# 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:** 136
**Author:** ![JoePockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2701 "2024-12-20T03:44:43Z")
If Trump had lost the election this case would have stood as is! A blind man could convict him on his words alone. It amazes me how one man could corrupt so many people morally in this country ---
**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, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2702 "2024-12-20T03:51:24Z")
The saying “elections have consequences” has been proved by this 2024 election…unfortunately the dice has rolled in favor of Trump. I think his legal troubles, for all practical purposes, vanished into thin air. Sometimes I can’t help but wonder if he was destined to win in 2024… It was unimaginable just an year back when he was staring at a long prison sentence in one or more cases. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2703 "2024-12-20T04:16:19Z")
> [@Ash\_trav511](#): > > I think his legal troubles, for all practical purposes, vanished into thin air. He is still, and will forever be- a convicted felon. And the sentence has just been put aside until he gets out of office. Not the best end game, but it is something. ---
**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, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2704 "2024-12-20T04:29:00Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > He is still, and will forever be- a convicted felon I agree. But in the real world it doesn’t mean a damn thing. See all world leaders already started sucking up to him…silicon valley and a section of the mainstream media (atleast the owners of WaPo and LA Times) are falling over themselves and kising his ring. Biden is nowhere to be seen and the world and american allies are treating Trump as if he is already the President. Was funny to see Macron play second fiddle to Trump in his own country. As to what will happen after 4 years I highly doubt anything serious legally will happen to Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2705 "2024-12-21T08:33:44Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > He is still, and will forever be- a convicted felon. And the sentence has just been put aside until he gets out of office. If he makes himself dictator, he may never leave office. Except maybe in a casket. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2706 "2024-12-21T21:09:41Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Except maybe in a casket. “From your lips to God’s ears.” is an old Yiddish saying. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2707 "2024-12-22T18:31:42Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Except maybe in a casket. Maybe not even then. Per the country’s constitution, Kim Il-Sung is still the president of North Korea, despite having died in 1994. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2708 "2024-12-27T21:56:56Z")
The Thousand Year Trump? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2709 "2025-11-14T15:36:22Z")
Update: > **[New prosecutor to take on Georgia election case against Trump and others](https://apnews.com/article/georgia-trump-election-indictment-fani-willis-b91064d57b2ea26f78e771618e5847a9)** > > The leader of a nonpartisan organization has announced that he will take over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others. > A longtime prosecutor announced he will take over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others, after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was removed from the case and no one else wanted the job. > > The nonpartisan Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia was tasked with finding someone to lead the case after Willis was disqualified over an “appearance of impropriety” created by a romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she’d chosen to lead it. The organization’s executive director, Pete Skandalakis, said Friday that he would take the case on himself. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2710 "2025-11-14T16:28:58Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > Pete Skandalakis, said Friday that he would take the case on himself. And in other news, the DoJ announced it was investigating Pete Skandalakis… (OK, not yet, but give them a bit of time and it’ll happen.) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2711 "2025-11-14T17:15:27Z")
I mean, he’s got “Skandal” right in the name. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2712 "2025-11-14T17:25:16Z")
I think the “He could shoot someone in view of everyone and get away with it” point is past to the point that it is barely visible in the rear view mirror. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2713 "2025-11-14T18:12:39Z")
Trump was convicted of multiple felonies, and the sentence was basically “never mind” once he won the election. And that was via state charges in a blue state. Now, Trump wasn’t the only person involved in the crimes in Georgia, so there’s a chance someone will still get convicted, and maybe there’s another conviction for Trump in the history books where Donald won’t serve time just for the record I guess. If this actually goes to trial, it probably won’t conclude until after Trump’s presidential term ends, but it might also not conclude until after Trump’s life ends either (as the guy is old and clearly not in great health despite the propaganda he keeps putting out). ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2714 "2025-11-14T21:20:19Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > Pete Skandalakis Here’s a 2024 decision made by Skandalakis: > **[STATEMENT AND FINDINGS OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PETER J. SKANDALAKIS REGARDING...](https://pacga.org/2024/09/13/statement-and-findings-of-executive-director-peter-j-skandalakis-regarding-senator-burt-joness-involvement-in-matters-surrounding-the-presidential-election-of-2020-in-georgia/)** > > Pursuant to an order from Atlanta Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, District Attorney Fani Willis was recused from investigating then Senator Burt Jones and his involvement in matters surrounding the Presidential Election of \[…\] > [@](#): > > As election lawsuits were being dismissed for lack of standing by various courts across the country, the Trump attorneys became focused on the legal theory that legislatures in the contested states needed to send an alternate slate of electors to the U.S. Congress for consideration if the final vote tally changed. As precedent, they pointed to the presidential election of 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, when Hawaii, during a close election and the recounting of votes, sent two slates of electors to Congress. The Trump attorneys asserted that failure to act in a manner similar to that of the representatives in Hawaii would render their lawsuits challenging the election results useless. If they were able to prevail, Congress would not have a different slate of electors before it. This would, in effect, disenfranchise the Georgia vote. > > […] > > Considering the facts, applicable law, and the circumstances surrounding the events occurring in November and December of 2020 and January of 2021, I find the conduct and involvement of Senator Jones as an elected representative to be reasonable and not criminal in nature. Furthermore, his actions of serving as an alternate elector were based upon the advice of attorneys and legal scholars. While the advice may eventually be judged to be incorrect, Senator Jones, like any other citizen, should not be punished for relying upon the guidance of counsel under these specific facts and conditions. This isn’t to say that he might not pursue the people who were issuing advice to people like the Senator, but it doesn’t inspire a lot of optimism. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2715 "2025-11-26T16:10:51Z")
[The case has been dropped](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-georgia-election-interference-case-dropped-rcna246069?taid=692725473977f80001779491&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter): > “In my professional opinion, the citizens of Georgia are not served by pursuing this case in full for another five to ten years,” prosecutor Pete Skandalakis wrote, saying he was ending the case “to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality.” ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2716 "2025-11-26T16:29:22Z")
[![](https://en.meming.world/images/en/6/6e/Surprised_Pikachu.jpg) ](https://en.meming.world/images/en/6/6e/Surprised_Pikachu.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2717 "2025-11-26T18:53:44Z")
I think understaffing could have been part of the problem. I think the department head for Fulton County was self-appointed to make this decision. It’s not that they’re any different from where I live. The county heads where I live always sound overloaded as well. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2718 "2025-11-26T19:50:02Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > “In my professional opinion, the citizens of Georgia are not served by pursuing this case in full for another five to ten years,” prosecutor Pete Skandalakis wrote, saying he was ending the case “to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality.” Bullshit. This is sort of important. To heck with everything else. There, I just freed up staff time to prosecute the bastard. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2719 "2025-11-26T21:25:08Z")
Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/2720 "2025-11-27T00:42:46Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Bullshit. This is sort of important. To heck with everything else. Look, i am FAR from a fan of the orange shit stain, but I do actually think this is the right call given current circumstances: 1. It will take a ton of resources from an office that’s probably struggling to fulfill normal day-to-day duties. 2. It has, in the end analysis, a low probability of success based on the resources that fucknut and company have available. And even if successful, has zero chance of having any real impact on his past or future behavior. 3. Why give him ANY chance to claim the martyr mantle? When the MAGA folks see him as persecuted, they send money. Don’t fund raise for him. BTW, I don’t think any of the above are right or normal in a sane world, but unfortunately, that’s not where we live these days… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928.md?page=137)