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☆ Georgia's Fulton County Jail violates rights of detainees with violence and filth, feds say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

The department on Thursday announced its findings from a civil rights investigation that had opened in July 2023 into conditions of Fulton County Jail in Georgia. Fulton County and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment Thursday. Fulton County Jail: Home to stabbings, assaults, pests and a lack of careThe lengthy report presented a staggering portrait of violence and death at the Fulton County Jail. The report found that Fulton County Jail failed to protect detainees from the risk of harm from violence and sexual violence. Further, Fulton County Jail deputies and detention officers use force against incarcerated people without adequate justification, including deploying Tasers without reasonable cause, the document said.

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A judge in Georgia's Fulton County struck down the state's six-week abortion ban Monday, allowing the procedure to resume and making it legal up to 22 weeks of pregnancy. The state law, known as the LIFE Act, was signed by Republican Gov. The Georgia Supreme Court, however, soon took up the case and allowed it to remain in effect. The law has no "definition of 'health records.' And no mention of any notice to be provided to the 'woman' whose 'health records' have been made 'available,'" the judge wrote.

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☆ Fani Willis' dad testifies his daughter was dating a DJ nicknamed 'Deuce' in 2019
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Willis' dad, retired lawyer John Floyd III, said in his testimony that Willis was dating a DJ nicknamed "Deuce" in 2019 — which is the same year that an ex-pal of Willis' testified a day earlier that she started dating Nathan Wade, the attorney Willis appointed in 2021 as special prosecutor in the high-profile criminal case. Willis and Wade both testified that they stopped dating in the summer of 2023. Fulton County DA Fani Willis testifies at a hearing Feb. 15 in Atlanta on her relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade. PoolFloyd testified Willis was forced to move out of her house over threatsWhile on the stand Friday, Floyd said that he moved into Willis' home in 2019 and "often" saw her DJ boyfriend nicknamed "Deuce" coming and going. Fulton County Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade testifies during a hearing at the Fulton County Courthouse on February 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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"We're disappointed, of course," Anthony Caso, a lawyer for Eastman, said of the court's decision not to hear the appeal. In decisions in 2022, U.S. District Court Judge David Carter in Santa Ana ordered certain emails to be turned over, including those related to court efforts by Trump and Eastman to delay congressional certification of Biden's victory. Carter ruled that Trump and Eastman had "more likely than not" committed a crime in trying to obstruct Congress. Eastman has sought to erase the judge's determination that the "crime-fraud" exception applied to some of the emails. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to face Biden in the 2024 election.

Persons: John Eastman, Yuri Gripas, Donald Trump's, Clarence Thomas, Thomas, Eastman, Virginia, Ginni, We're, Anthony Caso, Trump's, Joe Biden's, David Carter, Trump, Carter, Mike Pence, Pence, Biden, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: National Organization, IRS, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Supreme, Conservative, Washington Post, Democratic, Capitol, Trump . Eastman, Chapman University, Trump, Eastman, San, Circuit, Republican, Thomson Locations: Washington, California, U.S, Santa Ana, San Francisco, Georgia's Fulton County

☆ A District Attorney's Office investigator accidentally shot herself at Georgia's Fulton County courthouse
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Fulton County DA's Office investigator "accidentally" shot herself at the courthouse. The woman shot herself in the leg on Friday, according to the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. "The shooting was an accidental discharge by a Fulton County District Attorney's Office investigator who wounded herself. "A Fulton County Sheriff's Office deputy responded and administered aid until EMS arrived," a press release from the sheriff's office also said, ABC News reported. The Fulton County courthouse was the site of Donald Trump and his co-defendants' arraignments after he was charged for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

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☆ Georgia prosecutor in Trump case accuses Republican lawmaker of interference - newspaper
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Katharine Jackson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage./File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The Georgia prosecutor in U.S. President Donald Trump's case has accused a Republican congressman of interfering in a state criminal matter, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Thursday. Trump was indicted in Georgia last month on charges including conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss. "(There) is no justification in the Constitution for Congress to interfere with a state criminal matter," Willis wrote. Trump, 77, has been criminally charged in four cases this year, two of which were brought by U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith. Trump, the first former U.S. president ever to face charges, is the front-runner in the race for the Republican nomination to face President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in the 2024 U.S. election.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Elijah Nouvelage, Donald Trump's, Jim Jordan, Trump, Jordan, Willis, Jack Smith, Joe Biden, Katharine Jackson, Jasper Ward, David Morgan, Rami Ayyub, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Republican, Atlanta Journal, . House, Representatives, Committee, Justice Department, Congress, Jordan, U.S, Democrat, Thomson Locations: Fulton County, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Georgia, Georgia's Fulton County

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges in the Georgia election subversion case, joining two other allies of former President Donald Trump. Meadows went from being one of Trump's top Republican allies in the U.S. House of Representatives to becoming his White House chief of staff. Meadows attended White House meetings related to attempts to undo Trump's election defeat. Eastman represented Trump in a long-shot lawsuit to overturn voting results in four states Trump lost in 2020.

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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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☆ US House Republicans launch probe of Atlanta DA in Trump election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"The federal government has a substantial interest in the welfare of former presidents," Jordan wrote in a five-page letter to Willis. "And because this former president is a current candidate for that office, the indictment implicates another core federal interest: a presidential election," Jordan said. The House investigation was disclosed three days after Trump accused Willis on his social media platform of "continuing to campaign, and raise money on, this WITCH HUNT. In the case brought by Willis, Trump was accused of unlawfully pressuring Georgia state officials to reverse his 2020 election loss to Biden in the state. House Republicans have sought to defend Trump in the four cases by alleging that the U.S. justice system has been "weaponized" against him by Biden.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Elijah Nouvelage, Jim Jordan, Trump, Willis, Jack Smith, Jordan, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Bragg, Smith, Joe Biden, Biden, HUNT, Joe Biden's, David Morgan, Will Dunham, John Stonestreet Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, . House, U.S . Justice Department, Attorney, Trump, Republican, Democrat, Justice Department, Joe Biden's DOJ, Biden, House Republicans, Thomson Locations: Fulton County, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Georgia's Fulton County, Manhattan, Atlanta, Georgia

☆ First Trump allies in Georgia election subversion case surrender
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Eastman said in a statement he would surrender, the day after agreeing to a $100,000 bond agreement. "I am here today to surrender to an indictment that should never have been brought," Eastman said in the statement. Trump on Monday agreed to post a $200,000 bond and accepted bail conditions that would bar him from threatening co-defendants or witnesses in the case. In a 41-count Georgia indictment unveiled last week, Trump and 18 other defendants were charged with racketeering and other crimes over their efforts to reverse Trump's loss in the state to Biden. Prosecutors are seeking a trial in March, but the number of defendants and complexity of the case could lead to delays.

Persons: John Eastman, Donald Trump's, Rudy Giuliani, Scott Hall, Trump, Joe Biden, Eastman, Prosecutors, Mark Meadows, Jack Queen, Jasper Ward, Susan Heavey, Scott Malone, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Trump, U.S, Congress, Republican, Democratic, Biden, Washington , D.C, Thomson Locations: U.S, Washington , U.S, ATLANTA, Atlanta, Georgia's Fulton County, Georgia, Washington ,, Florida, New York

☆ Meadows seeks dismissal of Georgia charges against him
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Picture Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is asking a federal court to dismiss Georgia state criminal charges against him stemming from former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to a court document. Meadows claims that his alleged actions, including participating with Trump in a phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, should be immune from state prosecution because they were performed in his capacity as a federal official. "The conduct charged here falls squarely within the scope of Mr. Meadows's duties as chief of staff and the federal policy underlying that role," Meadows' attorneys said in the filing. The document also claimed protection for Meadows under the First and 14th amendments to the Constitution.

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☆ Meadows seeks to move Fulton County election case to federal court
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Us Appeals Judge Faults Probe Of Federal Circuit'S Pauline Newman | Andrew Goudsward | Law Firm Clifford Chance Posts Increased Revenue | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Picture Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows filed notice on Tuesday seeking to move a case brought against him by the district attorney in Georgia's Fulton County to federal court, according to a court document. Meadows, who served in the Trump administration, was among those charged with former U.S. President Donald Trump for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Caitlin WebberOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Al Drago, Meadows, Trump, Donald Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Jasper Ward, Caitlin Webber Organizations: White, REUTERS, Rights, White House, U.S, Democrat, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Georgia's Fulton County

☆ Georgia fake-elector defendants accept immunity in Trump probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to disclose this summer whether former President Donald Trump and others will be charged with crimes related to interfering with the 2020 election. Also in the filing, Debrow said, "All eight of the electors who were offered immunity accepted." With immunity, those eight would be free to testify against any defendants. Willis' probe began soon after a recorded January 2021 phone call in which Trump asked Georgia's top election official to "find" the votes to reverse Biden's victory. He faces other investigations, including a pair of U.S. Justice Department probes into his handling of classified materials after leaving the White House and his efforts to alter 2020 election results.

☆ Georgia fake elector defendants accept immunity in Trump probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., April 27, 2023. Also in the filing, Debrow said, "All eight of the electors who were offered immunity accepted." With immunity, those eight would be free to testify against any defendants. Willis' probe began soon after a recorded January 2021 phone call in which Trump asked Georgia's top election official to "find" the votes to reverse Biden's victory. Trump, who is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has denied wrongdoing and accused Willis, an elected Democrat, of targeting him for political gain.

Trump previously said he would continue campaigning for the Republican Party's nomination if charged with a crime. Shortly after, Trump appealed to supporters to provide money for a legal defense. Trump will have to travel to Manhattan for fingerprinting and other processing at that point. The Manhattan investigation is one of several legal challenges facing Trump, and the charges could hurt his presidential comeback attempt. No former or sitting U.S. president has ever faced criminal charges.

☆ Trump's ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows and other top aides must provide more testimony for January 6 investigation, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Meadows and other Trump aides were ordered to offer more testimony to a grand jury investigating January 6. A federal judge dismissed Trump's claims of executive privilege in a sealed order last week. Some of them had appeared before the grand jury but declined to answer certain questions about their interactions with Trump, ABC reported. His legal team is expected to appeal Howell's order compelling his aides' testimony, according to ABC. Corcoran was previously ordered to provide more testimony for the investigation after a federal judge rejected his claims of attorney-client privilege.

☆ Trump's legal troubles are threatening to upend the 2024 GOP race, and he's not even charged
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Former President Donald Trump faces possible criminal charges as he's running for president. "If it's a circus, there's only one ringmaster and that's Trump," said GOP pollster B.J. Operatives thinking of ways to land punches on Trump say GOP primary candidates could argue that he would lose the general election because of his legal troubles. Political insiders widely concede that a potential indictment — and how Trump responds — could still backfire on GOP challengers and strengthen Trump. While the circumstances surrounding the 2024 primary are uncharted territory, polling shows a cohort of GOP voters has grown weary of Trump and is seeking an alternative.

☆ A judge ordered Trump's lawyer to give more testimony in Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A federal judge ordered Trump's lawyer to provide more grand jury testimony in the Mar-a-Lago case. The DOJ is investigating whether Trump potentially mishandled classified documents. The judge rejected Trump's lawyers claims of attorney-client privilege. The ruling compels Corcoran to provide additional testimony before the grand jury investigating the classified documents case — one of at least four major ongoing criminal inquiries involving Trump. Georgia's Fulton County is also investigating Trump and his allies' efforts to overturn the state's 2020 elections results.

☆ We asked the GOP senators who've endorsed Trump for 2024 if an indictment might change their mind. They said it wouldn't.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Oma Seddiq | Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump may soon face an indictment in New York over a "hush-money" payment to Stormy Daniels. Insider asked all five GOP senators who back Trump in 2024 whether him being charged would alter their support. And Republican senators who have already endorsed his third White House bid appear to be sticking with him regardless. Schmitt, for his part, abruptly declined to comment when asked about the possibility of an indictment of Trump. Trump also recently suggested that an indictment could be politically beneficial for him — a notion that Tuberville agreed with on Thursday.

That would be the kind of tenacity Willis, 51, would need if she decides to bring criminal charges against the Republican former president. Willis, a Democrat, has taken an aggressive approach in the Trump investigation, subpoenaing some of his allies including Republican U.S. To assist with the Trump investigation, Willis retained private Atlanta lawyer John Floyd, who wrote a guide on prosecuting state racketeering charges and worked with Willis on the teacher case. Willis told a judge on Jan. 24 that a decision on whether to bring criminal charges was "imminent" after a special grand jury completed its work. Portions of the grand jury's report are expected to be publicly released on Thursday, though any recommendations on criminal charges will remain sealed for now.

☆ Prosecutors in Georgia are fast approaching a decision on whether to charge Trump. Here's how it would go down.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Over the past year, she empaneled a grand jury and fought court battles to ensure testimony from Gov. Two other high-profile witnesses who fought grand jury subpoenas, Mark Meadows and Newt Gingrich, have their cases before appeals courts. A regular grand jury, which sits for two months, would probably move swiftly, Carlson said, since it would have all the evidence painstakingly compiled by the special grand jury. "The reason it'll go very fast is the regular grand jury will have a transcript from the testimony of a laundry list of witnesses that have already testified to the special grand jury," Carlson said. The case in Georgia, Carlson pointed out, is especially potent because of how uniquely strong the evidence is and how reliable the witnesses would be.

☆ Michael Cohen says Donald Trump should still be 'very uncomfortable' after he personally escaped conviction in the Trump Organization's tax fraud case
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Cohen says Trump should be very nervous about the possibility of more lawsuits against him. Cohen made the comments in an appearance on MSNBC, where he spoke about how the Trump Organization was on Tuesday found guilty of tax fraud in Manhattan. The judgement means the Trump Organization now has felony status as Trump goes into his third run for president. Cohen told MSNBC Trump should be "very nervous" about what's to come, and said Trump will likely face more criminal exposure. Cohen in September predicted that Attorney General Letitia James' $250 million civil lawsuit against the Trump Organization will "ultimately terminate" the company.

☆ Former Trump aide Mark Meadows asks South Carolina judge to block Georgia grand jury subpoena in election-meddling probe
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows asked a South Carolina judge to block a subpoena demanding his testimony before a Georgia grand jury investigating possible criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election. Meadows' request Monday afternoon came hours after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas temporarily delayed a similar subpoena that the same grand jury issued to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Meadows, a former Republican congressman, resides in South Carolina. Bannister said the subpoena was moot because it had required Meadows' appearance before the grand jury on Sept. 27. The grand jury in this case does not have the power to criminally charge individuals but can recommend charges.

☆ Trump lashes out at judge who said former president knowingly pushed false voter fraud case
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he attends a rally in Warren, Michigan, U.S., October 1, 2022. Former President Donald Trump lashed out Thursday after a federal judge wrote that Trump knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud while he was fighting his 2020 election loss. In late December, Eastman relayed concerns to Trump's attorneys about citing supposed evidence of voter fraud in Georgia's Fulton County. "The emails show that President Trump knew that the specific numbers of voter fraud were wrong but continued to tout those numbers, both in court and to the public," the judge determined. In that decision, the judge wrote that it was "more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress" on Jan. 6.

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