Trump claims 'exoneration' after no 'mention' of him in grand jury report with redacted names
1 year, 10 months ago

Trump claims 'exoneration' after no 'mention' of him in grand jury report with redacted names

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump declared himself innocent of election tampering because redacted portions of a Georgia special grand jury report did not mention his name. "The long awaited important sections of the Georgia report, which do not even mention President Trump's name, have nothing to do with the President because President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong," the statement said. The statement again claimed Trump's phone calls with Georgia officials after the 2020 election were "perfect." "n fact, as President, it was President Trump's Constitutional duty to ensure election safety, security, and integrity," the statement added.

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Trump vows ‘long term prison sentences’ for people he falsely accuses of ‘cheating’ in the 2020 election
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump vows ‘long term prison sentences’ for people he falsely accuses of ‘cheating’ in the 2020 election

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will …

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 …

A primer on Trump’s criminal trials
11 months ago

A primer on Trump’s criminal trials

Hindustan Times  

Editor’s note : This article was updated to include the latest details of Mr Trump’s trial in Fulton County, Georgia. Election interference in Georgia Jurisdiction: State—Fulton County, Georgia Trial date: TBD; the prosecutor filed a motion on November 17th seeking an August 5th 2024 start In the telling of Fani Willis, the prosecutor, Mr Trump was the boss of a …

Georgia juror names in Trump case will be kept secret following request from prosecutors over security fears
1 year, 2 months ago

Georgia juror names in Trump case will be kept secret following request from prosecutors over security fears

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The response follows security concerns from Fulton County …

Donald Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election fraud case, saying he will skip next week's hearing
1 year, 3 months ago

Donald Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election fraud case, saying he will skip next week's hearing

ABC  

Former US president Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to a wide-ranging Georgia criminal indictment related to his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, according to a court filing. Key points: The plea means Donald Trump will not appear in person in court next week to face the charges Mr Trump's lawyers asked the judge to try him separately …

Georgia mugshots: Trump and all 18 co-defendants surrender in election case
1 year, 4 months ago

Georgia mugshots: Trump and all 18 co-defendants surrender in election case

Al Jazeera  

Former US president and 18 co-accused meet deadline to surrender at Fulton County Jail on election interference charges. Former US President Donald Trump and all 18 of his co-defendants in Georgia’s election interference case have turned themselves in to face charges, meeting a deadline for their surrender. Georgia prosecutors have accused Trump and his co-defendants of joining a conspiracy to …

Authorities investigating threats to grand jurors who indicted Trump in Georgia
1 year, 4 months ago

Authorities investigating threats to grand jurors who indicted Trump in Georgia

Associated Press  

Authorities in Georgia said Thursday they’re investigating threats targeting members of the grand jury that indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies. Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat’s office said investigators are working to trace the origin of the threats after the names of grand jury members and other personal information were posted online. A Fulton County grand …

No, Georgia officials didn’t err in releasing Trump indictment with grand jurors’ names
54 years, 11 months ago

No, Georgia officials didn’t err in releasing Trump indictment with grand jurors’ names

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Officials in Fulton County, Georgia, forgot to redact the names of the grand jurors who indicted former President Donald Trump this week in relation to his actions following the 2020 election. Adam Hames, a former Georgia assistant attorney general, likewise said that it’s “common practice to list the names of the grand jurors on the indictment.” Even though grand …

Trump denounces Georgia indictment, claims will produce ‘irrefutable’ report
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump denounces Georgia indictment, claims will produce ‘irrefutable’ report

Live Mint  

Donald Trump, former US President, on Tuesday, claimed that he will produce an “irrefutable” report that “should” lead to all charges against him getting dropped, New York Post reported. “A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia is almost complete & will be presented by me at a major News Conference …

The 8 Biggest Takeaways From Trump's Georgia Indictment
1 year, 4 months ago

The 8 Biggest Takeaways From Trump's Georgia Indictment

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Georgia prosecutors on Tuesday night released a 98-page indictment charging Trump and 18 allies — ranging from attorneys to former top government officials — with a wide-ranging scheme to undo the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia and beyond by spreading lies and bullying officials to do the same. The indictment alleges that several of the defendants, …

Georgia court website publishes, then takes down, list of criminal charges against Trump
1 year, 4 months ago

Georgia court website publishes, then takes down, list of criminal charges against Trump

The Hindu  

A list of criminal charges in Georgia against former President Donald Trump briefly appeared on Monday on a Fulton County website, but prosecutors said Trump had not been indicted in their long-running investigation of the 2020 presidential election. This is an absolute DISGRACE.” Taylor Budowich, who leads the former president’s supportive super PAC, posted on the platform formerly known as …

Editorial: Georgia’s indictment of Trump is a legitimate probe of a dangerous demagogue
1 year, 4 months ago

Editorial: Georgia’s indictment of Trump is a legitimate probe of a dangerous demagogue

LA Times  

Fani Willis, center, speaks at a news conference in Atlanta on Monday. As with the federal indictment that also grew out of Trump’s outrageous attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the former president is presumed innocent until proven guilty as are the other defendants. While the federal government charged only the former president in the effort to overturn the election, …

Trump could be indicted soon in Georgia. Here’s a look at that investigation
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump could be indicted soon in Georgia. Here’s a look at that investigation

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A Georgia prosecutor is expected to seek a grand jury indictment in the coming weeks in her investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his Republican allies to overturn the then-president’s 2020 election loss. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis began investigating more than two years ago, shortly after a recording was released of a January 2021 phone …

Update: Investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election result
1 year, 5 months ago

Update: Investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election result

NPR  

Update: Investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election result The grand jurors who may be asked to indict former President Donald Trump in Georgia have officially been seated. CHANG: And here's another scene, four days a week, prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, enter a secure room inside the county courthouse, and they present cases to a grand jury. …

All of the legal woes the former president is facing
1 year, 8 months ago

All of the legal woes the former president is facing

Daily Mail  

The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into Trump for retaining government records Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, DOJ said A Manhattan grand jury has dramatically voted to indict Donald Trump over $130,000 in hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels …

Georgia grand jury confirms what we knew about Trump all along
1 year, 10 months ago

Georgia grand jury confirms what we knew about Trump all along

Raw Story  

Shortly before the deadly MAGA insurrection on Capitol Hill, 2020 election loser Donald Trump infamously ordered Georgia election overseer Brad Raffensperger to “find 11,780 votes,” just enough votes to propel him to statewide victory over Joe Biden. Among other things, he claimed the Dominion voting machine company had disassembled and hidden crooked machinery; that hundreds of thousands of Trump ballots …

Trump election probe grand jury believes some witnesses lied
1 year, 10 months ago

Trump election probe grand jury believes some witnesses lied

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A special grand jury investigating efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia says it believes “one or more witnesses” committed perjury and urged local prosecutors to bring charges. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should “seek appropriate indictments for such crimes where the evidence is compelling,” according to portions …

Parts of Georgia grand jury's Trump report released
1 year, 10 months ago

Parts of Georgia grand jury's Trump report released

The Hindu  

Parts of a report by a special grand jury that investigated whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia have been made public. State and federal officials, including Mr. Trump’s attorney general, have consistently said the election was secure and there was no evidence of significant fraud. — …

Georgia grand jury: 'One or more witnesses' may have lied to us under oath in Trump probe
1 year, 10 months ago

Georgia grand jury: 'One or more witnesses' may have lied to us under oath in Trump probe

Raw Story  

A Georgia grand jury report alleges that "one or more witnesses" of Donald Trump's allies may have lied under oath. Willis conducted a special grand jury investigation of the former president's efforts to overturn his election loss in the state, which included an infamous recorded phone call where he asked secretary of state Brad Raffensperger to "find" the exact number …

Georgia grand jury says witnesses in Trump inquiry may have lied under oath
1 year, 10 months ago

Georgia grand jury says witnesses in Trump inquiry may have lied under oath

LA Times  

Portions of the long-awaited Georgia special grand jury report on former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election were released Thursday, raising questions that cannot yet be answered. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Monday that the public can read three sections of the Fulton County special-purpose grand jury’s report: the introduction, conclusion and a portion in …

Trump election probe: Some witnesses may have lied, panel finds
1 year, 10 months ago

Trump election probe: Some witnesses may have lied, panel finds

Al Jazeera  

Special grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s push to overturn 2020 vote in Georgia says there was no election fraud. An investigative panel in Georgia has said one or more witnesses may have lied in their testimony in a probe into former United States President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the US state. …

Georgia grand jury report will detail 'concerns that witnesses lied under oath': judge
1 year, 10 months ago

Georgia grand jury report will detail 'concerns that witnesses lied under oath': judge

Raw Story  

Portions of a special grand jury report set to be released later this week will include concerns about certain witnesses potentially perjuring themselves while testifying about former President Donald Trump's efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election to President Joe Biden. As flagged by Law and Crime News' Adam Klasfeld, Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney ruled that …

Judge Orders Partial Release Of Georgia Grand Jury Report On Trump Election Interference
1 year, 10 months ago

Judge Orders Partial Release Of Georgia Grand Jury Report On Trump Election Interference

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING ATLANTA — A Georgia judge on Monday ordered the partial release later this week of a report by a special grand jury that investigated efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss. The special grand jury spent about seven months hearing testimony from witnesses including high-profile Trump allies, such as …

A judge blocks the release of most of a grand jury report in Georgia election probe
1 year, 10 months ago

A judge blocks the release of most of a grand jury report in Georgia election probe

NPR  

A judge blocks the release of most of a grand jury report in Georgia election probe Enlarge this image toggle caption Ben Gray/AP Ben Gray/AP The final recommendations of a special grand jury investigating attempts to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election will largely be kept under wraps, a judge has ruled. "These three portions include the introduction and conclusion to …

How the US state of Georgia became ground zero for Donald Trump’s legal woes
1 year, 10 months ago

How the US state of Georgia became ground zero for Donald Trump’s legal woes

ABC  

It's been more than two months since Donald Trump formally announced his White House comeback bid in Palm Beach, Florida. "I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have," Mr Trump said during the January 2, 2021, call, which was recorded by Mr Raffensperger's office. Mr Kreis argues the special grand jury was empanelled in …

Trump clearly agitated after Fulton County DA made a stunning admission in court: columnist
1 year, 10 months ago

Trump clearly agitated after Fulton County DA made a stunning admission in court: columnist

Raw Story  

Donald Trump must have received an unwelcome update this week about the criminal investigation he's under in Georgia, because he's been raging online about the case for days. The twice-impeached former president posted a lie-filled rant about his supposedly "perfect" phone call with secretary of state Brad Raffensperger about his election loss, and MSNBC columnist Steve Benen said the "hysterical …

Georgia election probe report to remain secret for now
1 year, 11 months ago

Georgia election probe report to remain secret for now

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A judge said Tuesday that a final report produced by a special grand jury tasked with investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies broke the law as they tried to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia will remain under wraps for now. “Because we won the state.” A coalition of news organizations, including The Associated Press, …

'This is a worrisome case if you're Donald Trump': Legal expert breaks down 'damning' Georgia evidence
1 year, 11 months ago

'This is a worrisome case if you're Donald Trump': Legal expert breaks down 'damning' Georgia evidence

Raw Story  

Georgia prosecutors have ended one phase of their investigation into Donald Trump, and it's looking increasingly likely that he might face consequences for his attempt to overturn his election loss there. A special grand jury convened in Fulton County has been investigating whether Trump and his allies broke the law in their efforts and issued a final report, which a …

For Trump, Georgia election case just one of many legal woes
1 year, 11 months ago

For Trump, Georgia election case just one of many legal woes

Associated Press  

A special grand jury investigating efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia has finished its report, a major development in a case that’s on a long list of legal problems for the former president. As he campaigns for the White House in 2024, Trump faces myriad inquiries, including a criminal investigation over …

Legal experts find more possible criminal liability for Donald Trump in Jan. 6 report
2 years ago

Legal experts find more possible criminal liability for Donald Trump in Jan. 6 report

Raw Story  

The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Congress and the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election published its final report Thursday. Legal experts focused on several pieces of the report that helped bolster the fact that former President Donald Trump knew that what he was trying to do was a scam to force his way into a …

Georgia DA finds credible allegations that serious crimes have been committed in Trump election fraud inquiry: report
2 years, 3 months ago

Georgia DA finds credible allegations that serious crimes have been committed in Trump election fraud inquiry: report

Raw Story  

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced Thursday that her office has found credible allegations that serious crimes have been committed in the Donald Trump election fraud case in Georgia, the Washington Post reported. The special grand jury has questioned several top Republicans involved in the election and who either directly witnessed what could be considered a conspiracy to commit …

Trump's fake Georgia electors get 'really bad news' in latest legal developments: CNN's Elie Honig
2 years, 5 months ago

Trump's fake Georgia electors get 'really bad news' in latest legal developments: CNN's Elie Honig

Raw Story  

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig on Wednesday said that former President Donald Trump's fake electors in Georgia should be starting to sweat after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis told them they're now targets of her office's investigation. What this means, Honig concluded, is "this is really bad news for the people who have been told this." Honig then expressed …

Fake electors in Georgia may face charges in election probe
2 years, 5 months ago

Fake electors in Georgia may face charges in election probe

LA Times  

The Georgia prosecutor who is investigating whether former President Trump and others illegally interfered in the 2020 general election in the state has informed 16 Republicans who served as fake electors that they could face criminal charges. Eleven of the fake electors filed a motion Tuesday to quash their subpoenas, calling them “unreasonable and oppressive.” Also Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham …

Trump left himself 'vulnerable' to criminal prosecution in Georgia: GOP elections lawyer
3 years, 10 months ago

Trump left himself 'vulnerable' to criminal prosecution in Georgia: GOP elections lawyer

Raw Story  

Longtime Republican elections attorney Ben Ginsberg told CNN on Friday that he believes former President Donald Trump made himself "vulnerable" to facing criminal prosecution thanks to his efforts to overturn the results of Georgia's presidential vote. When asked by CNN host John Berman what criminal charges Trump could face for his infamous phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s made-up claims of fake Georgia votes
3 years, 11 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s made-up claims of fake Georgia votes

Associated Press  

President Donald Trump put forth a dizzying array of fuzzy accounting and outright false claims in an extraordinary phone call to Georgia’s secretary of state seeking a reversal of his election defeat, fabricating a slew of votes that he said should’ve been counted in his favor. In the hourlong conversation Saturday with Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, Trump suggested …

Georgia Secretary Of State Says Trump's Election Data Is 'Just Plain Wrong'
3 years, 11 months ago

Georgia Secretary Of State Says Trump's Election Data Is 'Just Plain Wrong'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Monday spoke out about the extraordinary phone call he received from President Donald Trump over the weekend pushing him to “find” votes that would overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win. In an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Raffensperger said the data Trump used to peddle his baseless conspiracies of election …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s made-up claims of fake Georgia votes
3 years, 11 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s made-up claims of fake Georgia votes

Associated Press  

President Donald Trump put forth a dizzying array of fuzzy accounting and outright false claims in an extraordinary phone call to Georgia’s secretary of state seeking a reversal of his election defeat, fabricating a slew of votes that he said should’ve been counted in his favor. In the hourlong conversation Saturday with Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, Trump suggested …

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