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Georgia Republicans are calling for an emergency legislative session to review the latest indictment against former President Donald Trump.

State Senator Colton Moore asked Governor Brian Kemp in a Thursday letter to call for a special session, urging him to bring Georgia legislators back to the state Capitol to investigate the Trump charges brought on by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Both Moore and Kemp are Republicans. Willis is a Democrat.

Citing the state constitution, Moore told Kemp that "an emergency exists in the in the affairs of the state, requiring a special session to be convened under [Article IV, Section II, Paragraph VII(b)], for all purposes, to include, without limitation, the review and response to the actions of Fani Willis."

"As a Georgia State Senator, I am officially calling for an emergency session to review the actions of Fani Willis," Moore said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, announcing his request. "America is under attack. I'm not going to sit back and watch as radical left prosecutors politically TARGET political opponents."

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[-] kamenoko@sh.itjust.works 40 points 10 months ago

The Party of Law and Order everyone!

[-] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 35 points 10 months ago

"America is under attack!" proceeds to do everything in his power to attack and undermine it

[-] peanuts4life@beehaw.org 25 points 10 months ago

Remember when Trump advocated for Hillary to be put in jail and it triggered a whole investigation into her.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 10 months ago

Woah, that's different. Don't you remember, Hilary was corrupt! Emails! Benghazi! /s

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.one 24 points 10 months ago

Georgia passed a law back in May specifically allowing for the removal of DAs.

https://apnews.com/article/brian-kemp-georgia-prosecutor-district-attorney-remove-7987cd538ab3ccdc713ae4d2b2aec32b

Ostensibly, it's to be used on prosecutors who are failing to do their jobs. For example, one Georgia DA refuses to prosecute marijuana charges.

I predicted that the instant she filed charges, there would be a move to remove her and I hate being right. :(

[-] lawyerjsd@kbin.social 18 points 10 months ago

Lol. Kemp isn't going to help Trump. Trump is blocking basically every Republican with ambition from pursuing the White House. Kemp has ambition, and this indictment is pretty much a win-win for him. If Willis gets the conviction, Trump is gone for 2028, and Kemp can run as a successful governor of a swing(ish) state. If Willis blows it, her future in Georgia politics is toast, and he knocks off a rival down the road. The only way to fuck this up is to do anything.

[-] NattyNatty2x4@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

The issue is that if he doesn't at least make it look like he's trying, the MAGA crowd will crucify him.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 13 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Georgia Republicans are calling for an emergency legislative session to review the latest indictment against former President Donald Trump.

State Senator Colton Moore asked Governor Brian Kemp in a Thursday letter to call for a special session, urging him to bring Georgia legislators back to the state Capitol to investigate the Trump charges brought on by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

"As a Georgia State Senator, I am officially calling for an emergency session to review the actions of Fani Willis," Moore said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, announcing his request.

Former federal prosecutor and former elected state attorney Michael McAuliffe told Newsweek that Moore's attempts to convene a special session "reflect an ignorance of the justice system in order to justify using a political process to thwart an active criminal case.

On Thursday, Moore circulated a petition calling on people to support a special session to investigate Willis to review her actions in the Trump probe and "determine if they warrant impeachment."

The day after the indictment in Fulton County was announced, Kemp disputed a post that the former president made to Truth Social.


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[-] CapgrasDelusion@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago

The more accurate headline is "One Idiot Posts a Letter to The Site Formerly Known as Twitter."

[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago

We have never needes the Fletcher Memorial Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings more than we do now.

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[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Anyone else want to march to the sea?

[-] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

Flamethrowers are easy to construct and legal to own.

Just sayin.

[-] ulkesh@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago

I hate the state I live in. Georgia is chock full of pieces of shit and many of them are in the state government. Willis followed the facts and an independent jury indicted him — Willis didn’t.

Fucking morons.

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