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Reuters got a copy of Georgia charges against Trump that were inadvertantly posted (Original Post) Bev54 Aug 2023 OP
All felonies.... Nice.... LakeArenal Aug 2023 #1
Problem is, it's felonies that can be pardoned by the President. Aristus Aug 2023 #5
These are state charges, none of them can be pardoned except by the Georgia pardon board Marius25 Aug 2023 #7
No this is Georgia, law is governor cannot overturn and they have to serve full sentence Bev54 Aug 2023 #8
I was responding to LakeArenal, who said the charges were felonies. Aristus Aug 2023 #9
Yes but you stated could be overturned by republican president and they cannot. Bev54 Aug 2023 #11
State felonies... correct? honest.abe Aug 2023 #12
Happily President Can't pardon state convictions, only federal convictions. emulatorloo Aug 2023 #10
RICO!!! honest.abe Aug 2023 #14
Inadvertent. Or Reuters has one of its typically brilliant reporters who has cultivated allegorical oracle Aug 2023 #2
I think it was reported elsewhere that the were posted and immediately taken down Bev54 Aug 2023 #4
I'm reading it as 39 charges. rsdsharp Aug 2023 #3
It could be, I was not really sure how to read this at first I thought the numbers might Bev54 Aug 2023 #6
Frankly, I'm not sure either, but there aren't 13 different statutes listed, rsdsharp Aug 2023 #15
I would guess that doc is the charges against Trump himself, and the numbers show how many muriel_volestrangler Aug 2023 #20
Is this for sure real?? honest.abe Aug 2023 #13
It was reported by Reuters, that is all I know. Bev54 Aug 2023 #17
Got it. Probably legit. honest.abe Aug 2023 #18
It has been reported that there is a fake document making its way around the internet Bev54 Aug 2023 #19
Does it have orange grease stains on it? C_U_L8R Aug 2023 #21
Lock him up. republianmushroom Aug 2023 #16
LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP Emile Aug 2023 #22
The court has not filed charges so what is this? aletheia4u Aug 2023 #23
This is not a charging document it is a clerks working document. Bev54 Aug 2023 #24
Yeah that's what I am thinking... its not the "official" document but.. honest.abe Aug 2023 #25
So... aletheia4u Aug 2023 #26
Somebody screwed up or somebody purposely leaked it. honest.abe Aug 2023 #28
Thanks for clarification aletheia4u Aug 2023 #27

Aristus

(67,626 posts)
5. Problem is, it's felonies that can be pardoned by the President.
Mon Aug 14, 2023, 05:16 PM
Aug 2023

If Trump or one of his cronies gets back into the White House, He could get any convictions scrubbed.

If that seems farfetched, well, we've seen a lot of far-fetched shit since he oozed down that escalator.

Bev54

(11,423 posts)
8. No this is Georgia, law is governor cannot overturn and they have to serve full sentence
Mon Aug 14, 2023, 05:19 PM
Aug 2023

and show they are worthy of a pardon after that.

Bev54

(11,423 posts)
6. It could be, I was not really sure how to read this at first I thought the numbers might
Mon Aug 14, 2023, 05:17 PM
Aug 2023

indicate all the charges under each one but that makes an awful lot of charges or if this referred to the paragraph # in another document, so I just counted the number of different statutes

rsdsharp

(9,836 posts)
15. Frankly, I'm not sure either, but there aren't 13 different statutes listed,
Mon Aug 14, 2023, 05:27 PM
Aug 2023

some of them are duplicated, which argues that there are only 13 charges, but then there are the numbers down the left side of the page.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,096 posts)
20. I would guess that doc is the charges against Trump himself, and the numbers show how many
Mon Aug 14, 2023, 06:06 PM
Aug 2023

other people are listed with the same (or related) charges. So Trump is charge 1 "Violation of RICO", and charge 5 "Solicitation of Violation of Oath"; charges 2, 3, and 4 are other people (in that case, quite likely RICO too, for at one, since they're about organized crime).

It's possible that some of the intervening ones are different charges from those for Trump.

Bev54

(11,423 posts)
19. It has been reported that there is a fake document making its way around the internet
Mon Aug 14, 2023, 05:57 PM
Aug 2023

but it is a different one than the one reported by Reurters, from Atlanta News First.

C_U_L8R

(45,398 posts)
21. Does it have orange grease stains on it?
Mon Aug 14, 2023, 06:18 PM
Aug 2023

Trump will do anything to ratfuck this pending indictment.

aletheia4u

(4 posts)
23. The court has not filed charges so what is this?
Mon Aug 14, 2023, 07:15 PM
Aug 2023

They’re saying this is a fictitious document. Whatever it is, Republicans will run with it, screaming their heads off. Someone screwed up. Or, not to sound like a conspiracy theorist lol, someone is working from within in an attempt to clumsily sabotage. Gee, would Republicans do that??? 🙄🤪

 

honest.abe

(9,238 posts)
25. Yeah that's what I am thinking... its not the "official" document but..
Mon Aug 14, 2023, 07:33 PM
Aug 2023

its probably accurate nonetheless.

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