# 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:** 5
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/81 "2023-04-20T17:54:55Z")
Big no-no. Lose-your-bar-license no-no. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/82 "2023-04-20T17:56:06Z")
If I were the client I’d be (a) furious, and (b) looking for a new lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/83 "2023-04-20T19:33:35Z")
Sounds like part (b) of your post may be mandated by the judge. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/84 "2023-04-21T16:36:56Z")
I’d want to be getting on all the suing by suing her. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/85 "2023-04-24T20:56:21Z")
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**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:** [April 24, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/86 "2023-04-24T20:57:43Z")
i was just typing that. interesting timing. i’m hoping that lindsay gets swept up in this as well as trump. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/87 "2023-04-24T21:04:57Z")
That would be the cherry on top. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/88 "2023-04-24T21:56:50Z")
That’s great. But it still saddens me how slow justice moves for the rich and connected. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/89 "2023-04-24T22:04:30Z")
The more I thought about the timing…Congress has a summer break that would fall in that time frame, yes? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/90 "2023-04-24T22:23:36Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Congress has a summer break that would fall in that time frame, yes? So we have to arrest them in their homes? 🤞 ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/91 "2023-04-24T23:23:55Z")
What about Georgia Senate Bill 92? AFAICT, Brian Kemp hasn’t signed it into law yet but is expected to do so. > **[The unconstitutional consequences of a prosecutorial oversight commission -...](https://georgiarecorder.com/2023/04/24/the-unconstitutional-consequences-of-a-prosecutorial-oversight-commission/)** > > Our guest columnist writes transparency problems created by the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission could undermine its goals. If signed, it will create an oversight commission for prosecutors in Georgia, which could be used to target Fani Willis. Not sure of the particulars for how she might be removed, what the steps are, how long it would take, etc. It’s really worrying me that Ms. Willis is going to get sidelined before any possible indictments could be issued against Trump, Graham, or anyone else involved in the whole “just find me 11,780 votes” scheme. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/92 "2023-04-25T11:07:28Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > That’s great. But it still saddens me how slow justice moves for the rich and connected. As I heard it explained-there’s “real time” and “court time.” One’s much slower than the other, obviously. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/93 "2023-04-25T14:32:22Z")
this is my concern as well. hopefully, it will get tied up in court and ms willis will be able to bring the indictments. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/94 "2023-04-25T14:46:20Z")
Just heard on CNN that the delay is because they are notifying law enforcement about potential violence, giving them time prepare, which certainly sounds like some shit is coming down. I mean, there would be no extra security needed if no charges were coming, right? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/95 "2023-04-25T14:53:18Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Just heard on CNN that the delay is because they are notifying law enforcement about potential violence, giving them time prepare, which certainly sounds like some shit is coming down. I think “law enforcement” could get ready with a week or two heads up. This is going really slow. I’m not sure why, but for those of us on the outside, it’s maddening. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/96 "2023-04-25T14:57:52Z")
Here is Willis’s letter to the Fulton County Sheriff (Labat): [DocumentCloud](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23787480-letter-from-willis-to-law-enforcement-on-trump-grand-jury) She asks him to prepare for violence in reaction to announcements of charging decisions and she says that those announcements will be coming between July 11 and September 1 because that is the next time the grand jury will be in session. This seems to me that she is definitely going to ask the grand jury for indictments, and those indictments will be of people who have followers prone to violent reactions which means Trump. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/97 "2023-04-25T15:58:10Z")
I hope it’s more than just Don The Con, I want Rudy and Mark Meadows behind bars too. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/98 "2023-04-25T16:10:23Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I want Rudy and Mark Meadows behind bars too. Is it too much to hope that Lindsay Graham is charged with something? ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/99 "2023-04-25T16:47:51Z")
no, no it is not. is july when the next grand jury is set to go? ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/100 "2023-04-25T16:58:58Z")
From Willis’s letter above… > I will be announcing charging decisions resulting from this investigation during Fulton County Superior Court’s fourth term of court, which will begin on July 11, 2023, and conclude on September 1, 2023. In this context, “term of court” means that court is in session which includes a grand jury being in session. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928.md?page=6)