# What happens if Trump is indicted in Georgia? (Indicted on August 14, 2023) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 17, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928 "2023-02-17T03:14:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 122
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2421 "2024-02-16T20:01:03Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I’d like to associate myself with @rocking_chair admiration and respect for this judge. It’s sad to me that you both must feel relief and admiration for a judge doing… well, just what judges do. McAfee’s judging all sounds completely normal to me, not extraordinary. Which, I suppose, is extraordinary in these times. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2422 "2024-02-16T20:09:33Z")
i believe some of it is his demeaner, i guess we have more fiesty judges in philly. he is really calm, and even keeled. oh good grief, they are trying for an adultery crime. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2423 "2024-02-16T20:12:52Z")
He’s really good, I’m not disputing that at all. And it’s impressive that he’s not showboating at all for the cameras. But he is handling the proceeding exactly as I would expect a regular, decent judge to do. I’m as relieved as you, but it still makes me sad. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2424 "2024-02-16T20:14:37Z")
like judge ito? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2425 "2024-02-16T20:15:01Z")
Like Judge Ito. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2426 "2024-02-16T20:22:31Z")
they are trying all sorts of ways to get around the a/c privilege. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2427 "2024-02-16T20:29:04Z")
For my part, I’m buoyed that – to the extent the hopelessly cynical (and blindly partisan) are tuning in – it’s the unsophisticated _audience_ who might view McAfee as _representative of_ our broader Judiciary. One of the cherished institutions that TFG has gone a long way to tarnish is the Courts. McAfee being – as you implied – just one of a multitude of decent judges may _not_ rehabilitate that misperception in the eyes of the horribly cynical and brainwashed … but it shouldn’t hurt the judiciary’s street cred either 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2428 "2024-02-16T20:38:02Z")
i can’t believe the one lawyer tried to use an adultery statute to claim fraud/crime in the attorney/client privilege. the judge shut that down fairly quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2429 "2024-02-16T20:45:55Z")
I wouldn’t quarrel with a word you said, though I doubt very many of the “unsophisticated” are tuning in. If they had, they would already know how bad the damage is that Trump has inflicted. * * * Judge McAfee has shown quite a lot of impatience with the Trump team’s presentation. I don’t see a judge who is convinced by anything that’s been testified to such that he is going to remove Willis or Wade from prosecuting this case. Trump’s lawyer, Marchant (sp?), is the sort of lawyer who drove me crazy in the courtroom: Jumping out of her skin, talking too fast, overtalking the judge and witnesses, posing really sloppy questions. I’ll be pleased to see her lose. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2430 "2024-02-16T20:51:27Z")
judge mcafee is one of the few judges we have seen and not just read about in transcripts or filings. i have noticed that by the midafternoon yest. he was looking for more proof than what defendant’s lawyers were giving him. i did like that he went with a 5 minute break yest when things got heated, rather than bang the gravel and raise his voice. they are going really hard to get the a/c privilege pierced. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2431 "2024-02-16T21:06:51Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > > > I’d like to associate myself with @rocking_chair admiration and respect for this judge. > > It’s sad to me that you both must feel relief and admiration for a judge doing… well, just what judges do. McAfee’s judging all sounds completely normal to me, not extraordinary. Which, I suppose, is extraordinary in these times. I don’t know how “extraordinary” it is, but it’s certainly reassuring in these times of partisan jurisprudence, as evidenced by an apparently increasingly unhinged Supreme Court and of course Ms. Loose Cannon. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2432 "2024-02-16T21:23:29Z")
testimony is done. the judge will meet with wade’s divorce lawyer to discuss issues with privilege. then set a date and time for more court time if ness. after the meeting, if not then on to summations date and time tbd. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2433 "2024-02-16T22:04:20Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Trump’s lawyer, Marchant (sp?), is the sort of lawyer who drove me crazy in the courtroom: Jumping out of her skin, talking too fast, overtalking the judge and witnesses, posing really sloppy questions. Ashleigh Merchant. [![](https://superfestfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Ashleigh-Merchant-Showed-Early-Interest-In-Law-From-Her-Young-Age.jpg) ](https://superfestfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Ashleigh-Merchant-Showed-Early-Interest-In-Law-From-Her-Young-Age.jpg) She seems nice… ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2434 "2024-02-16T22:09:31Z")
One of the lawyers – Harry W. MacDougald, attorney for **[Jeffery Clark](https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-election-indictment-jeffrey-clark-4c7a2dfaa096033940d617bd2b7f1c88)** – was introducing into evidence Fulton County Code sections pertaining to things like: - Conflicts of interest generally—Impartiality - Gifts and favors—Honoraria - Disclosure of income and financial interests - First assistant district attorney and trial assistant district attorneys; appointments; bonds; powers and duties; compensation; additional trial assistant district attorneys - Filing of statement of need for assistants; compensation - Employee conflict of interest - Employee disclosure requirement - Gratuities and kickbacks So … they’ll be going after Fani Willis head-on. Stay tuned. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2435 "2024-02-16T22:22:13Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > One of the lawyers – Harry W. MacDougald, attorney for **[Jeffery Clark](https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-election-indictment-jeffrey-clark-4c7a2dfaa096033940d617bd2b7f1c88)** – was introducing into evidence Fulton County Code sections pertaining to things like … Is this all part of the current motion/hearing (unsure of terminology)? Or would evaluating all this evidence require one or more separate hearings in the future? It’s disappointing if the defense attorneys can just go on fishing trips against a prosecutor and tie all this up for many months. McAfee has to be sorely tempted to just shout out “_Denied! Denied! Denied!_” ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2436 "2024-02-16T22:25:23Z")
My _guess_ is that it’s going to be a part of the current Hearing on the Motion to disqualify Willis and Wade (and, by association, their Prosecution team) from this case. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2437 "2024-02-16T22:38:27Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > One of the lawyers – Harry W. MacDougald, attorney for **[Jeffery Clark](https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-election-indictment-jeffrey-clark-4c7a2dfaa096033940d617bd2b7f1c88)** – was introducing into evidence Fulton County Code sections pertaining to things like: I imagine there will be questions about the relevance of all this to this case. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2438 "2024-02-16T23:11:33Z")
Looks like this will go into next week. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2439 "2024-02-16T23:58:31Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > - Conflicts of interest generally—Impartiality OK, um, what? A prosecutor is supposed to be the exact opposite of impartial. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2440 "2024-02-17T00:03:25Z")
More… > [@](#): > > Sec. 2-68. - Conflicts of interest generally—Impartiality > > (a)Officers and employees shall avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. An appearance of a conflict of interest exists when a reasonable person would conclude from the surrounding circumstances that the ability of the officer or employee to protect the public interest or impartially perform a public duty is compromised by financial or personal interests in the matter or transaction. The appearance of a conflict of interest can exist even in the absence of an actual conflict of interest, which exists whenever the officer or employee knows or should know that he or she has an interest that may be affected by his or her official acts or actions. > > (b)No officer or employee shall by his or her conduct give reasonable basis for the impression that any person can improperly influence him or her, or unduly enjoy his or her favor, in the performance of any official acts or actions. > > (c)No officer or employee shall, by virtue of his or her position with the county, except as necessary in the performance of his or her official duties, directly or indirectly influence or attempt to influence the decision of any other officer or employee who must act to further any county procurement, policy, contract, matter, or transaction. [**SOURCE**](https://library.municode.com/ga/fulton_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOORCORE_CH2AD_ARTIIOFEM_DIV2COET_S2-68COINGEMP) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928.md?page=123)