Kate Brumback

March 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Answering questions under oath for 3½ hours Wednesday, attorney Ashleigh Merchant ended up retreading much of the ground that had been covered in court. Unencumbered by objections from prosecutors and the frustrations of questioning a reluctant witness, she recounted how her investigation unfolded and the evidence she had gathered.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

6 minute read

March 01, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and other defendants say the DA paid the special prosecutor large sums for his work and then improperly benefited when he paid for vacations for the two of them.

By Kate Brumback and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press

6 minute read

March 01, 2024 | Daily Report Online

A relationship between the DA and a special prosecutor was first exposed in a motion filed by an attorney for a co-defendant in a sweeping case against former President Donald Trump that sought to have the indictment dismissed and to bar the DA and special prosecutor and their offices from continuing to prosecute the case.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

5 minute read

February 29, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The condemned man would the first person executed in Georgia since January 2020. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, executions were effectively halted for a certain group of people on Georgia's death row by an agreement between their attorneys and the state.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

3 minute read

February 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Special prosecutor Nathan Wade's former law partner and onetime divorce attorney, Terrence Bradley, cited attorney-client privilege in refusing to answer most questions during an extraordinary two-day evidentiary hearing earlier this month that thrust the prosecutors' private lives into the spotlight. But Judge Scott McAfee said some of Bradley's communications with Wade were not subject to privilege, according to multiple attorneys.

By Kate Brumback and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press

6 minute read

February 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Location data—disclosed in a court filing by former President Donald Trump's attorneys—shows prosecutor Nathan Wade had visited the neighborhood south of Atlanta where DA Fani Willis lived at least 35 times during the first 11 months of 2021, an investigator said. Wade had testified that he had been there fewer than 10 times before he was hired as special prosecutor in November 2021.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

4 minute read

February 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Wade's former law partner and divorce attorney, Terrence Bradley, repeatedly refused to answer certain questions.

By Kate Brumback, Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker

6 minute read

February 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The testimony came in a hearing that could determine whether the Fulton County DA should be removed from the case accusing former President Donald Trump and others of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.

By Kate Brumback and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press

6 minute read

February 15, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The testimony came in a hearing that could determine whether the Fulton County DA should be removed from the case accusing former President Donald Trump and others of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.

By Kate Brumback and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press

6 minute read

February 02, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Friday's filing came in response to a motion filed last month by a defense attorney who alleged that the district attorney and the special prosecutor were in an inappropriate romantic relationship that created a conflict of interest.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

7 minute read