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Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is expected to decide in the coming days whether District Attorney Fani Willis can continue prosecuting the case against former President Donald Trump that charges him with leading a conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election. McAfee’s decision will come …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Thursday fiercely defended herself against allegations of prosecutorial misconduct while she had a romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she appointed to oversee the 2020 presidential election interference case. A surprise appearance in a Fulton County courtroom saw Willis …

Jimmy Williams In a recent development, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia has urged an investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. This call for investigation comes amid claims that Willis, who is prosecuting charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, has violated state …

Jimmy Williams Special counsel Jack Smith has strongly opposed former President Donald Trump’s bid to dismiss the federal election interference case against him, arguing that presidential immunity doesn’t shield Trump from criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. In an extensive 80-page filing to the U.S. …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday afternoon to consider prosecutors’ request to revoke Harrison Floyd’s bond for allegedly making incendiary statements about witnesses in the 2020 presidential election interference case. McAfee’s ruling will determine whether the ex-director of Black …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Jenna Ellis, a former attorney for the Trump campaign in the 2020 presidential election, expressed regret on Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court after pleading guilty to making false statements about widespread voting fraud at a Georgia legislative hearing held several weeks after the 2020 election. …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Texas attorney Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to election interference charges in Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, one day before jury selection was scheduled to begin for her trial. As part of the plea deal, Powell was sentenced to six years of probation for conspiring to …

Douglass Mackey, also known as the social media influencer “Ricky Vaughn,” has been sentenced to seven months in prison for his role in disseminating false information during the 2016 presidential election. Mackey convinced supporters of Hillary Clinton that they could cast their votes through text messages or social media posts, …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis says she continue to receive personal threats for prosecuting a felony racketeering case against Donald Trump and 18 other defendants accused of attempting to illegally overturn the 2020 presidential election. Willis said late last week that receiving an estimated 150 …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder A Fulton County judge ruled Thursday that 17 defendants, including former President Donald Trump, will be tried separately from co-defendants Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, who are scheduled to go on trial on Oct. 23 for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office remains committed to its longshot plans of prosecuting former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants at the same time next month in the broad racketeering 2020 election interference case. District Attorney Fani Willis argued on Tuesday that the 2024 …

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s legal team on Monday asked the judge overseeing his federal election interference case—stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 results and him provoking the January 6, 2021 insurrection—to recuse herself, citing comments she made during cases involving some of his …

A special grand jury in Georgia, tasked with investigating efforts to undermine the 2020 election, recommended criminal indictments for several allies of Donald Trump, including Senator Lindsey Graham, who had not been charged by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The report from this special grand jury, which was filed …

Stephen Fowler, GPB News The Fulton County District Attorney’s office says it would take an estimated four months and 150 witnesses to present its case against 19 people accused of violating the state’s anti-racketeering law in a failed effort to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential results. Special prosecutor Nathan Wade gave …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Former President Donald Trump entered a not guilty plea on Thursday in Fulton County Superior Court on 13 felony counts that charge him with racketeering for attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. In the court filing on Thursday, Trump also voluntarily waived his …