Georgia set up its restrictive system after Gov. Eurith D. “Ed” Rivers was implicated in a cash-for-pardons scandal in the 1930s. Time magazine reported in 1941 that the governor’s chauffeur “frequently went to prison camps of Fulton County with pardons already signed and asked to see prisoners.

Looming over the entire process, of course, is the presidential election of 2024 and the possibility Mr. Trump might return to office in January 2025. A criminal trial of a sitting president would undoubtedly spin off litigation over whether it was permitted under the U.S. Constitution.

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On other social media sites popular with the far right, including Parler and Gab, misinformation circulated about Mr. Trump secretly plotting to imprison those in Georgia seeking his indictment.

These personal attacks are similar to the ones Trump unleashed against Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who is overseeing a separate felony case over hush money payments. The judge overseeing that case specifically warned Trump and his lawyers about attacking prosecutors on social media.

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Paul Dodd asks why the Republican Party has not put up a strong alternative for the 2024 presidential nomination, with all the money it has in hand.

A document which details trump the charges - known as an indictment - is unsealed by the US Department of Justice

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Donald J. Trump has raised the idea in the past that as president he could pardon himself from federal crimes. While pelo president has ever pardoned himself, there is little restriction on the presidential pardon authority laid out in the Constitution.

A third poll, published by the New York Times and Siena College this week found that 17% of likely voters in the Republican primaries believe Trump committed a serious offence, compared to 71% who don't.

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