Trump already lost in Georgia in 2020, despite his claims and efforts to the contrary. He's now been indicted over trying to steal an election he lost by several thousand votes, which isn’t likely to help him in 2024, HayesBrown writes.
, he openly grappled with the ethical questions surrounding a journalist participating in a criminal inquiry, and he explained why he ultimately felt compelled to participate in the investigation.
Chidi is a must-follow if you want to know how Willis’ office operates. And, in particular, he’s an expert on Willis’ use of Georgia’s racketeering laws, whichTrump Team spends 350+ words yelling about indictments we haven’t seen yetIt’s been over an hour since the grand jury handed up a set of 10 indictments — and we still haven’t gotten any new details about them.
Among the highlights: the statement argues that Trump should have been charged immediately after he left office; it repeats the lie that special counsel Jack Smith has been coordinating with Fanni Willis and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg; and it pushes the ridiculous claim that Trump asking for a Georgia official to “find” votes is just him exercising his free speech.Open court is great.
The memory of how Trump partisans made life hell for that mother and daughter is why I found myself worrying while watching the footage of the 10 indictments being walked to and from Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney’s courtroom this evening. There were multiple Black men and Black women involved in that process, and it’s not hard to imagine Trump supporters finding out their names and their addresses and unleashing racist harassment upon them.
As a former reporter who covered courts and as a journalist who generally values transparency, I think it’s great that Georgia is so transparent about what happens inside its courthouses and courtrooms. Still, I can’t shake the nagging feeling that those who were merely doing their jobs this evening are going to be subjected to harassment because they did.
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