in GA case in the middle of May?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/us/trump-georgia-election-fani-willis.htmlGeorgia Looms Next After Trumps Indictment in New York
Former President Donald J. Trump now faces a very different legal challenge in the culmination of a more than two-year Atlanta investigation into election interference.
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For Ms. Willis, the choice to pursue a narrowly focused indictment or more a sprawling one a classic prosecutors dilemma carries with it potential risks and benefits on both sides. And American history offers few examples in which the stakes are so high.
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Certainly prosecutors would have this conversation of whats in the best interest of justice and what is strategically preferable for a case, said Barbara McQuade, a law professor at the University of Michigan and former federal prosecutor. A narrow case can be easier for jurors to understand. But it is also possible to go too narrow, Ms. McQuade said, denying a jury the ability to see the entire scope of a defendants criminal behavior.
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If Ms. Willis chooses to seek indictments in the Georgia case, she may do so after a new grand jury begins its work in the second week of May, though nothing is set in stone. Typically, presenting such cases to a regular grand jury is a short process that takes a day or two.
April 10, 2023
I know B- and C+ pollster ratings on 538, and good on YouGov but still hopeful!
Late, but just saw this FG approval poll IPSOs and SSRS
I know B- and C+ pollster ratings on 538, and good on YouGov but still hopeful!
April 7, 2023
Best FG arrest pic??
April 4, 2023
Why "ADULT FILM STAR Stormy Daniels"?? We don't say
"PLUMBER John Jones" or " GARBAGE COLLECTOR Jane Doe"
March 30, 2023
OMG DU! If we can't take one night to exclusively celebrate
this momentous moment ?? WTH
Pure joy!!! Just experience it! We've been waiting for YEARS!!! Forget the future and legal jargon. Just savor this evening!!!!!!
March 30, 2023
Please MSNBC ! Get Maya outta there!
Just for tonight! ?
She can't even crack a smile. "Solemn" day. Bullshit!!!
Buzz kill!!!!! I wanna see joy and celebration! Forget the news for ONE night!
Yeahhhhhhhhhh!
March 29, 2023
4 years old.. can't believe I had never heard this fantastic
performance. Think phenomenal . Hope for us humans!
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