A little over a week after a prosecutor in Georgia indicted former President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 presidential election, Republicans said they will use a new law to remove her from office.

In May, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the law that created a new commission of political appointees with the power to remove and discipline elected prosecutors over decisions or policies not to prosecute certain offenses. The law seeks to limit or restrict reform-minded prosecutors. In the case of Fulton County — which includes Atlanta — though, District Attorney Fani Willis is not even known as much of a reformer. Instead, Republican lawmakers set their sights on Willis for another reason: prosecuting the wrong person.

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[–] 385 points 3 years ago (19 children)

Sounds like obstruction of justice.

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  • [–] 305 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    Sounds like the continuation of a coup.

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  • [–] 150 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    Sounds like more individuals to indict with RICO charges

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  • [–] 30 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Is it RICO if these are all separate people committing crimes of their own accord?

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I'm not a lawyer, but from the way the indictment was written it sounded like it was the mission that included you in the group, not the main person.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    That's how RICO works: you don't have to have committed the actual crime, but if your actions materially contributed to the commission of the crime, that's considered pretty much the same thing.

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  • [+] 36 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (5 children)
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    [–] 239 points 3 years ago (16 children)

    Lol. Bruh. She didn't just indict him because she wanted to and for no reason, she had evidence of crimes committed by the dude and his monkeys. He was indicted by a grand jury. The "wrong person"? We are playing Mafia now? Wtf

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  • [–] 45 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    LOL. Tell them that downvotes and upvotes don't mean shit here on lemmy. They can take that dystopian bullshit back to reddit.

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  • [–] 59 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Yes they are. Kemp seems to have had all sorts of tricks up his sleeve to suppress voters. This "no you can't prosecute our people" committee is no great surprise to me.

    The GOP will stop at nothing to ensure they can do whatever the fuck they want. Across the board in every way they can imagine they threaten to further degrade and eventually destroy democracy. For them, Russia is a model of what they're going for.

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    [–] 180 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    We already know from Pudding Rob's actions in Florida that these kind of laws are going to be used to:

    • Allow the executive or legislative branches to override the judiciary, thereby functionally eliminating the separation of powers

    • Override democracy by removing duly elected officials at the sole discretion of one person (Florida), or by another unelected body (Georgia)

    • Create a legal fiefdom where the executive or legislative branches can determine the outcome of judicial matters through sheer fiat by removing prosecutors who do not align with their intended outcomes, and then hand selecting those who do

    Party of "Law and Order" my fucking ass.....

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  • [–] 127 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    That's because "law and order" always meant "arrest black people".

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  • [–] 63 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    That’s completely unfair.

    They’re happy to indiscriminately arrest brown people too.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    And that governor is responsible for that law. Kemp fucked us.

    They will remove her probably try get her charged and then work to have someone who will make this case go away.

    If this happens and the people of Georgia or hell all of us to rise up and put stop to it.

    Then might as well hand the country over to the fascist because that would have won.

    This must not be allowed. But I knew the GOP would find away to protect Trump.

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  • [–] 130 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    There is no honor- none whatsoever- in the Republican party.

    They want power, and they will destroy any good person who stands in their way.

    Disgusting.

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  • [–] 86 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    GOP - All obstruction, all the time

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  • [–] 84 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    They can't even start accepting complaints under this new law until next July, then it's a complicated process with two different panels of former prosecutors/judges, a number of whom are appointed by the not-particuarly-pro-Trump governor. It'll definitely be used to punish prosecutors for not prosecuting drug/abortion/etc crimes the way they want them to, but it's going to be too slow + indifferent + late to affect Willis.

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    [–] 55 points 3 years ago

    Expected outcome from the minute the law was passed. We'll see how far it gets...

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  • [–] 50 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Of course they are. I love how Trump and the GOP claim to be innoncent….yet they try and stop the prosecution. If you are innocent, just present the evidence.

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    [–] 33 points 3 years ago

    criminals cover up for one another every chance they get

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago

    Obstruction of Justice

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    I don't know that they have the votes to actually do this, even if one guy on a Facebook post said he wanted to.

    If they did do it, the real question is how this duly elected official gets replaced. If it's a special election I'd disagree with them doing it but at least the voters get representation. If it's an appointment by the GovernornI think there are actual constitutional issues with the law since it denies the constituents the ability to elect their own DA...but that would also put a Republican in charge of the case so it seems plausible they would write it that way.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Ron Desantis is running like a bulldozer over Florida, I hope the federal government would step in. They seem to be trying to take a hands off approach and letting it sort out. I'm not sure that's a great approach as we watch our states get taken over by fascists. This happened after the civil war so I guess there's a chance we can get it back? That took a long time though.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago

    Thats right Georgia. Republicans have told you who to vote for if you want your independence and freedom. Michigan just recently realized this.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    GOP is grasping at straws in Tennessee too, for all to see. Justin Pearson, previously censured, posts reels of every nefarious act they try. It bears watching and supporting.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    This doesn't mean that the trial can be shitcanned, does it?

    If Fani Willis can't escape this and it means she burned her career to do the right thing, somebody oughtta crowdfund a bunch of money for her so she has some cushioning.

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