Tag Archives: Fulton County

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder A Fulton County judge on Friday said he plans to rule in the next two weeks on whether to remove District Attorney Fani Willis and her team of prosecutors from the high-profile 2020 election interference case that has been sidetracked by a series of contentious court …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Ex-Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro pled guilty Friday in Fulton County Superior Court to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing false documents for his role in attempting to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election win. Chesebro was promptly sentenced by Judge Scott McAfee to five …

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 …

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 Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis says she’s aiming to start a trial against Donald Trump and his allies within six months of a grand jury’s Monday indictment on charges of a multi-state criminal conspiracy to overturn the former president’s narrow defeat to Joe Biden in …

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told Georgia’s former lieutenant governor, Geoff Duncan, not to testify before the Fulton County grand jury that was set to hear evidence this week in the state’s 2020 election interference case. “I am reading reports that failed former Lt. Governor of Georgia, Jeff …

Stephen Fowler and Chase McGee, GPB News Georgia wasn’t the only battleground state where Donald Trump tried to change his 2020 election defeat, but it was home to his most brazen efforts. Even after elections officials counted — and recounted — the presidential race, made painstaking rebuttals to fraud claims …

A pair of witnesses revealed Saturday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will start presenting her 2020 elections interference case against former President Donald Trump—the GOP’s 2024 front-runner—to a grand jury in Georgia early next week. While Willis has previously signaled her intention to make charging decisions this month, …

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has reaffirmed her commitment to announce charging decisions by September 1st in her investigation into attempts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. Willis stated that the work has been completed after two and a …

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday unanimously rejected a bid by former President Donald Trump—who is seeking the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination—to effectively end Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ probe into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The former president’s legal team last week filed petitions with …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys have filed a petition asking the Georgia Supreme Court to block the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office from pursuing cases against Trump and his allies for alleged criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election. The frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential …

Donna Lowry, GPB News The Fulton County grand jury determining if former President Donald Trump should face criminal charges in Georgia is now seated. Ninety-six people arrived at Fulton County Superior Court for grand jury duty early Tuesday morning, unaware that some would hear evidence on whether to indict Trump …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Fulton County could dominate national headlines this summer if District Attorney Fani Willis files criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and his inner circle over alleged 2020 election interference. Law enforcement agencies have been informed by Willis that additional security around the downtown Atlanta courthouse …