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News Articles: trump indictment

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks to the media after winning the Democratic primary on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Buckhead, Ga.

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Court rules Georgia lawmakers can subpoena Fani Willis for information related to her Trump case

A judge has ruled that the Georgia state Senate can subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. But Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura Ingram is giving Willis the chance to contest whether lawmakers' demands are overly broad before Willis responds.

December 27, 2024
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Trump's Transition: President-elect's legislative priorities: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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

President-elect Donald Trump is trying to get the Georgia election interference case against him dismissed. He claims the state's courts will not have jurisdiction over him once he returns to the White House next month. 

December 04, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Fulton Judge Considers Fani Willis Senate Subpoena

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Fulton judge considers state Senate subpoena of Fani Willis

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shakura Ingram heard arguments Tuesday in a case to decide if the state Senate committee investigating Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has the power to subpoena her. 

December 04, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. A Georgia appeals court has agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against Donald Trump.

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After Trump’s election, future murky for Fulton RICO case against president and Georgia allies

The Georgia Court of Appeals’ scheduled Dec. 5 hearing on the latest development in the Fulton County racketeering indictments of President-elect Donald Trump and his allies remains on track despite the results of last week’s presidential election. But questions still linger about the case against Trump and his remaining 14 co-defendants.

November 13, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks to the media after winning the Democratic primary on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Buckhead, Ga.

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A year later, sprawling Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has stalled

A Georgia grand jury in August 2023 accused Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. A year later, the case is largely stalled with no chance of going to trial before the end of this year.

August 13, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis speaks at Turner Chapel AME church Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Marietta, Ga. An Alabama man has pleaded guilty in federal court to leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer because of the pending indictment of former President Donald Trump.

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Judge won't block Georgia prosecutor disciplinary body that Democrats fear is aimed at Fani Willis

A Georgia judge has denied a preliminary request to block a commission created to discipline and remove prosecutors. Prosecutors argue that it violates the U.S. and Georgia constitutions.

July 25, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis speaks at Turner Chapel AME church Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Marietta, Ga. An Alabama man has pleaded guilty in federal court to leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer because of the pending indictment of former President Donald Trump.

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Appeals court won't hear arguments on Fani Willis' role in Georgia Trump case until after election

A Georgia appeals court has set a December hearing for arguments on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former President Donald Trump.

July 17, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump, with his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to reporters following the day's proceedings in his trial, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in New York.

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Georgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case

An attorney for Donald Trump says the former president looks forward to presenting arguments to a Georgia appeals court that will review a ruling letting Fani Willis keep prosecuting the election interference case against him. The Republican ex-president and some other defendants had tried to get the Fulton County district attorney removed from the case, saying her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade created a conflict of interest.

May 08, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Republican Burt Jones, then a state senator and now lieutenant governor, hands in an electoral certificate claiming to be a duly chosen elector for Donald Trump on Dec. 14, 2020, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. A lawsuit heard on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, argued Jones should be disqualified from holding office in Georgia because of his actions as an elector.

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Lawsuit says Georgia's lieutenant governor should be disqualified for acting as Trump elector

A judge is being asked to disqualify Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones from holding office because of Jones' participation as an elector for Donald Trump in 2020. The judge says he we will rule later after hearing arguments on the case Monday.

December 19, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.

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Jury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giuliani's 2020 vote lies

A jury has awarded $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment. Friday's damages verdict comes after Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, tearfully testified about becoming the target of a false conspiracy theory pushed by Giuliani and other Republican allies of Donald Trump that made them fear for their lives.

December 15, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Nineteen people, including former president Donald Trump, have been indicted in a sprawling racketeering case stemming from attempts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election.

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  • Politics

What indictments did (and didn't) come from the special purpose grand jury's report?

An investigative jury recommended a broader scope of charges in its probe of 2020 election interference than what Georgia prosecutors ultimately sought.

September 12, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
 Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney is planning a Sept. 8 release of a special grand jury’s report on the 2020 election interference case.

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Trump and allies enter big week for election 2020 election interference indictment charges

An eventful week lies ahead in the Fulton County election interference case with arraignments and the potential release of a special grand jury report that was a prelude to the racketeering charges filed against Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants last month.

September 05, 2023
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Donald Trump is shown in a mugshot photo.

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New anti-Trump ads target former president’s indictments

An anti-Donald Trump Republican political action committee has launched a six-figure ad campaign following Trump’s indictment in Fulton County on racketeering charges.

August 29, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows attends U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign event, in Lititz, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 26, 2020.

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Mark Meadows argues Georgia election interference actions were official job duties

Meadows says a Georgia criminal indictment covers actions done within the scope of his chief of staff role.

August 29, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
Nineteen people, including former president Donald Trump, have been indicted in a sprawling racketeering case stemming from attempts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | Breaking down the Georgia indictments

On this episode, we dig deeper into the Georgia election interference indictments against Donald Trump and 18 others.

August 18, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Chase McGee
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