Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will face a series of scheduling and legal hurdles as she moves to bring former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants to trial for their alleged role in an effort to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, writes Jennifer Rodgers.
As Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis ended her press conference late Monday night, she said former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants would have until Friday, Aug. 25 to voluntarily surrender for their alleged role in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential elections in the state. All defendants who have commented thus far — including Trump — have denied wrongdoing.
However, asking the Georgia secretary of state to “find” votes to change election results seems to be the opposite of trying to ensure integrity in the 2020 Georgia race. More to the point, ensuring electoral integrity is not the president’s job, but that of those very officials Trump was trying to undermine. Trump and others in the case may also move for a change of venue. The defense could seek a more advantageous jury pool in a part of Georgia where the 2020 vote favored Trump over Biden.
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