In ‘mishap,’ Georgia court admits to posting ‘fictitious’ Trump indictment document | Georgia

(The Center Square) — The Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts has stated it inadvertently posted information a couple of attainable indictment of former President Donald Trump.

Hours prior to a Fulton County grand jury indicted Trump and others on fees they sought to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, Reuters reported the lifestyles of the submitting. In a Tuesday commentary, Fulton County court officers mentioned they in brief posted information detailing attainable fees in opposition to Trump to “the Fulton County Press que [sic].”

According to the court, after studying of the “mishap,” Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts Ché Alexander “immediately removed” the document and alerted media {that a} “fictitious document” was once circulating.

“In anticipation of issues that arise with entering a potentially large indictment, Alexander used charges that pre-exist in [the court system] to test the system and conduct a trial run,” the commentary learn. “Unfortunately, the sample working document led to the docketing of what appeared to be an indictment, but which was, in fact, only a fictitious docket sheet.

“Because the media has get admission to to paperwork prior to they’re printed, and whilst it will have gave the impression that one thing reputable had came about since the document bore a case quantity and submitting date, it didn’t come with a signed ‘true’ or ‘no’ invoice nor an reputable stamp with Clerk Alexander’s identify, thereby making the document unofficial and a check pattern most effective,” it continued.

However, one legal scholar said the leaked document may not benefit the former president’s defense.

“I have no idea what prison importance that has,” Jonathan Entin, a professor emeritus of law and adjunct professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University, told The Center Square before the court’s admission. “…It does not mirror smartly at the procedure, however it is not in point of fact transparent to me what prison importance that has.”