speeches, backed up by criminal acts and this is an indictment that is to be taken seriously and if it is backed up by evidence, he could be convicted and the question is, do you really want to be affiliated with this criminal enterprise? do you? good luck with that. here now to explain is someone who knows the georgia legal system very well. former dekalb county district attorney gwen keys-fleming and perhaps you could help some of the folks i was addressing why georgia might be a little different. why a pardon even in georgia doesn t come easily and it takes a lot of time. could we start there? sure, so georgia is one of the rare states where the sitting governor does not have the ability to automatically pardon someone that s been convicted of a crime.
d.a. s focus at this point is to hole people accountable where she has evidence that they have violated the law. and we know that there will be various motions and things to try to challenge the evidence that she has, but we ll have to wait and see what happens in terms of if there is a conviction and the timing of it. this feels like a good moment to underscore also how important it was that there were cameras in that courtroom last night and we were able the nation was able to watch along as to what happened. that was not the case in any of the federal courtrooms in which donald trump has appeared in recent weeks, so kudos to georgia, let s hope that s an example that others emulate but, gwen, i wanted to ask you more. tell us more about district attorney willis at the center of this for many now in the national audience just sort of getting to know her in recent weeks, certainly saw a no nonsense figure she cut last night. talk to us about what you know of her and her reputation
attorney in neighboring dekalb county, georgia. what donald trump is saying about fani willis we have never in american history heard a potential criminal defendants say about a potential prosecutor that defended might be facing. knowing your friend fani willis as you do, what can you tell us about what she might be feeling that was not expressed in her email to staff? well, let s remember, all of us are humans and while she is no doubt focused on going forward with this case, focused on our evidence, focused on the facts, focused on applying those facts to the law, i can t imagine that it s not affecting her in some way. but like most of us, when confronted with challenges, when we know we have a tough job to do, we may have our
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i don t think she ll do this, but we re sure to do it, i think this would possibly be grounds for appeal and refusal. let s just remember, the only classified documents i have ever seen were in pictures on the floor and donald trump s home in florida. that s all i ve ever seen. harry litman and andrew weissmann, thank you very much for joining our discussion tonight. coming up, today fulton county just attorney fani willis told her staff not to respond in any way to donald trump s lying attacks on her or them. fani willis s friend, gwen keys fleming, the former dekalb county district attorney in georgia will join us next. every day, more dog people, and more vets are deciding it s time for a fresh approach to pet food. they re quitting the kibble. and kicking the cans.