Eighteen people including Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani have been indicted for alleged conspiracy, fraud and forgery related to the 2020 election in Arizona Arizona becomes the fourth state to bring charges against “fake electors.”
I’m not a lawyer or a law expert, so this is purely a guess. By having him unindicted, it means he can’t be found not-guilty right now due to lack of evidence. I think that leaves him open to being indicted later once everyone else gets convicted. If AZ and the 4 other states convict the co-conspirators with Trump as unindicted (except in Georgia where he is indicted), that creates a much stronger case to bring up full indictment charges.
Also allows the application of leverage on them after conviction to become cooperators, I’d think. Make the offer after conviction but before sentencing and then recommend leniency to the judge in light of promised cooperation.
I’m not a lawyer or a law expert, so this is purely a guess. By having him unindicted, it means he can’t be found not-guilty right now due to lack of evidence. I think that leaves him open to being indicted later once everyone else gets convicted. If AZ and the 4 other states convict the co-conspirators with Trump as unindicted (except in Georgia where he is indicted), that creates a much stronger case to bring up full indictment charges.
Also allows the application of leverage on them after conviction to become cooperators, I’d think. Make the offer after conviction but before sentencing and then recommend leniency to the judge in light of promised cooperation.