Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to Georgia election racketeering charges

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Rudy Giuliani on Friday pleaded not guilty to Georgia charges that accuse him of trying, along with former president Donald Trump and others, to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state.

 

In filing his not guilty plea with the court, the former New York mayor and Trump attorney also waived his right to appear at an arraignment hearing set for 6 September. He joins the former president and at least 10 others in forgoing a trip to Atlanta to appear before a judge in a packed courtroom with a news camera rolling.

Trump and Giuliani are among 19 people charged in a sprawling, 41-count indictment that details a wide-ranging conspiracy to thwart the will of Georgia’s voters who had selected Democratic nominee Joe Biden over the Republican incumbent.

The charges against Giuliani, along with other legal woes, signal a remarkable fall for a man who was celebrated as “America’s mayor” in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack. He now faces 13 charges, including violation of Georgia’s anti-racketeering law, the federal version of which was one of his favorite tools as a prosecutor in the 1980s.

Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney, has said she wants to try all 19 defendants together. But the legal wrangling has already begun in a slew of court filings since the indictment was filed on 14 August.

Several of those charged have filed motions to be tried alone or with a small group of other defendants, while others are trying to move their proceedings to federal court. Some are seeking to be tried quickly under a Georgia court rule that would have their trials start by early November, while others are already asking the court to extend deadlines.

Due to “the complexity, breadth, and volume of the 98-page indictment”, Giuliani asked the judge in Friday’s filing to give him at least 30 days after he receives information about witnesses and evidence from prosecutors to file motions. Normally, pretrial motions are to be filed within 10 days after arraignment.

 

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[Tug]

Does he have any choice really,if found guilty any amount of time at his age it’s curtains he would kick the bucket in prison he better make a deal or cop a plea sucks to be Rudy that’s for sure (all of his own creation btw) to bad 

[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, Tug said:

Does he have any choice really,if found guilty any amount of time at his age it’s curtains he would kick the bucket in prison he better make a deal or cop a plea sucks to be Rudy that’s for sure (all of his own creation btw) to bad 

Everything Trump touches dies, some of it will die in prison.

[HappyExpat57]

What a rotten shame! This man was on top of the world with how he managed the 9/11 attack.

 

Goes to show, you hitch your wagon to a turd, you're gonna get poop on you.  Once he's convicted (yadda yadda yadda, "innocent 'til proven guilty," the man is guilty and we all know it), he will spend the rest of his days in jail, and there's no coming back from that for him.

[BusyB]

Trump doesn't want to go in front of the cameras? Must be a first. The truth hurts and must be hidden as far as possible.

 

Roll on next March after jury selection ????

[Tropposurfer]

I watched anew today some feeds about election workers specifically the Freeman mother and daughter targeted by Giuliani (and others), and the horrific impact of his, Trumps, Fox presenters/propagandists, and others of them, and many other election workers and government officials on their lives.

This despicable cur needs to be put in jail for the rest of his natural life along with Trump, Meadows, Bannon, Carlson, Waters and many other traitors. 

Edited September 2, 2023 by Tropposurfer

[ozimoron]

21 minutes ago, Tropposurfer said:

I watched anew today some feeds about election workers specifically the Freeman mother and daughter targeted by Giuliani (and others), and the horrific impact of his, Trumps, Fox presenters/propagandists, and others of them, and many other election workers and government officials on their lives.

This despicable cur needs to be put in jail for the rest of his natural life along with Trump, Meadows, Bannon, Carlson, Waters and many other traitors. 

It's terrorism, plain and simple. Threatening or inciting threats against people to effect a political outcome is the definition of terrorism.

[ThaiFelix]

Rudy Giuliani was the mayor of New York and a US politician, he has to be guilty.

[newnative]

Hope he is found guilty, since he is, and rots in prison for the rest of his life.  Despicable human--I can see how he and Trump found each other.  Maybe they can be cellmates. 

[stevenl]

10 minutes ago, newnative said:

Hope he is found guilty, since he is, and rots in prison for the rest of his life.  Despicable human--I can see how he and Trump found each other.  Maybe they can be cellmates. 

Deleted, wrong thread.

Edited September 2, 2023 by stevenl

[Skeptic7]

18 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Everything Trump touches dies, some of it will die in prison.

Good. Hopefully "It #1" too...would be a dream come true.