- Title: Georgia v New York: Legal analyst compares Trump's court battles
- Date: 18th April 2024
- Summary: ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES (APRIL 17, 2024) (Reuters) ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CAREN MORRISON, HIGHLIGHTING WORDS INSIDE LEGAL TEXTBOOK MORRISON HIGHLIGHTING INSIDE LEGAL TEXTBOOK MORRISON NAME PLATE OUTSIDE OF HER OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CAREN MORRISON, SAYING: “The hush money case, the case in New York it has to do with falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment to this adult film star in order to influence the 2016 election. The Georgia case is about the 2020 election and Trump’s refusal to accept the results in Georgia and his attempt to put pressure on both the legislature and the Secretary of State in Georgia to overturn the results. So I think it seems to me that the much more serious case is the case in Georgia.” MORRISON TAKING A BOOK FROM BOOKSHELF BOOKS ON BOOKSHELF MORRISON READING A BOOK (SOUNDBITE) (English) ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CAREN MORRISON, SAYING: “I don’t think they impact one another all that much. I mean this trial seems to be — at least jury selection seems to be going a lot faster anybody could have anticipated. Since at least at the end of the day yesterday they already had the seven out of twelve jurors, which I thought was really quick. So the judge is obviously being very efficient and so I wouldn’t be surprised if this trial is over by sometime in June or even early June. And the Georgia trial doesn’t have a date although the prosecutors have asked for August 5th. So honestly I really don’t see any kind of like interaction with the timelines or anything like that.”
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- Keywords: ELECTION GEORGIA NEW YORK TRUMP TRUMP TRIAL
- Location: ATLANTA, GEORGIA & NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA
- City: ATLANTA, GEORGIA & NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA
- Country: US
- Topics: North America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA001602517042024RP1
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- Story Text: Former President Donald Trump is currently facing two separate legal challenges.
In New York, he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election
In Georgia, Trump was charged with 13 felony counts, accused of pressuring state officials to reverse his election loss in Georgia and setting up a fake slate of electors to undermine the congressional certification of Biden's victory.
Caren Morrison, an associate professor of law at Georgia State University, points out that although both cases are distinct, the Georgia matter is considered more serious, though a trial date is yet to be set.
“I mean they were in much better shape last December they looked like they were going to be — in Georgia like it was going to be going ahead. Now it’s really anybody’s guess — they’ve wasted a a lot of time. The prosecution wasted a lot of time with the allegations of impropriety, which could have been handled better on their part,” Morrison said.
Despite his legal challenges, Morrison says the conviction of the former President in either case won’t disqualify him from the presidential seat.
"It’s crazy but the constitution has no requirement that you not be a felon to be President. All you have to do is be born in the U.S and over 35 — and that’s it.”
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