Tag Archives: Georgia

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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, …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

CBS News reports: A federal jury on Friday ordered former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to pay a total of $148 million to two former Georgia election workers who were at the center of baseless claims he spread in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. The jury of eight Washington, D.C., residents deliberated for roughly 10 hours across …

The Rome News-Tribune reports: A former youth minister of a Floyd County church was sentenced Thursday to serve 15 years in prison on child molestation and possession of child pornography charges, alongside another 25 years on probation. When Austin Wray Perkins was arrested on March 9, 2022, as part of a sting targeting child pornography, police discovered he was also …

Atlanta’s NBC affiliate reports: A Georgia congressman whose district covers much of the southern part of metro Atlanta has announced that he is not running for reelection. In a statement posted to social media, Rep. Drew Ferguson said at the conclusion of this Congress, he will be retiring from the House of Representatives. “Serving the wonderful constituents of Georgia’s Third …

Politico reports: Rudy Giuliani’s defiant public statements outside a Washington, D.C., federal courthouse — just minutes after he departed the first day of his civil trial for defaming two Georgia election workers — may have defamed them yet again, the judge presiding over the proceedings said Tuesday. “Was Mr. Giuliani just playing for the cameras?” wondered U.S. District Judge Beryl …

The Messenger reports: An eight-person jury in Washington, D.C., was selected Monday for the civil trial of Rudy Giuliani, the iconic former New York mayor and personal attorney for Donald Trump who is on the hook for damages after a judge previously ruled he’s responsible for defaming two 2020 Georgia election workers. At the trial, expected to last up to …

Politico reports: When Rudy Giuliani steps into federal court on Monday, the only mystery will be how severely he is sanctioned for lies about the 2020 election. U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell has already found him liable for defaming two Georgia election workers — Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss — who faced threats and harassment after Giuliani and Donald …

The New York Times reports: Bystanders stopped a 26-year-old woman from setting fire to the home where Martin Luther King Jr. was born after she poured gasoline on it, the authorities said. Two visitors from Utah interrupted the woman as she was pouring gasoline on the porch and on the door of the home, Darin Schierbaum, the Atlanta police chief, …

The Guardian reports: Fulton county prosecutors have signaled they want prison sentences in the Georgia criminal case against Donald Trump and his top allies for allegedly violating the racketeering statute as part of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, according to exchanges in private emails. “We have a long road ahead,” the Fulton county district attorney, Fani Willis, wrote …

CNN reports: Prosecutors in the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump have officially listed former Vice President Mike Pence as one of the witnesses who could be called to testify at trial, according to multiple sources familiar with court documents that remain under seal. Pence, who has appeared before a federal grand jury as part of special …