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CNN Legal Analyst Predicts Trump’s Georgia Case Will Vanish

Charlie Kirk Staff

08/28/2024

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CNN Legal Analyst Predicts Trump’s Georgia Case Will Vanish

One of CNN’s leading legal analysts is predicting that the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump might soon be dismissed.

Elie Honig, known for his critical evaluations of Trump’s legal issues, suggested on Tuesday that the case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is likely to be dropped. Honig’s forecast is based on a Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that granted presidents broad immunity for “official acts” performed while in office.

Furthermore, several errors by the Georgia prosecutor have already delayed the trial by months. Trump is accused of conspiring with 18 others to overturn the state’s 2020 election results. His attorneys are seeking to dismiss the case, alleging that Willis, who is black, has a bias against Trump based on “racial animus.”

“I think Trump has a decent chance on getting this case thrown out,” Honig predicted on Monday.

He added it was specifically shrewd by defense lawyers not to target a “conflict of interest” between Willis and Nathan Wade, a former prosecutor in her office who was hired after they engaged in a romantic affair.

“The focus here is on alleged prosecutorial misconduct by Fani Willis because, you’ll remember, she went in front of a church outside of court and made public statements blasting the defense lawyers, essentially accusing them of being racist. Donald Trump’s claim here is that tainted the jury pool,” Honig, a former federal prosecutor, told host Sara Sidner.

Willis, a Democrat who was first elected in 2020, is campaigning for a second term while managing a high-profile case that has attracted international attention, though not always in the way she might have hoped. Annoyed by conservative media making juvenile jokes about her first name, Willis has criticized Trump and his conservative supporters.

In June, during a speech at a church outside Atlanta, she told her supportive audience that “idiots” were targeting her for prosecuting Trump and resorting to “schoolyard” tactics, including mocking her name. Trump had previously ridiculed her name as “fanny, like your ass” during a rally in March, according to Politico.

“Donald Trump’s claim here is that tainted the jury pool. The people who are going to be my juror and the jurors for the other defendants here all saw that, and that’s going to incline them against us,” Honig added. “And I think Trump’s got a real leg to stand on there. It wouldn’t at all shock me if the Georgia Court of Appeals agrees and says prosecutorial misconduct, this case is out.”

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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