2023-08-18 00:01:21
charges against Trump
The names of the jury members are on a “hit list”
After ex-US President Donald Trump was indicted again in Georgia, members of the grand jury are threatened. Now the authorities are investigating.
Published18. Aug 2023, 02:01
Ex-US President Donald Trump now has four charges on his hands.
The latest indictment was made public earlier this week. (14 Aug 2023)
Prosecutor Fani Willis appears before the media after the grand jury verdict. (14 Aug 2023)
Donald Trump is accused of electoral conspiracy.
A jury in the US state of Georgia voted earlier this week to indict the former US President.
The grand jury is now being threatened.
The authorities take this seriously.
Law enforcement officials in Georgia are investigating alleged threats against a jury who heard earlier this week a Indictment of former US President Donald Trump for electoral conspiracy voted in the US state in 2020. Authorities would “react quickly to any credible threat and ensure the safety of those who have fulfilled their civic duty,” the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday (local time). “We take this matter very seriously,” it said.
A grand jury in the US on Monday brought 13 counts of indictments against Trump over his attempts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Personal details of the 23 jurors and their alternates — along with photos and addresses — were reportedly subsequently published on various websites, some of which have links to conspiracy theorists.
Names on «hit list»
According to media regulator Media Matters, some of the websites made “direct threats” and referred to a “hit list” with the names and addresses of some of the jury members. In many US courts, the identity of the jury is kept secret. In the US state of Georgia, on the other hand, the names are made public at the end of the indictment.
After the charges against Trump in connection with attempted election fraud in Washington, the Republican wants to delay the start of the trial. Trump’s lawyers requested on Thursday (local time) that the trial begin in the US capital in April 2026. Special Counsel Jack Smith, on the other hand, had suggested the trial begin on January 2, 2024. The responsible judge will probably decide at a hearing at the end of August.
“The public has an interest in justice and a fair trial, not in a hasty verdict,” says the application by Trump’s lawyers, who wants to run again in the November 2024 presidential election. His lawyers complain that the government material to be viewed comprises 11.5 million pages and that the download of the documents was still not complete after two days. The government was then asked to send hard drives and the material is now being fed into the system. As an illustration, a graphic was attached to the application to show that a stack of 11.5 million pages would be taller than the Statue of Liberty and the Washington Monument. (DPO)
The Georgia jury members aren’t the only officials being threatened over their involvement in the four pending criminal cases against Trump: A woman in Texas is accused of threatening in a phone call on August 5, the Killing US District Judge Tanya Chutkan. The judge is leading the federal case against Trump in Washington. FBI agents on Aug. 9 killed a Utah gunman who was due to be arrested for making threats against President Joe Biden and officials involved in the Trump pursuit.
It is the fourth indictment against the ex-president and candidate for the 2024 presidential election – and the second indictment relating to the 2020 election.
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