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The Trump Team Has One Potentially Advantageous Card up Its Sleeve in Fulton County

BY CHRIS QUEEN
AUGUST 16, 2023

Monday’s indictment of Donald Trump in Fulton County, Ga., was just the latest in a long line of legal troubles for the former president. District Attorney Fani Willis announced the charges at a late-night press conference with an intensity that bordered on vehemence.

Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat have relished their chance to get their man. Labat told reporters that the county would “have mugshots ready” for Trump and presumably the other 18 defendants in the indictment. There’s no doubt that Willis and Labat are milking this indictment for all its worth.

But the Trump team may have an ace up its sleeve. Clark Cunningham, a law professor at Georgia State University, told WSB Radio that Trump could have the case moved from state court to federal court. Cunningham also believes that Trump’s attorneys are likely to do just that.

“One hundred percent,” Cunningham said. “That’s the first thing he’s going to do.”

Trump has the prerogative to move the case from state court to federal court because he’s a former president.

“As a former president, because the acts for which he would be prosecuted took place while he was still president, federal law would allow him to ask for his trial to be moved to federal court, called removal,” Cunningham told WSB.

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Source:  https://pjmedia.com/columns/chris-queen/2023/08/16/the-trump-team-has-one-potentially-advantageous-card-up-its-sleeve-in-fulton-county-n1719725