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Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., speaks during a rally at the U.S. Treasury Department in February 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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DOJ charges New Jersey congresswoman with assault over immigration facility tussle

Democrats have denounced the charges as politically motivated and an effort by the Trump administration to intimidate members of Congress and chill oversight.

May 20, 2025
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  • Ryan Lucas
Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson speaks to people Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, prior to a pretrial motions hearing in her violation of oath office case.

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Ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery case appears in court ahead of trial

A former Georgia district attorney charged with interfering in the police investigation of the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery has made her first court appearance more than three years after being indicted.

December 11, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones speaks during a voters' forum next to Republican challenger Andre Pretorius at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah on Sept. 16, 2024.

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  • Politics

Chatham County district attorney candidates make their case to voters at forum

Shalena Cook Jones became the first Black woman to serve as Chatham County DA when she won office in 2020.

September 18, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Kamala Harris, then the San Francisco district attorney, poses for a portrait on June 18, 2004.

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  • Politics

Harris is leaning into her history as a prosecutor. It's not the first time

Five years ago, Harris also said she’d "prosecute the case" against Trump. This time around, it hits a bit differently.

July 30, 2024
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  • Deepa Shivaram
A former employee of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who opened the election interference probe against former president Trump, testified Thursday before a Senate committee May 23 about her claims that Willis retaliated against her for reporting misappropriated grant money. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder

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Senate investigative panel questions former Fulton County DA employee in Willis probe

A former employee of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testified before a state Senate committee Thursday about her allegations that she was retaliated against for raising concerns about the potential misuse of federal funds for youth programs.

May 24, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Stacey Jackson

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Columbus District Attorney Stacey Jackson dies just two years after taking office

Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney Stacey Jackson has died, authorities said. Jackson was 50 years old and had been battling illness, causing him to take extended medical leave from his office. Appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp, he was sworn in as district attorney in May 2022.

May 07, 2024
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  • Kelby Hutchison
Republican Sen. Bill Cowsert asked several Fulton County officials at a May 3 investigation committee hearing whether they believed county officials should have a greater influence over the special prosecutor appointed by the district attorney.

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  • Politics

Georgia Senate panel ready to subpoena Fulton DA in probe of her conduct in Trump racketeering case

The chairman of a Georgia Senate committee says he will subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis if she refuses to appear before the panel that is investigating accusations of misconduct against the prosecutor pursuing felony charges against former President Donald Trump and his allies.

May 06, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones, left, listens as former Chatham County chief assistant district attorney Jenny Parker speaks at a candidates' forum in Savannah on April 29, 2024.

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  • Politics

Key moments from the Democratic primary forum for Chatham County DA, in the candidates' own words

Incumbent Shalena Cook Jones and challenger Jenny Parker are vying to win the May 21 Democratic primary.

May 01, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Christian Wise Smith

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Fulton DA candidate criticizes Willis’ approach in Trump case

Former Fulton County prosecutor Christian Wise Smith Sunday vowed to bring “fresh energy and new ideas” to the Fulton district attorney’s office as he challenges Fani Willis for the DA post.

April 29, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Sam McCaster

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GBNET defendants didn’t know they could get cases reviewed

Many defendants included on lists of potentially compromised cases prepared by the Glynn County district attorney said they were unaware their accusers had been convicted of misconduct or that their cases could be reviewed until The Current contacted them this past winter.

April 26, 2024
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  • Caitlin Philippo
Columbus District Attorney Stacey Jackson

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  • Politics

Columbus DA Stacey Jackson won’t run for office due to illness. Acting DA to qualify

Beset by a serious illness and out on medical leave, Columbus District Attorney Stacey Jackson has decided not to run for a second term.

March 07, 2024
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  • Tim Chitwood
Georgia Supreme Court

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  • Politics

Georgia House GOP advances prosecutor oversight bill as Dems complain of political score-settling

A new disciplinary board could soon  begin investigating complaints against the state’s district attorneys and solicitors general under legislation passed by the Georgia General Assembly.

March 06, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
District Attorney for Fulton County, Fani Willis speaks during an Associated Press interview on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Lawyer hired to prosecute Trump in Georgia is thrust into the spotlight over affair claims

Allegations of a romantic relationship between a Georgia district attorney and an outside lawyer she hired has roiled the 2020 election case against Donald Trump and 18 others. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has defended her hiring of Nathan Wade, but she has yet to directly address the assertion that the two are romantically involved.

January 19, 2024
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State Senate Republicans tweaking new prosecutors oversight board

Two Georgia Senate Republican leaders pre-filed legislation Tuesday to bypass a court ruling late last year that blocked implementation of a new oversight board for local prosecutors lawmakers created last year. 

January 03, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook-Jones

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  • News

Controversial Chatham County DA to run for reelection

Democrat Shalena Cook Jones faces federal sanctions and a state ethics complaint, but she touts her record of accomplishments.

December 07, 2023
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