{"id":2002223,"date":"2023-08-16T08:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T12:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unbelievable-da-and-presiding-judge-both-crack-jokes-as-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T08:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T12:41:06","slug":"unbelievable-da-and-presiding-judge-both-crack-jokes-as-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unbelievable-da-and-presiding-judge-both-crack-jokes-as-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"DA and Presiding Judge share laughs as Trump faces indictment in Georgia."},"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\">24<\/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%2Funbelievable-da-and-presiding-judge-both-crack-jokes-as-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia%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=2002223&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>Indicting a Former President: A\u200b Joke to Some, a \u200bSerious Matter\u200c to Others<\/h2>\n<p>Indicting a\u200c former president of \u2063the United States is serious business,\u2062 or so the left says after\u2064 every new charge against Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>That, \u200cof course, is why the judge and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-cultural-change-coming-to-america\/\" title=\"Radical Cultural Change Coming to America?\">district attorney<\/a> in the\u2064 2024\u2062 Republican front-runner\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-plans-more-student-loan-forgiveness-through-2024-election-desperate-hail-mary\/\" title=\"Biden's student loan forgiveness extends till 2024 election: A last-ditch effort.\">latest\u200b round<\/a> of charges are \u200dhaving a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-slammed-for-sketch-mocking-black-vaccine-hesitancy\/\" title=\"\u2018SNL\u2019 Slammed For Sketch Mocking Black Vaccine Hesitancy\">good laugh<\/a> about it.<\/p>\n<p>Sound contradictory to you? Not to Judge Robert McBurney and Fulton County District Attorney \u200cFani Willis,\u200d who used this week\u2019s indictment to try\u2062 out \u200btheir comedy chops.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday,\u200b Trump and 18 associates were charged over their efforts to challenge the outcome\u2063 of the \u20622020 \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/georgia-arraignment-likely-backfire-trump-picks-strategic-day-turn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">presidential race in Georgia<\/a>,\u200c according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/opinion\/columnists\/opinion-fultons-judge-mcburney-still-the-hardest-working-judge-in-georgia\/YTQQGZY5SNCZ7NKNHDKZHC7X5U\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlanta \u2063Journal-Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment \u2014 like any \u200cTrump indictment\u200c as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unbelievable-da-and-presiding-judge-both-crack-jokes-as-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia\/\" title=\"DA and Presiding Judge share laughs as Trump faces indictment in Georgia.\">2024 campaign \u200bseason ramps<\/a> up \u2014 was hardly unexpected. What <em>was <\/em>unexpected was prosecutors and \u200cjudges making light of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Take McBurney, who was cracking wise with \u2062journalists after Monday\u2019s\u200c indictment became public.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The judge\u200d in Georgia is\u2063 cracking jokes to the\u200c journalists in the room\u200c after \u200dsigning off on the \u2062indictments against\u200b President \u2063Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zmjHaghake\">pic.twitter.com\/zmjHaghake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg \u2064Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1691255739719835649?\">August \u206315, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As\u200b if \u2064they needed to\u200b prove they were taking\u2062 this \u200cjust as seriously \u200das the\u2064 judge was, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/irony-trump-ga-indictment-maddow-hillary-take-aim-bad-actors-complain-stolen-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the \u200djournalists<\/a> laughed along with him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">DA and Presiding Judge Under\u2064 Fire for \u200bJokes After Trump\u2062 Indictment<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting \u2063this\u200c poll entitles you to The Western\u2064 Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> \u200d and\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms\u2064 of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (4 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0%\u2063 (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name = cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar \u200bca = decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i = 0; i <ca.length; i++)\u2062 {\n\t\t\t\tvar c = ca[i];\n\t\t\t\twhile (c.charAt(0) == '\u200b ') {\n\t\t\t\t\tc = c.substring(1);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn 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{\n\t\t\tmargin-top: 5px;\n\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 5px;\n\t\t\tpadding-top: 10px;\n\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 10px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left:\u200c 10px;\n\t\t\tbackground-color: #F5F5F5;\n\t\t\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\t\t\tborder-color: \u2063#d6d6d6;\n\t\t\tborder: 1px solid #d6d6d6;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t#firefly-poll-container input[type=submit] {\n\t\t\tpadding: 10px;\n\t\t\tborder: \u20621px solid #d6d6d6;\n\t\t\tcursor: pointer;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t#firefly-poll-results-yes {\n\t\t\tbackground-color: \u2062lightgrey;\n\t\t\twhite-space: nowrap;\n\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 5px;\n\t\t\tborder-radius: 4px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left: 5px;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t#firefly-poll-results-no {\n\t\t\tbackground-color: lightgrey;\n\t\t\twhite-space:\u200d nowrap;\n\t\t\tborder-radius: 4px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left: 5px;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t.firefly-poll-question \u200b{\n\t\t\tfont-weight:\u2062 bold;\n\t\t\tfont-size: var( --big-font-size );\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t.firefly-poll-Disclaimer {\n\t\t\tfont-size:\u2064 var(--smallest-font-size);\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t@media (\u200b max-width: 768px ) {\n\t\t\t#firefly-poll-container {\n\t\t\t\twidth: 90%;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 20px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo, you all need to leave,\u201d the judge added. \u201cI mean, I\u2019ve \u2014 politely and nicely \u2014 had\u2064 a long day, but these folks [the court staff] can\u2019t \u2062go until you all go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know \u2064we had talked about leaving the equipment \u2063here,\u201d he continued. \u201cDon\u2019t leave the equipment here\u2063 because you don\u2019t want to \u2063be \u2062here tomorrow \u2026 just \u2064good old\u2064 trial stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing more hilarious than judge humor! \u200cWell, except for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vivek-ramaswamy-goes-bat-trump-gives-defense-strategy-georgia-courts-latest-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">district attorney humor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fani Willis is\u200d cracking\u2064 jokes. This is absurd.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5j4PVlL1Ya\">pic.twitter.com\/5j4PVlL1Ya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2064Citizen Free Press \u200d(@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1691302020366598144?\">August 15, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2062 will \u2063now\u200b take a very limited number of questions before, uh, \u200bgoing\u200d to sleep,\u201d\u200c a smiling DA Willis told reporters, after\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/fani-willis-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcing a deadline<\/a> for the former president and his co-defendants to surrender \u200dthemselves.<\/p>\n<p>To the eternal disgrace of the Fourth Estate, the reporters laughed along with her.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative news site\u200c Citizen Free Press, which posted the clip on\u200d social media, had\u2063 a better sense of\u2064 the moment: \u201cThis \u200dis absurd,\u201d the caption read.<\/p>\n<p>That wasn\u2019t the only comment on social media from those who\u2064 wrote that these\u2064 were individuals who weren\u2019t treating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/georgia-indictment-says-trump-telling-people-watch-tv-proof-racketeering-activity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the indictment<\/a> with appropriate gravity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnbelievable. Fani Willis\u2064 cracks jokes after calling for \u2062the surrender of Trump and his associates,\u201d former Fox News producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/camera-captures-buoys-gop-gov-installed-along-border-left-freaking\/\">Kyle Becker<\/a> tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis followed upon\u2062 Judge Robert McBurney cracking jokes in\u200b the courtroom,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Unbelievable. Fani Willis cracks jokes after calling \u2064for the surrender of Trump and his associates.<\/p>\n<p>This followed \u2064upon Judge \u2063Robert McBurney cracking jokes in the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>Is \u2063there\u2063 something funny about indicting a former president millions of Americans support? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tW9LqEPMwz\">pic.twitter.com\/tW9LqEPMwz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylenabecker\/status\/1691301495524794368?\">August\u200d 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIs there something funny about indicting a\u200c former president millions of\u200d Americans support?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m \u200dnot\u200c sure whether that\u2064 question \u200bwas rhetorical,\u200b but it might as well have\u200c been. In fact, I\u2019m halfway surprised \u200bthese folks didn\u2019t\u2062 play Kool and the Gang\u2019s \u201cCelebration\u201d as\u2063 background music during these clips.<\/p>\n<p>These are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/free-speech-not-absolute-obama-judge-admonishes-trump-limiting-access-sensitive-evidence-jan-6-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundamentally \u200dunserious prosecutions<\/a>, a fact underlined by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jumbo-calendar-shows-suspicious-timing-trump-indictments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wholly suspicious timing<\/a> of them. And, while these jokes might not have been out of\u2063 place during normal circumstances, the fact is that this is hardly normal \u2014 or, at least, it shouldn\u2019t be.<\/p>\n<p>When judges and prosecutors can hardly contain their glee at \u200bdragging the political opposition into court, there\u2019s something wrong. Not that we didn\u2019t know this already,\u200c mind you, but both Judge McBurney and DA Willis managed to drive home\u200b the\u200d point with their weak attempt at garnering laughs.<\/p>\n<p>And\u200c there was\u2064 nothing funny about it.<\/p>\n<p>The post\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/unbelievable-da-presiding-judge-crack-jokes-trump-indicted-georgia\/\">&#8216;Unbelievable&#8217;: DA and Presiding Judge \u200bBoth Crack\u2063 Jokes as Trump Is Indicted in Georgia<\/a> appeared first on \u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the judge and district attorney in the 2024 Republican front-runner\u2019s latest round of charges. They find it amusing, despite the left&#8217;s insistence on the seriousness of indicting a former president like Donald Trump. 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