Staff Reports
Donald Trump’s legal team is pulling out the big guns in a bid to dismiss the RICO case that Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is trying to hammer into his forehead like a rusty nail. This isn’t just a routine legal maneuver; it’s a last-ditch effort by a president-elect who is set to reclaim the Oval Office on January 20, 2025. Apparently, according to Trump’s legal strategy, once you’re on the verge of becoming the 47th President of the United States, you can put a hard stop to any criminal prosecution, at least in his mind.
This litigation ballet began when Trump, sporting his best booking photo from the Fulton County Jail like a badge of honor, decided it was time to remind everyone of the Constitution. His defense team claims that a sitting president is immune from being prosecuted, citing a long-standing Department of Justice policy that insists criminal cases against the commander-in-chief interfere with the delicate dance of separation of powers. In other words, they are saying that targeting a president for prosecution is akin to trying to run a demolition derby in a historic museum.
Adding some spice to the legal argument, Trump’s lawyers waded into the murky waters of local bias. They framed Willis’s case as a politically charged effort—a sort of political vendetta instead of a straightforward legal pursuit. The defense pointed out that local prosecutors, like Willis, are merely answerable to a minuscule slice of the electorate, suggesting that her attempts to hold Trump accountable run counter to the will of the voting masses in Georgia who made their choice clear in recent elections.
Trump tells Georgia court to end Fani Willis RICO case https://t.co/QhEDfDpNCT
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 5, 2024
Underlining the constitutional arguments, the motion wraps itself in references to high-profile Supreme Court cases that imply states should not have the power to disrupt federal operations. Apparently, rather than focusing on the job of prosecuting what they claim are serious crimes, Willis and her team are inadvertently showcasing their own limitations when it comes to tackling big-league constitutional issues. It’s as if they forgot that the big guy at the top isn’t just another Joe off the street; he’s the potential future leader of the free world.
The crux of the motion urges the Georgia appellate court to declare it has no business in the matters of a president-elect, and therefore the indictment needs to be tossed out faster than last week’s leftovers. As Trump’s attorneys continue to argue their case, they assert that the real story behind the allegations of electoral mischief is not the validity of the claims, but rather a systematic effort to undermine the political will of the American people. They would have Americans believe this whole ordeal is nothing more than a sideshow in a much larger circus of political persecution, further entrenching their narrative that this isn’t just Trump vs. Georgia; it’s Trump vs. the establishment.
