# What happens if Trump is indicted in Georgia? (Indicted on August 14, 2023)

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1907 "2023-10-24T19:40:54Z")

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> **Hid start of derailment.**
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> > [@Atamasama](#):
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> > I’m not a lawyer, but in theory wouldn’t everyone potentially get a better deal by pleading guilty?
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> > Not necessarily the “slap on the wrist probation” deal the first couple of people get, but something better than the sentence they’d be likely to get if they went to trial?
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> Unless you are found innocent- yes you are correct.
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> This is the issue that faces some kiddie porn or similar defendants- they think their pictures of their nude baby in the tub are okay, but they have a choice- 99 counts and many decades in prison or plead out with no jail time and have to register.
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> But the fact these people are pleading out means they think their chances of winning are slight.

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