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‘I’m not on trial,’ Willis saysWillis seized several opportunities to defend herself. She said at the beginning of her testimony that she was “very anxious” to defend herself, “so I ran to the courtroom.”“You think I’m on trial,” Willis said, in her sharpest pushback of the day. Video Ad Feedback Hear what legal expert thinks about Fani Willis' testimony 03:39 - Source: CNNWhen did the relationship start? Bryant-Yeartie said she observed “hugging, kissing, close affection” between Willis and Wade prior to 2022, when they claimed their romantic relationship began. Trump lawyer Steven Sadow asked Willis about the breakup, eliciting an answer that revealed sexist remarks that Wade allegedly made to Willis in the past.

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The hefty sum underscores the legal jeopardy Trump faces as he marches toward securing the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment on the legal spending. Trump’s campaign paid Atlanta attorney Steven Sadow $1.5 million in the second half of 2023. Campaign money was also used to pay attorneys who have represented co-defendants and potential witnesses in the Trump cases. The New York attorney general’s case against Trump centers on his business financial statements.

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☆ Trump is showing how a second term would rewrite the rules of presidential power
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Donald Trump is underscoring the profound choice that voters could face next year with expansive claims of unchecked presidential power alongside increasingly unapologetic anti-democratic rhetoric. This has huge consequences not simply for the courtroom accounting that is yet to take place over his first turbulent term. If the twice-impeached former president wins the Republican nomination and the presidency, it is already clear that a second term would risk destroying the principle that presidents do not hold monarchial power. “Joe Biden is not the defender of American democracy,” Trump said during a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday. And if he succeeds in 2024, his legal arguments will have been a warning of a second term that he envisions with almost no guardrails.

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☆ Live updates: Trump lawyers argue in Georgia 2020 election case motions hearing
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Dan Berman | Andrew Menezes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee departs after presiding over a hearing at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on November 15. But it’s in Georgia where he and his alleged co-conspirators face a combined 41 state charges for trying to overturn legitimate election results in the 2020 presidential election. This is the first time Trump’s attorneys will appear in court in the Fulton County case, though their client won’t be with them. Trump hasn’t yet been in the Atlanta courthouse – he previously waived his right to an arraignment hearing – though he was processed at the Fulton County jail in late August. Read more about the Georgia election subversion case.

Persons: Scott McAfee, Arvin Temkar, Donald Trump’s, Trump, ” Drew Findling –, Steven Sadow, Jennifer Little, Sadow, “, ” Sadow, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Chesebro, Powell, McAfee Organizations: Reuters, Trump, United Locations: Fulton, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, Fulton County

☆ Trump should not face trial in Georgia if he wins 2024 election, lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

John David Mercer/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A lawyer for Donald Trump said on Friday that the former U.S. president should not face trial on charges that he sought to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia if he wins the election next year. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2024 election. Sadow said that if Trump wins the election, he would seek to postpone the trial until after he left office, arguing that it would interfere with his responsibilities as president. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis last week requested the Georgia trial begin in August 2024, a timeline that would likely extend the proceedings through Election Day and into early 2025. “What would be the state's response that having this trial on Election Day is election interference?” Judge Scott McAfee asked prosecutors.

Persons: Steve Sadow, Donald Trump, Scott McAfee, Donald John Trump, John David Mercer, Steven Sadow, Trump, Joe Biden, Sadow, Sadow’s, Fani Willis, Nathan Wade, “, ” Trump, ” Sadow, McAfee, Andrew Goudsward, Scott Malone, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Republican, Democratic, Trump, Thomson Locations: Superior Court, Fulton County, Georgia, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S

Atlanta CNN —Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys in the Georgia election subversion case are set to defend their client in a Fulton County courtroom for the first time on Friday as they try to have the charges thrown out on First Amendment grounds. This is the first time Trump’s attorneys will appear in court in the Fulton County case, though their client won’t be with them. Trump hasn’t yet been in the Atlanta courthouse – he previously waived his right to an arraignment hearing – though he was processed at the Fulton County jail in late August. She used a similar legal strategy in a 2014 RICO case in Fulton County, according to a source familiar with the matter. Despite his mounting legal debt and the fact that he is almost 80, sources close to Giuliani said he intends to fight the Georgia case.

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☆ Georgia DA seeks Aug. 5 trial for Trump in election interference case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A prosecutor asked a judge to Friday to schedule the Georgia election interference criminal trial of former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants to begin on Aug. 5 — exactly three months before the 2024 presidential Election Day. "The State clearly retains the logistical and prosecutorial capabilities to try all of the remaining Defendants together," Willis said in her motion. Trump's campaign spokesman said, "Radical Democrat Fani Willis has again proven that her case is purely political, designed to interfere with President Trump's re-election by demanding a trial date in the most vital time in President Trump's winning campaign." "Crooked Joe Biden knows he can't beat President Trump and this corrupt step by Fani Willis is just further proof of that fact," the spokesman said. The Manhattan Supreme Court judge in that case has said he will willing to re-schedule it to avoid a conflict with Trump's trial earlier that same month in Washington.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Steven Sadow, Trump, Judge Scott McAfee, Joe Biden, Wills, Willis, Trump's, President Trump, Kenneth Cheesbro, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Scott Hall, Stormy Daniels Organizations: Fulton County Superior Court, Trump, Washington , D.C, Biden, Manhattan, White Locations: Fulton County, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Georgia, Atlanta, Washington ,, New York, Washington, Florida

☆ Trump drops appeal to move Manhattan hush money trial to federal court
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Kara Scannell | Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Former President Donald Trump is abandoning his effort to move the so-called hush money trial from New York state court to federal court. In a brief filing submitted to a New York-based appeals court, Trump said he was no longer appealing a lower-court ruling that rejected his bid to get the case transferred to federal court. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal the reimbursement of hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. In July, US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied Trump’s request to move the New York case to federal court, ruling that the payments to Daniels and alleged subsequent falsification of business records were not related to Trump’s presidential duties. Hush money paid to an adult film star is not related to a President’s official acts,” the judge wrote.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Jack Smith, Alvin Hellerstein, Daniels, –, ”, Michael Cohen, ” Trump, Steven Sadow Organizations: New, New York CNN, Trump Locations: New York, Washington ,, York, Fulton, Superior, Fulton County , Georgia

☆ Trump may seek transfer of Georgia election case to federal court, lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald Trump may seek to have his Georgia election interference criminal case moved to federal court from state court, his lawyer said in a filing Thursday. Trump now has a month to file a formal notice of removal of the case to federal court in Georgia, his defense attorney Steven Sadow noted in the filing in Fulton County Superior Court. If he does seek removal, Trump would join several other defendants in the Georgia conspiracy case in doing so, among them his former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Under the law, a federal official can ask to transfer a state case to federal court if the issues in a case relate "to any act under color of such office." All the defendants have pleaded not guilty in the case.

Persons: Donald Trump, David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler, Trump, Steven Sadow, Mark Meadows, Joe Biden Organizations: U.S, Republican U.S, U.S . Senate, Fulton County Superior Court, White House Locations: Valdosta , Georgia, Georgia, Fulton County

☆ Donald Trump may seek to move Georgia election case to federal court
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs from Trump Tower to give a deposition to New York Attorney General Letitia James who sued Trump and his Trump Organization, in New York City, U.S., April 13, 2023. Trump and the other defendants were indicted on charges that they unlawfully pressured Georgia election officials to overturn Biden's election victory in the state. Steven Sadow, a lawyer for Trump, wrote in a one-page court filing, "President Trump hereby notifies the court that he may seek removal of his prosecution to federal court." Federal court could be more favorable for Trump because he would face a more politically diverse jury pool than in Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones is expected to rule on the petitions to move the matter into federal court in the coming weeks.

Persons: Donald Trump, Letitia James, Trump, Mike Segar, Mark Meadows, Fani Willis, Joe Biden, Steven Sadow, Willis, Steve Jones, Scott McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Meadows, Kanishka Singh, Jack Queen, Will Dunham, Susan Heavey, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: U.S, Trump Tower, New York, Trump Organization, REUTERS, Rights, White, Republican, Democratic, Trump, District, Thomson Locations: New, New York City, U.S, Georgia, Fulton County, Florida, Washington, New York

☆ Trump asks to sever Georgia election case from co-defendants seeking speedy trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump is seeking to sever his criminal election interference case in Georgia from any of his 18 co-defendants who are demanding that the case proceed quickly to trial, a Thursday court filing showed. There are "substantial adverse procedural and substantive 'effects' President Trump would endure" if he is held to the same schedule, Sadow wrote. He is set to participate in another trial starting in late September in federal court in Florida. Trump has been charged with 91 total counts in four separate criminal cases as he campaigns for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. His lawyers in his two federal cases tried to push off his trial until after the November 2024 election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, Steven Sadow, Kenneth Chesebro, — Chesebro, Sidney Powell —, Chesebro, Sadow, Trump's, Fani Willis Organizations: Alabama GOP, Court, Trump, Computer, State Locations: Montgomery , Alabama, Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia's, Florida, Atlanta

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after surrendering at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 24, 2023. Donald Trump will be arraigned Sept. 6 in the criminal case where he is accused of conspiring to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, a state court docket showed Monday morning. The other 18 defendants in the case will be arraigned later that same day in in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta. The scheduling order was released shortly before a federal judge in Washington, D.C., scheduled Trump's trial there on charges related to trying to reverse his 2020 national election loss to begin on March 4. on Sept. 6 The former president will be asked to enter a plea at that time to the 13 felony charges he faces.

Persons: Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Steven Sadow Organizations: Atlanta Hartsfield, Jackson International, Fulton County Superior Court, Washington , D.C, Trump White House, Trump, Electoral College Locations: Fulton, Atlanta , Georgia, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Washington ,

P01135809, according to Fulton County Jail records - was captured glaring at the camera in the mug shot. His campaign website featured the mug shot along with a message from Trump defending his actions and asking for donations. TRIAL DATE WRANGLINGWillis originally proposed a trial date of March 4 but moved it up for Chesebro after he asked that his trial start by October. In the Georgia case, Willis has requested that arraignments begin the week of Sept. 5, though defendants in Georgia are permitted to waive those appearances and plead not guilty via court filing. Trump agreed to post $200,000 bond and accepted bail conditions that would bar him from threatening witnesses or his co-defendants in the Georgia case.

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That trial date will not necessarily apply to Trump or the other 17 defendants. Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York mayor, was stone-faced in his mug shot while lawyer Jenna Ellis smiled. TRIAL DATE WRANGLINGWillis originally proposed a trial date of March 4, but moved it up after Chesebro asked that his trial start by October. Trump is due to enter a plea on Sept. 5 and has pleaded not guilty in the other three other cases. About a dozen Trump supporters, some holding flags, gathered outside the jail awaiting his arrival.

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☆ Drew Findling: Trump replaces top Georgia lawyer ahead of surrender
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump has replaced his top Georgia lawyer ahead of his surrender Thursday evening, sources tell CNN. “We look forward to the case being dismissed or, if necessary, an unbiased, open minded jury finding the president not guilty. Trump’s processing through the facility will likely be completed quickly because the former president and his lawyers negotiated his consent bond agreement ahead of Thursday. Trump agreed to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions, including not using social media to target the co-defendants and witnesses in the case. In June, he removed two of the top attorneys representing him in the federal indictment into his alleged mishandling of classified documents.

Persons: Donald Trump, Drew Findling, Steven Sadow, Sadow, ”, Trump, ” Sadow Organizations: CNN Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, Fulton County , Georgia

☆ Donald Trump to surrender in Atlanta in fourth criminal case brought against ex-president this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump will surrender on Thursday to be booked on more than a dozen charges stemming from his efforts to reverse Georgia’s 2020 election results, the fourth time this year the former president has faced criminal charges. Trump is expected to travel from his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club to Atlanta to turn himself in at the notorious Fulton County jail. And earlier this month, Trump was placed under arrest in Washington, DC, and arraigned on charges brought by Smith in his investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump falsely claimed victory after the 2020 election, and then tried to overturn the results in Georgia and other states. In a series of phone calls, he pressured Georgia election officials to help his efforts, including Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Drew Findling, Steven Sadow, Sadow, ”, Jack Smith’s, Smith, Fani Willis, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, Willis, Brad Raffensperger, Joe Biden’s, Mike Pence Organizations: Washington CNN, CNN, Fulton, Trump, Peach State, Electoral Locations: Bedminster , New Jersey, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, New York, Miami, Washington ,, Peach

☆ Federal authorities say an inmate in Georgia's most secure prison impersonated a billionaire movie mogul and stole at least $11 million: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Arthur Lee Cofield impersonated a movie mogul stole to steal at least $11 million, per a report. He impersonated Sidney Kimmel using contraband cell phones, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The 31-year-old reportedly committed the crime while being held in Georgia's most secure prison. Kimmel, 94, is the chairman and CEO of the production company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. He then chartered a private plane to transport the coins to Atlanta and bought a mansion in Buckhead, Georgia worth $4.4 million.

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