By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-30 02:55:49 | Updated at 2024-11-30 05:45:36
3 hours ago
Fani Willis’s Case Against Trump Is Nearly Unpardonable — Raising Possibility of a State Prosecution of a Sitting President
https://www.nysun.com ^ | 11/29/2024 | A.R.HOFFMAN
Posted on 11/29/2024 6:42:26 PM PST by bitt
The case brought by the district attorney of Fulton County could stretch past Trump’s inauguration, auguring a constitutional clash.
When President-elect Trump takes the oath of office on January 20, the Constitution ordains that he “shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States.”
That has been taken to cover federal crimes, but not state ones — like the ones brought by the district attorney of Fulton County, Fani Willis. She charged Trump and 18 others with racketeering and other crimes against the Peach State in connection to efforts to reverse the result of the 2020 presidential election.
The prosecutions of Ms. Willis and of the district attorney of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, have, alongside Trump’s victory in November, opened up hitherto unexplored constitutional terrain: Can a president be prosecuted for state crimes while in office? The answer to that question could determine the fate of Ms. Willis and Mr. Bragg’s cases — and the scope of the protections of the presidency.
Pardons for state crimes usually reside within the purview of the highest executive authority in the state — the governor. Georgia is led by Governor Kemp, a prominent Republican who has had a fraught — to put it mildly — relationship with the 45th president, now the 47th president-elect.
Mr. Kemp opposed President Trump’s efforts in 2020 to overturn President Biden’s win in Georgia, and the president-elect backed his opponent two years later. He also called Mr. Kemp a “disloyal guy” and a “very average governor. … Little Brian, little Brian Kemp, bad guy.” The two let bygones be bygones this year, when Mr. Kemp endorsed Trump — and Georgia swung Republican.
Even if Mr. Kemp was moved to pardon Trump with respect to Ms. Willis’s prosecution, Georgia law
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: faniwillis; lawfare; maliciousprosecution; rico; standing; trump
Click here: to donate by Credit Card
Or here: to donate by PayPal
Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794
Thank you very much and God bless you.
1 posted on 11/29/2024 6:42:26 PM PST by bitt
To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...
2 posted on 11/29/2024 6:42:42 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
To: bitt
Supremacy clause, anyone?
3 posted on 11/29/2024 6:46:08 PM PST by jimfree (My 21 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
To: bitt
That’s alright, Kemp. You don’t have to pardon Trump, and Trump doesn’t have to give you a pass on all the ways in which you aided and abetted the theft of the 2020 election.
4 posted on 11/29/2024 6:47:45 PM PST by mbrfl
To: mbrfl
My bet is Kemp blinks first if it even comes to that.
5 posted on 11/29/2024 6:48:31 PM PST by mbrfl
To: bitt
6 posted on 11/29/2024 6:50:50 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
To: bitt
To: bitt
Both willis and bragg are fat assed race baiting attention whores abusing prosecutorial positions to promote themselves not serve justice.
They both had to fabricate the "crimes" they are attempting to prosecute.
8 posted on 11/29/2024 6:51:03 PM PST by pfflier
To: mbrfl
Trump was NOT trying to overturn the election. He was trying to prove illegal moves to pad the votes.
9 posted on 11/29/2024 6:51:15 PM PST by oldasrocks
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
