October 19, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Powell Pleads Guilty in Deal With Prosecutors Over Efforts to Overturn Trump Loss in GeorgiaSidney Powell, who was charged alongside Trump and 17 others with violating the state's anti-racketeering law, entered the plea just a day before jury selection was set to start in her trial. A judge agreed that she will serve about six years of probation, have to pay $2,700 in restitution and have to testify truthfully against her co-defendants.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press
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October 16, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Lawyers and Judge Hash Out Juror Questions for Powell and Chesebro Trial in Georgia Election CaseLawyers for Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro met with prosecutors and the judge overseeing the case to hash out what will be asked on a lengthy questionnaire when the first group of 450 prospective jurors arrives at the courthouse on Friday.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press
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October 13, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Federal Judge Declines to Block Parts of Ga. Election Law While Legal Challenges Play OutThe lawsuits assert that parts of the law deny Black voters equal access to voting and violate the U.S. Constitution and the federal Voting Rights Act.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press
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October 11, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Alex Jones, Ronna McDaniel Potential Witnesses in Powell and Chesebro's Ga. TrialThe two attorneys are being tried separately from the others because they invoked their right to have a speedy trial. A group of 450 potential jurors has been instructed to show up on Oct. 20 to begin the process of seating a jury.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press
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October 06, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Troopers Who Fatally Shot a 'Cop City' Activist Near Atlanta Won't Be Charged, Prosecutor SaysOpponents of the center, who derisively refer to it as "Cop City," had camped out at an 85-acre (34-hectare) tract of forest that is being developed for the massive facility. It is there that Manuel Paez Terán, 26, was killed.
By Kate Brumback and R.J. Rico | The Associated Press
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September 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Bail Bondsman Charged Alongside Trump in Ga. Becomes First Defendant to Take a Plea DealAs part of the deal, Scott Hall will receive five years of probation and agreed to testify in further proceedings.
By Kate Brumback / The Associated Press
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September 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Trump Won't Try to Move Georgia Case to Federal Court After Judge Rejected Similar Bid by MeadowsThe notice, filed in state court in Atlanta by Trump's defense attorney, expressed confidence in how Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee will handle the trial, but may have also reflected the difficulties that other defendants have had in trying to move their cases to federal court.
By Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press
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September 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Lawyers Say 3 Republicans Who Falsely Said Trump Won Georgia Were 'Contingent' Electors, Not FakeU.S. District Judge Steve Jones heard arguments on why David Shafer, Shawn Still and Cathy Latham believe the case against them should be tried in federal court rather than in Fulton County Superior Court.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press
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September 20, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Updated: Fake Electors Want Ga. Election Subversion Charges Against Them to Be Moved to Federal CourtU.S. District Judge Steve Jones is set to hear arguments Wednesday on why David Shafer, Shawn Still and Cathy Latham believe the case against them should be tried in federal court rather than in Fulton County Superior Court. Jones already rejected a similar effort from Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who has appealed that ruling.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press
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September 18, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Updated: Ex-DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark Acted Within the Scope of Official Duties in Ga. Case, Lawyer SaysHarry MacDougald, an attorney for Clark, characterized the situation as a disagreement among lawyers. It is not within the authority of a state prosecutor to peer into confidential deliberations at the Justice Department or the White House and "pick a winner and a loser and indict the loser," he told the judge.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press
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