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[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 91 points 1 year ago (2 children)

hahahahahaha, Fulton County Georgia is gonna get and release mug shots on every single one of these motherfuckers, and the court cases are going to be televised, ahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They probably won't do that. Just like NY didn't. Or did you read something somewhere that I haven't seen yet.

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago (3 children)

According to a recent interview with the Fulton County Sheriff,

“Unless somebody tells me differently, we are following our normal practices, and so it doesn’t matter your status, we’ll have a mugshot ready for you,” Sheriff Labat said.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Somebody might tell him different for all we know.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

It's not my state or country, but how's that legal?

[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder if we can get Trump's mugshot on a mug.

[–] scottywh@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

If the mugshot exists you'll absolutely be able to buy it on a mug

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I guarantee it

[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 74 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder how many people will actually show up? God, I want to wake up on the 25th and read an article about how there's a manhunt out for Trump because his lawyers dragged him down to Georgia and then he ditched them after pretending he needed to piss.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.social 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They'd just need to check for him at the base of any gradual incline without a handrail.

[–] thepixelfox@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

And I just choked on my coffee. Thanks.

You're not wrong. Lmfao.

[–] Kerrigor@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want to hear about how the devil went down to Georgia

[–] DLSchichtl@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He was lookin' for an election to steal.

[–] thepixelfox@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He was in a bind, cause he wanted to undermine.

He wasn't willing to make a deal.

[–] fuser@quex.cc 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He said I know you run the show down here, but give the devil his due...

I'll bet a toilet of gold against your soul that I can intimidate you

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis said late Monday that former President Donald Trump and his 18 allies who were indicted on 41 felony counts have until noon ET on Friday, Aug. 25 to turn themselves in or an arrest warrant will be issued.

Why not, you know, fucking arrest them like a normal person?

I swear the Dave Chappelle skit is just proving its accuracy at this point.

[–] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I assume this is a genuine question? This is a state-level indictment from Georgia and Mr. Trump resides in Florida. Georgia cops can't just go on an extrajudicial joyride across state lines and grab him. That would, unfortunately, be abduction.

In cases like these where a state wants to prosecute someone residing in another jurisdiction, the process generally goes like this:

  1. The prosecuting state asks for the indicted person to return within a reasonable timeframe and face their allegations
  2. The prosecuting state waits for this time limit to lapse
  3. The governor of the prosecuting state requests an extradition warrant from the governor of the indicted person's state [^1]
  4. If the indicted person's state does not comply within a reasonable timeframe, then the prosecuting state gets the FBI involved
  5. If the FBI fails to extradite (very unlikely), then the prosecuting state can pass a default judgement and start following alternative courses of action for causing suffering to the guilty

[^1]: Generally speaking, states are federally obligated to honor each other's extradition requests, though asking nicely still remains the first resort. Gov. DeSantis does have an opportunity to grandstand here, but he's much more likely to drag out the process rather than outright defy it -- pissing off the FBI is something which states try to avoid doing

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  1. The prosecuting state asks for the indicted person to return within a reasonable timeframe and face their allegations
  2. The indicted person flees the country
  3. The end

Much be nice to be rich where you do crime, go anywhere you want, and escape the punishment. No federal no-fly list to be put on because it's all state charges.

[–] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Uh, yeah... I guess? Step 2 is doing a lot of heavy lifting because states can and do extradite internationally. There's a whole federal office which exists for this specific purpose: the OIA. It's hardly a "happily ever after" situation to spend the rest of your life far away from home and constantly looking over your shoulders.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

the indicted person flees the country

That would work too.

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net -1 points 1 year ago

That would, unfortunately, be abduction.

In this case, I'm pro abduction, let's do that

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 29 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis said late Monday that former President Donald Trump and his 18 allies who were indicted on 41 felony counts have until noon ET on Friday, Aug. 25 to turn themselves in or an arrest warrant will be issued.

Willis addressed reporters shortly after a grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 others on 41 counts, including 13 against Trump, of election fraud, racketeering and other charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Other co-defendants include Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official; and Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis, conservative lawyers who pushed baseless claims of voter fraud.

In a statement, Trump's attorneys Drew Findling, Jennifer Little and Marissa Goldberg said, "The events that have unfolded today have been shocking and absurd."

"This one-sided grand jury presentation relied on witnesses who harbor their own personal and political interests— some of whom ran campaigns touting their efforts against the accused and/or profited from book deals and employment opportunities as a result," the attorneys said in the statement.

"We look forward to a detailed review of this indictment which is undoubtedly just as flawed and unconstitutional as this entire process has been."


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[–] theodewere@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

Trump cheats at golf

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just to be sure, how high are the chances of a mass execution for high treason at this point in time?

[–] scottywh@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Basically nil. Both the federal Constitution and Georgia law define treason very narrowly as waging war or giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the US/State of Georgia.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Georgia and Georgia Tech are pointing at each other "Shoot him!"

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] HowMany@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Run donnie run the dogs gonna getcha, run donnie run the dogs is comin', run donnie run the dogs gonna getcha, run while ya can - run donnie run. (to the tune of run rabbit run, and a one and a two and ready and a play boys... ♫ ♪♪♥

[–] sic_1@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Woodkid's "Run Boy Run" would fit well, too.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mug shot is needed to prove the identity of the defendant.

Errybody knows who Trump is.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How does the mugshot help with proving the identity?

[–] MisterRoboto@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well in this particular instance: Trump is the guy who non stop says that everything is fake news and not real. Having a mug shot is visual proof he was booked.

[–] HowMany@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Sorry donnie... best I can do is next week. We may as well get this started.