Donald Trump rules out taking Georgia election subversion case to federal court

Four-time indicted Donald Trump’s attorneys said Thursday that the case of Georgia election interference and criminal racketeering in 2020 will not be moved to federal court, the state where he lost to Democrat Joe Biden in the previous presidential election.

A Georgia grand jury is investigating Donald Trump’s alleged role in overturning the state’s 2020 election results.

On 2 January 2021, Donald Trump asked Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find 11,870 votes” in a phone conversation that was leaked to a 26-member jury.

CNN reported Trump and 18 others conspired to conduct and participate in a criminal enterprise after losing in Georgia, according to the indictment.

According to the accusations, false statements were made, state legislatures and high-ranking officials were solicited, false electoral college documents were fabricated and disseminated, poll workers were intimidated, Justice Department officials were requested, Mike Pence was sought when he was vice president, election machinery was illegally manipulated, and obstructionist actions were committed.

In addition to the people charged, 30 unindicted co-conspirators were also named in the indictment.

As a political witch hunt, the 77-year-old denied all charges.

In addition to paying hush money, Trump was also charged with election subversion.

Other indictments against Trump include provoking riots on January 6 2021 by falsely claiming rigged elections, and retaining classified documents after leaving office.

It is an important step in Trump’s legal battle, since he was likely to be among his co-defendants in federal court, in hopes of finding a sympathetic jury than in Fulton County, where Democrats have a stronghold.

Despite the judge’s doubts, all 19 defendants will go on trial on 23 October.

In the beginning, the billionaire chose to follow the course taken by his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, who moved the case to federal court.

Trump’s appeal for a delay in a fraud trial, in which he was found liable earlier this week, was also rejected earlier Thursday.

Due to the rejection of the appeal, Judge Arthur Engoron will now preside over a non-jury trial beginning on Monday 2 October in Manhattan brought by the New York attorney general, Letitia James.