# 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:** 135
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2681 "2024-06-09T03:51:46Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Except I’d go so far as to say it’s _common_ for at least one, if not more than one, lawyer in a prosecutor’s office to have a relationship with another. > > It shouldn’t fucking matter. Right, Now if it was a close personal relationship with the Judge- that would be different. They are both on the prosecution side. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2682 "2024-06-09T04:01:14Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > it’s _common_ for at least one, if not more than one, lawyer in a prosecutor’s office to have a relationship with another. > > It shouldn’t fucking matter. ISWYDT 😁 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2683 "2024-06-09T22:34:02Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Now if it was a close personal relationship with the Judge- that would be different. They are both on the prosecution side. No, the judge is not on the prosecution’s side (or damned well shouldn’t be). The judge’s role is to be an impartial arbiter of the law and the court proceedings. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2684 "2024-06-09T23:02:47Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > No, the judge is not on the prosecution’s side (or damned well shouldn’t be). I _think_ the “they” in that quote was a reference to Fani Willis and Nathan Wade. At least, that’s how I read it. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2685 "2024-06-09T23:04:03Z")
Oh, okay, thanks. That makes a lot more sense. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2686 "2024-06-10T00:32:02Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > No, the judge is not on the prosecution’s side (or damned well shouldn’t be). No, what I meant was Fani Will is and Nathan Wade is also. > [@Moriarty](#): > > I _think_ the “they” in that quote was a reference to Fani Willis and Nathan Wade. At least, that’s how I read it. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2687 "2024-06-10T00:42:39Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Except I’d go so far as to say it’s _common_ for at least one, if not more than one, lawyer in a prosecutor’s office to have a relationship with another. I’d expect that it’d be very rare for it to be exactly one. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2688 "2024-06-10T22:29:26Z")
So this just happened: > So how long can the proceedings continue before the appeal is heard? Presumably the trial can’t actually start until the appeal? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2689 "2024-06-10T22:56:52Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > So how long can the proceedings continue before the appeal is heard? Presumably the trial can’t actually start until the appeal? Here’s an older article: > **[Trump Fulton County election interference case on hold until Georgia Court of...](https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/06/05/trump-fulton-county-election-interference-case-hold-until-georgia-court-appeals-issues-ruling/)** > > A stay means that all hearings, arguments, rulings and other matters are on hold until the court of appeals rules on matters it is currently hearing — including whether to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting the... It says: > The Georgia Court of Appeals’ order on Wednesday prevents Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee from moving forward with other matters in the case while the appeal is pending. The order will undoubtedly further delay the case because McAfee will not be able to continue to handle pretrial motions in the case as he had planned. I presume this means that McAfee can resume pretrial motions. I figure there is a _lot_ to be done before the trial starts, and those things can now happen without waiting for the appeal. Also, the request to disqualify Willis failed. So I don’t see why she can’t get back to work; the only thing stopping her was the stay which was denied. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2690 "2024-06-10T23:46:21Z")
According to a further note from Katie Phang, this only applies to some of the defendants: > Ok so here it goes: while the trial case is stayed for people like Trump and others who appealed, those who did NOT appeal like Misty Hampton still have their case moving along. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2691 "2024-06-11T00:14:00Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Ok so here it goes: while the trial case is stayed for people like Trump and others who appealed, those who did NOT appeal like Misty Hampton still have their case moving along. That’s weird. As surely if they win the appeal and have Willis removed it will be for all the defendants? Or will there be a one trial for those that appealed and another with Willis for those that didn’t? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2692 "2024-06-11T00:20:16Z")
Yeah, I’m not sure why some of them appealed and some didn’t. Money maybe? Bad advice of counsel? They should check to see who their lawyers are dating, that might explain it. In any case, the various defendants here seem to be operating like the victims in that one Saw movie where if they had thought to work together they would have survived the traps but because they choose to screw each other over there was much more pain and suffering before the inevitable demise of each and every one of them. ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2693 "2024-06-13T14:28:02Z")
[[Prosecutors in Georgia election case against Trump seek to keep Willis on the case | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/fani-willis-trump-georgia-election-indictment-f7809f0c9c19efa026d976cab95c9a03)] DA’s office moves to dismiss appeal ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2694 "2024-08-15T18:18:00Z")
This case still chugs along. In the news yesterday: [Trump effort to push back oral arguments in case against Fani Willis denied](https://www.axios.com/2024/08/14/fani-willis-oral-arguments-december-trump) Meanwhile, Trump, who is out on $200,000 bail, threatened, in an interview with Elon Musk this past Tuesday night, to flee the country. You’d think they would at least call him in to give up his passport, right? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2695 "2024-09-18T13:12:48Z")
judge mcafee is keeping what he can moving. recap eastman and still have opted not to join trump and the other defendants in the appeal regarding ms willis. this gives mcafee partial juridiction over the trial. given that, here are the latest rulings: on sept.12th judge mcafee threw out 3 charges in the trial. filing false documents and conspiracy to file false documents; these are counts 14, 15, and 27. although this ruling is for eastman and still right now, it will go onto the other defendants when the appeal is over. the ruling is due to federal vs state issues. counts 14,15, and 27 dealt things that happened in a federal court. mcafee found that that charges should be charged federally not by the state. the rico charges stand. [Judge throws out two charges Trump faces in Georgia election subversion case | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/12/politics/trump-georgia-election-subversion-charges/index.html) [eastman-still-rico-challenge-order.pdf (documentcloud.org)](https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25137152/eastman-still-rico-challenge-order.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2696 "2024-09-18T14:57:20Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Meanwhile, Trump, who is out on $200,000 bail, threatened, in an interview with Elon Musk this past Tuesday night, to flee the country. You’d think they would at least call him in to give up his passport, right? “No, wait. Come back.” Said in the most unenthusiastic tone of voice. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2697 "2024-12-19T15:35:59Z")
The Georgia appeals court voted to remove Willis. Trump is going to get away with everything. ---
**Author:** ![Ash\_trav511](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@Ash\_trav511](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ash_trav511)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2698 "2024-12-19T15:55:48Z")
Another depressing news… > **[Fani Willis Disqualified From Trump Georgia Case, Court Rules](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/12/19/fani-willis-disqualified-from-trump-georgia-case-court-rules/)** > > The appeals court still denied defendants’ effort to throw out the case, however. I tbink effectively the case is over as far as Trump is concerned. Even for Guiliani and others they got, at the very least, a long reprieve. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2699 "2024-12-19T19:29:29Z")
I guess it wasn’t meant to be but Fani definitely has a future. I can’t speak for anyone but think she’s spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![Ash\_trav511](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@Ash\_trav511](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ash_trav511)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2700 "2024-12-20T03:35:00Z")
It’s because of Fani and her indiscretions the case against Trump collapsed. The conflict of interest arose just by her own behaviour. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928.md?page=136)