Willis had a deadline of Midnight, Tuesday, September 12th to present her plan to try all 19 defendants at once. She has now done so.

  • Jordan Lund@lemmy.oneOPEnglish
    692·
    10 months ago

    This seemed to be popular information when I posted it (ahem) “elsewhere”. Thought it might be welcome to have here.

    If you’re trying to keep track of where we’re at in the Trump prosecutions:

    Updated 9/12/2023

    Georgia
    13 state felonies
    Election Interference
    Investigation
    Indictment
    Arrest <- You Are Here
    All 19 defendants have surrendered.
    Trial - Fani Willis has now presented her plan to try all 19 defendants on October 23rd.
    Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee has ruled that the cases against Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell will both begin on October 23, 2023. It will be televised.
    Trial dates for the other 17 defendants have not yet been established.
    Conviction
    Sentencing

    Washington, D.C.
    4 federal felonies
    January 6th Election Interference
    Investigation
    Indictment
    Arrest <- You Are Here
    Trial - March 4th 2024, one day before Super Tuesday primaries.
    Conviction
    Sentencing

    New York
    34 state felonies
    Stormy Daniels Payoff
    Investigation
    Indictment
    Arrest <- You Are Here
    Trial - March 25th, 2024
    Conviction
    Sentencing

    Florida
    40 federal felonies
    Top Secret Documents charges
    Investigation
    Indictment
    Original indictment was for 37 felonies.
    3 new felonies were added on July 27, 2023.
    Arrest <- You Are Here
    Trial - May 20, 2024
    Conviction
    Sentencing

    Other grand juries, such as for the documents at Bedminster, or the Arizona fake electors, have not been announced.

    The E. Jean Carroll trial for sexual assault and defamation where Trump was found liable and ordered to pay $5 million before immediately defaming her again resulting in a demand for $10 million is not listed as it’s a civil case and not a crimimal one. That trial date is currently set for January 15th, the same day as the Iowa caucus. and has now been determined to be for damages only as Trump was already found liable.

    As a function of the January 6th and Georgia trials, there are now lawsuits in two states to bar Trump from the primary ballot based on the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment.

    Colorado: 9/6/2023 - Lawsuit filed.

    Minnesota: 9/12/2023 - Lawsuit filed.

    A long-shot write in candidate for President has also filed suits seeking to bar Trump from the ballot in Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Endorkend@kbin.social
    36·
    10 months ago

    Isn’t that the whole point of a RICO style case, to have a trial for the whole gang of criminals and make every member culpable for actions taken by all members?

    Makes it far easier to get shot callers convicted.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      10 months ago

      It’s more meant to solve a problem in criminal law.

      Before RICO, they weren’t able to get the mob bosses, and leadership. They’d never do anything illegal themselves.

      They’d get other people to do it, but they themselves were never guilty. “I wouldn’t know anything about that. I was having dinner at Giovanni’s. Plenty of witnesses!”

      So, now RICO becomes law, and it closed that loophole.

      Sure, trump didn’t sign any sort of fake electors, but he definitely lead a conspiracy to do so. Sure, trump didn’t lead anyone to Jan 6… but he certainly meant to, and would have, and uh, he lead that conspiracy too

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
        15·
        10 months ago

        And having it all in one trial prevents parallel finger pointing. “That guy in the other trial is the real boss.” Well, you all worked together, so it really doesn’t make much difference who was management and who was a lackey.

        • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          Yup.

          It’s very useful for sticking it to someone like trump.

          Even if he’s the most incompetent wannabe mob boss ever.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        6·
        10 months ago

        Although, Trump did directly ask the governor to “find” extra votes for him. So he is directly complicit in this case.

      • ViewSonik@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 months ago

        RICO for Trump sounds like a perfect fit. If he isn’t convicted & sentenced to prison then our country is truly lost in corruption.

    • Wrench@lemmy.world
      12·
      10 months ago

      But THAT’S not fair! They spent all that effort having winks and nods with obscure non-direct orders so that they could operate like a mafia with the head being safe. You can’t just try them like a mafia too!!

    • Nougat@kbin.social
      12·
      10 months ago

      Because it’s RICO, the whole story gets to be told for every defendant. Only makes sense to do that fewer times as opposed to more times.

      Besides which, the first trial is already scheduled for Oct 23. Everyone gets to hear the whole story at that time, and anyone who is not a defendant on that day doesn’t get the opportunity to object to anything, or have any control over the narrative. If you’re not a defendant on Oct 23, the people who are are going to be talking shit about you and pointing fingers at you, and there’s jack and shit you can do about it.

      • toasteecup@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        10 months ago

        I see a friend.

        My response Everytime my dad told me what I said when growing up “but it’s our responsibility to make it more so”.

        Edit: I understand my words are at conflict I’m fine with that. Trump’s actions would ha e resulted in a vastly more unfair reality for countless millions of people.

        Given that, I couldn’t give less of a shit if he and his legal team think he’s being treated unfairly.

        If you want to downvoted me for such opinions you’re welcome to.

    • Jordan Lund@lemmy.oneOPEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Fairness to the defendants. If you break the case into multiple trials, the defendants who go first are disadvantaged to ones who come later.

      The only fair way is to do it all at once.