Tag Archives: Georgia

WaPo: Trump To Attend GA Hearing On DA Fani Willis

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump plans to attend a Thursday hearing in Atlanta on allegations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) engaged in an improper personal relationship with the lead prosecutor on the election interference case, according to two individuals with knowledge of the possible trip. Trump has a scheduled appearance in New York …

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Fani Willis Admits Relationship With GA Prosecutor

The Washington Post reports: Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) admitted she had a personal relationship with an outside prosecutor she appointed to manage the election interference case against former president Donald Trump and his allies but denied claims that the relationship had tainted the proceedings. In a 176-page court filing on Friday, Willis called the claims against …

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Georgia Bill Would Ban RICO Charges Faced By Trump

The Messenger reports: State lawmakers in Georgia on Wednesday introduced legislation to void the racketeering charges former President Donald Trump is facing in the state. The lawmakers say they seek to prevent “current and future politically-motivated prosecutions commenced” in Georgia. The former president and several co-defendants face racketeering charges in Georgia over their attempts to overturn the results of the …

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FBI Investigates Hate Crime Arson At GA Trans Clinic

Decaturish reports: The Decatur Fire Department confirmed on Jan. 26 that a fire at a gender clinic inside a historic building was intentionally set. As first reported by Decaturish, records show that fire investigators were probing whether an arsonist targeted a gender-affirming medical clinic at the historic Blair Building on Oct. 30, 2023. The city denied our request for police …

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Prosecutor’s Divorce Records Don’t Mention Fani Willis

Atlanta’s Fox affiliate reports: The recently unsealed records pertaining to the divorce of Fulton County Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade do not provide any new evidence of an “improper, clandestine” relationship with his superior, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Wade was appointed by Willis to lead the investigation into the Georgia election interference case, resulting in the indictment of former …

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BOOK: Graham Testified In Georgia That If You Told Trump Martians Stole The Election, He’d Believe You

Politico reports: “After fighting a four-month legal battle all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to block his grand jury subpoena — and losing — South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham turned on a dime ‘and threw Trump under the bus,’ according to a source familiar with his testimony. According to secret grand jury testimony in Fulton County confirmed by …

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Fani Willis To Face Hearing Over Misconduct Allegations

The Washington Post reports: A state judge overseeing the election-interference case against former president Donald Trump in Georgia has scheduled a hearing for Feb. 15 to hear evidence regarding accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) and her lead prosecutor engaged in an improper relationship and mishandled public money. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee also wrote in …

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Trump Co-Defendant Loses Bid To Dismiss Charges

The Messenger reports: In a six-page order, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said Harrison Floyd’s argument that he could not be prosecuted by the Fulton County District Attorney’s office “lacks legal merit” and denied his request for a permanent end to the case against him. McAfee’s order responds to an October court filing by Floyd, in which his …

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Georgia Trump Co-Defendant Alleges Fani Willis Is In “Improper Relationship,” Filing Points To No Evidence

CBS News reports: One of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Fulton County election interference trial made a bombshell allegation late Monday, claiming District Attorney Fani Willis is involved in an “improper” romantic relationship with one of the top prosecutors working the case. The filing points to no evidence and relies fully on “Sources close to both the special prosecutor and …

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Trump Seeks Dismissal Of Georgia Case: I’m Immune

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump is seeking to have the sweeping criminal conspiracy case against him in Georgia thrown out by arguing he is protected from prosecution under presidential immunity. Trump’s immunity claims in the Georgia case, filed on Monday as part of a motion to dismiss state-level criminal charges against the former president, are similar to those argued …

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Trump Co-Defendant Threatened To Grab Agent’s Gun

Politico reports: During a tense confrontation with FBI agents who were trying to serve a subpoena, Harrison Floyd — a 2020 Trump campaign aide — considered grabbing one of the agents’ guns, Floyd told local police officers who arrived at his door shortly afterward. His exchange with the local police was captured in body camera footage obtained by POLITICO through …

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NBC: Six State Capitols Evacuated After Bomb Threats

NBC News reports: At least six state capitol complexes across the U.S. were forced to evacuate Wednesday morning due to a series of bomb threats, officials said. In Georgia, Gabriel Sterling, an elections official with the Office of the Secretary of State, wrote on X around 8:30 a.m. ET that there had been a bomb threat at the Georgie state …

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Meadows Again Seeks To Move Case To Federal Court

The Hill reports: In court papers filed Tuesday evening, Mark Meadows asked the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear his bid after a three-judge panel of the court rejected Meadows’s arguments last month. The battle could ultimately reach the Supreme Court. Succeeding in moving to federal court would give Meadows a pathway to try to assert immunity …

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Georgia Republicans Win Ruling On US House Map

Reuters reports: A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday upheld a Republican-drawn congressional map, rejecting arguments from voting rights groups and Democrats that the latest district lines illegally diluted the voting power of minority residents near Atlanta. The decision from U.S. District Judge Steve Jones likely ensures that Republicans will maintain their 9-5 advantage among the state’s 14 seats in …

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Jeffrey Clark Loses Bid To Halt Georgia RICO Case

The Messenger reports: Donald Trump’s co-defendant and ex-Justice Department loyalist Jeffrey Clark lost on Thursday in his bid to have his part of the Georgia 2020 election racketeering case immediately put on hold until a federal appeals court decides where he can fight the charges. A three-judge panel from the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which included a pair …

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Georgia Asks FBI To Investigate Emails From TX Cultists

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Georgia officials have asked the FBI to investigate a series of emails a Texas activist sent members of the State Election Board demanding an investigation into Georgia’s 2020 election. The emails were sent by Kevin Moncla to the members of the State Election Board and an aide to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Moncla and Joe …

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Willis: No Special Break For Trump On Prison Time

“I know that in the media, and even in the world, we like instant gratification. The judicial process is a long process, and so we’ll be here with that case for a while. I think that everyone in society is the same, and I don’t know why that’s such a difficult concept for people. You can look at the charges, …

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Lawsuit: Oust Georgia Lt Gov, He’s A Fake Elector

Atlanta’s ABC affiliate reports: A judge is being asked to disqualify Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones from holding office because of Jones’ participation as an elector for Donald Trump in 2020. The judge says he will rule later after hearing arguments on the case Monday. The lawsuit comes as a decision on prosecuting the Republican Jones on state charges remains …

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Lawyers For Trump’s Georgia Co-Defendant Withdraw

Atlanta’s Fox affiliate reports: The attorneys representing Trevian Kutti, a co-defendant of Donald Trump and former publicist for Kanye West, have filed a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. The motion, submitted on Dec. 18 in Fulton County Superior Court, lists Darryl B. Cohen and the law firm Cohen Cooper Estep & Allen; Steven A. Greenberg and the law …

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Giuliani: Election Workers “Want Me To Lie For Them”

“Well, of course they’ll sue me again for it when I say that, but yeah, I do. But they want me– they want me to lie. They basically they are suing me in order to lie for them. I’m sorry, I can’t do it. If I showed you the evidence right now, and I think you’ve played it on your …

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