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2 verified reports published on December 5, 2024.
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The through-line on December 5 was simple: Trumpworld was still trying to use delay, procedure, and raw political power as substitutes for a real exoneration. That can work for a news cycle, sometimes even for a season. It does not make the underlying problems go away.
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A Georgia appellate fight over whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could keep prosecuting the election-interference case was still hanging over Trumpworld on December 5, reinforcing that the case had not gone away just because Trump won the presidency. The appellate process kept the underlying criminal matter frozen, which is politically useful for Trump but also a reminder that the legal cloud never lifted.
The Georgia election case was still pending on Dec. 5, but the oral argument scheduled for that day had already been canceled on Nov. 18.