Why Fani Willis’ probe is one of the most dangerous in the country for the former president.
Kemp’s main claim was that the doctrine of sovereign immunity bars him from being called to testify. McBurney rejected the claim a mere four days afterMcBurney wrote: “[The sovereign immunity] doctrine ‘forbids our courts to entertain a [civil] lawsuit against the State without its consent.
Willis wanted Kemp’s testimony immediately, and that timing during campaign season was another one of his complaints. But the delay in getting that testimony barely slows Willis’ work. Even had she gotten the testimony now, she was not going to charge anyone before year-end.She wants Kemp under oath to lock in his first-hand account of what happened in his contacts with Trump, and she only needs that testimony so that there are no surprises at trial. That can be done equally well in November.
And so, the DA’s winning streak continues. Every prosecutor knows that you don’t always get everything you seek on the way to reaching your goal.Indeed, Judge McBurney‘s even-handed approach demonstrates a key advantage of the Fulton County litigation, and part of the reason that it has emerged as the leading-edge accountability vehicle for the anti-democratic crimes of Trump and his cronies. You have a driven and effective DA who’s matched by a capable and fast supervising judge.
That’s how the judicial system is supposed to work, which in this case is very bad news for the former president. Charges seem increasingly likely after the election and before 2023.That makes a formidable one-two punch when combined with the possible federal charges for Trump’s dangerous mishandling of