Thread by @ASFleischman

Here's my major question. A magistrate judge in Fulton County apparently found probable cause to believe that this would be Rep. Cannon's third conviction for disrupting the General Assembly.

Is that true?

And if not, will there be false statement charges brought?

This isn't a small thing. To justify the arrest in the first place, the rep had to be committing a felony. And you can't commit obstruction during an unlawful arrest.

So who told Judge Chung this was her third offense?

Here's the punishment part of the code section. If it's not a felony, the arrest is facially unconstitutional.

This is something that someone needs to investigate.

law.justia.com/codes/georgia/…

The entire reason that we have a special privilege for members of the General Assembly from arrest is so that they can't be arbitrarily detained to keep them from voting on things.

But if officers can just claim any "disruption" is a felony...that protection ends.

Oddly enough, I don't see any prior arrests for Rep. Park for interference with the General Assembly.

The judge and the officer swearing to the judge that this was her third offense would have access to this database.

It's right here:

justice.fultoncountyga.gov/PAJailManager/…

And normally, I wouldn't consider a jail database conclusive but the General Assembly is in Fulton County, so obviously, she couldn't violate this law elsewhere in the state.

I hope there's a recording of this warrant application.

Tip of the hat to @lordmegan for pointing out the problem.

And here's the constitutional provision: