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Bill Richardson, a longtime fixture of Democratic politics with turns as Energy Secretary and United Nations ambassador under the Clinton administration, died on Friday, the Richardson Center for Global Engagement said in a statement. There was no person that Governor Richardson would not speak with if it held the promise of returning a person to freedom,” Mickey Bergman, vice president of the Richardson Center, said in a statement. Richardson later served as US ambassador to the United Nations and secretary of energy before being elected governor of New Mexico in 2002. After an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2008, Richardson launched the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, a non profit promoting international peace, in 2011. He grew up in Mexico City, Mexico, leaving to attend boarding school in Massachusetts in 1960.

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REUTERS/Jordan Vonderhaar Acquire Licensing RightsAug 31 (Reuters) - Even a robot invasion can't beat a slowing economy. Robot sales boomed through the pandemic, as producers scrambled to use the machines to churn out badly needed goods. Burnstein added that A3 expects the softness in robot orders to continue until the fourth quarter or early next year. In the past, they were concentrated in auto factories and their suppliers, which still make up a large share of all robot orders. Since construction projects vary in size and complexity, he said, there are spells when the robot isn't needed at all.

Persons: Jordan Vonderhaar, Nancy Kleitsch, Kleitsch, Jeff Burnstein, Burnstein, Aaron Anderson, Anderson, Timothy Aeppel, Dan Burns, Paul Simao Organizations: REUTERS, Companies, Association for Advancing Automation, Commerce Department, Reuters, Labor Department, Thomson Locations: San Antonio , Texas, U.S, North America, Phoenix, Concord , California

CNN —Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed Thursday that Republican megadonor Harlan Crow paid for private jet trips for Thomas in 2022 to attend a speech in Texas and a vacation at Crow’s luxurious New York estate, as ethics questions continue to rock the Supreme Court. Thomas made the disclosures after receiving an extension to file the yearly reports that were originally due in May 2023. In a statement after the ProPublica report, Thomas acknowledged the friendship but stressed that Crow did not have business before the court. In addition, he said that he should have disclosed a 2014 private real estate deal between Crow, Thomas and members of Thomas’ family. According to the disclosure, Thomas flew down to be the keynote speaker of the event in February, but returned via private jet “due to an unexpected ice storm.”The talk was rescheduled in May and Thomas rode round trip on Crow’s plane.

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☆ The US is making 'irreversible' progress with a former Russian partner in a tense corner of Europe, but not everyone in NATO will be happy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Constantine Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

For Cyprus, it's a move away from its longtime partner in Russia, but Turkey isn't happy about it. Cyprus has made "important strides" in its military and security cooperation with the US, Michalis Giorgallas, Cyprus' minister of defense, told Insider in response to written questions. Giorgallas told Insider. "This trajectory will continue," Giorgallas told Insider, adding that after the National Guard partnership, "our defense cooperation with the US has become irreversible and we look forward to what's to come." Giorgallas told Insider that the area is historically an unstable one and that the instability has become more visible in more domains, such as at sea and in the air over the region.

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☆ Why Mark Meadows wants an Obama-appointed judge to oversee his Georgia indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Mark Meadows wants his criminal case moved to federal court, under an Obama-appointed judge. A federal judge may be more sympathetic to arguments that he's immune from the case, experts say. Meadows, Clark, and several other defendants have asked to have their cases removed to federal court. "A federal court judge might be more sympathetic to some of their federal constitutional defenses that they might want to raise," Ratakonda told Insider. A state court proceeding would also take in jurors from Fulton County, which voted overwhelmingly for Biden in 2020.

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☆ Opinion: Why Trump’s January 6 defense is even worse than it seems
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Anna Lee | Opinion Steven Lubet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Given that, Trump’s lawyers may well advise him to stay off the witness stand and avoid the risks of cross examination — but demure silence is hardly in his nature. In Trump’s cross examination, however, the prosecutors would be able to confront him with his false statements one after another, seamlessly telling their entire story of Trump’s duplicity in his own words. The lawyers, some of whom have been identified as unindicted co-conspirators, could assert the Fifth Amendment for themselves, but that would just undermine Trump’s defense. Even assuming there are still employees willing to stand by him, however, Trump’s cronies would not exactly be the most convincing witnesses. Although there would be a hearsay exception for statements showing Trump’s “state of mind,” that would only allow the witnesses to testify to Trump’s actual words.

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The lawsuit, filed against Tesla by the passengers and Lee's estate, accuses Tesla of knowing that Autopilot and other safety systems were defective when it sold the car. Autopilot failed to brake, steer or do anything to avoid the collision, according to the lawsuit filed by Banner's wife. Tesla denied liability for both accidents, blamed driver error and said Autopilot is safe when monitored by humans. Tesla said in court documents that drivers must pay attention to the road and keep their hands on the steering wheel. "Elon Musk has acknowledged problems with the Tesla autopilot system not working properly," according to plaintiffs' documents.

Persons: Casey, Elon, Musk, Tesla, Micah Lee’s, Lee, Stephen Banner’s, Banner's, Reuters ’, Matthew Wansley, Bryant Walker Smith, Jonathan Michaels, we're, Christopher Moore, Adam, Nicklas, Gustafsson, Elon Musk, Richard Baverstock, Trey, Lytal, Dan Levine, Hyunjoo Jin, Peter Henderson, Grant McCool Organizations: Tesla, China International Consumer Products, REUTERS, FRANCISCO, Tesla Inc, Reuters, Cardozo School of Law, University of South, Thomson Locations: Haikou, Hainan province, China, California, Los Angeles, Florida, Miami, University of South Carolina, San Francisco

This will be the first time that substantive arguments will be made in court about the four criminal cases brought against Trump this year. While he may still face an uphill battle to move his case, Meadows is “uniquely situated” in Willis’ case, said Steve Vladeck, a CNN analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law. The orders the judge has already issued have hewed tightly to the relevant statutes and case law, and he has moved the proceedings along efficiently. According to the grand jury indictment, Meadows arranged a call between Trump and Watson, and texted Watson himself to offer Trump campaign funding toward speeding up a ballot review in Fulton County. Willis also subpoenaed two lawyers who were on the Trump-Raffensperger phone call on Trump’s behalf: Kurt Hilbert and Alex Kaufman.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Fulton, Willis, Trump, Brad Raffensperger, Meadows, David Shafer, Cathy Latham, Willis ’, Steve Vladeck, ” Vladeck, Steve Jones, Jones, absented, ”, Lee Kovarsky, ” Kovarsky, Obama, Vladeck, Frances Watson, Watson, texted Watson, Kurt Hilbert, Alex Kaufman, “, Elliot Williams, ’ Organizations: CNN, White, Trump, Georgia, Georgia Republican, University of Texas School of Law, Meadows, Staff, University of Texas, Justice Department Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Meadows, Trump’s New York, Manhattan, Atlanta

☆ The Fulton County courthouse has been slogging through more than 2,000 potential jurors for the RICO case against Young Thug. Here's what that means for Georgia's case against Trump and associates.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Fulton County has spent eight months picking jurors for the trial of Young Thug and his associates. One involves the prolific Atlanta rapper Young Thug and his associates, who prosecutors allege are all part of a "criminal street gang" called Young Slime Life or YSL. Defendants, including Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, have maintained that YSL is just an artist label. In the past eight months, the Fulton County courthouse has been slogging through more than 2,000 potential jurors for the Young Thug trial. Similarly, jurors will be questioned about their political beliefs and if they will be able to put that aside in the Trump case.

Persons: Young Thug, Young, Jeffery Williams, Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Trump, Georgia's, Melissa Redmon, Redmon Organizations: Service, Atlanta, University of Georgia School of Law, Attorney's, New York Times, Republican Locations: Fulton County, Wall, Silicon, Fulton County , Georgia, Fulton

☆ Opinion: Trump indictment in Georgia on RICO charges sets a dangerous precedent
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Opinion David Orentlicher | Eve Hanan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Eve Hanan Courtesy Eve HananNot surprisingly, there are other criminal laws that are straightforward and appropriate to invoke against Trump. But Willis doesn’t stop there, and her invocation of RICO charges in particular raises concerns. To justify her RICO charges against Trump, Willis must point to particular acts by the former president that advanced the alleged criminal enterprise. But criminal law is designed to punish individual, not collective, guilt. By using RICO, Willis has given the defendants a potential prison sentence of five to 20 years.

Persons: David Orentlicher, Jack, Lulu Lehman, William S, Eve Hanan, Donald Trump’s, Trump, David Orentlicher R, Marsh Starks, Fani Willis, Jack Smith, He’s, Smith, Willis, Willis doesn’t, Young Thug, Jeffery Lamar Williams, Williams, Willis ’ Organizations: Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Democrat, Nevada Assembly, CNN, UNLV, Services, Trump, White, America News Network, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, Georgia, Fulton County, Arizona , Georgia, Michigan, Nevada , New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Miami, New York, “ Georgia

☆ Judge Allows Missouri’s Ban on Youth Gender Medicine to Take Effect
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Azeen Ghorayshi | More About Azeen Ghorayshi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Under Missouri’s law, clinicians will not be allowed to treat any minor who is not already receiving gender transition care, which includes drugs that suppress puberty; hormone treatments with estrogen or testosterone; and, in rare cases, surgeries. The law will also affect transgender adults, as it bans Medicaid coverage of gender transition care for people of all ages in the state. Ms. Reed filed an affidavit about her experience in February and testified on Tuesday in favor of the ban. Chloe Cole, a 19-year-old who has frequently testified to state legislatures about regretting gender treatments she received as a younger teenager in California, also testified on behalf of the state of Missouri against the injunction. The plaintiffs in the legal challenge include three transgender minors who are seeking medical care to transition and will no longer be able to do so once the law is in effect.

Persons: Jamie Reed, Reed, Chloe Cole Organizations: Doctors, Williams Institute, School of Law Locations: California, Missouri

☆ Hyundai Motor's union in South Korea votes on strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Heekyong Yang | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SEOUL, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor's (005380.KS) unionised workers in South Korea on Friday vote on whether to hold a strike after two months of talks with the company over wage increase and extension of the retirement age stalled last week. If the union stages a strike, it would mark the first such action in five years related to wage negotiations at the South Korean carmaker, and could disrupt delivery of some popular vehicles which Hyundai has been struggling to ramp up due to prolonged component shortages. The voting result is expected at around 6 p.m. (0900 GMT), a union official at Hyundai Motor told Reuters, adding that the union will continue working-level negotiations with the management regardless of the vote. "South Korea has relatively low pension replacement rates, compared to other advanced countries in Europe. Unionised workers at Hyundai in South Korea held a four-hour strike for one day in July in support of its umbrella union's general strike, but it was not related to the union's wage negotiations with the management.

Persons: Ji, Kim Jinwoo, 1,328.0600, Heekyong Yang, Shri Navaratnam snd Michael Perry Organizations: Hyundai, Hyundai Motor, Reuters, Korea University's School of Law, Analysts, Korea Investment, Securities, Thomson Locations: SEOUL, KS, South Korea, Korean, Korea, Europe

☆ Trump's Atlanta booking on RICO charges show why we need perp-walkable cities
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Trump's booking and arraignment in Atlanta will take weeks, which is way too long. In Atlanta, where the Fulton County district attorney charged Trump with an array of crimes for trying to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results, that same process is expected to take several weeks. It's 'lightning speed' for AtlantaTrump has said he'll go to Atlanta on Thursday where he'll be booked at the Fulton County jail, known locally as Rice Street, on 13 charges ranging from RICO — a racketeering charge — to illegally pressuring public officials. Fulton County Sheriffs install barricades outside the Fulton County Jail, making it even less walkable. AdvertisementAdvertisementYes, the district attorney's office, county court, and federal court are all nearby each other in downtown Atlanta.

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☆ Trump's $200,000 bond in his Georgia RICO case is the first time he's on the hook for cash in his criminal cases
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It's the first time in four criminal cases that he's required to post cash to secure his return. The bond order explicitly forbids him from intimidating witnesses and co-defendants on social media. It's the first time, out of four criminal cases, that he's being required to post bond to secure his court appearances. Trump has been charged in three other cases this year, none of which include a cash bond. Read the Trump bond order below:

Persons: Donald Trump, Drew Findling, Fani Willis, Trump, Willis, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Bond, Scott McAfee, McAfee, Ronald Carlson, He's, Stormy Daniels, Jack Smith, Carlos De Oliveira, Forbes, he's Organizations: Service, Trump, Fulton, University of Georgia School of Law, Prosecutors, Justice, Mar, Save Locations: Georgia, Wall, Silicon, Atlanta, Fulton County, Manhattan, New York, Lago

☆ Fact Check-Trump not facing death penalty in Jan. 6 federal indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Elizabeth Moore, VP of PR and Communications at Breitbart, told Reuters, “We never indicated that the DOJ is seeking or will seek the death penalty. “The Eighth Amendment rules out the death penalty unless the defendant intended or had a high degree of culpability with respect to the death of the victim. “Nor does it plead any of the aggravating factors -- from a list in the federal death penalty statute --that need to be specified. When seeking the death penalty, the indictment must include special findings as detailed in the DOJ’s Justice Manual (here). Donald Trump is not facing the death penalty in the federal indictment brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith on overturning the 2020 election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Jack Smith, Fani Willis, “, Breitbart, Smith, Jack Smith’s, Elizabeth Moore, ” Moore, Joel Pollak, ” Daniel Richman, Paul J, Kellner, ”, Jack Beermann, Philip S, Beck, Peter Carr, Read Organizations: U.S, U.S . Department of Justice, U.S . Capitol, TRUMP, “ TRUMP, “ Trump, Communications, Breitbart, Reuters, DOJ, Trump, U.S ., Capitol, USC, Columbia Law School, Justice Department, Boston University School of Law Locations: Washington, Georgia, Fulton County, GEORGIA, Prison, U.S

Ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and former Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker are board members. The complaints come as many experts expect an uptick in challenges to corporate diversity programs following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that prohibited race-conscious college admissions policies. “There certainly is a deep psychological effect that is putting the brakes on the forward movement of diversity in the workplace,” Rossein said. America First has also filed lawsuits accusing Target Corp and Progressive Insurance of breaching their duties to shareholders by adopting diversity programs and progressive marketing campaigns, for instance celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month. Commissioner Andrea Lucas, a Trump appointee, filed a dozen charges last year, more than any of her colleagues.

Persons: Trump, Stephen Miller, Donald Trump's Mar, Jonathan Ernst, Activision's, Kellogg, Morgan Stanley, Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Matthew Whitaker, Rick Rossein, ” Rossein, Hershey, Andrea Lucas, Lucas, Gene Hamilton, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Activision Blizzard Inc, Kellogg, U.S, Opportunity Commission, America, Starbucks Corp, McDonald's Corp, Anheuser, Busch Companies, Hershey Co, Republican, Trump, Supreme, City University of New York School of Law, Target Corp, Progressive Insurance, Activision, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, U.S, America, Albany , New York

☆ Trump may try to move the Fulton County criminal case to federal court. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The former president is also expected to try to move the case to federal court, according to multiple sources familiar with his legal team’s thinking. Successfully transferring their cases to federal court could provide some key advantages. Should the case actually go to trial in the federal court, Trump and Meadows or others could end up with a jury pool more sympathetic than the one they might get from around Atlanta, where the state courthouse for this case is based. Trump and Meadows could also argue in federal court that they are protected because their efforts were part of their official duties as president and White House chief of staff, respectively. He’s citing a federal law that allows civil action or criminal prosecution to be removed to federal court if the lawsuit or prosecution relates to conduct performed “under color” of a US office or agency.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Donald Trump, Georgia’s, Fani Willis, Trump, Willis –, “, ”, Andrew Fleischman, Meadows, Steve Vladeck, Clark Cunningham, ” Willis, Willis, Willis ’, ” He’s, Brad Raffensperger, Raffensperger, Steve Jones, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani –, –, ” Giuliani Organizations: CNN, White House, US, District of, Trump, CNN Supreme, University of Texas School of Law, Appeals, Georgia State University, White, Georgia, Staff, Meadows, “ Locations: Fulton County , Georgia, District of Georgia, Trump, Meadows, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia’s, Georgia, Fulton, Cobb County , Georgia, United States, New York

☆ Trump being charged alongside 18 co-conspirators in Georgia RICO indictment, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, means more chances for people to flip on him, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Erin Snodgrass | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Legal experts told Insider that some of them might flip on Trump and cooperate with the prosecution. "It's not surprising to see unindicted co-conspirators," Anna Cominsky, an associate professor of law and the director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at New York Law School, told Insider. She said that some unindicted co-conspirators will never be charged "for whatever reason, perhaps there they're not known. "The other reason why those individuals may not be charged is because they're cooperating," Cominsky said. "There are all kinds of reasons to do that," Tobias told Insider.

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☆ The strengths and weaknesses of the Georgia election meddling case against Trump and his allies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“It’s a type of criminal liability that you can get in trouble for things that other people do,” said Ashleigh Merchant, a Georgia criminal defense attorney with experience in RICO cases. And she’ll be navigating around a federal prosecution of Trump for his 2020 election reversal schemes that has taken a much narrower approach. Here are the strengths and weaknesses of Willis’ strategy:Georgia’s sweeping RICO lawGeorgia’s version of a RICO law – which stands for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act – is broader than the federal counterpart. Additionally, there is not much appellate case law around the state’s RICO statute, criminal defense attorneys in Georgia told CNN. There stands to be a significant overlap in evidence – including with testimony from some of the same witnesses – in the federal and Georgia cases.

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☆ Opinion: Fani Willis is taking a major gamble on the Trump case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Opinion Jennifer Rodgers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

This argument has been partially successful with US District Judge Aileen Cannon in the federal classified documents case. It is unclear whether the judge assigned to the Georgia case would be amenable to delay arguments. I expect that, as in the New York case, where the judge recently denied such a motion, Trump will seek to move the case against him to federal court. While those decisions may not be binding on the Georgia judge, they will be informative as he considers the issues. As president, Trump would have the power to scuttle the federal cases and a greater ability to avoid accountability in the state cases as well.

Persons: Jennifer Rodgers, Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Trump —, Trump, Willis, Willis —, —, Team Trump, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, Scott McAfee, Mark Meadows, it’s, Biden, Brad Raffensperger, Willis ’ Organizations: New York University School of Law, Columbia Law School, CNN, Trump, Team, US, Fulton County Superior, Biden, Washington , DC, Georgia, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, New York, Georgia’s, Atlanta, Washington ,

WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The indictment of Former President Donald Trump for interfering in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia will be the biggest case of prosecutor Fani Willis' career, but it will not be her first contentious prosecution. “She’s not afraid of big cases,” said Gerald Griggs, a criminal defense attorney and president of the Georgia state conference of the NAACP. Willis worked from 2001 to 2018 in the Fulton County prosecutor's office, then won election as county prosecutor in 2020, defeating her former boss, Paul Howard. Willis campaigned on building leniency programs for some low-level offenders, but also adopted a hard line on violent crime and gang activity. “Anybody that thinks they can unleash insults from a podium and that’s going to shake Fani Willis is sorely mistaken."

Persons: Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Willis, Trump, She’s, ”, Gerald Griggs, “ She’s, Brian Kemp, Elijah Nouvelage Georgia's, Jeffery Lamar Williams, Young, Jay Abt, ” Abt, Kamala Harris, Paul Howard, Griggs, ” Griggs, Andrew Goudsward, Tom Hals, David Bario, Alistair Bell Organizations: NAACP, Republican, Democrat, Trump, Georgia, Fulton, REUTERS, South Atlanta Magazine, Black Panther Party, Howard University, Washington , D.C, Emory University School of Law, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, overreach, Atlanta, Georgia's, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Washington ,, Washington, Wilimington , Delaware

☆ Scott McAfee: Who is judge assigned to oversee Trump case in Georgia?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Shawna Mizelle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Brian Kemp, a Republican, called him a “strong addition to my administration.”“His experience as a tough prosecutor equips him to search out fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption, and bring those to justice who break the law,” Kemp said. According to his inspector general biography, McAfee obtained his undergraduate degree from Emory University in music, where he received a scholarship to play cello in the university’s orchestra. He received his JD from the University of Georgia School of Law. In addition to his professional legal career, McAfee is a volunteer scuba diver and captain of his tennis team. Trump, who is among 19 people charged in the case, has denied any wrongdoing.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott McAfee, Brian Kemp, ”, ” Kemp, McAfee, Trump Organizations: Washington CNN, Court, Georgia Gov, Republican, United, Northern District of, Fulton County Atlanta Judicial, Emory University, University of Georgia School of Law, Trump Locations: Georgia, Georgian, Fulton County, United States, Northern District, Northern District of Georgia, Fulton County Atlanta, Kennesaw , Georgia

☆ Trump's 4 criminal cases, ranked in order of how screwed he is
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in four separate criminal cases since leaving office. This week, he made history again as the first former president to be charged in four separate criminal cases. For some charges, he's unlikely to see jail time if he's convicted. Trump has denied all the criminal charges against him. Ethan Miller/Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesManhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was the first to bring criminal charges against Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Ethan Miller, Chip Somodevilla, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Michael Cohen, John Edwards, playbook, Melania, Daniels, Jack Smith's, Jack Smith, Mike Pence, Joe, Congress —, Tanya Chutkan, Smith, it's, he's, Joe Raedle, Aileen Cannon, Prosecutors, —, Alan Freed, Ben Gray, — RICO, Ronald Carlson, doesn't, Carlson Organizations: Service, Trump ., Images Manhattan, Attorney, Trump, Capitol, Congress, US, Washington DC, Mar, National Archives, Justice Department, Prosecutors, Fulton, REUTERS, University of Georgia School of Law Locations: Wall, Silicon, Fulton County, Trump, Trump . Georgia, York, Washington , DC, Washington, Bedminster, , Georgia, Georgia

☆ Trump would have to serve 5 years in prison before he can be pardoned in Georgia criminal case, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Georgia is a rare state that gives pardon power to an independent board instead of the governor. The board also doesn't have the power to grant preemptive pardons, which is bad news for Trump. Unlike in his two federal criminal cases, Trump can't expect a Republican president to pardon him before or after he goes to trial. Nor can he rely on a Republican governor in Georgia to pardon him and get rid of the criminal charges. Georgia is one of five states that doesn't grant pardon power to the governor.

Persons: Trump, Fani, he'll, Ronald Carlson, They're, Carlson, Republicans — Georgia hasn't Organizations: Trump, Service, Republican, Paroles, University of Georgia School of Law, Republicans, Democrat, Brookings Institution Locations: Georgia, Wall, Silicon, Fulton County

District Attorney Fani Willis brought charges against Trump and 18 other defendants under the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The charges include forgery in the first degree, false statements and writing, and violating the RICO Act. If found guilty under the RICO Act, Trump could face a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum sentence of 20 years and a fine. She has also used the statute against local gangs and in an ongoing 56-count RICO case against rapper Young Thug and others. The RICO charge would also carry up to a 20-year prison sentence on its own, making it one of the more severe charges.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Georgia's, Georgia Racketeer, Fulton, Trump, Nicholas Cotten, Willis, Brad Raffensperger, Melissa Redmon, Redmon, mafias, Young Thug, R, Kelly, Norm Eisen, Eisen Organizations: Fulton, DA, Service, Attorney's, Trump, University of Georgia School, Law's, The Atlanta, Atlanta, Prosecutors, Brookings Institution Locations: Georgia, Wall, Silicon, Fulton County, Brooklyn, Georgia's

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