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 […]
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True the Vote Wins Federal Election Lawsuit in Georgia
By Dan M. Berger The conservative vote-monitoring organization True the Vote’s challenges to Georgia voters’ eligibility didn’t amount to voter intimidation in the 2020 election, a federal judge ruled on Jan. 2. U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones, in a 145-page ruling that was issued a little less than two months after the end of […]
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House Republicans Launch Probe Into Georgia Prosecutor in Trump Case, Allege Collusion With Jan. 6 Committee
By Gary Bai Two House Republican lawmakers on Dec. 5 launched an inquiry into what they allege was collusion between Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought a criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump, and the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Chairman of the House […]
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Trump Adopts Sidney Powell’s Effort to Dismiss Georgia Charge
By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers made a court filing Monday echoing an argument made by 2020 election lawyer Sidney Powell in a move to dismiss the racketeering count he faces in Georgia. In a court motion, the former president’s lawyer, Steven Sadow, made reference to Mrs. Powell’s arguments (pdf) that her lawyers […]
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Georgia Suspends Gas Tax Amid Emergency Declaration Over Inflation
By Tom Ozimek Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency due to high inflation and negative economic conditions affecting Georgians “as a result of policies coming out of Washington,” with the governor suspending taxes on diesel and gasoline to provide relief. Mr. Kemp signed an executive order on Sept. 12, declaring a legal emergency […]
