(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . The (Trump) Fulton County, GA Case - Reading the Willis Tea Leaves [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-25 DA Fani Willis standing next to the boxes and boxes of evidence against Trump and his cronies. Now that the Special Grand Jury in Fulton County has issued its report and the Foreperson of the Jury has confirmed that the Jury has recommended multiple indictments in the “Trump” case, the big question everyone is pondering is: When Will We See the Indictments? In this post, I will attempt to explore that question based on a few facts and some of my suppositions regarding these facts. But before I get started I will note that in instances where I am unsure of the facts, I will state “(I could be wrong)” which is an invitation to readers to either correct me or provide confirmation in the comments. So let’s first go back a bit to where DA Willis began her investigation with that infamous phone call between Trump, Georgia SoS Raffensburger and others. She could have brought Trump up on this single charge of election tampering, but she decided to dig further. Her digging lead her to the phony electors scheme and attempts to manipulate not only the SoS, but also Georgia law makers to throw out the real GA Electors. I think her decision to go broad instead of narrow, was the reason she chose to empanel the “Special Grand Jury” which gave her more time to explore the full range of alleged Georgia election crimes perpetrated by Trump and others. I believe “Regular Grand Jurys in Georgia sit for a limited period of time where the term for a “Special Grand Jury is open ended (I could be wrong). Use of a Special Grand Jury gave Willis the time she needed to fully explore all facets of the case and address all the potential crimes and criminals. Now onto some facts: - The Special Grand Jury finished its work and handed over its final report to the Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney and DA Fani Willis on January 9, 2023 . - During a Hearing on January 24, 2023 over whether some, all or none of the Special Grand Jury's report could be made public, DA Fani Willis said ”Charging Decisions [in the case] are imminent ”. So it’s been over a little over a month since DA Willis made her “imminent” statement. Funny word imminent. If measured in a geologic timeframe, imminent can mean years. Of course the term can mean different things to different people, and only the person who utters it (in this case Fani Willis) knows what the intended meaning really is. But in an attempt to read the tea leaves Ms. Willis provided us by this statement, let’s look at when she said it, January 24th. First, Willis could have meant that she was going to move forward shortly with criminal indictments based on the recommendations of the Special Grand Jury, an action which is totally within her power to take. However, I find it unlikely that she would choose this option since that is not the path to indictments normally used in Georgia (I could be wrong) and she would have probably done so by now. That leaves empaneling a Regular Grand Jury as the other option available to DA Willis. As I understand it, “Regular”Grand Jury’s in Georgia (I.e., jury’s that have the power to issue indictments) are seated at the beginning of each calendar month and sit for maximum term of one month (I could be wrong). That leaves at least two (2) possibilities based on Ms. Willis’s imminent statement on January 24: 1. She empaneled a regular grand jury on or about February 1 who is hearing the case; or 2. She will impanel a regular grand jury on or about March 1 to hear the case. The first possibility seems to fit best with her “imminent” statement on January 24, since she may have been implying that she was intending to impanel a regular grand jury to hear the case in a matter of a few days. In which case, such a grand jury could issue indictments on or soon after March 1st, as their term would expire at the end of February. The second possibility (a March grand jury) seems a little less likely since “imminent” would mean something happening that is over a month away. But if this is the case, indictments won’t be issued until April 1 or later. We may know which it is soon after March 1, if indictments are issued. I say “may” because DA Willis could decide to issue “sealed” indictments, in which case we won’t know if any were issued unless there is a leak. In either case however, the regular grand jury won’t start from scratch. It will likely take the Special Grand Jury’s Report and testimony and go from there. They can then quickly move to issue some, all or none of the recommended indictments or they can call old or new witnesses before making their decisions on indictments, as DA Willis sees fit. Yes, there is at least one or possibility. That being that Willis was intending to take quick action when she made her imminent statement on January 24, but something else came up that caused her to go slower or to slam on the breaks. Something like a phone call from DoJ Special Counsel Jack Smith who is also investigating this case and others like it in the other 2020 swing States. He could be pressuring her to either hold off or turn over the case to him for Federal prosecution. Purely speculation on my part of course. Anyway, in conclusion, I’m not sure if I have helped clear things up or further muddied the waters. I hope it’s the former and not the latter. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/25/2154756/-The-Trump-Fulton-County-GA-Case-Reading-the-Willis-Tea-Leaves Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/