November 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Supreme Court Rejects Push to Move Georgia Case Against Ex-Trump Chief of Staff Mark MeadowsMeadows had gone to the Supreme Court in an effort to move the charges out of Georgia courts. He argues the case belongs in federal court because it relates to his duties as a federal official and pointed to the court's ruling giving broad presidential immunity from criminal prosecution to support his argument.
By Lindsay Whitehurst
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October 18, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
US Supreme Court Tosses Out Decision Letting 18-Year-Olds Carry Guns During Emergencies in PennsylvaniaThere were no noted dissents in the high court's brief order. It lets stand a ban on people aged 18 to 20 carrying guns in public during a declared state of emergency.
By Lindsay Whitehurst/The Associated Press
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December 19, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Ga. Election Workers Ask for Court Order Barring Giuliani From Repeating Lies About ThemThe new lawsuit points to comments the former New York City mayor made during and after the damages trial last week, repeating the baseless conspiracy theories about Ruby Freeman and Wandrea "Shaye" Moss.
By Lindsay Whitehurst | The Associated Press
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December 15, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Jury Awards $148M in Damages to Ga. Election Workers Over Rudy Giuliani's 2020 Vote LiesThe damages verdict follows emotional testimony from Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, who tearfully described becoming the target of a false conspiracy theory pushed by Giuliani and other Republicans as they tried to keep then-President Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election.
By By Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer
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December 14, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Jurors Deciding How Much Giuliani Must Pay for Lies in a Ga. Election Workers' CaseThe jury left for the day without announcing a decision and were expected to resume deliberations at Washington's federal courthouse Friday morning.
By Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press
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December 14, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Ga. Election Worker Tearfully Describes Fleeing Her Home After Giuliani's False Claims of Fraud"I took it as though they were going to hang me with their ropes on my street," Ruby Freeman testified about the threats on the third day of the trial in Washington's federal courthouse. She added: "I was scared. I didn't know if they were coming to kill me."
By Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press
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December 12, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Updated: Ga. Election Worker Says She Feared for Her Life Over Fraud Lies in Giuliani Defamation CaseWiping away tears on the witness stand, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, read messages accusing her of treason and calling her a thug and a racist term. She recounted changing her appearance to try to hide as Giuliani and other allies of former President Donald Trump used surveillance footage to accuse her and her mother, Ruby Freeman, of committing voter fraud.
By Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press
4 minute read
December 11, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Jury Trial Will Decide How Much Giuliani Must Pay Election Workers Over False Election Fraud ClaimsThe former New York City mayor has already been found liable in the defamation lawsuit brought by Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, who endured threats and harassment after they became the target of a conspiracy theory spread by Trump and his allies.
By Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press
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October 19, 2023 | Daily Report Online
U.S. Government Secures $9M Settlement With Ameris Bank Over Alleged Redlining in FloridaThe Atlanta-based bank denied violating fair lending laws and said it wanted to avoid litigation by agreeing to the deal, which does not include civil monetary penalties.
By Lindsay Whitehurst | The Associated Press
3 minute read
August 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Election Workers Have Gotten Death Threats and Warnings They Will Be Lynched, the U.S. Government SaysGovernment employees are being bombarded with threats even in normally quiet periods between elections, secretaries of state and experts warn. Some point to former President Donald Trump and his allies repeatedly and falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen and spreading conspiracy theories about election workers.
By Lindsay Whitehurst and Christina A. Cassidy | The Associated Press
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