Trump’s been indicted again, but this time I actually am interested. Fourth time around, he’s been indicted specifically in Georgia for his activities there in trying to overturn the 2020 election, and from what I can gather that’s significant for the following reasons:
1. It’s a state charge, not a federal charge, so he can’t get a presidential pardon;
2. He also can’t get the state governor to pardon him, cos in Georgia that has to be decided by an independent board;
3. The latter can’t give him a pardon pre-emptively, so they have to wait until he’s actually been convicted;
4. If he is convicted, he has to serve five years before they can even think about considering his case.
Apparently his only recourse otherwise is the Georgia Supreme Court, and he’s already in their bad books for demanding they fire the DA leading the case against him. So this time round he could actually be quite fucked… assuming, of course, that he is found guilty and that he doesn’t pop his clogs before it all ends. I still feel like he might escape justice through natural causes just because the trial could be so long…
