By Sam Dorman Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has dismissed two of the counts in the criminal indictment former President Donald Trump faces in Georgia. According to McAfee, prosecutors lacked the authority to bring the charges, which related to the alleged filing of false documents in federal court. The Sept. 12 decision meant […]
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Father of Georgia School Shooter Arrested, Charged With Second-Degree Murder
By Katabella Roberts The father of a 14-year-old boy accused of shooting dead four people and wounding nine others at a Georgia high school on Sept. 4 has been arrested and is facing multiple charges, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced. Colin Gray, the 54-year-old father of the suspect, Colt Gray, has been charged with […]
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4 Dead, Suspect in Custody After Shooting at Georgia High School: Officials
By Jack Phillips The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that at least four people died and nine were injured during a shooting at the Apalachee High School in Winder on Wednesday. Authorities say that a suspect is in custody. At around 10:30 a.m., “officers from multiple law enforcement agencies and Fire/EMS personnel were dispatched […]
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RNC Suit Seeks Information About $2 Million ‘Zuckerbucks’ Grant in Georgia
By Austin Alonzo The Republican National Committee is filing suit to see if one of Georgia’s most populous counties illegally received private funding for its public election activities. On May 16, the RNC filed a one-count complaint against the DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections Office, along with various county officials and related offices, in […]
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Trump Appeals Ruling That Allowed Fani Willis to Stay on Georgia Case
By Catherine Yang Judge McAfee found a clear appearance of impropriety, and further criticized Ms. Willis for her public comments, saying some remarks had been “legally improper.” However, he stopped short of disqualifying the district attorney, opining that Mr. Wade’s departure would resolve the appearance issue. The defendants argued that the judge correctly ruled that […]
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Signs Law to Discipline ‘Rogue’ Prosecutors Amid Fani Willis Controversy
By Tom Ozimek Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a bill into law that revives an oversight panel with powers to discipline and remove wayward county prosecutors, and which could potentially target alleged misconduct by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in her case against former President Donald Trump. Mr. Kemp signed SB 332 into […]
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Trump Wins Mississippi, Georgia, Washington Primaries, Becomes Presumptive GOP Nominee
By Nathan Worcester Former President Donald Trump made a clean sweep of three more Republican presidential primaries as he remains effectively unchallenged within his party. He sailed through successive contests on March 12 in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington, claiming three more victories as the de facto GOP nominee. His last remaining rival, former South Carolina […]
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Witness Prepared to Testify That Georgia Trump Prosecutor Lied: Filing
By Zachary Stieber A special prosecutor, who was tasked with prosecuting former President Donald Trump, is accused of lying about when his romantic relationship began with the official who hired him, according to a witness who is prepared to testify in a filing entered on March 4. Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor hired by Fulton […]
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Georgia Senate Votes to Investigate Fulton County DA Fani Willis
By Tom Ozimek The Georgia State Senate has approved legislation that paves the way for an investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who faces misconduct allegations related to an election interference case she brought against former President Donald Trump. In a floor vote on Jan. 26, the state Senate voted 30-19 to approve […]
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Georgia DA Fani Willis Given Deadline to Respond to Allegations as Judge Orders Hearing
By Catherine Yang Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is prosecuting the Georgia election case against former President Donald Trump and 14 co-defendants, was given a Feb. 2 deadline to respond to a motion alleging improper use of funds and that she had an affair with a prosecutor she hired on the high-profile case. […]
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Trump Says Georgia Case ‘Totally Compromised’ After Allegations of DA Fani Willis’s ‘Improper’ Romantic Relationship
By Tom Ozimek Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the Georgia election interference case against him “totally compromised” and insisted it should be dropped after a bombshell court filing accused the lead prosecutor in the case—District Attorney Fani Willis— of having an “improper” romantic relationship with her top Trump prosecutor. A co-defendant in the […]
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Trump Files Motion to Dismiss Georgia Election Case, Argues He Has Immunity
By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump on Jan. 8 filed several motions to dismiss his election case in Fulton County, Georgia, where he and more than a dozen others face state charges over their challenge of the 2020 election results. The former president’s legal team argued in one filing that as president, he was […]
