WHAT MAKES GEORGIA’S INDICTMENT DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS?

AS CURRENT STATE LAW STANDS –

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WOULD HAVE TO SPEND 5 YEARS IN PRISON BEFORE BECOMING ELIGIBLE FOR A PARDON.

THAT’S ACCORDING TO LEGAL EXPERTS WHO HAVE FOUND THE DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR THAT COULD MAKE GEORGIA’S CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT THE ONE WITH THE HIGHEST STAKES.

A MANDATORY SENTENCE THAT WOULD LAST THROUGH HIS SECOND FIRST TERM.

TRUMP FACES TWO FEDERAL INDICTMENTS — ONE OVER JANUARY SIXTH — THE OTHER — CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.

IN BOTH CASES — **IF TRUMP WERE CONVICTED — THE SITTING PRESIDENT COULD PARDON HIM.

SUCH A MOVE IS UNLIKELY TO COME FROM BIDEN.

BUT REPUBLICANS ARE BANKING ON SOMEONE FROM THE GOP WINNING THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2024.

A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT WOULD BE MORE ENTAILED TO OFFER A PARDON TO TRUMP — GIVEN THE GOP’S STARK RHETORIC OF A “WEAPONIZED JUSTICE SYSTEM” AND “WITCH HUNT”.

IN FACT CANDIDATES – VIVEK RAMASWAMY, NIKKI HALEY – HAVE ALREADY PROMISED A PARDON FOR TRUMP IF THAT HYPOTHETICAL WAS TO PLAY OUT.

IF TRUMP WON THE PRESIDENCY — HE COULD EVEN PARDON HIMSELF ACCORDING TO LEGAL EXPERTS.

SO FOR TRUMP 20-24 SUPPORTERS — IT’S THE STATE CASES IN GEORGIA AND NEW YORK THAT HAVE THE MOST IMPLICATIONS — SINCE THE FEDERAL CASES COULD GET EASILY DISMISSED EVEN AFTER A GUILTY VERDICT.

IN THE INDICTMENT OUT OF NEW YORK —

WHERE HE’S PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS — THERE IS NO PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION SINCE THAT IS A **STATE CASE.

THE GOVERNOR COULD GRANT CLEMENCY TO FREE THE PRESIDENT —

BUT THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK KATHY HOCHUL IS A DEMOCRAT AND UNLIKELY TO DO SO.

IN GEORGIA — THEY DO HAVE A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR — BRIAN KEMP.

HOWEVER — GEORGIA IS ONE OF ONLY FIVE STATES THAT DOESN’T GRANT PARDON POWERS TO THE TOP STATE OFFICIAL.

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IF TRUMP WERE CONVICTED IN GEORGIA — KEMP’S HANDS ARE TIED.

THE DECISION OF A PARDON GOES TO A STATE BOARD.

A PERSON IN GEORGIA ISN’T’ ELIGIBLE FOR A PARDON UNTIL THE CONVICT SERVES AT LEAST 5 YEARS —

ACCORDING TO THE “PARDON APPLICATION GUIDELINES.”

ALL OF THESE HYPOTHETICALS — ALSO HAVE NO LEGAL **PRECEDENCE.

WHICH MEANS THERE’S NO REAL WAY OF KNOWING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO TRUMP — OR THE COUNTRY — IF HE’S CONVICTED AND WINS THE BID FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024.