A prominent media analyst and former prosecutor suggested this week that the charges made by the district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, against former President Donald Trump under the state's racketeering law are "Unnecessary" and only add to Mr. Trump's allegations of a "Democratic Party pile on."
Notably, Mr. Honig, a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, has been publicly critical of the former president, and he is now a senior legal analyst for CNN. He's also penned a critical book about former Trump Attorney General William Barr called "Hatchet Man.".
He asked whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' indictment is for the "Greater good and why is it promoting public confidence in the fairness of this [process] to have one of those seven state prosecutors pile on with a charge of her own? I don't think it serves any greater good," he stated, adding that Ms. Willis indicted him on partisan grounds.
Last month, the Fulton County District Attorney's office indicted President Trump and 18 co-defendants under Georgia's expansive anti-racketeering law, claiming that he and the others engaged in efforts to illegally overturn the 2020 election results in the state.
Federal Judge Steve Jones last week rejected the attempt by Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his case to federal court and sent it back to state court, but Meadows is appealing that ruling.
It came after a Fulton County grand jury last month accused them of participating in an illegal scheme to keep the incumbent Republican president in power after the election against President Joe Biden.
Ms. Willis said last month in announcing the charges that she wanted to try all 19 defendants together, including President Trump and other high-profile individuals such as former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and attorney Sidney Powell.
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