GOP Georgia chair: Trump's lawyers advised me to stand as fake elector
1 year, 7 months ago

GOP Georgia chair: Trump's lawyers advised me to stand as fake elector

Raw Story  

David Shafer, the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, now claims that his plot to stand as a fake elector should not be criminally charged because he was acting on the advice of former President Donald Trump's legal team, reported CNN on Monday. "Specifically, Shafer’s attorneys say their client was relying on 'repeated and detailed advice of legal counsel' when he organized a group of 'contingent' electors from Georgia and served as one himself, thus 'eliminating any possibility of criminal intent or liability,' according to a copy of the May 5 letter," reported Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray. "The letter, which was first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, comes as Fani Willis and her team of prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia are planning to make an announcement on possible charges against Trump or his allies later this summer." IN OTHER NEWS: Disney expands lawsuit against DeSantis "Shafer, who sources previously told CNN could be among those indicted when Willis makes her charging announcements, has come under scrutiny for his role in the effort to put forward alternate slates of electors to block the certification of the 2020 presidential vote," said the report.

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Fani Willis is disqualified from prosecuting Trump election case in Georgia, appeals court rules
5 days, 12 hours ago

Fani Willis is disqualified from prosecuting Trump election case in Georgia, appeals court rules

Politico  

The ruling appears likely to require the case to be assigned to another prosecutor. In March, following high-profile televised hearings featuring testimony from Willis and Wade, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee concluded the prosecutors’ relationship had caused an appearance of impropriety. And it’s far from clear whether a new prosecutor would agree with Willis’ overarching legal theory, which …

'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges
1 week ago

'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges

NPR  

'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Some supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are set to cast their states' Electoral College votes Tuesday while still dealing with felony charges stemming from the last presidential race. Eight of this year's designated Republican presidential electors in Michigan and …

Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case
1 week, 4 days ago

Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A slate of six Nevada Republicans have again been charged with submitting a bogus certificate to Congress that declared Donald Trump the winner of the presidential battleground’s 2020 election. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Thursday that the state’s fake electors case had been revived in Carson City, the capital, where he filed a new complaint this …

Trump outran the law. His allies haven’t.
1 week, 6 days ago

Trump outran the law. His allies haven’t.

Politico  

The two most broad and perilous cases, in Arizona and Georgia, allege Trump helped direct a sweeping plot to overturn his loss to Joe Biden. In April, a grand jury indicted 18 people, including former chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorney Rudy Giuliani and longtime adviser Boris Epshteyn, who is playing a central role in shaping Trump’s incoming administration. Already, …

Trump seeks to have Georgia election case dismissed, citing presidential immunity
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump seeks to have Georgia election case dismissed, citing presidential immunity

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — President-elect Donald Trump is trying to get the Georgia election interference case against him dismissed, asserting that the state’s courts will not have jurisdiction over him once he returns to the White House next month. Trump’s attorneys on Wednesday filed a notice with the Georgia Court of Appeals saying a sitting president is “completely immune from indictment or …

Trump asks Georgia court to dismiss election interference case against him, saying a sitting president can’t be prosecuted
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump asks Georgia court to dismiss election interference case against him, saying a sitting president can’t be prosecuted

CNN  

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump has asked a court to dismiss the criminal case against him related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. In a filing on Wednesday, Trump and his attorney argued that the Georgia state Court of Appeals lacks jurisdiction to “entertain any further criminal process” over him as the incoming president and the …

Michigan plows ahead with cases against 2020 'fake electors' as Trump's own cases collapse
4 weeks ago

Michigan plows ahead with cases against 2020 'fake electors' as Trump's own cases collapse

Raw Story  

Prosecutors in Michigan are plowing ahead with trying to charge Republican electors who signed onto a document in 2020 falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner over Joe Biden, even as cases against the president-elect collapse. The Michigan Attorney General's Office on Monday filed several briefs asking a judge to advance charges to trial against MAGA allies in the state, The …

Georgia election workers defamed by Rudy Giuliani ask judge to hold him in contempt in new legal threat
1 month ago

Georgia election workers defamed by Rudy Giuliani ask judge to hold him in contempt in new legal threat

CNN  

CNN — Two Georgia election workers who won a massive verdict against Rudy Giuliani because he defamed them after the 2020 election are asking a federal judge to hold him in contempt of court. Accordingly, the Court should hold him in contempt and enter civil contempt sanctions,” Freeman and Moss’ lawyers wrote to Judge Beryl Howell in the DC District …

Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris
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1 month, 1 week ago

Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge recused himself Tuesday from presiding over Arizona’s fake electors case after an email surfaced in which he told fellow judges to speak out against attacks on Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the presidency. Lawyers for Republican state Sen. Jake Hoffman, who faces nine felony charges in the case, sought the judge’s removal, arguing Cohen …

Republicans bring back fake electors in battlegrounds
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Republicans bring back fake electors in battlegrounds

Politico  

All told, at least 1 in 5 prospective Trump electors from battleground states this year had some connection to the scheme to overturn the 2020 election. There’s little reason to believe that Trump or his allies would attempt to reenact the false elector scheme, given the prolonged criminal proceedings against the fake electors and the maturation of the “Stop the …

GOP Probes Trump's Election Irregularities, With Two Former Trump Officials on the Panel
2 months ago

GOP Probes Trump's Election Irregularities, With Two Former Trump Officials on the Panel

CNN  

House Republicans have hired two former Donald Trump campaign officials involved in the 2020 fake elector scheme to serve on their Election Integrity Committee. The committee, which has broad jurisdiction over national elections, is tasked with ensuring the integrity of the 2024 presidential election. The hiring of these individuals indicates that the GOP is prepared to take center stage in …

GOP Probes 2020 Election Irregularities, With Two Former Trump Officials on the Panel
2 months ago

GOP Probes 2020 Election Irregularities, With Two Former Trump Officials on the Panel

CNN  

House Republicans have hired two former Donald Trump campaign officials involved in the 2020 fake elector scheme to serve on their election law committee. The committee, which has broad jurisdiction over national elections, is expected to play a significant role in the post-election landscape when Congress returns in November. The hiring of these individuals indicates that the GOP is prepared …

New GA rules still in play with Harris-Trump election showdown now fast and furious
2 months ago

New GA rules still in play with Harris-Trump election showdown now fast and furious

Raw Story  

The ongoing fight over the recent attempted makeover of how counties run elections by the Georgia State Election Board could be left up to the state’s highest court to decide whether the panel overstepped its authority. The GOP’s lawyers aim to overturn a Fulton County judge’s ruling Wednesday that blocks the State Election Board from enacting several new rules for …

Chaos could result as election deniers get 'another bite at the apple': report
2 months, 1 week ago

Chaos could result as election deniers get 'another bite at the apple': report

Raw Story  

More than a dozen Republicans who served as "fake electors" in 2020, including some who are facing criminal charges, are reportedly serving as official Donald Trump electors in battleground states this year, while another 16 electors from those states say president Joe Biden's election win was fraudulent. Altogether, election deniers and fake electors make up more than a third of …

Many of the tactics Jack Smith accused Trump of using to overturn the 2020 election are still in play for 2024
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Many of the tactics Jack Smith accused Trump of using to overturn the 2020 election are still in play for 2024

CNN  

CNN — The roadmap laid out by the Justice Department in court this week for how former President Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election feels eerily familiar to many election officials and voting rights advocates who are gearing up for November. “These are about laying groundwork for challenging results.” A Trump campaign spokesperson pointed to the campaign’s released …

Rudy Giuliani texted 2020 "fake electors" plot to the wrong number
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rudy Giuliani texted 2020 "fake electors" plot to the wrong number

Salon  

The 2020 fake electors plot failed in part because Rudy Giuliani texted the wrong number, according to the recent court filing by special counsel Jack Smith, The Guardian reported. At the time, Giuliani tried to persuade Republican officials in swing states where Trump lost to submit fake, alternate slates of electors so that the current Republican nominee could claim victory. …

Democrats ask judge to begin purge of Trump’s allies from ‘rogue’ elections board
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Democrats ask judge to begin purge of Trump’s allies from ‘rogue’ elections board

The Independent  

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Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows fails in bid to get election interference case moved
3 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows fails in bid to get election interference case moved

The Independent  

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Judge rejects former Trump aide Mark Meadows’ bid to move Arizona election case to federal court
3 months, 1 week ago

Judge rejects former Trump aide Mark Meadows’ bid to move Arizona election case to federal court

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge has rejected a bid by Mark Meadows, former chief of staff to President Donald Trump, to move his charges in Arizona’s fake elector case to federal court, marking the second time he has failed in trying to get his charges out of state court. In a decision Monday, U.S. District Judge John Tuchi said Meadows missed …

US judge dismisses three counts in Trump election case in Georgia
3 months, 1 week ago

US judge dismisses three counts in Trump election case in Georgia

Firstpost  

Two of the three charges thrown out by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee involved Trump, and he now faces a total of eight felony counts in Georgia A Georgia judge on Thursday dismissed three of the counts in the indictment accusing former US president Donald Trump and co-defendants of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election …

How Georgia’s pro-Trump election board could help him steal an election
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How Georgia’s pro-Trump election board could help him steal an election

The Independent  

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A Georgia Democrat seeks to unseat an indicted Trump elector who says he only did what he was told
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A Georgia Democrat seeks to unseat an indicted Trump elector who says he only did what he was told

Associated Press  

DULUTH, Ga. — A young Georgia Democrat is raising big money from voters across the country by labeling a suburban Atlanta senate race as a chance to unseat a Republican election denier. Although incumbent Shawn Still was one of 18 people indicted alongside Donald Trump in Georgia’s Fulton County in 2023, Still says first-time candidate Ashwin Ramaswami is wrong to …

GA election officials pass 'election deniers' rule they said was illegal back in May
3 months, 3 weeks ago

GA election officials pass 'election deniers' rule they said was illegal back in May

Raw Story  

The members of the Georgia State Election Board could not have been clearer. “You run counter to both the federal and the state law,” said Ed Lindsey, a Republican board member and attorney who practices election law, to the woman who proposed the rule. “I went and I talked to the lawmakers,” she said, “and they didn’t see anything wrong …

Defense attorneys in Arizona’s fake elector case call prosecutors politically motivated
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Defense attorneys in Arizona’s fake elector case call prosecutors politically motivated

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Attorneys representing Republicans accused of scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential race in Arizona argued Tuesday that prosecutors were politically motivated in seeking a grand jury indictment against their clients. Defense lawyers argued that Democratic state Attorney General Kris Mayes tried to use the indictment to silence their clients’ constitutionally protected speech about the 2020 …

Rudy Giuliani did nothing illegal in Arizona’s fake elector case, his lawyer says
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Rudy Giuliani did nothing illegal in Arizona’s fake elector case, his lawyer says

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A lawyer for Rudy Giuliani said Monday that the charges against his client in Arizona’s fake elector case should be thrown out because Giuliani did nothing criminal in contesting Joe Biden’s narrow 2020 victory in the state over Donald Trump. “How is he to know that that’s a crime?” Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Cohen is hearing …

High-ranked swing state Republican delivers 'blow' to Trump-blessed election board: Report
4 months ago

High-ranked swing state Republican delivers 'blow' to Trump-blessed election board: Report

Raw Story  

A high-ranking Georgia Republican delivered a blow to the Trump-backed state election board in his state, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Greg Bluestein reported Monday. Attorney General Chris Carr told Georgia election board officials in a new ruling that he will not be reopening an investigation into the recount of Fulton County ballots in 2020, Bluestein reported. "The State Election Board is …

Mark Meadows tries to move his charges in Arizona’s fake electors case to federal court
4 months, 1 week ago

Mark Meadows tries to move his charges in Arizona’s fake electors case to federal court

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows wants to move his charges in Arizona’s fake electors case to federal court, just as he unsuccessfully tried to do last year in an election subversion case in Georgia. In a court filing made available on Wednesday, attorneys representing Meadows in Arizona asked a federal judge to move the …

Trump's quietly installed Georgia election 'pit bulls' for 2024 'Big Lie': report
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump's quietly installed Georgia election 'pit bulls' for 2024 'Big Lie': report

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump's allies have been quietly engineering a takeover of the Georgia State Elections Board, staffing them with MAGA extremists whom Trump affectionately refers to as "pit bulls fighting for victory" to enshrine the "Big Lie" that the election was stolen into the law for 2024, reported Rolling Stone. The second change was "to reopen a case in …

Trump-loving Georgia election official suggested himself for federal appointment
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump-loving Georgia election official suggested himself for federal appointment

Raw Story  

One of the election conspiracists who oversees voting in Georgia floated himself for a possible federal position if Donald Trump is re-elected. The former president hailed Georgia state election board members Janelle King, Rick Jeffares and Janice Johnston from the stage of his rally this month in Atlanta, praising them for voting in favor of rules that could sow chaos …

'Something is amiss in Georgia': Legal expert flags Trump loyalists' likely unlawful acts
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'Something is amiss in Georgia': Legal expert flags Trump loyalists' likely unlawful acts

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's loyalists have infiltrated a Georgia election board and are now wreaking havoc, a legal analyst said on Friday. "Georgia's State Election Board, a five-member body controlled by fervent Donald Trump loyalists, adopted a rule allowing local election boards to conduct a 'reasonable inquiry' before certifying election results — a task that, pursuant to Georgia statutory law, has long …

Arizona prosecutors asked grand jurors not to indict Trump in state’s fake electors case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona prosecutors asked grand jurors not to indict Trump in state’s fake electors case

Associated Press  

The Arizona grand jury that indicted 18 Republican supporters of Donald Trump who falsely claimed he won the state in the 2020 election wanted to consider also charging the former president, but prosecutors urged them not to, according to court documents filed this week. “I understand.” Ultimately, the grand jury indicted 18 people on forgery, fraud and conspiracy charges, including …

Arizona grand jurors wanted to indict Trump over fake electors scheme but prosecutors urged them not to - with a PowerPoint
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona grand jurors wanted to indict Trump over fake electors scheme but prosecutors urged them not to - with a PowerPoint

The Independent  

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Arizona 'fake elector' flips on GOP scheme to steal 2020 election
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona 'fake elector' flips on GOP scheme to steal 2020 election

Raw Story  

Last week, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes teased that one of the 11 "fake electors" charged in the scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election would flip in a deal with prosecutors. Loraine Pellegrino, the former president of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for reduced charges in the case, …

Georgia election board rolls back some actions after a lawsuit claimed its meeting was illegal
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Georgia election board rolls back some actions after a lawsuit claimed its meeting was illegal

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Georgia State Election Board, which has become embroiled in conflict over how the state administers elections, voted Tuesday to redo some of its actions amid a lawsuit accusing it of meeting illegally. The board voted 5-0 on Tuesday to debate again on Aug. 6 a pair of proposed rules sought by Republicans that three members advanced on …

Nevada attorney general appeals to state high court in effort to revive fake electors case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Nevada attorney general appeals to state high court in effort to revive fake electors case

Live Mint  

LAS VEGAS — The top prosecutor in Nevada is asking the state Supreme Court to uphold the indictments of six Republicans charged with submitting a bogus certificate to Congress that declared Donald Trump the winner of the presidential battleground's 2020 election. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus issued a written order Friday night affirming her ruling …

Judge dismisses criminal charges against Trump’s ‘fake electors’ in Nevada
6 months ago

Judge dismisses criminal charges against Trump’s ‘fake electors’ in Nevada

The Independent  

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Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn pleads not guilty in Arizona’s fake elector case
6 months ago

Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn pleads not guilty in Arizona’s fake elector case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Lawyers Boris Epshteyn and Jenna Ellis and former U.S. Senate candidate James Lamon have pleaded not guilty to nine felony charges in a case about trying to overturn former President Donald Trump’s Arizona election loss to Joe Biden. Epshteyn, a Trump adviser, is accused of assisting Giuliani in carrying out the scheme to submit fake electors for Trump …

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows pleads not guilty in Arizona’s fake elector case
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows pleads not guilty in Arizona’s fake elector case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump 2020 Election Day operations director Michael Roman pleaded not guilty Friday in Phoenix to nine felony charges for their roles in an effort to overturn Trump’s Arizona election loss to Joe Biden. The indictment alleges Meadows worked with other Trump campaign members to submit names of fake …

'Someone stop him!' Frustration mounts over new delay in Trump's Georgia election case
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'Someone stop him!' Frustration mounts over new delay in Trump's Georgia election case

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's Georgia election racketeering case almost certainly will not begin before Americans head to the polls to vote for the 47th president, according to legal experts and reports. "The court will then have until mid-March to rule," the report notes, "meaning the election interference case almost certainly won’t go to trial before the November general election for which Trump …

Georgia Republican tries to "set the stage" for a November election challenge, won't certify primary
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Georgia Republican tries to "set the stage" for a November election challenge, won't certify primary

Salon  

A Republican member of the election board in Georgia's Fulton County is refusing to certify May 21 primary election results, demanding that she first be given unusual access to “essential election materials and processes." Adams has asserted that “the board has not and clearly should be monitoring our elections," and that "it’s time to fix the problems in our elections.” …

Charges revealed against former Trump chief of staff in Arizona fake elector case
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Charges revealed against former Trump chief of staff in Arizona fake elector case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The chief of staff for former President Donald Trump faces the same conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges as the other named defendants in Arizona’s fake elector case, the state attorney general’s office said Wednesday. He previously referred to the Arizona indictment as a “blatantly political and politicized accusation and will be contested and defeated.” With the indictments, Arizona …

5 more Trump attorneys, aides publicly named in AZ fake elector indictment
7 months, 3 weeks ago

5 more Trump attorneys, aides publicly named in AZ fake elector indictment

Raw Story  

Attorney General Kris Mayes has released the names of five more people who were indicted by a grand jury for the part they played in Arizona’s 2020 fake elector scheme to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House. The five additional indictees are: Christina Bobb, the Republican National Committee’s senior counsel for election integrity and a former attorney …

Charges revealed against a former Trump aide and 4 lawyers in Arizona fake electors case
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Charges revealed against a former Trump aide and 4 lawyers in Arizona fake electors case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Authorities revealed Friday the conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges filed against an ex-aide of former President Donald Trump and four attorneys in Arizona’s fake elector case, but the names of former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani remained blacked out. The Arizona attorney general’s office released a copy of the indictment that revealed nine …

Charges against Trump’s 2020 ‘fake electors’ are expected to deter a repeat this year
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Charges against Trump’s 2020 ‘fake electors’ are expected to deter a repeat this year

Associated Press  

An Arizona grand jury’s indictment of 18 people who either posed as or helped organize a slate of electors falsely claiming that former President Donald Trump won the state in 2020 could help shape the landscape of challenges to the 2024 election. Justin Levitt, a former Department of Justice official who also worked in the Biden White House, noted the …

11 'fake electors' from 2020, including Meadows and Giuliani, indicted in Arizona
7 months, 4 weeks ago

11 'fake electors' from 2020, including Meadows and Giuliani, indicted in Arizona

NPR  

11 'fake electors' from 2020, including Meadows and Giuliani, indicted in Arizona An Arizona grand jury has indicted a group of allies of former President Donald Trump for their efforts to try to keep him in power after the 2020 election. CHANG: OK. SCHUTSKY: The 11 that were named are the so-called fake electors, the folks who, like some in …

Investigator says Trump, allies were uncharged co-conspirators in plot to overturn Michigan election
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Investigator says Trump, allies were uncharged co-conspirators in plot to overturn Michigan election

Associated Press  

DETROIT — A state investigator testified Wednesday that he considers former President Donald Trump and his White House chief of staff to be uncharged co-conspirators in a scheme to claim that he won Michigan in the 2020 election, despite Democrat Joe Biden’s clear victory. A defense attorney, Duane Silverthorn, offered a series of names and asked Shock if they were …

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona
8 months ago

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona

NPR  

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury has indicted a slew of allies of former President Donald Trump for their efforts to try to keep him in power after the 2020 election. The indictment also cites five …

Trump’s team cites First Amendment in contesting charges in Georgia election interference case
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s team cites First Amendment in contesting charges in Georgia election interference case

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The charges against Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that the First Amendment protects, a lawyer for the former president said Thursday as he argued that the indictment should be dismissed. “What he is not allowed to do is to employ his speech and his expression and his …

Judge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case
9 months, 1 week ago

Judge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case

Associated Press  

The judge ruled Fani Willis must step aside from the case or remove the special prosecutor with whom she had a romantic relationship. ATLANTA — The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and others, but the rest of the sweeping racketeering indictment remains intact. Fulton County …

Judge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case
9 months, 1 week ago

Judge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case

LA Times  

Th judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case, Scott McAfee, shown Feb. 27 in Atlanta, wrote in an order that six of the counts in the indictment, including three against Donald Trump, must be quashed. The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Trump and others, but many …

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