{"id":2010094,"date":"2023-08-23T22:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-are-pros-and-cons-to-trump-moving-georgia-indictment-to-federal-court-legal-analyst\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T22:41:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:41:48","slug":"there-are-pros-and-cons-to-trump-moving-georgia-indictment-to-federal-court-legal-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-are-pros-and-cons-to-trump-moving-georgia-indictment-to-federal-court-legal-analyst\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros and cons exist in Trump&#8217;s move of Georgia indictment to federal court, says legal analyst."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fthere-are-pros-and-cons-to-trump-moving-georgia-indictment-to-federal-court-legal-analyst%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=2010094&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Trump&#8217;s Criminal \u2063Indictment: Challenges and \u200cPotential Moves<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump is considering moving his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-responds-to-latest-criminal-indictment-reminiscent-of-nazi-germany\/\" title=\"Trump compares latest criminal indictment to Nazi Germany.\">latest criminal indictment<\/a> from a state court \u200dto a \u200dfederal court.\u200d Legal analyst David Gelman explains that while there are advantages to this move, \u2062there are also challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Fulton County District Attorney \u200cFani Willis has successfully convinced\u2063 a \u2062grand jury to charge President Trump and several co-defendants with allegations of\u2064 lawbreaking related to\u2064 his efforts to dispute the 2020 election results. One of the co-defendants, former \u200cWhite House Chief \u2063of Staff Mark Meadows, has already requested to have the charges moved to a federal\u200b court,\u2062 citing a \u200cfederal law that\u200b allows federal officeholders to have their cases \u2063heard \u200din federal court.<\/p>\n<p>Two\u200d other co-defendants in the\u2062 Georgia case have also made\u2062 similar \u2064requests, and \u200dTrump&#8217;s legal team has indicated\u2063 that \u2062he may pursue the same defense maneuver. However, if Trump is elected back to the White House, he can pardon \u200bfederal convictions, but\u200c he has no \u2062power to pardon state-level \u200boffenses like the ones brought \u200cagainst him\u200d by Ms. \u200cWillis. Trump&#8217;s attorney, Alina Habba,\u200d has\u2062 raised concerns\u200c about this and hinted that\u2063 her\u2062 client may push to have \u2064his \u200bcharges brought to a federal court.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/sidney-powell-surrenders-released-on-100000-bond-in-georgia-trump-case-5479241\">Sidney Powell Surrenders,\u200d Released on $100,000 Bond \u200bin Georgia \u2062Trump Case<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/23\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/sidney-powell-surrenders-released-on-100000-bond-in-georgia-trump-case-5479241\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/man-accused-of-setting-fire-to-pro-trump-sign-identified-facing-charges-5479211\">Man\u2063 Accused of\u2063 Setting Fire to \u200cPro-Trump Sign Identified, Facing Charges<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/23\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/man-accused-of-setting-fire-to-pro-trump-sign-identified-facing-charges-5479211\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to\u200d Gelman,\u200d there are pros \u200band cons to \u2064moving the indictment to\u2063 a federal court. He believes\u2062 that\u200c a change of venue is necessary regardless of whether\u2063 it goes to federal \u2064or state courts\u200b because\u2063 he doesn&#8217;t \u200bthink \u2063Trump can get a fair trial in Fulton County. \u200dGelman expressed concerns about the way Fulton County\u2063 officials are publicizing the case, including talks\u2064 of staging a mugshot \u200cfor the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Gelman stated, &#8220;It seems\u200d to me that the Fulton County DA&#8217;s office is \u2063really trying to\u200c get as much media coverage \u200bas possible. They want to make a spectacle of this. You know, it&#8217;s\u200d not every day\u200c you&#8217;re going to have the president \u2064or former president of the United States\u2063 coming to\u200c their courthouse. So they&#8217;re going to \u2063try to do \u200ceverything\u2062 to maximize their\u2063 coverage and make\u2063 their case for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Relocating the Fulton County indictment to a federal court \u2062could result \u2064in\u2064 a longer case.\u2064 This delay could be advantageous for President Trump, as\u200c he \u200cand his\u2064 team have been seeking \u2064to push his\u2064 trial dates beyond 2024, after the\u200b next presidential election.<\/p>\n<h2>Challenges for \u2062Federal\u200b Relocation<\/h2>\n<p>Moving the case to a federal court\u200d may provide a more\u200b favorable venue for the former\u2064 president, but \u2063he may face challenges in demonstrating\u2063 that he was acting in his official \u2062capacity as the president during the\u200c alleged actions. Gelman explained, \u2062&#8221;So these allegations\u200b that are \u2063against the\u2064 president, were they being\u2063 done while he was the commander in chief, or were they done while he was in campaign mode? The statute provides \u200cthat \u2063it can be brought up\u200c to the federal system in the event that you are\u2063 acting in a\u2062 federal capacity. \u200cSo these are all questions that are\u2064 going to have to be \u200canswered before they \u200ccan make\u200d a decision on whether it&#8217;s going \u2062to be going \u200bto the federal court, \u2062or in the event of just a change of venue in general.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gelman believes\u2062 that \u2064Trump&#8217;s legal team hasn&#8217;t made the motion to move the Fulton case to a federal\u200c court\u200d because they want\u200d to see how the motion plays out for other\u200d defendants.<\/p>\n<h2>Potential New Charges for\u200c Hunter\u2063 Biden<\/h2>\n<p>Shifting \u200bfocus to \u2064another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tells-you-everythingabout-the-radical-left-mike-pence-blasts-manhattan-das-politically-charged-prosecution-of-trump\/\" title=\"\u2018Tells You Everything\u2026About The Radical Left\u2019: Mike Pence Blasts Manhattan DA\u2019s \u2018Politically Charged Prosecution\u2019 Of Trump\">politically charged prosecution<\/a>, Gelman predicts that Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, may face new criminal charges. This comes after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-are-pros-and-cons-to-trump-moving-georgia-indictment-to-federal-court-legal-analyst\/\" title=\"Pros and cons exist in Trump's move of Georgia indictment to federal court, says legal analyst.\">recent \u200dcriminal plea deal fell<\/a> through and U.S. Attorney\u2062 David \u2062Weiss was granted special counsel powers in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Gelman noted that Republican investigators have also been\u2063 examining certain instances of communication between the elder\u2064 and\u2062 younger Biden as Hunter pursued \u200bbusiness \u2063deals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump may seek to transfer his recent criminal indictment from a state to a federal court, facing both benefits and obstacles, says legal analyst David Gelman. 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