Tag Archives: Georgia

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Several Republican lawmakers are seeking ways to sanction Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after she brought criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and 18 allies. Trump backers are going after Willis using a new state law approved by Gov. Brian Kemp that creates a state commission with power to sanction or oust prosecutors found …

CNN reports: Scott Hall, one of former President Donald Trump’s 18 co-defendants, has turned himself in to the Fulton County jail, according to the jail’s online database. Hall, who works as a bail bondsman in Atlanta, was charged by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with crimes related to his alleged involvement in the Coffee County, Georgia, voting systems breach. …

CNN reports: Donald Trump and several co-defendants in the sweeping Georgia racketeering case are expected to work out the terms of their bond Monday with the Fulton County district attorney’s office, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Donald Trump’s legal team has arrived at the Fulton County courthouse where they are expected to meet with the district attorney’s …

NBC News reports: John Eastman, the lawyer charged by prosecutors in Georgia with helping to orchestrate former President Donald Trump’s fake elector scheme, has agreed to a $100,000 bond in the case, court filings show. In a “consent bond order” listed on the Fulton County Superior Court website, Eastman and prosecutors agreed to a $100,000 bond on the charges Eastman …

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: Governor Kemp of Georgia is fighting hard against the Impeachment of the crooked, incompetent, & highly partisan D.A. of Fulton County, Fani Willis, who has allowed Murder and other Violent Crime to MASSIVELY ESCALATE. Crime in Atlanta is WORST IN NATION. She should be impeached for many reasons, not just the Witch Hunt …

Atlanta’s NBC affiliate reports: Friday looms as the deadline for when former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants must turn themselves in at the Fulton County Jail following an indictment last week that alleges their efforts to reverse Trump’s election loss in 2020 constituted a criminal conspiracy. According to a report by NBC News before the weekend, Trump is unlikely …

CNN reports: Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows has asked a federal court to order all charges against him brought by Fulton County, Georgia, prosecutors last week to be dismissed, since he says the charges relate to his then-role in the federal government. In a weekend filing, Meadows argues he should have immunity from the state’s 2020 election interference …

The Washington Post reports: The FBI has joined an investigation into a barrage of threats against Fulton County officials in recent days, including members of the Atlanta-area grand jury that voted to indict former president Donald Trump. The statement came amid growing concern about the safety of grand jurors after the names, home addresses, photos and social media profiles of …

NBC News reports: Law enforcement officials are anticipating that former President Donald Trump will surrender at a Fulton County, Ga. jail no earlier than Thursday, three senior law enforcement officials who are familiar with the plan said. These officials, who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the plan, said they expect the surrender to …

The New York Times reports: The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that it was investigating online threats against the grand jurors who voted this week to indict former President Donald J. Trump and 18 others, accusing them of conspiring to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. Soon after the indictment was released late Monday, some on social media began scrutinizing …

The Associated Press reports: A Georgia state agency said Tuesday that it will name a special prosecutor to consider whether the state’s Republican lieutenant governor should face criminal charges after former president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted Monday for working to overturn the state’s 2020 election results. Lt. Gov. Burt Jones was one of 16 Republican …

Breitbart reports: Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore (R) took the first step on Thursday towards impeaching Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for her actions against former President Donald Trump, a memo exclusively obtained by Breitbart News shows. In a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp (R), Moore announced an initiative to begin an emergency session to conduct a thorough investigation …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Georgia’s most powerful Republican politicians rejected pro-Donald Trump calls to change the state constitution to give the governor direct authority to pardon those convicted of crimes. Far-right Trump supporters have pressed Kemp and other GOP leaders to pursue an overhaul of pardon rules after the former president was charged this week with orchestrating a far-ranging “criminal …

Atlanta’s CBS affiliate reports: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked a judge to set a trial date of March 4, 2024, for former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants. Willis also asked to schedule arraignments for the defendants for the week of September 5, according to a court filing, and says the proposed dates “do not conflict” …

“There’s no chance in my view that Fani Willis goes [to trial] within two years. Everybody will have motions galore. And if it takes her, you know, two years — I mean, heaven forbid that Trump wins the presidency — then there will be a fight to the Supreme Court over whether she can proceed against the sitting president during …

Axios reports: The extraordinary collision course between former President Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and his legal morass will be on stark display the next two weeks. His two-week schedule features nearly half a dozen court hearings and 2024 campaign-related events, previewing what’s to come over the next 15 months as he navigates his re-election bid. Trump won’t have to attend …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants will be booked at the Fulton County Jail, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday. “At this point, based on guidance received from the District Attorney’s office and presiding judge, it is expected that all 19 defendants named in the indictment will be booked at the Rice Street Jail,” Fulton …

ABC News reports: Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows officially filed Tuesday to move the case brought against him by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis into federal court, just a day after he was indicted along with former President Donald Trump and 17 others on charges of attempting to overturn Trump’s election loss in the state. The …

Religion News Service reports: While most of those indicted are lawyers or people with close connections to Trump, at least one is a faith leader: an Illinois pastor and former police chaplain charged in connection with efforts to intimidate Georgia election workers. The indictment singles out the Rev. Stephen Cliffgard Lee, a pastor within the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod denomination, alleging …

“The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen. For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward – under oath – and prove anything in a court of law. Our elections in Georgia are secure, accessible, and fair and will continue to be as long as I am governor. The future of our country …