George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Friday that prosecutors pursuing former President Donald Trump were “willfully blind” about the implications of the Georgia indictments.
“I disagreed with President Trump on his allegations of widespread fraud, but that doesn’t mean that making those allegations is a crime and we have to ask ourselves what happens next? My biggest concern is that pundits and prosecutors are just willfully blind to the implications of what this case could mean,” Turley told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. “There are some serious charges connected to individuals with regard to specific crimes, but they are using this broad sweeping racketeering claim to bring in Trump and they’re citing every tweet, meeting, phone call that they have.”
“They are even bringing up that Georgia call again, which was misrepresented originally when people said that Trump ordered the – the Georgia officials to find, you know, 11,870 votes. In reality, that was more like a settlement call,” Turley continued.
“Those were fairly antagonistic parties. They were trying to see if they could resolve their differences. Trump was saying that what he wanted to find were that number of votes which he didn’t think was that significant, if they did further investigation. I disagreed with that. But is that now going to be a crime? Because I can name off the top of my head about 10 other politicians that have made largely sort of free-wheeling challenges like that,” said Turley.
Rep. Byron Donalds Reacts To Trump Charges
Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida said Friday that Americans were becoming “pis*ed off” over the charges against former President Donald Trump.
Trump turned himself in at the Fulton County Jail to be booked after a grand jury handed down indictments Aug. 14, charging Trump and other associates, including former Republican Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York City and attorneys Jenna Ellis, John Eastman and Sidney Powell.
Trump is also facing two federal indictments from Special Counsel Jack Smith relating to efforts to contest the 2020 election and allegations surrounding classified documents.
We can’t do this without your help; visit our GiveSendGo page and donate any dollar amount; every penny helps
“This is going to backfire in a major way,” Donalds told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. “Because Americans want our country to function. They don’t want it to be used as a political weapon against political rivals.”
“Americans are pissed off. You are talking about a government, a Department of Justice that ignores the crimes of the president’s son and, frankly, the president himself,” Donalds said. “They ignore those crimes. There’s no investigation. There’s no serious effort by the Department of Justice or the FBI to get to the bottom of that. Meanwhile, they are going after the chief political rival. That is unfairness to the nth degree and all that is happening with the backdrop of an America that is failing around us, border policy, inflation, fentanyl in our streets.”
In the news: House Republicans Launch Probe Of Atlanta DA In Trump Indictment “Motivation”
“This foolishness by the Democrats, they are going to rue the day that they wasted all of our time with this because I believe there will be a backlash in ’24,” Donalds added.
Android Users, Click To Download The Free Press App And Never Miss A Story. Follow Us On Facebook and Twitter. Signup for our free newsletter.
We can’t do this without your help; visit our GiveSendGo page and donate any dollar amount; every penny helps