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Kate Brumback The Associated Press

Kate Brumback The Associated Press

January 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Fulton DA Defends Qualifications of Prosecutor Hired in Trump's Georgia Election Case

Allegations were in a motion filed last week by an attorney representing a former Trump campaign staffer and onetime White House aide.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

5 minute read

January 08, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Is Georgia's Election System Constitutional? A Federal Judge Will Decide in Trial Set to Begin Tuesday

The trial set to begin Tuesday stems from a lawsuit that was originally filed in 2017 by several individual voters and the Coalition for Good Governance, which targeted the outdated, paperless voting system used at the time.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

6 minute read

January 03, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Voter Challenges in Georgia Before 2021 Runoff Didn't Violate Voting Rights Act, Judge Says

U.S. District Judge Steve Jones of the Northern District of Georgia issued a 145-page decision Tuesday in favor of Texas-based nonprofit True the Vote.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

4 minute read

December 19, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Says Mark Meadows Can't Move Georgia Election Case Charges to Federal Court

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected Meadows' request, affirming a lower court opinion from September. The ruling is a win for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who brought the case and is seeking to try the remaining defendants in a single trial in a Georgia state court.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

5 minute read

December 15, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Eleventh Circuit to Hear Arguments Over Moving Meadows' Ga. Charges to U.S. Court

Mark Meadows, who is charged alongside former President Donald Trump and 17 others, is accused of scheming to keep the Republican in power after Democrat Joe Biden won Georgia in 2020. Meadows testified at a hearing in August that the actions detailed in the sweeping indictment were taken as part of his job.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

4 minute read

December 14, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Willis Tells AP It's a 'Silly Notion' That Trump's Georgia Case Should Pause for the Election

The Fulton County DA is seeking an August trial date for Trump and his co-defendants, a time frame that would put the current front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in court defending himself in the months, weeks and even days leading up to the November general election.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

6 minute read

December 06, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Family of Man Who Died After Struggle With Officer Sues Tow Truck Driver They Say Sat on His Head

The lawsuit filed Monday says the officer's body camera video shows the tow truck driver straddling Johnny Hollman Sr. during the tussle Aug. 10, "appearing to sit with his full body weight" on Hollman's head and neck.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

3 minute read

December 01, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Trump Attorney Says Trial During Campaign Would Be 'Election Interference' If He Is GOP Nominee

"Can you imagine the notion of the Republican nominee for president not being able to campaign for the presidency because he is, in some form or fashion, in a courtroom defending himself?" Trump lawyer Steve Sadow said during the Friday hearing, later adding, "That would be the most effective election interference in the history of the United States."

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

5 minute read

November 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Rapper Young Thug's Trial on Racketeering Conspiracy and Gang Charges Begins in Atlanta

The Grammy winner, whose given name is Jeffery Williams, was charged last year in a sprawling indictment that accused him and more than two dozen others of conspiring to violate Georgia's anti-racketeering law. He also is charged with gang, drug and gun crimes and is standing trial with five of the others indicted with him.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

6 minute read

November 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Updated: Judge Imposes Stricter Bond Conditions on Trump Co-Defendant in Ga. Election Subversion Case

Judge Scott McAfee said there is no constitutional right to bail and that bond orders can contain conditions that curtail a defendant's rights, but he also noted that people are generally allowed to publicly criticize the merits of the case but cannot cross a line. He said Harrison Floyd appears "very boldly willing to explore where that line is" in this case.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

6 minute read


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