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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.
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Florida Republican Party Suspends Chair, Demands Resignation

Republican Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler is accused of raping a woman with whom he and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, had a prior consensual sexual relationship, according to police records.
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$148M Damages Verdict Adds to Giuliani's Financial Woes Ahead of Criminal Trial

The $148 million verdict in a defamation case brought by two former Georgia election workers marks a new low point for the man once lauded as "America's mayor," whose advocacy of Donald Trump's false election claims has led to criminal charges and hefty legal bills.
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Federal Judge Rules School Board Districts Illegal in Ga. School System, Calls for New Map

U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross on Thursday forbade the Cobb County school district from using a map supported by the current board's four Republican members, finding in a preliminary injunction that the map is "substantially likely to be an unconstitutional racial gerrymander."
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Jury Awards $148M in Damages to Ga. Election Workers Over Rudy Giuliani's 2020 Vote Lies

The 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.
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Daily Business Review

Voting-Rights Groups Want Quick Action on Redistricting Plan

The plaintiffs argue that the redistricting overhaul violated part of a 2010 constitutional amendment that barred drawing districts that would "diminish" the ability of minorities to "elect representatives of their choice."
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Apology Letters by Powell, Chesebro in Georgia Election Case Are One Sentence Long

The letters, obtained Thursday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution through an open records request, were hand-written and terse. Neither letter acknowledges the legitimacy of Democrat Joe Biden's win in Georgia's 2020 election nor denounces the baseless conspiracy theories they pushed to claim Trump was cheated out of victory through fraud.
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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.
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Jurors Deciding How Much Giuliani Must Pay for Lies in a Ga. Election Workers' Case

The jury left for the day without announcing a decision and were expected to resume deliberations at Washington's federal courthouse Friday morning.
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Lawyers for Atlanta Ask Federal Appeals Court to Kill 'Stop Cop City' Petition Seeking Referendum

If the city wins, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could kill the petition drive by ruling it illegal under state law, or rule all of 100,000-plus signatures collected are void because none were submitted by the original 60-day deadline of Aug. 21.
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