Tag Archives: Georgia

Dozens Of Cops Stationed Outside Georgia Courthouse

Reuters reports: Law-enforcement officers surrounded the Fulton County courthouse on Monday in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, amid closed roads and traffic barriers put up to boost security ahead of a possible indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump. The front of the courthouse was lined with rows of orange plastic, water-filled Jersey barriers and steel crowd control barricades. Dozens of county …

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Trump To Appeal To Stop Prosecution By Georgia DA

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports: Lawyers for former President Donald Trump declared late Thursday that they will appeal a judge’s ruling that shot down their bid to gut Fulton County District Fani Willis’s prosecution of alleged criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. They will challenge an order issued earlier this week by Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who …

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Trump Loses Bid To Disqualify Georgia District Attorney

The Messenger reports: Former President Donald Trump cannot block widely anticipated indictments against him in Georgia, nor can he disqualify the district attorney expected to bring them, a judge ruled on Monday morning. The petition requested that the Fulton County grand jury report recommending indictments be inadmissible in Willis’ case, calling any evidence procured from the grand jury interviews and …

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Georgia DA: The Work Is Done, “We’re Ready To Go”

Atlanta’s NBC affiliate reports: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is speaking just ahead of potential charges being filed against former President Donald Trump and his allies. It’s still unclear if Trump will be charged by D.A. Willis, but 11Alive is getting a little more insight into what we can expect in the coming days. Willis said she’s holding true …

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Hearing Set In Trump’s Bid To Disqualify Georgia DA

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: A judge has set a hearing for Aug. 10 on a motion by Donald Trump’s attorneys to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting possible criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election. Legal observers consider Trump’s motion a long shot, but the hearing comes as Willis could be on the verge of asking a recently seated …

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Barricades Go Up Outside Georgia County Courthouse

The Daily Beast reports: As another potential indictment of former president Donald Trump looms in Georgia, barricades have sprung up around the courthouse where he’d likely be arraigned. New Yorker writer Charles Bethea posted a video on Thursday showing the newly-erected barricades near Atlanta’s Fulton County courthouse—suggesting that they’re an ominous sign for the Trump legal team. The case, which …

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Giuliani Admits Lying About Georgia Election Workers

Newsweek reports: Former Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has admitted to making “false” statements regarding election workers the former president claimed had tampered with ballots in the 2020 presidential election count in Georgia. In a court filing on Tuesday, the former mayor of New York conceded that he had made the statements and had published them to third parties, but …

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Trump Files New Attempt To Disqualify Georgia DA

Courthouse News reports: As Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis prepares to announce charges in the coming weeks in her investigation of potential criminal interference with Georgia’s 2020 election, former President Donald Trump has made a last-ditch effort to block the indictment he likely faces. Chief Judge Ural Glanville recused the entire judicial bench of the Fulton County court from …

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Special Counsel Contacts GA Gov And Former AZ Gov

The Hill reports: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has been contacted by the federal special counsel investigating former President Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, Kemp’s office confirmed Friday. Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) was also contacted for the investigation. Trump called Ducey multiple times to pressure him to overturn Arizona’s election results. The move shows overlap between …

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REPORT: Georgia To Charge Trump With Racketeering

The Guardian reports: The Fulton county district attorney investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia has developed sufficient evidence to charge a sprawling racketeering indictment next month, according to two people briefed on the matter. The racketeering statute in Georgia requires prosecutors to show the existence of an “enterprise” – and a …

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GA Ex-GOP Chair Seeks To Evade Fake Elector Charges

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports: Lawyers for Georgia’s former Republican Party chair are again trying to fend off their client’s possible indictment into possible criminal interference with the 2020 presidential election. Ex-GOP chair David Shafer was within his constitutional rights when he cast an “alternate” Electoral College ballot for then-President Donald Trump and therefore should not be criminally charged, Shafer’s …

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Tests Waters For Senate Bid

Congress Minutes reports: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is in Washington this week meeting with Senate Republican leaders — and creating a little buzz for Georgia’s next Senate race. The Georgia Republican is meeting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, according to two people familiar with the meetings. He will meet with National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Steve Daines …

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GA Supreme Court Boots Trump’s Bid To Quash Probe

CNN reports: The Georgia Supreme Court has dismissed a longshot legal bid from former President Donald Trump to essentially shut down the Fulton County criminal probe into his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. The court said in a five-page ruling issued Monday that its decision was unanimous. Trump has other legal challenges related to the …

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Far-Right GA GOP Official Turns On MTG: “I’m Through”

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: The newly elected first vice-chair of the Georgia GOP — Brian K. Pritchard — ripped U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene during an extraordinary 20-minute segment of his online show Friday. “I’m through with her. I’m through,” he said. Although Greene continues to be closely aligned with former President Donald Trump, Pritchard’s are the first significant negative …

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“Jesus, Guns, Babies” Candidate Wants To Shoot Critics

Last year flat earther Kandiss Taylor ran for Georgia governor on the platform of “Jesus, Guns, Babies,” earning 3% of the vote in the GOP primary, which Mike Lindell instantly declared was stolen from her. Since then, Taylor was elected a state GOP district chairperson. In a Zoom call shared yesterday by Patriot Takes, a man calling himself Johnny Utah …

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Georgia Sues Cultist Group Over “2000 Mules” Claims

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: The Georgia State Election Board is suing True the Vote over the organization’s failure to comply with subpoenas that would back up its allegation of a ballot collection scheme highlighted in the movie “2000 Mules.” The lawsuit filed in Fulton County Superior Court on Tuesday asked a judge to compel True the Vote, a Texas-based conservative …

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Poll Workers Want Default Judgment Against Giuliani

Politico reports: Amid Donald Trump’s desperate bid to subvert the 2020 election, a top adviser, Boris Epshteyn, sent out an “urgent POTUS request” to a small group of allies. “Need best examples of ‘election fraud’ that we’ve alleged that’s super easy to explain,” he wrote in a Dec. 7, 2020 text message. “Doesn’t necessarily have to be proven but does …

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Grand Jury Selection Begins In Georgia’s Trump Case

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: The selection of two Fulton County grand juries will be made Tuesday, with one of the panels expected to decide whether to hand up an indictment for alleged criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election. One set of jurors is likely to be asked to bring formal charges against former President Donald Trump and other well-known …

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Giuliani Billed $89K By Lawyers For GA Election Workers

The Daily Beast reports: Faced with a potentially costly defamation lawsuit for spreading conspiracy theories about two Georgia poll workers following the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani is already facing consequences for refusing to turn over evidence in the case. Following a federal judge’s order sanctioning Giuliani last month—and ordering him to pay legal …

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“Stop The Steal” Lawyer Retires In Face Of Disbarment

Mediaite reports: Lin Wood, an outspoken advocate of the conspiracy theory that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from former president Donald Trump in the courtroom and the court of public opinion has agreed to retire from the law rather than be disbarred in the state of Georgia. In a letter addressed to the general counsel and executive director of …

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