The Associated Press

March 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Arian Simone, CEO of the Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based group that has brought similar litigation, is among those criticizing what she called dwindling corporate commitment to equity programs in the face of the growing legal challenges.

By Alexandra Olson | The Associated Press

6 minute read

March 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

It's the second bill seeking a harder stance on immigration to advance this year. Last week, the Georgia House voted 97-74 for House Bill 1105, which seeks to require local law enforcement to help identify immigrants in the country illegally and detain them for possible deportation.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

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 05, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The state House voted 97-73 on Tuesday for Senate Bill 332, sending it to Kemp. The Republican governor has said he will sign the measure.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 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 28, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The civil suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in Brunswick four months after the man was killed in a violent struggle that began after a Camden County sheriff's staff sergeant pulled him over for speeding on Interstate 95.

By Russ Bynum | 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