{"id":2046995,"date":"2023-09-27T18:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T22:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fulton-county-das-charges-in-trump-election-case-unnecessary-cnn-legal-analyst\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T18:38:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T22:38:18","slug":"fulton-county-das-charges-in-trump-election-case-unnecessary-cnn-legal-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fulton-county-das-charges-in-trump-election-case-unnecessary-cnn-legal-analyst\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Legal Analyst deems Fulton County DA&#8217;s charges in Trump election case as &#8220;unnecessary&#8221;."},"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\">28<\/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%2Ffulton-county-das-charges-in-trump-election-case-unnecessary-cnn-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=2046995&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>A Media Analyst Criticizes Charges Against Trump Under Racketeering Law<\/h2>\n<p>A prominent media analyst and\u200c former prosecutor suggested this week that the charges made by the district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, \u2062against former President Donald Trump under the state&#8217;s \u2062racketeering law are &#8220;unnecessary&#8221; and only add to Mr. Trump&#8217;s\u2064 allegations of a &#8220;Democratic Party pile on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Elie Honig, a former federal prosecutor and now a media legal analyst, told a podcast this week that federal special counsel Jack Smith already charged the former president with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fulton-county-das-charges-in-trump-election-case-unnecessary-cnn-legal-analyst\/\" title=\"CNN Legal Analyst deems Fulton County DA's charges in Trump election case as \"unnecessary\".\">alleged\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nc-dem-senate-hopeful-backs-bill-enfranchising-violent-felons\/\" title=\"NC Dem Senate Hopeful Backs Bill Enfranchising Violent Felons\">election-related offenses<\/a><\/a> &#8220;and in seven states in particular,\u200c including Georgia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Mr. Honig, a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern \u200bDistrict of New York, has been publicly critical of the former president, and he is now a senior legal analyst\u2064 for CNN. He&#8217;s also penned \u2063a critical book about former Trump\u200c Attorney General\u2063 William Barr called &#8220;Hatchet\u200c Man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/georgia-trump-case-judge-bars-juror-identity-release-5498826?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><strong>Georgia Trump Case Judge Bars Juror Identity \u2062Release<\/strong><\/a>  &#8211; 9\/26\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/fulton-county-da-says-no-federal-authority-to-protect-meadows-in-trump-case-5498669?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><strong>Fulton County DA Says &#8216;No Federal Authority to Protect&#8217; Meadows \u2063in Trump Case<\/strong><\/a>  &#8211; 9\/26\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He asked whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis&#8217; indictment is for the &#8220;greater good\u200d and \u2063why is it\u200c promoting public confidence in the fairness of \u200bthis [process] to have one of those seven state prosecutors pile on with a \u2064charge of her own? I don&#8217;t think it serves any greater good,&#8221; he stated, adding that Ms. Willis indicted him on partisan grounds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I disagree with the exercise \u200cof\u2062 prosecutorial discretion by an elected county prosecutor, a partisan, with a D next to her name,&#8221; he said, referring\u200c to the\u200d Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>There are differences between\u2063 the Georgia and the federal election cases, \u2064he then claimed, saying they essentially serve the same purpose.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it\u2062 makes Trump&#8217;s chances of being convicted and\u2062 punished higher \u2062if that&#8217;s the only goal here. If that&#8217;s the only goal, all seven states: Michigan,\u2064 New Mexico, and on down the line, should\u2062 be charging him too, but that \u2063would be ludicrous,&#8221; the former prosecutor said.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Fulton County District Attorney&#8217;s office indicted President \u2063Trump and \u206318 co-defendants under Georgia&#8217;s expansive anti-racketeering law,\u2063 claiming that he and the\u2062 others engaged in efforts to illegally overturn the 2020 election results in the\u2063 state. All have pleaded not guilty and some defendants have attempted to get their charges thrown \u200bout.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Judge Steve Jones last week rejected\u200b the attempt by Trump White\u200c House chief of staff Mark Meadows\u2062 to move his \u2063case to federal court and sent it back to state court, but Meadows is appealing that ruling. The four others who have already filed notice to move their cases have hearings \u2064before Jones scheduled\u200c for next\u200d week.<\/p>\n<p>It came after a Fulton County grand jury last month accused them\u2063 of participating in an illegal scheme to keep\u200b the incumbent Republican president in power after the election against President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans in her state and in Congress have accused Ms. Willis&#8217;s office of engaging in \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inspector-general-closes-ethics-probe-into-elaine-chao-angering-dems\/\" title=\"Inspector General Closes Ethics Probe Into Elaine Chao, Angering Dems\">politically motivated attack<\/a> on the former president as he ramps up his 2024 presidential campaign as the leading GOP candidate.<\/p>\n<p>In August,\u200c State Sen. Colton\u2062 Moore, a Republican from Georgia\u2019s \u200bnorthwest corner, recently doubled down on his calls for a special session to\u2063 take money away\u2064 from Willis\u2019 office and consider her impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFani\u200c Willis is spending millions \u2062of our taxpayer dollars to take on political prisoners. \u200dIt\u2019s the most un-American thing \u2063that we\u2019ve ever seen in our lifetime,\u201d Mr. Moore told the crowd \u2064at a rally near \u200dthe state Capitol \u2064last month.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u200c Republican Gov. Brian\u2063 Kemp dismissed the calls in a news conference in which he angrily criticized state Republicans for running a \u201cgrifter\u200c scam\u201d\u2063 to\u2063 raise money from Trump supporters. Without \u200cKemp\u2019s support, a special session is impossible unless Republicans can get 60 percent of all legislators in each house of Georgia\u2019s General Assembly to \u200bsupport it.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ms. Willis said last month in announcing the charges that she wanted to try all 19 defendants together, including President Trump and other high-profile individuals such as former Mayor\u2062 Rudy Giuliani and attorney Sidney Powell.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the people charged have filed speedy \u2064trial demands, and Judge\u200b Scott McAfee set their trial for Oct. 23.\u200d At a hearing last\u2063 week, he said it seemed \u201ca bit unrealistic\u201d to imagine that all of the defendants could be tried that soon and asked prosecutors \u2062for a brief explaining why they felt that was necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers Kenneth Chesebro and\u200d Sidney Powell are the two who have filed speedy trial \u200cdemands. They also requested to be tried separately from each \u200dother, but Judge McAfee denied that request. Mr. Chesebro is accused of working on the coordination and execution of a plan to have 16 Georgia Republicans sign a certificate declaring that President\u200d Trump won in 2020. Mrs. Powell is accused of\u2062 participating in an \u200calleged breach in rural Coffee County.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why does Elie Honig question the need for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to pile on additional charges against Trump?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ampaign. They argue that the charges under the racketeering \u2064law are an overreach and a clear example of partisan bias.<\/p>\n<p>In response\u200d to\u200b these\u2064 criticisms, Elie Honig argues that\u200b the charges \u200bagainst Trump \u2064are\u2064 unnecessary and\u200d only serve \u2064to add to\u200c his allegations \u200dof\u2062 a\u2062 &#8220;Democratic Party pile on.&#8221;\u200d Honig, a former federal\u200c prosecutor\u2062 and now a \u2062media legal analyst, points out that Trump has already been charged\u2062 by federal \u2064special\u200b counsel Jack Smith with\u2062 alleged election-related offenses, including in Georgia. He questions the need for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to\u2063 pile on with additional\u200b charges, especially considering her partisan affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>Honig raises the question \u2062of whether this indictment serves the &#8220;greater good&#8221; and promotes public \u2064confidence in the fairness of the legal \u2063process. He suggests that \u200dindicting Trump on \u2062partisan grounds does not serve any greater purpose. By adding \u2063more charges, Willis may be increasing Trump&#8217;s chances of being convicted and punished, but Honig \u2064questions \u200bwhether that should be the sole goal. He argues\u200b that if the goal is to charge Trump in every state \u200cwhere \u200celection-related offenses were alleged, then all seven states involved \u200cshould \u2063be charging him as well.\u200d However, he deems it \u2062ludicrous to take such an \u200dapproach.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d article highlights that\u2063 the Fulton County District Attorney&#8217;s office indicted \u2063Trump and 18 co-defendants\u200b under Georgia&#8217;s anti-racketeering law, alleging that they engaged \u200din efforts to illegally overturn the 2020 election\u2063 results\u2063 in the state. All defendants \u2063have pleaded not guilty, and some\u200c have attempted \u2063to have their charges dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>The article \u2063also mentions that Mark Meadows, the former Trump White House chief of\u200b staff, attempted to \u2064move \u2063his case to federal court but was unsuccessful. He is now appealing that ruling. Other defendants who have filed \u2064notice to move their cases to federal court have hearings scheduled \u2064next week.<\/p>\n<p>Critics, \u200dincluding Republicans\u200b in Congress and in Georgia, accuse \u2062Fani Willis&#8217;s office of engaging in a politically motivated attack on\u200b Trump. They \u200bargue that the \u200ccharges \u200cunder the racketeering law are\u2062 excessive and \u2064aimed at undermining\u2062 Trump&#8217;s political aspirations for the 2024 presidential\u200c campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes by highlighting the ongoing debate surrounding these charges\u200b and the potential implications for Trump&#8217;s legal future, as well as the broader questions of partisan bias \u2062and the proper use of prosecutorial discretion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>prominent media analyst, criticized the Fulton County district attorney&#8217;s decision to charge former President Donald Trump under Georgia&#8217;s racketeering law. Honig deemed the charges as &#8220;unnecessary&#8221; and believed they would only fuel Trump&#8217;s claims of a &#8220;Democratic Party pile on.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2046996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2046995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2046995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2046996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2046995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2046995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2046995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}