Tag Archives: Georgia

CNN reports: The buses that transport the Fulton County grand jurors that could hear evidence in the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump have arrived at the Fulton County Courthouse. CNN spotted the buses that typically drops off grand jurors arriving Monday morning at the courthouse after 8 a.m. ET. There are two active grand juries in Fulton …

Posted this morning to Trump’s Truth Social account: Why is “Phoney” (Like in PERFECT “PHONE” CALL, get it?) Fani Willis, the severely underperforming D.A. of Fulton County who is being accused of having an “affair” with a Gang Member of a group that she is prosecuting, leaking my name in regard to a Grand Jury pertaining to Election Fraud & …

CNN reports: Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump’s legal team to the early January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County, sources tell CNN. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to seek charges against more than a dozen …

The Washington Post reports: An Atlanta-area prosecutor investigating whether former president Donald Trump and his associates broke the law when they sought to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia is expected to begin presenting her case before a grand jury early next week. Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, who was subpoenaed as a potential witness, said on CNN …

The Guardian reports: The Fulton county district attorney investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia has evidence to charge multiple allies of the former president involved in breaching voting machines in the state, according to two people briefed on the matter. The potential charges at issue are computer trespass felonies, the people said, though the …

Atlanta’s NBC affiliate reports: Gov. Brian Kemp took aim at former President Donald Trump on Thursday, writing in a post on X that “2024 is too important for political games.” It’s the latest sign of the Georgia governor’s increased willingness to spar politically with the former president, the commanding favorite to win the Republican Party’s nomination for president next year. …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Wednesday flatly denied that she had a relationship with a former client and other rumors spread by former President Donald Trump in a new campaign ad. In an email to her colleagues, obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Willis called the information in a television spot bankrolled by the Trump …

CNN reports: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to seek more than a dozen indictments when she presents her case regarding efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia before a grand jury next week, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Willis, a Democrat, has been eyeing conspiracy and …

The New York Times reports: The fourth criminal case involving Donald J. Trump is likely to come to a head next week, with the district attorney in Atlanta expected to take the findings from her election interference investigation to a grand jury. Nearly 20 people are known to have been told that they could face charges as a result of …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has received a subpoena to testify as a witness before a Fulton County grand jury that could deliver indictments against former President Donald Trump and his allies this month. Duncan told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday that he has yet to receive a date to meet with grand jurors, but he …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …