1/ The ruling by Judge Steve Jones rejecting Mark Meadows effort to move his prosecution to federal court "is incredibly bad news for the former president" Prof Cunningham @GeorgiaStateLaw tells Jan Wolfe @WSJ wsj.com/politics/elect… via @WSJ
Clark D Cunningham
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Clark D Cunningham
@ClarkGSULaw
W. Lee Burge Chair in Law & Ethics, Georgia State College of Law. Expert on legal ethics, constitutional law, legal interpretation.
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- 1/ Having just now pled guilty, alleged Trump co-conspirator Scott Hall may become very important cooperating witness. According to the indictment, Hall was involved in much more than just Coffee County computer crimes. politi.co/3LGbQNs via @politico
- From end of CNN interview: "What Shafer filed today to get his case moved to federal court could be devastating for the former president. He explicitly places the entire responsibility for the fake electoral scheme squarely on Donald Trump."8.22.23 3:25 PM ET True Legal Intelligence on Display as Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn hosts Professor Clark Cunningham W. Lee Burge Chair in Law & Ethics, Georgia State College of Law @ClarkGSULaw and CNN Legal Analyst Legal Analyst Norm Eisen @NormEisen (6:03 )
00:00 - 1/ “Lately, there’s a clear trend: Trump has been on the losing side of several underlying legal battles." reports @byamberphillips @washingtonpost Prof Cunningham @GeorgiaStateLaw: The last day or two were really bad days for Donald Trump ... s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?track…
- Replying to @ClarkGSULaw"He is implicating Trump directly in the fake elector scheme. This seems to be a very important development in the case." Prof Cunningham @GeorgiaStateLaw thanks Jeff for the post.
- Replying to @ClarkGSULawHe says, “I was acting at the direction of the President.” He does that because he's trying to get into federal court under a law that says even if you're not an officer of the United States, if you are acting under the officer's direction, you can get to federal court.
- 1/ Prof Cunningham @GeorgiaStateLaw on Mark Meadows: "I think that the DA is making a very powerful argument against Mark Meadows' attempt to move his case to federal court."
- Replying to @ClarkGSULaw3/ “But Judge Jones states: ‘The Constitution does not provide any basis for executive branch involvement with State election and post-election procedures.’ "
- 1/ "fewer fingerprints"?! Chesebro is the AUTHOR of many of most incriminating document in the alternate electors scheme. Lets start with the infamous Dec 6, 2020 memo:
Chesebro has another benefit to standing alone: he only has conspiracy charges against him. He has fewer fingerprints on any false documents or record acts of unlawful coercion. - 1/ The ONLY reason given in Trump's motion to sever from co-def Chesebro whose trial is set for 10/23 is that his brand new lawyer Steve Sadow -hired 8/24 per AJC - has another trial scheduled to start in September. wsj.com/us-news/donald… via @WSJ
- "The indictment shows the incredible power brought to bear against Trump by using Georgia’s racketeering law - in addition to the 19 people charged, it encompassed “as many as 30 unindicted co-conspirators — over 160 separate acts in all.” Prof Cunningham @GeorgiaStateLaw saidThis Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
- Replying to @ClarkGSULaw4/ "And his whole argument is everything he did, he did as Chief of Staff. Well,if that's true, it appears he was breaking federal law. It's a really strong argument."
- Replying to @ClarkGSULaw3/ "The District Attorney makes a really good point, which is that everything that Mark Meadows is accused of doing, she says was actually illegal under federal law, because it's illegal for a federal employee to use their official position to try to influence an election."
- Replying to @ClarkGSULaw2/ “It appears that Trump’s primary defense is that as president he was obliged to assure the 2020 election was fair and free of fraud, and that his actions were justified by that duty,” Cunningham said.
