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Updated: Ex-DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark Acted Within the Scope of Official Duties in Ga. Case, Lawyer Says

Harry 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.
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Daily Report Online

Georgia State Senator Indicted With Trump Won't Be Suspended From Office While the Case Is Ongoing

A three-person panel didn't recommend that state Sen. Shawn Still be temporarily removed from office while the case is pending, Garrison Douglas, a spokesperson for Gov. Brian Kemp, said Friday.
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Daily Report Online

A Judge Must Now Decide if Georgia Voting Districts Are Racially Discriminatory After a Trial Ended

If U.S. District Judge Steve Jones rules for the challengers, one of Georgia's 14 U.S. House seats, plus multiple state Senate and state House seats, could be redrawn to contain majorities of Black residents. That could shift control of those seats to Democrats from Republicans.
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New York Law Journal

Chair of Judicial Nominating Convention Submitted 'Fraudulent' Minutes, Albany Judge Says

The court stopped short of invalidating the decisions of the Conservative Party convention, observing that a lawsuit that was served to all parties came two days after a 10-day time bar.
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New York Law Journal

Court, Upholding Abolition of Judgeship, Effectively Ends GOP Hopeful's Campaign for Position

Ramapo Republicans nominated estate and bankruptcy lawyer Michael Koplen to occupy a position that Democrats on the Ramapo town board had done away with.
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Daily Report Online

Judge Blames Atlanta Officials for Confusion Over 'Stop Cop City' Referendum Campaign

U.S. District Judge Mark Cohen ruled that he does not have the authority to force the city of Atlanta to begin processing the tens of thousands of signatures that were handed in Monday by "Stop Cop City" activists, explaining that he cannot intervene while a larger dispute over the effort is awaiting input from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Daily Report Online

Trump Waives Right to Speedy Trial as Fulton DA Seeks to Try Him With 18 Others Next Month

The filings are part of the legal maneuvering as Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis seeks to try all 19 defendants together starting next month. Most of the defendants have sought to separate their cases from some or all of the others.
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Daily Report Online

Trump Won't Be Tried With Powell and Chesebro Next Month in Georgia Election Case, Fulton Judge Rules

Lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro had filed demands for a speedy trial, and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee had set their trial to begin Oct. 23. Trump and other defendants had asked to be tried separately from Powell and Chesebro, with some saying they could not be ready by the late October trial date.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Election Case Prosecutors Cite Fairness in Urging 1 Trial for Trump, 18 Other Defendants

Holding several lengthy trials instead would "create an enormous strain on the judicial resources" of the county superior court and would randomly favor the defendants tried later, who would have the advantage of seeing the state's evidence and arguments ahead of time, prosecutors wrote.
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Daily Report Online

Assessing the Denial of Mark Meadows' Attempt at Removal

President Donald Trump's former chief of staff has already appealed U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones's decision to deny his request to remove the criminal charges against him in the Georgia state election-fraud case from Fulton County Superior Court to federal court. And appeal he should have: An attempt to remove a criminal prosecution under the federal officer removal statute is rare, and the proper standard is elusive.
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