# 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:** 15
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/281 "2023-08-15T00:36:28Z")
The deliberations are secret, the judge can issue statements from the room while deliberations are ongoing in a different room. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/282 "2023-08-15T00:37:38Z")
Yep. Anticipation. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/283 "2023-08-15T00:38:37Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Am I reading this correctly that they’re letting reporters into the Grand Jury room? The jury deliberation room is a separate room from the judge’s courtroom. Sounds like the reporters are set up in the judge’s courtroom, awaiting the results of the grand jury’s vote. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/284 "2023-08-15T00:42:40Z")
Msnbc is reporting that it was decided not to have the last few witnesses and go to voting. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/285 "2023-08-15T00:48:04Z")
When a major story like this is breaking, I’m often curious to see how Fox News – whence MAGAts get all their news – is handling it. And the answer is: they’re not. There’s not a peep out of them on the home page. For Fox News and the MAGAts, nothing is happening. There is, however, a big lead story about how some ex-NFL football player turns out to be adopted, and one about a woman who slipped on some prosciutto and is suing the restaurant. Also several about how evil Joe Biden and Hunter Biden both are. Such is the news in Trumpland. Whereas CNN, being a failed liberal news organization, completely missed out on the prosciutto story! 😁 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/286 "2023-08-15T00:49:42Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Msnbc is reporting that it was decided not to have the last few witnesses and go to voting. I love that they have been interviewing witnesses all day, could continue interviewing witnesses all night but have now reached a point of saying, “yeah, we’ve got this”. Here’s hoping some pre-trial detention is in order for Mr. Trump considering his threats to witnesses today. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/287 "2023-08-15T00:49:50Z")
Live feed! Live feed! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/288 "2023-08-15T00:50:11Z")
If anyone is reading this, they just opened up a live video feed to the inside of the courtroom. I think it’s coming soon. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/289 "2023-08-15T00:50:17Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Live feed! Live feed! With a judge on the bench! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/290 "2023-08-15T00:51:00Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Sounds like the reporters are set up in the judge’s courtroom, awaiting the results of the grand jury’s vote. Right now MSNBC is showing the judge’s courtroom, which is packed with reporters. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/291 "2023-08-15T00:51:52Z")
“Ché Alexander, the clerk of the Fulton County Superior Court, has sat down at the “criminal docket” desk of the clerk’s office.” - NY Times ETA: “According to the clerk, Ché Alexander, if an indictment is approved, someone will bring it up to this office and alert the clerk, and they will then walk it together up to the eighth-floor courtroom and deliver it to the judge.” ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/292 "2023-08-15T00:52:02Z")
Live feed, judge on the bench, indictments should start very soon. This is way more exciting than the other indictments. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/293 "2023-08-15T00:55:00Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > According to the clerk, Ché Alexander, if an indictment is approved, someone will bring it up to this office and alert the clerk, and they will then walk it together up to the eighth-floor courtroom and deliver it to the judge. That is happening now. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/294 "2023-08-15T00:55:36Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > This is way more exciting than the other indictments A+++, would indict again ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/295 "2023-08-15T00:56:21Z")
The MSNBC live feed requires a sign-in so I’m watching this thread instead! 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/296 "2023-08-15T00:57:03Z")
Here it is! That is a big stack of paper. The commenting judge on msnbc says trump has logorrhea. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/297 "2023-08-15T00:58:44Z")
Entering courtroom ---
**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:** [August 15, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/298 "2023-08-15T00:59:23Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Right now MSNBC is showing the judge’s courtroom, which is packed with reporters. I’m watching. 🙂 (With a beer.) ---
**Author:** ![loriloolee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@loriloolee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loriloolee)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/299 "2023-08-15T00:59:35Z")
Man I wanna smoke a cigarette so bad right now. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/300 "2023-08-15T01:00:36Z")
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