Trump was indicted for the fourth time late Monday night. Photo: AP. crimes related to his attempt to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden.
This is the fourth time Trump has been served with an indictment after he faced other charges in New York. , Florida and Washington, DC.
In Georgia, the former president faces perhaps the most bitter legal battle with the most serious consequences for his political career and personal freedom.
>Late Monday night, Trump was indicted on 13 counts of crimes, including but not limited to racketeering and breach of oath.
They focus on his attempts to convince government officials to cancel the results of the 2020 US election. the appointment of 16 «deputy» electors who will announce his victory, and various other schemes aimed at winning him Georgia — and the presidency.
The case is complex and has not received as much attention as the indictments in Washington, where the evidence is closely linked to the January 6 Capitol riots, and in Miami, where he is accused of mishandling confidential documents at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach. .
An indictment in New York involving alleged «silent money» payments to adult star Stormy Daniels has also attracted the attention of tabloids and cable news channels.
But it's Georgia may turn out to be the most fatal.
Accusations leveled against Donald Trump in Georgia
The first hurdle for Mr. Trump is that the trial will be held at the state level. Both the classified documents and the cases of the Capitol riots were turned over to the federal level by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
This means that if Trump is convicted and then re-elected president, he can pardon himself or ask for an ally in the Ministry justice to do so.
Pardons have historically been used by presidents to correct historical errors or promote American unity, as when Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson pardoned thousands of former Confederate officers after the American Civil War.
But the president's power to grant pardons is limited by the Constitution to federal indictments sentences, and Mr. Trump will have no jurisdiction over his own conviction in Fulton County, Georgia, where the trial is to take place.
Although in most cases it states that the right to pardon belongs to the elected governor, the decision in Georgia can only be made by a council of state officials.
The council allows convicts to apply for clemency or the restoration of their civil and political rights no earlier than two years after serving the sentence and only in «exceptional cases».
The Georgia case is also unusual because the public will be given an unprecedented ringside seat as Mr Trump is interrogated, cross-examined and possibly convicted.
If the trial is televised as usual this may be the first time a former president has appeared in criminal court on television.
Pat Labat, Fulton County Sheriff, also said he would not deviate from his «usual practice» in handling the case, which is means Trump will be photographed and fingerprinted like any other suspect.
Fulton County Sheriff Patrick "Pat" Labat, third from the left, walks towards the Fulton County Courthouse. Photo: AP
So far, Mr. Trump has demonstrated that his run-ins with the law do not diminish his credibility in the eyes of his supporters.
Despite three previous indictments, he's more popular than ever with Republican voters, and warnings not to use «inflammatory» language from a judge overseeing his case in Washington have only spurred him on.
But the televised trial that Mr. Trump, who isn't usually known for his debating skills, is facing, seasoned state attorneys may reveal the weakness of his claims that he's being pursued as a result of a politically motivated investigation.
Fulton County security officials have already said they expect significant opposition to Trump's trial outside the courthouse where fans held a rally in support of him after the 2020 election.
Unlike some other areas, in of which Trump faces legal action, a hotbed of support for Trump and massive demonstrations of solidarity with their candidate are expected.
Georgia's accusation will test the conventional wisdom that any accusations against Trump only increase his support.
< p>They say that what doesn't kill him makes him stronger.
But what's going on in Fulton County might just kill him.
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