i think that some people might be thinking, isn t that some sort of double jeopardy to have that happen? the answer did to that is no, because our constitution recognizes that where there are crimes against dual sovereigns, here the state of georgia, as well as the united states, it is absolutely appropriate that there would be to prosecutions. particularly so here because trump is hoping that he or another republican will win in 2024 and trying to end jack smith s prosecution, or drop the appeals, things like that. and so the georgia prosecution has the safeguard, one that the founders understood well against these kinds of self healing wounds. it is unfortunate to me that like my friend jack goldsmith, harvard law school, writing in the new york times this kind of prosecution would be dangerous for the democracy and things like that. he says that trump might actually be acquitted and that would send a bad message. i have to say that i m very
there would be to prosecutions. particularly so here because trump is hoping that he or another republican will win in 2024 and trying to end jack smith s prosecution, or drop the appeals, things like that. and so the georgia prosecution has the safeguard, one that the founders understood well against these kinds of self healing wounds. it is unfortunate to me that like my friend jack goldsmith, harvard law school, writing in the new york times this kind of prosecution would be dangerous for the democracy and things like that. he says that trump might actually be acquitted and that would send a bad message. i have to say that i m very proud to see jack smith doing what he s doing. i expect fani willis doing the same thing because the cost of not doing something, the cost of not prosecuting, of letting a president, as president used the powers of his office to basically launch a coup and keep himself in power, that is
that the doj case, which is already quite good becomes a much stronger, may open up additional sorts of charges or counts that prosecutors may wish to indict. that sort of tarik evidence is what you are hoping for here, the smoking gun. can i ask you a question on timing, joyce. we ve been told about the position coming now-ish after memorial day, which has now passed. what would be the order of operations? what would be looking for next, as far as all of that? alex, i am pretty sure that we had this conversation over that meaning adored imminent in connection with the georgia prosecution, and we agreed that prosecutors work on a funky timeline. but the reality is that because this case involves classified material, and that doj will have to work out with the intelligence community and other people with equities precisely what information will
much stronger, may open up additional sorts of charges or counts that prosecutors may wish to indict. that sort of tarik evidence is what you are hoping for here, the smoking gun. can i ask you a question on timing, joyce. we ve been told about the position coming now-ish after memorial day, which has now passed. what would be the order of operations? what would be looking for next, as far as all of that? alex, i am pretty sure that we had this conversation over that meaning adored imminent in connection with the georgia prosecution, and we agreed that prosecutors work on a funky timeline. but the reality is that because this case involves classified material, and that doj will have to work out with the intelligence community and other people with equities precisely what information will be available as evidence at trial, that process can take a little while.
in manipulating the concealment of these documents, then doj s case which has already becomes much stronger. it may open up additional sorts of charges or accounts that prosecutors may wish to indict. that sort of direct evidence is what you re really hoping for here. it would be the smoking gun. can i ask you one more question on timing, joyce, which we re being told the potential charging decision would become nowish in the next couple of days and weeks. what would be the operations, what would we be looking for next as far as all of that? alex, i m pretty sure we had this conversation over the meaning of the word imminent in connection with the georgia prosecution, and we agreed that prosecutors work on a sort of a funky time line, but the reality is because this case involves classified material and doj will