๐จ Atlanta District Attorney Tok Say Trump Election Case Fit Reach 2025๐ฐ
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Make una hear dis tori o! Fani T. Willis, wey be Atlanta district attorney, dey lead case against former President Donald J. Trump and im 14 allies for election interference. She yarn on Tuesday say di trial fit no end reach winter or early part of 2025.
She don defend di scope of di racketeering indictment wey she bring come in August. She talk say she don prosecute bigger racketeering cases for her career. Defendants for dis kain cases, according to her, “don get involved for di criminal enterprise. Dem deserve to be charged. In fact, dem earn am.”
Ms. Willis office don charge Mr. Trump and 18 other defendants for participating for one criminal enterprise wey aim to change di outcome of di 2020 presidential election. Four of di defendants don already accept plea deals, agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors.
Di time wey di trial go start for di other defendants no clear yet, as di trial date never dey set. But people dey speculate say di district attorney fit wan start di trial for summer.
Ms. Willis comments, wey she make for one women’s conference wey The Washington Post hold, come as her office dey seek emergency protective order. Dem no wan make people dey release discovery materials for di Georgia case. On Monday, videos of private testimony from defendants wey don accept plea deals leak go different news outlets. Ms. Willis office talk say dem no be di ones wey leak di videos, wey dem don share with defense lawyers. Judge Scott McAfee of Fulton County Superior Court don schedule hearing for di request for Wednesday.
For one of di videos, wey ABC News get, Jenna Ellis, one former Trump campaign lawyer wey plead guilty to felony charge last month, say she hear for December 2020 from one of Mr. Trump longtime aides say e no go leave White House “under any circumstances” even though e lose di election.
For another video, wey The Post first report, Kenneth Chesebro, another lawyer wey work with Trump campaign, talk to prosecutors say e meet with di president for White House for mid-December 2020. Mr. Chesebro also discuss one memo wey e write shortly after di election wey talk say Jan. 6, 2021, na di “real deadline for settling a state electoral votes.”
After Mr. Chesebro write di memo, di Trump administration deploy fake electoral voters for swing states as part of plan to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to no certify di election results for Jan. 6. For di conference on Tuesday, dem ask Ms. Willis whether e surprise am say di videos leak.
“Surprising no, disappointing yes,” she talk, she add say statements like dis from defendants wey don plead guilty dey help prosecutors make their case against more big defendants “up di ladder.”
“Di D.A. for Fulton County always wan reach di top of di ladder,” she talk, speaking in general, but also likely dey talk about Mr. Trump.
Steve Sadow, wey be Mr. Trump lead lawyer for Georgia, dismiss di contents of di videos on Monday. E talk say “di only salient fact to dis nonsense line of inquiry na say President Trump leave di White House on Jan. 20, 2021, and return to Mar-a-Lago.” Ted Goodman, spokesman for Rudolph W. Giuliani, wey be Mr. Trump former personal lawyer and defendant for di case, talk say Ms. Willis suggestion say trial go reach 2025 “just dey show more how dis whole fraudulent case na part of di Democrat Party and permanent political class attempt to keep Donald Trump out of di White House for 2024.”
Ms. Willis, for her comments on Tuesday, talk say she know when she start di investigation say she go receive threats. But she surprise for di number of threats against her โ more than 100, she talk, plenty of dem racist.
“Did I suspect say when di threats come, so many of dem, di nature of dem go be so racist and say dis country still get dat kain venom just because I be Black woman?” she ask. “For di last three years, dem don call me di N-word so many times I no fit count.”
“We go continue to do business as usual,” she talk. But she add say she now get so much security say she no fit just go out for casual drink with friends again.
She decline to talk when dem ask am if dia don dey “meaningful contact” between her office and Jack Smith office, di special prosecutor wey di Justice Department appoint wey dey lead two other criminal cases against Mr. Trump.
Ms. Willis, wey be elected Democrat, insist say she no be partisan, as Mr. Trump and some other conservatives don paint her. She describe herself as law-and-order district attorney.
“I be prosecutor prosecutor,” she talk. “I fit put you for jail for life and still sleep well for night.” ๐๐ฉโโ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธ๐๏ธ๐บ๐ฅ๐ฉโ๐๐๐ก๏ธ๐
NOW IN BLACK AMERICAN SLANG
๐จ ATL’s Top Prosecutor Says Trump’s Trial Might Stretch to 2025
Alright, listen up! Atlanta’s District Attorney, Fani T. Willis, is running the show on this big case against former President Donald J. Trump and his crew. She’s laying it down that this whole trial thing might not even be over till winter or early 2025.
She’s standing tall on the racketeering charges she hit them with back in August, talking about how she’s handled even bigger fish in her time. She’s saying these folks in the case, they stepped into this mess. They got themselves charged, and she’s like, “Yeah, they definitely earned that.”
Ms. Willis and her team have got Mr. Trump and 18 others on the hook for being part of this scheme to flip the 2020 election script. Four out of that bunch have already struck deals, agreeing to help the prosecutors out.
Now, as for when the rest are gonna see their day in court, that’s still up in the air. No dates set yet. But word on the street is the district attorney might be looking at a summer kickoff.
Her words came through at this women’s conference The Washington Post put on. At the same time, her office is trying to lock down an emergency order to keep folks from leaking any more case stuff. Like, on Monday, some videos got out showing private chats from those who’ve already copped pleas. Ms. Willis’s crew said they didn’t leak those videos, which they’d shared with defense lawyers. Judge Scott McAfee from Fulton County Superior Court is all set to look into it come Wednesday.
In one of those videos that ABC News got its hands on, Jenna Ellis, who used to work for Trump’s campaign and just pled guilty to a felony, was talking about how back in December 2020, Trump was straight-up refusing to leave the White House, election results be damned.
Another clip, first put out by The Post, shows Kenneth Chesebro, another one of Trump’s legal eagles, spilling to prosecutors about a sit-down he had with the president in the White House around mid-December 2020. Chesebro also got into this memo he wrote right after the election talking about January 6, 2021, being the real deadline for locking down state electoral votes.
After Chesebro dropped that memo, Trump’s team put fake electors in play in swing states, trying to push Vice President Mike Pence to not seal the deal on the election results come January 6.
At the conference on Tuesday, when they asked Ms. Willis if she was thrown by those video leaks, she was like, “Surprised? Nah. Disappointed? Yeah.” She pointed out how those statements โ those “proffers” โ from the ones who’ve already admitted guilt are key to building their case against the bigger names, higher up the chain.
“The D.A. in Fulton County? We’re always aiming for the top,” she said. And though she was talking big picture, it felt like she was definitely hinting at Mr. Trump.
Steve Sadow, Trump’s main lawyer in Georgia, brushed off what’s in those videos on Monday, basically saying the only thing that matters is Trump left the White House on January 20, 2021, and went back to Mar-a-Lago. Ted Goodman, speaking for Rudolph W. Giuliani โ Trump’s former personal lawyer and also caught up in this case โ called out Ms. Willis’s thought that the trial could go on till 2025. He’s calling the whole thing a ploy by the Democrats and the political elites to block Trump from making a White House comeback in 2024.
Ms. Willis, in her talk on Tuesday, said she knew stepping into this investigation would bring threats her way. But she’s been taken aback by the sheer number and the harsh, racist tone of those threats โ over 100 of them. “Did I expect this level of racism just because I’m a Black woman?” she wondered. She shared how she’s been hit with the N-word more times than she can count in the last three years.
“We’re gonna keep pushing forward, business as usual,” she declared. But she admitted that now she’s rolling with so much security, it’s not easy just to go out and grab a drink with friends.
When they hit her up about any real talks between her office and Jack Smith’s โ that’s the special prosecutor the Justice Department put in charge of two other criminal cases against Mr. Trump โ she kept it close to the chest, not giving anything away.
Ms. Willis, who’s in office thanks to the Democrat vote, made it clear she’s not playing politics here. She sees herself as a hardcore, law-and-order district attorney. “I’m the kind of prosecutor who’ll lock you up for life and sleep just fine at night,” she said. ๐๐ฉโ
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NOW IN ENGLISH
๐จ Atlanta D.A. Projects Trump Election Case Could Extend to 2025
Listen up, everyone! Atlanta’s District Attorney, Fani T. Willis, is spearheading an election interference case against former President Donald J. Trump and 14 of his associates. On Tuesday, she expressed that the trial might not wrap up until winter or the early part of 2025.
She stood firm on the extent of the racketeering indictment she initiated in August, emphasizing her experience with even larger cases throughout her career. She pointed out that defendants in such cases “have engaged in the criminal enterprise. They deserve to be charged. Indeed, they’ve earned it.”
Ms. Willis’s office has accused Mr. Trump and 18 others of participating in a criminal scheme to alter the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Four of the defendants have already entered plea deals, agreeing to assist the prosecution.
The schedule for the trial of the remaining defendants remains uncertain, as a trial date is yet to be fixed. However, there’s mounting speculation that the district attorney might aim for a trial start in the summer.
Her comments, made at a women’s conference hosted by The Washington Post, coincided with her office seeking an emergency protective order to halt the release of discovery materials in the Georgia case. Videos containing private testimony from defendants who have struck plea deals leaked to several media outlets on Monday. Ms. Willis’s office asserted that they did not leak the videos, which had been shared with defense lawyers. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has set a hearing on the matter for Wednesday.
In one of the leaked videos, obtained by ABC News, Jenna Ellis, a former lawyer for the Trump campaign who pleaded guilty to a felony last month, was heard saying in December 2020 that Mr. Trump was refusing to leave the White House “under any circumstances,” despite losing the election.
Another video, first reported by The Post, revealed Kenneth Chesebro, another attorney who worked with the Trump campaign, disclosing a meeting with the president at the White House in mid-December 2020. Mr. Chesebro also talked about a memo he drafted after the election, indicating that Jan. 6, 2021, was the “real deadline for settling a state’s electoral votes.”
Following the drafting of Mr. Chesebro’s memo, the Trump administration deployed fake electors in swing states as part of a strategy to pressure Vice President Mike Pence into not certifying the election results on Jan. 6.
At the conference, Ms. Willis was asked about her reaction to the leaks. “Surprising no, disappointing yes,” she remarked, noting that such statements โ known as “proffers” โ from defendants who have pleaded guilty are crucial in building cases against more high-profile defendants “up the ladder.”
“The D.A. in Fulton County is always looking to reach the top of the ladder,” she mentioned, speaking broadly but likely hinting at Mr. Trump.
Steve Sadow, Mr. Trump’s lead attorney in Georgia, downplayed the significance of the videos on Monday, stating that “the only salient fact to this line of inquiry is that President Trump left the White House on Jan. 20, 2021, and returned to Mar-a-Lago.” Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s former personal lawyer and a defendant in the case, criticized Ms. Willis’s suggestion that the trial could extend into 2025. He described it as “further evidence of how this entire fraudulent case is a part of the Democrat Party and permanent political class’s effort to keep Donald Trump out of the White House in 2024.”
Ms. Willis, in her comments on Tuesday, acknowledged that she anticipated threats when she initiated the investigation. However, she expressed surprise at the volume and nature of the threats โ over 100, many of which were racist. “Did I expect that so many of the threats would be so racially charged, exposing the deep-seated racism still prevalent in this country simply because I am a Black woman?” she pondered. “In the past three years, I’ve been called the N-word countless times.”
“We’re going to continue business as usual,” she declared. But she also revealed that her need for extensive security now limits her ability to socialize casually with friends.
When asked about any “meaningful contact” between her office and that of Jack Smith, the special prosecutor appointed by the Justice Department leading two other criminal cases against Mr. Trump, she chose not to comment.
Ms. Willis, a Democrat by election, insisted that her actions are not politically driven, contrary to how Mr. Trump and some conservatives have portrayed her. She described herself as a law-and-order district attorney.
“I am a prosecutor’s prosecutor,” she stated. “I can put someone in jail for life and still sleep soundly at night.” ๐๐ฉโโ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธ๐๏ธ๐บ
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