The United States will “no longer be a constitutional republic” and will become politically unstable if former President Donald Trump is imprisoned over the latest charges announced against him in the Georgia election indictment, the president’s spokeswoman, Liz Harrington, has warned.
Ms. Harrington made the comments in an interview with EpochTV’s “Crossroads” on Aug. 15, where she cautioned the American public to understand “what’s really at stake here.”
President Trump was charged with 13 counts in Monday’s indictment alleging he and 18 co-defendants—including several of his former attorneys—attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.
The indictment was announced by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, an outspoken critic of President Trump.
Ms. Willis told reporters on Monday that all the defendants listed in the indictment must voluntarily surrender in Georgia by Aug. 25 at noon. It is unclear yet if they will.
Ms. Harrington called the latest charges against President Trump—the fourth time this year charges have been levied against him—a “travesty” and an “insult to the rule of law,” citing the way in which the indictment was first reported.
The clerk of the Fulton County, Georgia, court system has acknowledged accidentally posting online—and then subsequently removing—what appeared to be a two-page list of charges against President Trump on Aug. 14 before he was actually indicted and while a grand jury was still hearing testimony from witnesses regarding the case.
Multiple experts have noted the accidental release of the charges may violate democratic norms.
Case Raises Concerns for Ordinary Americans
“You had here a corrupt district attorney and an office that filed an indictment before the grand jury had even met before they had heard witnesses before they voted,” Ms. Harrington said. “I mean, if that doesn’t say it all, it says that this was another ‘show me the man, I’ll show you the fake crimes.’”
By Katabella Roberts and Joshua Philipp
