While Donald Trump prepares to turn himself in to Fulton County, Georgia officials on Thursday, his 18 other indicted Trump allies are pulling out every trick in the book to save themselves from sinking alongside him.
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On Tuesday, 2 MAGA misfits — lawyer John Eastman and Republican poll watcher Scott Hall — surrendered to the county sheriff’s office as ordered. Although all of the Trump allies were warned not to make disparaging remarks about the case or its participants, Eastman boldly attempted to test the resolve of Judge Scott McAfee.
“I am here today to surrender to an indictment that should never have been brought,” Eastman said on Tuesday. “It represents a crossing of the Rubicon for our country, implicating the fundamental First Amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances.”
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was also indicted with the others, appears to have run into a bit of an unfortunate snag ahead of his ordered surrender.
Rudy is required to have a Georgia-licensed attorney to handle his case. However, he’s been having a hard time finding anyone willing to represent him at all. So, he’s stuck.
As for one of the more prominent Trump allies, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is pulling out all the stops to save his own butt.
Meadows is battling tooth and nail to get his case moved from state court to federal court. However, he foolishly attempted to get “cute” with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and was shut down with a quickness.
Despite the other indicted Trump allies (including Donald Trump himself) agreeing to turn themselves in to authorities, Meadows has refused. Willis issued a Friday deadline for all parties to surrender, but until now Meadows has been a no-show. He has been hoping against hope to get the state criminal case moved to federal court and the charges against him ultimately dismissed. However, that legal decision (which is widely expected to fail) won’t come until Monday at the earliest.
So, Meadows has been crying foul and whining to the courts that his work as Trump’s chief of staff (a federal role) means he is immune to the local charges.
“Absent this Court’s intervention, Mr. Meadows will be denied the protection from arrest that federal law affords former federal officials,” Meadows’ attorneys wrote to the judge who is weighing his urgent request to transfer the case.
Meadows then petitioned Fani Willis to extend the Friday surrender deadline until Monday in hopes of avoiding certain arrest as he awaits the outcome of his emergency plea. Not surprisingly, her response left zero room for misunderstanding.
“Good Morning Mr. Moran,” Willis began in her reply to Meadows’ lawyer. “I am not granting any extensions. I gave 2 weeks for people to surrender themselves to the court. Your client is no different than any other criminal defendant in this jurisdiction. The two weeks was a tremendous courtesy. At 12:30 pm on Friday I shall file [arrest] warrants in the system.”
Ouch!
A stunned Mark Meadows is now left with an interesting decision. He can ignore Fani Willis and risk being arrested as early as 12:31 pm on Friday, or he can follow the order and turn himself in like all the other Trump allies.
Or, in other words, Fani Willis is not playing with Mark Meadows or anyone else involved. It may not be in his best interest to fool around and find out.
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Trump allies fight to save themselves.
…”in other words, Fani Willis is not playing with Mark Meadows or anyone else involved.” – DJ
End of story. Full.Stop