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REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 8 (Reuters) - A Georgia grand jury recommended criminal charges against Republican U.S. The six were among 39 people the special grand jury recommended charging in its Dec. 15 report, which had been sealed for nine months. Wood, a conservative lawyer who promoted conspiracy efforts about the election, denied wrongdoing and said he was surprised to find out the special grand jury recommended charges against him. The grand jury voted 20-1 in favor of indicting Trump with respect to the national effort to overturn the election. The special grand jury report remained secret at Willis's request while she determined what charges to bring.

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A special grand jury in Georgia recommended criminal charges against three U.S. senators and more than a dozen additional allies of former President Donald Trump as part of its investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election – individuals who were not ultimately indicted in the sweeping racketeering case. The special grand jury report, which has been sealed for nine months and was made public Friday, sheds light on the scope of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ two-year investigation into Republican efforts to subvert the 2020 election results in Georgia. Trump blasted the breadth of the special grand jury report on Friday. In addition to the three GOP senators, the special grand jury also recommended charges against 21 additional individuals, including former national security adviser Mike Flynn, Trump lawyers Cleta Mitchell, Boris Epshteyn and Lin Wood, a slew of Georgia lawyers and state Republicans and others. To be sure, Willis may have several reasons for not indicting an individual against whom the grand jury recommended charges, including that they are helping the district attorney's office or that the individual has a strong defense.

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☆ Grand jury called for indicting Sens. Graham, Perdue, Loeffler in Trump Georgia election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The full 25-page report of the special grand jury, which finished its investigative work last winter, was released Friday morning. However, in addition to the three senators, the special grand jury also had recommended indictments be issued against 18 other people who were ultimately not charged by the regular grand jury last month, in addition to the people who did end up being indicted. Both Perdue and Loeffler, who were sitting senators at the time of the 2020 election, were defeated in early 2021 runoff elections by Democrats, Sens. Graham, a staunch Trump ally, is known to have called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger after the November 2020 election to ask about absentee ballots in that contest. Trump and his co-defendants were indicted by a regular grand jury in Fulton County Superior Court last month on charges alleging a broad-ranging election conspiracy.

Persons: Kelly Loeffler, David Perdue, Al Drago, Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham of, Trump, Lindsey Graham, Tom Brenner, Michael Flynn, Boris Epshteyn, Cleta Mitchell, Graham, Perdue, Loeffler, Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnoff, Trump's, Brad Raffensperger, Fani Willis Organizations: Reuters, Republican, Fulton County Superior Court, Capitol, Trump, District of Columbia, Democrats, Sens, Loeffler, Court Locations: Milton , Georgia, Georgia, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Fulton, Russia, Washington , U.S, Loeffler, Georgia , Arizona , Wisconsin , Michigan, Pennsylvania, Fulton County

☆ Takeaways from the full Georgia special grand jury report on 2020 election subversion
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

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

☆ Comparing the Four Criminal Cases Against Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Charlie Savage | More About Charlie Savage | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

An important part of the trial will be whether prosecutors can prove that Mr. Trump had the requisite criminal intent. Mr. Trump’s lawyers have signaled that they intend to argue that their client’s First Amendment rights are at stake. Mr. Smith sought to distinguish that from other illegal conduct he accused Mr. Trump of committing. The indictment is suffused with Mr. Trump’s false public statements about the election, and Mr. Smith called them integral to what he portrayed as Mr. Trump’s criminal plans. By staying away from those issues, Mr. Smith avoided entanglement with tough First Amendment objections that defense lawyers could raise about his speech that day.

Persons: Trump, disenfranchisement —, Smith, Trump’s, Rudolph W, Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Jeffrey Clark, Kenneth Chesebro, Boris Epshteyn Organizations: Capitol

☆ Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn was accused of groping 2 women at an Arizona club in 2021: 'That Tony Soprano looking dude'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Boris Epshteyn, a Trump advisor, was accused of groping and harrassing two women at a club in 2021. One woman said he had a "fat, ugly, like drooping face" and resembled a "fatter Tony Soprano." Epshteyn worked in the Trump White House and helped coordinate the fake elector scheme in 2020. She also described Epshteyn as "that Tony Soprano looking dude," referring to the main protagonist portrayed by James Gandolfini in the hit TV show "The Sopranos." A Republican political consultant, Epshteyn briefly worked in the White House under Trump, later serving as a strategic advisor for his 2020 re-election campaign.

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M. Evan Corcoran, a lawyer who accompanied former President Donald J. Trump to court this week for his arraignment on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election, has given crucial evidence in Mr. Trump’s other federal case — the one accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents. Another lawyer close to Mr. Trump, Boris Epshteyn, sat for an interview with prosecutors this spring and could be one of the former president’s co-conspirators in the election tampering case. And Mr. Epshteyn’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, is defending Mr. Trump against both the documents and election case indictments. The legal team that Mr. Trump has assembled to represent him in the twin prosecutions by the special counsel, Jack Smith, is marked by a tangled web of potential conflicts and overlapping interests — so much so that Mr. Smith’s office has started asking questions.

Persons: Evan Corcoran, Donald J, Trump, Boris Epshteyn, Epshteyn’s, Todd Blanche, Jack Smith

The indictment of former President Donald J. Trump in connection with his efforts to retain power after his 2020 election loss left a number of unanswered questions, among them: Who is Co-conspirator 6? The indictment asserted that six people aided Mr. Trump’s schemes to remain in office. Identified by the indictment as “a political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding,” the person could have been a number of figures in Mr. Trump’s orbit. But a close look at the indictment and a review of messages among people working with Mr. Trump’s team provides a strong clue. An email from December 2020 from Boris Epshteyn, a strategic adviser to the Trump campaign in 2020, to Mr. Giuliani matches a description in the indictment of an interaction between Co-conspirator 6 and Mr. Giuliani, whose lawyer has confirmed that he is Co-conspirator 1.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Rudolph W, Giuliani, John Eastman, Mike Pence, Boris Epshteyn Organizations: New Locations: New York

But his defense team is still evolving after at least three key members left in recent weeks. Trump has also sought to add a Florida-based criminal defense lawyer to his team in the days since his indictment, according to sources familiar with the conversations. Kise, a former Florida solicitor general who has primarily handled civil cases, was brought on to Trump’s team last year after the FBI seized classified documents kept at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Trump has struggled in recent weeks to bolster his defense team as the documents investigation intensified. The day the indictment was unsealed, the pair abruptly announced their resignation from Trump’s legal team.

Persons: Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, Chris Kise, Jim, John Rowley –, Blanche, Kise, Trump, Lindsey Halligan, Rowley, Evan Corcoran, Halligan, Tim Parlatore, Boris Epshteyn, Parlatore, Epshteyn, Trump’s, Andrew Goudsward, Sarah N, Lynch, Jacqueline Thomsen, Karen Freifeld, David Bario, Alistair Bell Organizations: Trump, FBI, Trump's, New, Reuters, U.S . Justice Department, CNN, Epshteyn, Thomson Locations: Miami, Florida, Lago, New York, Manhattan, Epshteyn, Washington

☆ What to know about Trump’s court appearance
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Jeremy Herb | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Trump’s aide, Walt Nauta, was also charged in the indictment and is expected to appear in court alongside the former president. Here’s what to know about Tuesday’s court appearance:What happens when Trump gets to the courthouse? CNN reported that Trump’s team has had difficulty retaining seasoned lawyers. The former president is set to return to his Bedminster, New Jersey, resort following his court appearance Tuesday. Following that court appearance, he flew back to Mar-a-Lago and delivered a speech in front of supporters that night.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, He’s, Jack Smith, Trump’s, Walt Nauta, Jonathan Goodman, Alieen Cannon, Cannon, Jorge Colina, Jim, John Rowley, Todd Blanche, Chris Kise, Benedict Kuehne, it’s Blanche, Boris Epshteyn, Nauta, Stanley Woodward, Smith, Karen Gilbert, Gilbert, Nauta –, Police Manuel Morales Organizations: CNN, US, Trump, Miami, Former Miami, Justice Department, Trump’s Save America PAC, Who’s, Miami US, Lago, Trump’s, Navy, Trump White House, Trump –, Prosecutors, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Miami Police Department, Federal Protective Service, DHS, Service Locations: Miami, Lago, Manhattan, Bedminster , New Jersey, New York, Florida, Kise, Washington, DC, Trump from New Jersey, Mar, Police, Bedminster

Aug. 8, 2022: Trump discloses that FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago and broke into a safe in what one of Trump's sons said was part of a federal investigation into retention of records. It shows that 11 sets of classified documents were taken from Trump's property. Nov. 16, 2022: Trump announces he will run for the Republican nomination in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Nov. 20, 2022: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith to preside over criminal matters relating to Trump, including the classified documents investigation. December 2022: Trump lawyer Tim Parlatore appears before a federal grand jury in Washington to describe efforts to search Trump properties for any remaining government documents.

Persons: Donald Trump, Callaghan O'Hare, Trump, Trump's, Aileen Cannon, Raymond Dearie, Cannon, General Merrick Garland, Jack Smith, Tim Parlatore, Evan Corcoran, Smith's, Parlatore, Boris Epshteyn, Biden, Jacqueline Thomsen, David Bario, Howard Goller Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, Trump's, White, National Archives, Records Administration, U.S . Justice Department, Justice Department, DOJ, Senior U.S, District, Circuit, Trump, Republican, Department, CNN, Thomson Locations: U.S, Mexico, Pharr , Texas, Lago, Florida, Brooklyn, Washington, Miami

☆ A Trump lawyer tried to block other members of the former president's legal team from conducting additional searches following the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago, Trump's former lawyer claimed
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He resigned from Trump's team of attorneys on Tuesday. In a CNN interview, Parlatore said there was conflict within Trump's own legal team. Parlatore told CNN that Epshteyn was a "filter" between Trump and his legal team and at times prevented lawyers from providing Trump with information. In a statement, a Trump spokesperson confirmed that Parlatore "is no longer a member of the legal team." "His statements regarding current members of the legal team are unfounded and categorically false," the spokesperson said.

☆ Lawyer who quit Trump legal team cites disagreements with Trump adviser as basis for departure
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A lawyer who quit Donald Trump's legal team this past week attributed his decision Saturday to strategy disagreements with a close adviser to the former president. He singled out Boris Epshteyn, another lawyer and top Trump adviser in multiple criminal investigations, whom he accused of "doing everything he could to try to block us to prevent us from doing what we could to defend the president." In a statement responding to Parlatore's comments, a Trump spokesman said, "Mr. Parlatore is no longer a member of the legal team. His statements regarding current members of the legal team are unfounded and categorically false." In his interview, Parlatore said Epshteyn had served as a "filter" in preventing the legal team from getting information about the investigation to or from Trump.

☆ Former White House lawyer says Trump 'will go to jail' as Mar-a-Lago probe gathers momentum, per CNN
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A former White House lawyer believes Donald Trump will go to jail, he told CNN. The DOJ is probing whether Trump obstructed justice in bringing classified documents to Mar-a-Lago. Charges connected with mishandling classified documents are punishable by up to 10 years in prison, per Reuters. Infighting within Trump's legal teamFormer President Donald Trump appears in court for an arraignment, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York. While the Justice Department is probing whether Trump mishandled classified documents, it is also examining his possible efforts to interfere with the 2020 election.

☆ Former Trump Lawyer Describes Conflict Inside Legal Team
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Alan Feuer | Maggie Haberman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A conflict inside former President Donald J. Trump’s legal team erupted into public view on Saturday as one of his former lawyers went on television to attack one of his current lawyers, who has been the focus of ire from others on the team. The former lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, withdrew this past week from representing Mr. Trump in the special counsel’s investigations into his handling of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. But Mr. Parlatore did not explain the reasons behind his departure at the time, saying only that it was not related to the merits of the inquiries. Appearing on CNN on Saturday, Mr. Parlatore disclosed that his departure had been spurred by irreconcilable differences with Boris Epshteyn, another lawyer who has been working as something akin to an in-house counsel for the former president, hiring lawyers and coordinating their efforts to defend Mr. Trump. Mr. Parlatore described how Mr. Epshteyn had hindered him and other lawyers from getting information to Mr. Trump, leaving the former president’s legal team at a disadvantage in dealing with the Justice Department, which is scrutinizing Mr. Trump’s handling of classified documents after leaving office and his efforts to remain in office after losing the 2020 election.

☆ A Trump lawyer backed away from signing a false statement that no more government records were held at Mar-a-Lago: Reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Trump lawyer signed a June statement to the DOJ saying there were no more records at Mar-a-Lago. She insisted on adding a disclaimer that she had not searched Mar-a-Lago herself, reports said. FBI agents had visited Mar-a-Lago in June, when Trump aides handed over boxes of government records Trump had been keeping there. It found hundreds more government records, including highly classified intelligence, being held in a store room and Trump's offices. Officials at the National Archives requested that Trump return records he'd taken with him only months after he left office in 2021, and subsequently made repeated attempts to get him to hand over the documents.

☆ Trump lawyer Christina Bobb speaks to federal investigators in Mar-a-Lago case
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Instead, Trump’s lead lawyer in the case at the time, Evan Corcoran, drafted it and told her to sign it, Bobb told investigators according to the sources. In an Aug. 31 court filing, which included a copy of the certification, the Justice Department called the statement's veracity into question. Bobb gave her testimony Friday in Washington and spoke to federal investigators, not the grand jury investigating Trump, the source with knowledge of her testimony said. The Justice Department has in court filings pushed back against the claims of evidence-planting, and Trump’s attorneys have so far not raised those claims in court. The day after Bobb spoke to investigators, The New York Times reported how Trump resisted the federal government’s longstanding requests for the documents, involving aides and lawyers.

☆ Dozens of Trump’s phony electors, many under investigation, still hold powerful GOP jobs in key states
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Natasha Korecki | Kaitlyn Francis | Natasha Korecki Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

Law enforcement activity has not pushed these false electors from their political perches. Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAll told, 23 of those false electors hold positions of power within their Republican parties. Then there are additional actors that didn’t serve in the slate of false electors themselves but were instrumental in the scheme. Others hold positions of power within the state GOP, including Shafer, who is chair; Joseph Brannan, state GOP treasurer; Vikki Consiglio, the state party’s assistant treasurer; and Ken Carroll, the assistant secretary. On June 21, federal agents scattered across key states to deliver subpoenas to those who acted as Trump electors.

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