{"id":2000442,"date":"2023-08-14T18:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T22:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lawyers-blast-release-of-proposed-indictment-that-fulton-county-calls-fictitious\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T18:37:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T22:37:12","slug":"trump-lawyers-blast-release-of-proposed-indictment-that-fulton-county-calls-fictitious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lawyers-blast-release-of-proposed-indictment-that-fulton-county-calls-fictitious\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump lawyers criticize release of &#8216;fake&#8217; indictment by Fulton County."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-lawyers-blast-release-of-proposed-indictment-that-fulton-county-calls-fictitious%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000442&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Attorneys Blast Fulton\u200c County District\u200b Attorney&#8217;s Office\u2063 Over\u200c Purported Indictment of Trump<\/h2>\n<p>Attorneys for Donald Trump have strongly criticized the\u200c Fulton County District Attorney&#8217;s Office following the alleged release of \u2063a &#8220;proposed indictment&#8221; of the former\u200c president. County officials, however, are disputing the authenticity of the document.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Fulton County District Attorney&#8217;s\u200c Office has\u200d once again \u200cshown that they have no respect for the \u2064integrity of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-source-mar-a-lago-raid-a-spectacular-backfire-claims-ag-garland-didnt-approve-it\/\" title=\"DOJ Source: Mar-a-Lago Raid a \u201cSpectacular Backfire\u201d, Claims AG Garland Didn\u2019t Approve It.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-official-who-pulled-knife-on-trump-supporters-indicted-on-weapons-charges-media-tries-to-frame-him-as-victim\/\" title=\"Democrat Official Who Pulled Knife On Trump Supporters Indicted On Weapons Charges; Media Tries To Frame Him As Victim\">grand jury<\/a> process<\/a>. This was not a \u2063simple\u2063 administrative mistake,&#8221; a\u200d statement\u2062 from Trump attorneys Drew Findling\u200d and Jennifer Little read.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Dispute \u2062Over Criminal\u200b Charges<\/h3>\n<p>A list\u2064 of criminal charges against \u2064Trump in Georgia \u2064briefly appeared on a Fulton County website on Monday. However, prosecutors quickly released\u2062 a statement denying that Trump had \u2063been indicted\u200c in their ongoing \u2064investigation into alleged \u2063efforts to undermine the 2020 \u200celection results.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters, which later obtained a copy of\u2063 the document, reported that it was swiftly taken \u200ddown from the county website. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis&#8217;s spokesperson stated earlier on Monday that the \u200creport of charges being filed\u2064 was &#8220;inaccurate,&#8221; without providing further details.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas F. \u200cCotten, \u2062the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lawyers-blast-release-of-proposed-indictment-that-fulton-county-calls-fictitious\/\" title=\"Trump lawyers criticize release of 'fake' indictment by Fulton County.\">chief \u200bpublic relations officer<\/a> for the \u200dFulton County Clerk of the\u200b Superior and Magistrate \u2062Courts,\u200c issued a statement clarifying that the county had become aware of a &#8220;fictitious \u2064document&#8221; circulating online. \u2063The\u200c statement emphasized that \u2064documents lacking \u200ban official \u200dcase number, filing date, and\u200d the name of The Clerk of Courts should not \u200dbe considered \u2062official\u200b filings.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s lawyers released their statement approximately 30 minutes\u2064 after Cotten&#8217;s \u200bstatement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;A proposed indictment should only be in the\u2064 hands \u2064of the District \u2063Attorney&#8217;s Office, yet it somehow made its \u2064way to the\u200d clerk&#8217;s office and was \u200dassigned a case number and a judge \u2064before \u2062the grand jury\u2064 even deliberated,&#8221; the \u2062attorneys\u2064 added. &#8220;This is emblematic of the\u200c pervasive and glaring \u200bconstitutional violations which have plagued this case\u2062 from its very inception.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Grand Jury Proceedings \u200cand \u2063Testimonies<\/h3>\n<p>The \u200cgrand jury \u200boverseeing Willis&#8217;s investigation convened on Monday and remained at \u2063the \u2062courthouse until after 5 p.m., even as other\u200b court\u200b staff \u2063left for the day, according to\u200c the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, some witnesses \u2062who were scheduled to testify \u200con Tuesday adjusted their \u2062plans and \u200cactually testified\u200d on Monday\u200d following the Reuters report. This included former Georgia \u200bLt. Gov. Geoff\u200b Duncan. Gabriel Sterling, \u2064a top election\u2063 official in Georgia, was also seen\u2063 leaving the courthouse around 6 p.m. after arriving earlier in the day for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rose-mcgowan-lawsuit-against-harvey-weinstein-dismissed\/\" title=\"Rose McGowan Lawsuit Against Harvey Weinstein Dismissed\">grand jury testimony<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorneys for Donald Trump criticized Fulton County District Attorney&#8217;s Office for allegedly leaking a &#8220;proposed indictment&#8221; of the ex-president. 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