Dear John,
This week, there has been another major setback in Trump's criminal trials. The Georgia Court of Appeals set a tentative date of October 4 to review whether Judge Fani Willis can continue prosecuting the election interference case against Trump in Fulton County, Georgia.1 This is inexcusable. We must come together NOW and urge the Georgia Court of Appeals to move up the date.
Under this timeline, it's nearly impossible for Trump's election interference case to go to trial, nevertheless get a verdict, before the November election.
Last week, Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts. He still has three more trials to face for his remaining 54 felony counts, but Trump and his allies are doing everything they can to delay these trials.
This is Trump's whole strategy: Delay. Win. Pardon. If he can just delay the remaining three trials until after the election, he can win and then pardon himself for all the federal crimes he's committed.
In the weeks after the 2020 election, Trump and his cronies did everything they could to overturn the election results despite knowing he lost. Nothing demonstrates this more than Trump's desperate call to the Georgia secretary of state intimidating him to find 11,000 more votes to steal the election. Last summer, a grand jury of Georgians charged Trump with election interference. By delaying this trial, Americans' right to a speedy trial is being undermined.
Thanks for all you do.
–Aliya, Kelsey, Alyssa, Evelyn, and the rest of the team
P.S. Check out our email below from last week in light of Trump's guilty verdict for more information.
Source:
1. "Georgia appeals court sets tentative Oct. 4 date to hear Trump appeal of Fani Willis ruling," CBS News, June 3, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/193894?t=5&akid=392451%2E40999114%2EXnnzsZ
Dear MoveOn member,
Last night, a jury of everyday Americans affirmed that Donald Trump is not above the law. He was found GUILTY on all 34 charges for falsifying documents to cover up a conspiracy to deceive voters ahead of the 2016 election.2 This makes the de facto leader of the Republican party and the party's presidential candidate—which has touted its "tough on crime" platform and enforced harsh policies against ordinary Americans—a felon.
But frustratingly, Trump’s three other trials have been stalled and delayed, a tactic that Trump is intentionally weaponizing in order to block accountability and avoid going to trial before November’s election. Judges across the country, from the Supreme Court—including two justices with clear and outrageous conflicts of interest—to state courts, are working to help Trump evade accountability.
The MAGA-stacked Supreme Court continues to drag its feet in announcing a ruling on Trump's bogus "absolute immunity" claim, which they never should have accepted in the first place.3 And in the midst of the case, news broke that Justice Samuel Alito flew not one but two flags in solidarity with the January 6 insurrection. This corrupt court is stalling in order to prevent the Department of Justice from starting its trial against Trump for his January 6 crimes. They must STOP the delays and issue a ruling immediately.
Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the classified documents case, recently announced that she is delaying the trial indefinitely.4 For months she's shown nothing but favoritism toward Trump, using her power to shield him. The trial was originally to take place in May 2024.
And finally, Trump's crusade to disqualify the prosecutor in his Georgia case, also related to overturning the 2020 election results, has indefinitely delayed the trial as the Georgia Court of Appeals debates whether to allow Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis to oversee the charges brought against Trump and 14 co-conspirators.5
For far too long, there have been different versions of justice in our legal system—one for the wealthy and powerful, and another for the rest of us. And this hypocrisy has burdened Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American communities disproportionately. And now, this double standard is on full display, as someone who should be held to the highest ethical and legal standards in our country manipulates our legal system to evade accountability and hide information from the public.
Thanks for all you do.
–Aliya, Kelsey, Alyssa, Evelyn, and the rest of the team
Sources:
2. "Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes," AP News, May 31, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/193654?t=13&akid=392451%2E40999114%2EXnnzsZ
3. "Supreme Court signals further delay in Trump election interference case as it weighs immunity claims," NBC News, April 25, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/193655?t=15&akid=392451%2E40999114%2EXnnzsZ
4. "Federal judge indefinitely postpones Trump classified documents trial," CNN, May 7, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/193156?t=17&akid=392451%2E40999114%2EXnnzsZ
5. "Where Trump's 3 other criminal cases stand after his conviction in New York," CBS News, May 31, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/193657?t=19&akid=392451%2E40999114%2EXnnzsZ
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