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At least eight Georgia Republican electors present that day have agreed to testify in exchange for immunity from state charges. The meeting was led by David Shafer, then chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. But halfway through the meeting, Shafer noted that Still’s name was printed as the secretary on documents. A Georgia Republican Party website raising money to defend electors calls them “patriots who served." Lawyers for the indicted electors argue it was up to Congress to determine which slates should be counted.
Persons: Donald Trump, , Trump —, Robert Sinners, Trump, Joe Biden's, Kenneth Chesebro, Biden, David Shafer, Shafer, Fulton, Shawn Still, wasn't, ” Shafer, Cathy Latham, State Sen, Burt Jones, John Isakson Jr, Sen, Johnny Isakson, Isakson, Brian Kemp’s, Mike Pence, they’ve, Anna Cross, Latham, Ray Smith, Republican Richard Nixon, John F, Kennedy, Todd Zywicki, Fani Willis, ” Willis ’, Shafer’s, Willis ’, , Brad Raffensperger, hasn't, Willis Organizations: ATLANTA, Georgia Capitol, Trump, Associated Press, Georgia Republican, Georgia Republican Party, Republicans, State, Republican U.S, Atlanta, , Republican, U.S, Senate, George Mason University, Georgia Republicans, Hawaii Democrats, Georgia, U.S . House Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia's Coffee County, Alabama, Hawaii, Virginia
CNN —Trump-era Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark cannot move his Georgia election subversion case from state to federal court, a judge ruled Friday. All defendants in the Georgia case – including Clark, Trump and Meadows – pleaded not guilty. The three fake electors – former Georgia GOP chair David Shafer, sitting Georgia state Sen. Shawn Still, and former Coffee County GOP chair Cathy Latham – have pleaded not guilty. Lawyers for the three fake electors clashed with Fulton County prosecutors at a recent hearing about where their case should be tried. Several struck cooperation deals with prosecutors last year, and Willis said in a recent filing that at least four uncharged fake electors would be witnesses at trial.
Persons: CNN — Trump, Jeffrey Clark, Steve Jones, Jones, Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Clark, Meadows –, doesn’t, Clark didn’t, general’s, reassign Clark, ” Jones, David Shafer, Sen, Shawn Still, Cathy Latham –, Fani Willis, Shafer, Latham, Willis Organizations: CNN, US, Trump, Meadows, Department, department’s Civil, Civil, Electoral College, Georgia GOP, Lawyers, Prosecutors, Georgia Republicans Locations: Georgia, Coffee County, Fulton,
ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for three Georgia Republicans, who falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the state and they were “duly elected and qualified” electors, are set to argue Wednesday that criminal charges against them should be moved from state to federal court. Shafer, Still and Latham have all indicated in court filings that they will not be present in court for the hearing. If their cases are moved to federal court, a jury would be drawn from a broader and potentially less Democratic pool than in Fulton County alone. Prosecutors allege that Shafer, Still, Latham — and the other Georgia Republicans who participated in that plan — “falsely impersonated” electors. They argued in court filings that “contingent electors” are not presidential electors — either the contingency is met and they become presidential electors or it is not met and the losing candidate's electors have no role.
Persons: Donald Trump, , David Shafer, Shawn Still, Cathy Latham, Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Steve Jones, Shafer, Latham, Jones, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, he’s, Latham —, — “, , Republican Richard Nixon, Democrat John F, Kennedy, Nixon, uncertified, Still, Fani Willis, Organizations: ATLANTA, , Georgia Republicans, Republican, Democrat, U.S, District, Fulton County Superior Court, Trump White House, U.S . Justice, Trump, Electoral, Georgia Capitol, U.S . Senate, National Archives, Prosecutors, Capitol, Georgia Republican Party, Coffee County Republican Party, Republican Party, Constitution, Act Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Atlanta, Hawaii, Atlanta’s suburbs, U.S, Coffee County
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state senator won't be suspended from office after he was one of 18 others indicted along with former President Donald Trump on charges that he sought to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state. 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. Still, a Republican who lives in the north Atlanta suburb of Johns Creek, is a swimming pool contractor and former state Republican Party finance chairman. Political Cartoons View All 1163 ImagesAs is required by state law, Kemp appointed Attorney General Chris Carr, as well as Republican state Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch and Republican state House Majority Leader Chuck Efstration. “Efforts to subvert election outcomes and stifle the will of Georgia voters remain one of the biggest threats to our democracy.”
Persons: Donald Trump, Sen, Shawn Still, Garrison Douglas, Brian Kemp, Trump, , Still, Kemp, Chris Carr, Steve Gooch, Chuck Efstration, , David Shafer, Cathy Latham, Mark Meadows, Nicole Robinson Organizations: ATLANTA, Gov, Republican, Republican Party, Georgia Republicans, Trump, Trump Chief, Georgia Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, Johns Creek, Coffee
CNN —The Fulton County special purpose grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia recommended charges against 39 people, the unredacted grand jury report made public Friday shows. The lengthy list of recommended charges underscores how widespread the special grand jury’s investigation was into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment also included 30 unindicted co-conspirators alleged to have taken part in the conspiracy, including some people the special grand jury recommended charges against. The special grand jury report was only a recommendation, and the district attorney decided which charges to bring to a grand jury last month before the indictment was returned. The charges against the fake electors were among the most contested in the special grand jury report.
Persons: Donald Trump’s, Fani Willis, South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham, David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler, Michael Flynn, Boris Epshteyn, Cleta Mitchell, Trump, ” Willis, Willis ’, Willis, Graham, Loeffler, Perdue, Brad Raffensperger, Raffensperger, Graham “, ” Graham, , , ” Loeffler, Brian Kemp, Burt Jones, Wills, Jones, Pete Skandalakis, – David Shafer, Cathy Latham, Sen, Shawn Still – Organizations: CNN, Trump, South Carolina Republican, Georgia Gov, Gov, of Locations: Fulton, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, South Carolina, of Georgia
CNN —A federal judge on Friday rejected former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move his Georgia criminal case to federal court, a significant setback for Meadows and a troubling sign for former President Donald Trump. Meadows was the first of five defendants who already filed motions to move the case to federal court – and Trump is expected to do so, too. ‘Outside Meadows’ federal role’The indictment identifies eight overt acts Meadows allegedly took in furtherance of the scheme to overturn the 2020 election results. Meadows argued that these actions were part of his federal duties – and thus, the case should be moved to federal court – but Jones disagreed. independent of its conclusion” in the Meadows case, Jones wrote.
Persons: Mark Meadows, Donald Trump, Steve Jones, Meadows, , Jones, Obama, , Trump, Fulton, ” Jones, Brad Raffensperger, Joe, , Fani Willis ’, Jeffrey Clark, David Shafer, Cathy Latham, – Shawn Still, Shafer, Latham, would’ve, “ It’s, ” Meadows, Raffensperger, ” Raffensperger Organizations: CNN, White House, Meadows, US, White, Staff, Circuit, Appeals, Georgia, Trump, Fulton, Prosecutors, DOJ, GOP, Former Georgia Republican, GOP Coffee, House, Republican Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Meadows, , Meadows ’, New York, Trump’s, United States, Fulton
CNN —Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and five other defendants charged in the election interference case in Fulton County pleaded not guilty Tuesday and waived their arraignments in new court filings. Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who is similarly seeking to move his case to federal court, also pleaded not guilty in a court filing. He also urged Georgia state lawmakers to appoint fake GOP electors to replace the legitimate slate of Democratic electors. Shafer has previously claimed that the fake electors scheme came at the direction of Trump and the Trump campaign. Shafer and Latham are also seeking to move their cases from state court to federal court.
Persons: Mark Meadows, Misty Hampton –, Fani Willis, Meadows, Brad Raffensperger, Jeffrey Clark, Clark, Trump, John Eastman, Sen, Shawn Still, Cathy Latham, David Shafer, Eastman, Mike Pence, Joe Biden’s, Latham, Willis ’, Shafer Organizations: CNN, Former White House, Trump, Justice Department, Justice, Department, Pro, Georgia GOP, Electoral, Democratic, Republicans, Peach, Electoral College, Georgia State Capitol, Biden Locations: Fulton County, Coffee, Georgia, Coffee County, Peach State, Fulton
Another has an ally in Congress vowing to support his legal defense. On Thursday, Trump’s legal team formally asked a judge to sever his case from his co-defendants who want a speedy trial, according to court filings. The prospect of a costly legal defense has prompted some defendants to find other ways to raise money. Paying the legal bills of his co-defendants in Georgia could help the former president keep them all unified as they fight the Fulton County charges. None of the defendants has pleaded guilty, but it is common for criminal defendants facing mounting legal bills to end their cases without the time-consuming costs of a trial.
Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Newsmax, ” Trump's, Will Lanzoni, ” Trump, haven’t, Trump’s, Eric, Don Jr, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, Mike Pence, Donald Trump, Jae C, AP Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Cathy Latham, grumbling, Ellis, , ” Ellis, Matt Schlapp’s, ” Schlapp, Al Drago, Ron DeSantis, isn’t MAGA, Jenna, , Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Fani Willis, Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani, Erik S, Shutterstock, Andrew Giuliani, Brian Tevis, It’s, I’ll, ” Tevis, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Chip Roy, Mark Meadows, , ” Roy, Roy, Harrison Floyd, Floyd –, ” Floyd, Ricky Fitchett, ZUMA, Floyd, Todd Harding, he’s, De Oliveira Organizations: CNN, Trump, Save, Save America PAC, AP, Justice Department, Trump Republican, Republican National Committee, Bloomberg, Getty, Florida Gov, Inc, Shutterstock CNN, Giuliani Defense, Texas Republican, Trump White House, Zuma, America, PAC Locations: Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Los Angeles, Georgia The Georgia, Fulton County, York, Bedminster , New Jersey, New Jersey, Bedminster, Texas, Philadelphia
This will be the first time that substantive arguments will be made in court about the four criminal cases brought against Trump this year. While he may still face an uphill battle to move his case, Meadows is “uniquely situated” in Willis’ case, said Steve Vladeck, a CNN analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law. The orders the judge has already issued have hewed tightly to the relevant statutes and case law, and he has moved the proceedings along efficiently. According to the grand jury indictment, Meadows arranged a call between Trump and Watson, and texted Watson himself to offer Trump campaign funding toward speeding up a ballot review in Fulton County. Willis also subpoenaed two lawyers who were on the Trump-Raffensperger phone call on Trump’s behalf: Kurt Hilbert and Alex Kaufman.
Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Fulton, Willis, Trump, Brad Raffensperger, Meadows, David Shafer, Cathy Latham, Willis ’, Steve Vladeck, ” Vladeck, Steve Jones, Jones, absented, , Lee Kovarsky, ” Kovarsky, Obama, Vladeck, Frances Watson, Watson, texted Watson, Kurt Hilbert, Alex Kaufman, , Elliot Williams, Organizations: CNN, White, Trump, Georgia, Georgia Republican, University of Texas School of Law, Meadows, Staff, University of Texas, Justice Department Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Meadows, Trump’s New York, Manhattan, Atlanta
No defendants have entered a plea in the Georgia case. The federal officer removal law protects people from state prosecution for carrying out official federal duties. Legal experts said the accused acts in the Georgia case are more plausibly related to official duties than the hush money payments in the New York case. Legal experts said Jones could allow the case to proceed in federal court and address immunity at a later hearing. If he determines immunity did not apply to the accused actions, the jury trial would take place in federal court, with the broader jury pool.
Persons: Donald Trump, Ray Smith, Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Cathy Latham, Trump's, Mark Meadows, Meadows, firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene, Joe Biden, Jeffrey Clark, David Shafer, Trump, Eric Segall, Fani Willis, Willis, Georgia's, Alvin Hellerstein, Steve Jones, Josh Blackman, Jones, Tom Hals, Noeleen Walder, Amy Stevens, Stephen Coates Organizations: Trump, Georgia Republican, Fulton County Superior Court, of Justice, Republican, Northern District of, Georgia State College of Law, Miami . Fulton, Prosecutors, U.S, U.S . Constitution, Circuit, Appeals, District, South Texas College of Law, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Meadows, Shafer, Northern District, Northern District of Georgia, New York, Washington, Miami ., Miami . Fulton County, United States, U.S ., Manhattan's, Atlanta, Wilmington , Delaware
Attorney Sidney Powell conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Nov. 19, 2020. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesConservative attorney Sidney Powell was booked Wednesday at an Atlanta jail on the heels of several more co-defendants of former President Donald Trump surrendering to face criminal charges in his Georgia election interference case. Bond was set at $100,000 for Powell, who aggressively pushed false claims of ballot fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Two people who acted as would-be Electoral College electors for Trump, David Shafer and Cathy Latham, turned themselves in at the Fulton County Jail for booking early Wednesday morning. Fulton County sheriffs stand guard outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Aug. 22, 2023.
Persons: Sidney Powell, Tom Williams, Donald Trump, Bond, Powell, Racketeer, David Shafer, Cathy Latham, Shafer, Latham, Bonds, Kenneth Chesebro, Trump, Joe Biden's, Ray Smith, Chandan Khanna Organizations: Republican National Committee, Cq, Inc, Getty, Electoral, Trump, Jail, Republican Party, Coffee County GOP, AFP Locations: Atlanta, Georgia, Fulton, Coffee County, Fulton County
Speaking in New York, Giuliani denied wrongdoing and defended Trump. Giuliani played a prominent public role in the Trump campaign's efforts to push false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. Giuliani and other Trump allies were also accused of making false statements to Georgia lawmakers about the election. Ray Smith, a lawyer who previously represented Trump in Georgia, also surrendered on Wednesday. Trump also pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan case involving hush money paid before the 2016 election to a porn star.
Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's, Fani Willis, Giuliani, Trump, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, Ray Smith, Trump's, John Eastman, Scott Hall, Cathy Latham, David Shafer, Shafer, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, Jack Smith, Biden, General Merrick Garland, Jack Queen, Susan Heavey, Jacqueline Thomsen, Scott Malone Organizations: ATLANTA, Trump, New York City, Republican, Democratic, Former New York City, Acquire, Georgia Republican, White House, Justice, U.S, Thomson Locations: Georgia, U.S, Fulton County, Atlanta, New York, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Manhattan, Washington
Trump was set to turn himself in on Thursday to face his fourth criminal indictment this year. [1/7]Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 23, 2023. Giuliani and other Trump allies were also accused of making false statements to Georgia lawmakers about the election. Four co-defendants also surrendered at the jail on Wednesday, according to records posted on the Fulton County sheriff's office website. Trump also pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan case involving hush money paid before the 2016 election to a porn star.
Persons: Donald Trump's, Rudolph Giuliani, Giuliani, Fani Willis, Trump, Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Dustin Chambers, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Ray Smith, Trump's, John Eastman, Scott Hall, Cathy Latham, David Shafer, Shafer, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, Meadows, Jack Smith, Biden, General Merrick Garland, Jack Queen, Susan Heavey, Jacqueline Thomsen, Scott Malone, Will Dunham, Matthew Lewis Organizations: New York City, Democratic, Trump, Jail, REUTERS, Republican, Georgia Republican, White House, Justice, Clark, U.S, Thomson Locations: Fulton County , Ohio, ATLANTA, Atlanta, U.S, Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Manhattan, Washington
CNN —Former President Donald Trump on Monday was criminally charged for the fourth time this year in a sweeping Georgia indictment accusing him of being the head of a “criminal enterprise” to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis included 18 defendants in addition to Trump, 41 charges in total and 30 unindicted co-conspirators. Willis’ indictment also went well beyond what transpired in Georgia as she used racketeering violations to charge a broad criminal conspiracy. Here are the takeaways from the Georgia indictment:Another indictment against the 2024 Republican front-runnerAfter the Georgia indictment, Trump is now facing four separate indictments at the same time that he’s running for president in 2024. Indictment highlights under-the-radar breach of Georgia voting systemsSeveral of former Trump’s co-defendants in the indictment are facing charges in connection with the breach of a voting system in rural Coffee County, Georgia, that took place after the 2020 election.
Persons: Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Jack Smith’s, Trump, Smith, Willis ’, Willis, CNN’s Sara Murray –, Joe Biden, Brad Raffensperger, Raffensperger, Georgia Racketeer, Feedback Coates, CNN Wills, , unindicted, Ruby Freeman, Mike Pence, Meadows, Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani –, Trump’s, Raffensperger . Giuliani –, Sidney Powell, Misty Hampton, Cathy Latham, Scott Hall Organizations: CNN, Trump, Republican, Georgia, Prosecutors, White House, White, Meadows, Capitol, Georgia House, Senate, Fulton, GOP Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia County, Monday’s, Pennsylvania , Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin , Arizona, Coffee County , Georgia, Coffee, Coffee County
Now he himself faces a racketeering charge for his central role in the plot to keep Mr. Trump in power. Mark Meadows Former White House chief of staff Mr. Meadows was deeply involved in efforts to keep Mr. Trump in power. During a visit to Georgia, he showed up at a vote-counting facility and put Mr. Trump on the phone with a top state elections investigator. Jeffrey Clark Former Justice Department official A former senior Justice Department official who caused outrage among his colleagues by advancing false election fraud claims and seeking to intervene in the presidential election in Georgia. Ms. Latham was also one of 16 fake electors in Georgia who cast their electoral votes for Mr. Trump.
Persons: Donald J, Trump, Rudolph W, John C, Joseph R, Biden, Ray Smith III, Sidney Powell, ” Kenneth Chesebro, Mr . Biden, Mark Meadows, Meadows, Michael Roman Trump, Jeffrey Clark, Misty, Robert Cheeley Lawyer, Jenna Ellis, Ms, Ellis, Cathy Latham, Latham, David Shafer, Shafer, , Mike Pence, Shawn Still, Mr, Trevian, Kutti, Ye, Stephen C, Lee Pastor, Willie Lewis Floyd Organizations: Giuliani, New York, Eastman, Trump, Mr, Mark Meadows Former White House, Jeffrey Clark Former Justice Department, Department, Misty Hampton, Republican Party, Georgia Republican Party, Electoral College of Georgia, Kanye West, Prosecutors Locations: Georgia, U.S, Trump, Misty Hampton Coffee, Coffee County, Fulton County, Illinois, Atlanta
Several individuals involved in the voting systems breach in Coffee County are among those who may face charges in the sprawling criminal probe. They have gathered evidence indicating it was a top-down push by Trump’s team to access sensitive voting software, according to people familiar with the situation. That group included members of Sullivan Strickler, a firm hired by Trump’s attorneys to examine voting systems in the small, heavily Republican Georgia county, according to text messages obtained by CNN. Friess then notified operatives who carried out the Coffee County breach and others working directly with Giuliani that Trump’s team had secured written permission, the texts show. Coffee County was the only county in Georgia that failed to certify its election results due to issues raised by Hampton at the time.
Persons: Donald Trump’s, Fani Willis, Trump, Brad Raffensperger, Willis, Joe Biden’s, , Misty Hampton, Trump’s, Rudy Giuliani –, , Sidney Powell, Willis ’, Giuliani, , Katherine Friess –, Sullivan Strickler, Friess, Coffee County , Georgia ”, Bernie Kerik, Kerik, Sullivan, “ Rudy Giuliani, Robert Costello, , Rudy Giuliani, Sidney, ” “, Former New York Mayor Giuliani, Hampton –, Hampton, Cathy Latham, Latham Organizations: CNN, Fulton, Republican Coffee, Trump, Georgia, White, Republican, NYPD, Former New York, Washington Post, Hampton Locations: Atlanta, Georgia, Coffee County, Fulton County, Coffee, Fulton, Republican Georgia, Coffee County , Georgia, , Hampton
CNN —A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, on Monday rejected efforts by Donald Trump’s legal team to toss evidence in the criminal investigation into the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia and to disqualify the district attorney investigating him. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney also rejected efforts by Cathy Latham, who served as one of the GOP fake electors in Georgia, to join Trump’s push. CNN previously reported that Willis is considering bringing racketeering and conspiracy charges in connection with Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Trump’s team already raised their arguments before the Georgia Supreme Court, which dismissed Trump’s attempt to shut down the investigation. A hearing on that matter is currently scheduled before another judge on August 10.
Persons: CNN —, Donald Trump’s, Robert McBurney, Cathy Latham, Trump, Latham, , McBurney, Fani Willis, Willis, Trump’s, ” McBurney, , Willis ’ Organizations: CNN, Fulton, Fulton County DA, Trump, CNN Fulton, Georgia Supreme, Attorney Locations: Fulton County , Georgia, Georgia, Fulton County, CNN Fulton County
The Georgia investigation could potentially result in another state-level criminal indictment of Mr. Trump, following his indictment in New York in early April. Ms. Willis indicated late last month that any indictments, initially anticipated in May, would not come until mid-July at the earliest. Ms. Willis also said at the time that Ms. Debrow was representing people who were making accusations against another one of her clients, amounting to an untenable conflict. He was, for a time, Ms. Debrow and Ms. Pierson’s client, but is now represented by Ms. Pierson and another lawyer. Both Ms. Pierson and Ms. Debrow have been paid by the state Republican Party.
This Jan. 7, 2021, image taken from a Coffee County, Ga., security video, appears to show Republican official Cathy Latham, center with white hair, introducing local election officials to a computer forensic team hired by an ally of former President Donald Trump. WASHINGTON—A former Republican Party official helped a computer forensics firm inspect voting equipment in Georgia and then made misleading statements under oath about her role in the episode, voting-rights activists alleged in a new court filing. The court filing, which includes time-stamped screenshots of surveillance footage, describes what happened inside the Coffee County elections office on Jan. 7, 2021, an episode that is being investigated by law-enforcement agencies in the state.
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