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The Georgia case is actually the weakest one. Some of the charges are technically unconstitutional on their face, and Trump's lawyers can use those to have the indictment thrown out, and if they're mean about it, they can file to have the indictment thrown out the night before the trial.
The DA in that case would then have to refile the indictment without the unconstitutional charges, and if they fail, that's it. They get two tries and then trump gets off.
Also, Georgia RICO law is a mess. That will lead to appeals where Trump might get off.
The final part that makes the Georgia case weak is that Trump can easily get it transferred to federal court, which could add years to the case before it even gets to trial.
No, the strongest case is from DC. Jack Smith did a fine job of threading the needle of not charging Trump for anything he said, just what he actually did. So no first amendment defense.
The top secret document case is also pretty strong, but the judge is blatantly biased. Which is almost impossible to prove through the official process.
You clearly didn't come up with this analysis yourself, can you point me to your source? It will save us both a lot of time because I have questions.
This digs into it.
Ken White is a first amendment lawyer, and has been covering the Trump indictments (and general crimes) for a while now.
There are a few other lawyers I follow on Mastodon who have also chimed in on it. The general consensus is that Fani Willis wants a bit of a show trial. Which weakens the case, If she had been a bit more careful with it, she would have a slam dunk, but would not have the mandatory minimum sentencing of the Georgia RICO.
Ugh, a podcast? I know it's not your fault about the format but that's not super useful. Thanks though.
Same lawyer has a substack where it seems like he's talking about all the same stuff here, tl;dr
It makes him uneasy as a first amendment defense attorney but it seems like he still thinks it will work
Want youtube?
This one isn't quite as good at digging into the issues of the indictment, but does talk about how it's weaker than Jack Smith's DC indictment.
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