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☆ One of Trump's co-defendants just got a speedy trial date in Georgia — but Trump himself doesn't want that
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump and his Georgia co-defendants have had a strategic legal breakdown. Attorney Kenneth Chesebro, one of the 19 defendants in Trump's Georgia indictment, requested an October trial date. The move for a speedy trial may have been a bet by Chesebro that prosecutor Fani Willis wouldn't be prepared. AdvertisementAdvertisementBut Willis accepted his request for a speedy trial, proposing in a legal filing that all defendants begin the proceedings as soon as October 23. In other criminal proceedings, Trump has tried to delay trials until after the 2024 election.

Persons: Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, Fani Willis, it's, Donald Trump, Chesebro, Fani Willis wouldn't, Tamar Hallerman, Willis wasn't, Willis, Donald Trump —, Georgia's Organizations: Fulton, Service, Atlanta -, NBC, GOP Locations: Georgia, Trump's Georgia, Fulton County, Wall, Silicon

☆ Sidney Powell booked in Trump Georgia election case after other co-defendants surrender
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

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.

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☆ Judge denies Trump ex-chief Mark Meadows' bid to avoid arrest in Georgia election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The motion also proposed a second option: that the federal court could simply issue an order barring Willis from arresting Meadows prior to next week's hearing. The order from Judge Steve Jones in U.S. District Court in Atlanta came shortly after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis urged the judge to reject Meadows' request. A judge on Wednesday denied former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' bid to quickly move the Georgia election interference case to federal court in order to avoid arrest . I gave 2 weeks for people to surrender themselves to the court," Willis wrote in an email Tuesday morning. Earlier Wednesday, Kenneth Chesebro, another co-defendant in the Georgia case, filed a motion in Fulton County Superior Court demanding a speedy trial.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Meadows, Jones, Willis, Donald Trump, Steve Jones, Fani Willis, Joe Biden's, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Trump, Brad Raffensperger, Kenneth Chesebro Organizations: GOP, 118th, Washington , D.C, Court, White House, State, New, New York City, Trump, Georgia Locations: Washington ,, Meadows, Fulton County, U.S, Atlanta, Georgia, State of Georgia, New York

☆ Trump's bond in Georgia election case set at $200,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A judge set former President Donald Trump's bond at $200,000 in the Georgia criminal case accusing him of conspiring to overturn his loss in the state's 2020 election, a court filing showed Monday. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee set Trump's bond for the racketeering charge at $80,000, while the remaining 12 counts each received bond amounts of $10,000, the court filing shows. McAfee set a $100,000 bond for John Eastman, the pro-Trump lawyer who is charged with nine counts in the Georgia case. Kenneth Chesebro, another pro-Trump lawyer and co-defendant, had his bond set at $100,000 on one count of racketeering and six counts of criminal conspiracy. Ray Smith's bond was set at $50,000, while the judge set a $10,000 bond for Scott Hall.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Fani Willis, Trump's, Willis, Trump, Joe Biden's, Scott McAfee, McAfee, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, Ray Smith's, Scott Hall Organizations: Fair, Trump, NBC, Electoral College Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta

☆ Trump says he will surrender at an Atlanta jail on Thursday in Georgia election interference case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Dareh Gregorian | Katherine Doyle | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

I'll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED by a Radical Left District Attorney, Fani Willis," Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who launched the investigation into Trump and his allies, has given the defendants until noon Friday to voluntarily surrender. Trump earlier Monday agreed to a $200,000 bond in the Georgia criminal case charging him with trying to illegally overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state. Eastman — who's referenced but not charged as a co-conspirator in special counsel Jack Smith's federal criminal case against Trump for allegedly trying to subvert the 2020 election results — features prominently and repeatedly in the DA's indictment. Ray Smith, another Trump lawyer who was allegedly involved in the electors scheme, agreed to a $50,000 bond order, court filings show.

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☆ Kenneth Chesebro, alleged architect of fake electors’ plot, followed Alex Jones around Capitol grounds on January 6th
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Andrew Kaczynski Em Steck Yahya Abou-Ghazala | Andrew Kaczynski | Em Steck | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But a CNN investigation has placed him outside of the Capitol at the same time as his alleged plot to keep Trump in office unraveled inside it. CNN was able to place Chesebro at the protest through publicly available databases with photos and videos from that day. Shroyer, who had previously signed a deferred prosecution agreement in another case saying he would not engage in disorderly conduct on the Capitol grounds, was charged with four misdemeanors. Later, the group, including Chesebro, make their way halfway up the steps of the Capitol Building before heading down. Chesebro follows members of the group as they depart the Capitol grounds close to 3 p.m.Later, Chesebro can be seen walking near the Peace Monument at the front of the Capitol.

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A trial date for Trump and the other defendants in this case has not yet been set. FEB. 8, 2024Nevada Republican presidential caucuses. FEB. 24, 2024South Carolina Republican presidential primary. MARCH 4, 2024Trial starts in the federal criminal case in Washington that charges Trump with illegally trying to reverse his 2020 election loss. MARCH 5, 2024"Super Tuesday," in which 14 state presidential primaries take place.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Letitia James, James, Trump's, Kenneth Chesebro, E, Jean Carroll, Carroll, JAN, Fani Willis, Andy Sullivan, Deepa Babington, Jonathan Oatis, Grant McCool Organizations: Fair, REUTERS, Former U.S, Republican, Democrat, New York, Trump, Nevada Republican, South Carolina Republican, New, National Convention, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Former, Georgia, Manhattan, New York, Iowa . New Hampshire, Nevada, Washington, Fulton County, Miami

☆ Trump's Georgia indictment has been unsealed. Read the charges brought by Fulton County DA Fani Willis
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Georgia grand jury indicted Donald Trump over his attempts to overturn 2020 election results. Trump, then the president, asked Georgia's secretary of state to "find" votes ensuring he'd win. The charges, sought by Fulton County's district attorney, Fani Willis, include violating Georgia's RICO statute, solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer, conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer, conspiracy to commit forgery, conspiracy to commit false statements and writings, conspiracy to commit filing false documents, filing false documents, and making false statements and writings. Trump has continued to falsely insist that the 2020 presidential election was illegitimate and that he was the true victor. Willis sought testimony during her investigation from high-profile people involved in Georgia's election process and close to Trump.

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☆ 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

He and other Trump allies are also accused of making false statements to Georgia lawmakers about the election, including claims about vote counting errors by Dominion voting machines. SIDNEY POWELLAttorney Sidney Powell played a leading role in promoting false fraud claims after the 2020 U.S. election. She became an adviser to Trump on fraud claims after the election. The indictment alleges that Ellis was part of an effort to get false electors appointed by state lawmakers in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania. The indictment claims he was in touch with those organizing a meeting of the fake Trump electors in Georgia.

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☆ Trump stiffed his alleged co-conspirators, whose false claims brought in $250 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

But the Trump campaign and their affiliated committees ultimately did not honor that pledge, according to campaign finance records. Over more than two months, Giuliani served as the public face of Trump's election challenges, which ultimately failed. The money came in response to countless fundraising appeals that claimed it was needed to fund Trump's election challenges in court. Chesebro, for his part, told the House committee that the work he did for the Trump team was pro bono. But not a penny more from team Trump for their services.

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Image Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and lawyer for Mr. Trump, was charged as well in the indictment. The indictment bundles together several efforts by Mr. Trump and his allies to reverse the election results in Georgia. The two women served as election workers in Georgia in 2020 and were wrongfully accused of fraud by Mr. Trump and his allies. Patrick Labat, the Fulton County sheriff, said this month that unless he was told otherwise, Mr. Trump would be booked in the same way as any other defendant. Image Mr. Trump has until Aug. 25 to surrender in Fulton County, where he would be arraigned on the charges and enter a plea.

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As president, Trump could try to pardon himself for federal crimes or otherwise seek to dismiss the Justice Department’s cases with “control” of the agency, his attorneys have said. Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Trial Date: May 20, 2024Sentence the Charges Carry: each carries a maximum fine of $250,000, with a maximum prison sentence of between five and 20 years. Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaTrial date: TBDSentence the Charges Carry: Each carries a maximum prison sentence of between five and 20 years. Willis had requested a trial date of Aug. 5, 2024, but McAfee has not yet settled on a date.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, –, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Juan Merchan, Merchan, Jack Smith, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan, District Attorney Fani Willis, Scott McAfee, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, bondsman Scott Hall, Willis, McAfee Organizations: of Columbia, GOP, White, Trump, Prosecutors, Manhattan, Attorney, New York, New, Donald Trump View, Department of Justice, U.S, Walt Nauta –, Mar, Southern, Southern District of, Washington , D.C, Justice, U.S ., Appeals, District of Columbia, District Attorney, Fulton County Superior Court of Locations: New York, Miami, Atlanta, reimbursing, Manhattan, New York County, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Washington ,, United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Fulton County Superior Court of Georgia

Mr. Trump is facing four separate criminal cases, a staggering legal burden for a politician running for another term. It remains unclear when the former president will face trial, and in what court system, since he and his co-defendants have varying legal strategies. Some have filed to move the case to federal court, while others are seeking speedy state trials. As of Sept. 5, all 19 defendants had pleaded not guilty and had waived their right to a formal arraignment. This is the second of the four criminal cases facing Mr. Trump to be centered on his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Persons: Trump, Scott McAfee, Trump’s, Mark Meadows, Rudolph W, Giuliani, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Biden Organizations: White House, New York Times, Siena Locations: Georgia, Fulton County

☆ Who Has Been Charged in the Election Inquiry in Georgia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

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.

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☆ Trump's lawyers wanted Clarence Thomas to review their 2020 election lies, saying he was their 'only chance' of stopping Biden's victory
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's lawyers wanted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to help them stop Biden's 2020 election. One Trump lawyer wrote that "our only chance to get a favorable judicial opinion" that "might hold up the Georgia count in Congress, is from Thomas." one Trump lawyer, Kenneth Chesebro, wrote in a December 31, 2020 email to other attorneys working on Trump's behalf to nullify Biden's victory. Thomas is the circuit justice for Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, meaning he oversees emergency requests coming from those states. He was referring to the conservative lawyer John Eastman, who was one of the recipients of the email.

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☆ Trump's lawyer suggested telling skeptics that it was normal procedure to have Trump's electors vote in states he didn't win, newly released memo shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's lawyer suggested telling people it was normal for his electors to send in votes in losing states, according to a newly released memo. The idea was part of a larger plan to overturn the results of the 2020 election, the NYT reported. The New York Times was the first to report on and obtain the previously secret memo. The previously unknown campaign memo from December 2020 — penned by then-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro — outlined a plan to overturn the 2020 election results. Chesebro wrote in the memo that their electors' votes, which would be cast in December, as well as news of the plan, would leak before the presidential certification on January 6.

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☆ Newly revealed memo details fake elector plot to overturn Trump's 2020 election loss
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Dec. 6, 2020, memo was authored by Kenneth Chesebro, a pro-Trump attorney identified by news outlets as one of six unnamed co-conspirators in Trump's latest indictment. The Dec. 6 memo proposed that groups of "electors" in six key states that Biden won should meet and cast fake votes for Trump. Those votes would then be packaged up to resemble real electoral votes and sent to Washington. According to Chesebro's plan, then-Vice President Mike Pence could then count the Trump votes instead of the real electoral votes during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6. Pence ultimately refused to reject legitimate electoral votes for Biden, resisting pressure from Trump and his allies.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Joe Biden, Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, James Troupis, Chesebro, Biden, Mike Pence, Pence, Jack Smith's Organizations: Windham High School, Trump, The New York Times, CNBC, U.S, Supreme, Democrats, U.S . Capitol, Times Locations: Windham , New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Washington, Troupis

A lawyer allied with President Donald J. Trump first laid out a plot to use false slates of electors to subvert the 2020 election in a previously unknown internal campaign memo that prosecutors are portraying as a crucial link in how the Trump team’s efforts evolved into a criminal conspiracy. The existence of the Dec. 6, 2020, memo came to light in last week’s indictment of Mr. Trump, though its details remained unclear. But even if the plan did not ultimately pass legal muster at the highest level, Mr. Chesebro argued that it would achieve two goals. In mid-December, the false Trump electors could go through the motions of voting as if they had the authority to do so. Then, on Jan. 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence could unilaterally count those slates of votes, rather than the official and certified ones for Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Mr, Kenneth Chesebro, “, Chesebro, Biden, Mike Pence, Joseph R Organizations: The New York Times, Trump

1: RUDY GIULIANIThe former New York City mayor and Trump's former personal attorney has faced legal issues since working on Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He also played a prominent public role in pushing theories of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. He believed there was proof of election fraud, and I have seen the affidavits that back that up." Powell has since been sued for defamation by the voting companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic over false claims she made about them rigging the 2020 election against Trump. 4: JEFFREY BOSSERT CLARKJeffrey Clark is a former high-ranking Justice Department official who has been under investigation by federal prosecutors for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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☆ The new Trump indictment takes aim at his closest allies. They can save themselves by flipping against him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The new indictment against Donald Trump refers to six unindicted co-conspirators. The last time a prosecutor tried flipping people close to Trump, it didn't go too well. According to the new federal indictment against him, brought by Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith, Trump had six criminal co-conspirators. Smith is also overseeing a separate prosecution against Trump and two alleged co-conspirators related to the ex-president's hoarding of government documents. The Manhattan district attorney's office charged Weisselberg and the Trump Organization with a litany of white collar crimes in 2021.

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By the time Jack Smith, the special counsel, was brought in to oversee the investigation of former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the inquiry had already focused for months on a group of lawyers close to Mr. Trump. Many showed up as subjects of interest in a seemingly unending flurry of subpoenas issued by a grand jury sitting in the case. Some were household names, others less familiar. Among them were Rudolph W. Giuliani, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell. On Tuesday, most of these same lawyers showed up again — albeit unnamed — as Mr. Trump’s co-conspirators in a federal indictment accusing him of a wide-ranging plot to remain in office despite having lost the election.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald J, Trump’s, Trump, Rudolph W, Giuliani, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, ”

☆ Here are the likely identities of Trump's co-conspirators in the January 6 indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump was indicted for a third time on Tuesday, this time for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment refers to six unnamed co-conspirators in the wide-ranging plot. The 45-page indictment claims that six of Trump's associates were co-conspirators in the plot, but doesn't name any of them. The indictment alleges that co-conspirator 1 played a key role in attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona, including directly engaging with then-Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, a Republican. Co-conspirator 3: Sidney PowellFormer Trump attorneys Sidney Powell, leaves the Federal Court in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2021.

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