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Legal bills mount for Georgia Republican Party in Trump investigation

The Georgia GOP spent more in the first six months of 2023 than it paid out in all of 2022 to represent “alternative” Republican electors targeted amid Fulton County’s probe into whether Donald Trump and his allies committed crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 defeat.

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Georgia’s top court rejects Trump’s bid to quash grand jury report

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday unanimously rejected former President Donald Trump’s bid to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the 2020 presidential election probe and to quash a special purpose grand jury’s final report that recommends people be indicted.

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DOJ Opens Probe Into Jail Where Inmate Died Covered in Insects

The Justice Department will investigate reports that inmates at Fulton County Jail are subject to filthy living conditions.

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Georgia investigation finds errors in Fulton audit of 2020 election

Vote counters made numerous mistakes during an audit of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, including double-counted and misallocated votes, according to a consent order recently approved by the State Election Board and the county.

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Trump asks Georgia’s top court to quash grand jury report, disqualify Fulton DA

Weeks before he’s expected to be indicted in Fulton County, former President Donald Trump revived his push to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis from investigating him for election interference.

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DOJ to probe Fulton County Jail after death of mentally ill inmate

The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of conditions in the Fulton County Jail, citing the Sept. 13 death of a homeless and mentally ill man in the lockup’s psychiatric wing.

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Feds to investigate Georgia's Fulton County Jail for filthy, dangerous conditions

The investigation into the Atlanta-based jail comes almost a year after the death of Lashawn Thompson who died in a bedbug-infested cell in Fulton County Jail's psychiatric wing.

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Who is Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who could take down Trump

A district attorney with a long history of targeting organised crime gangs has the former president in her sights, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Six months later, delays abound in high-profile, slow-moving Young Slim Life trial

ATLANTA — It’s been six months since the “Young Slime Life” trial started and a jury still hasn’t been selected.

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Republicans sue over rejection of party nominee to election board in Georgia's most populous county

The Republican Party in Georgia’s most populous county is suing local elected officials over the rejection of one of the party’s nominees to serve on the county election board

The Independent UK

No elections takeover: Georgia board clears Fulton County

A unanimous vote by the State Election Board on Tuesday scuttled a potential state takeover of elections in Fulton County following Georgia’s 2020 presidential race.

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Georgia officials won't take over elections in state's largest, Democrat-heavy county

Georgia’s State Election Board won’t take over running elections in the state’s most populous county, ending an investigation that had sparked fears of partisan meddling

The Independent UK

Fulton County DA: Trump’s federal indictment will not impact our case

ATLANTA — New York Attorney General Letitia James recently caused a stir when she said state-led cases against former President Donald Trump would have to be put on hold until the U.S. Department of Justice’s classified documents case plays out.

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Trump’s lawyers ask Fulton County judge to let them respond to DA’s filing

ATLANTA — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a Fulton County judge to reconsider his decision to deny their request to respond to a District Attorney’s Office filing in the ongoing investigation into possible criminal meddling with the 2020 election.

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Fulton County DA teases possible August charges in Trump probe

ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hinted that she might seek indictments in early to mid-August in her long-running inquiry of former President Donald Trump and his allies.

The Independent UK

Leaked texts reveal Trump operatives’ plan to use breached Georgia voter data to overturn 2020 election

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis carrying out investigation into attempts to subvert 2020 election

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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, April 21, 2023

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including legislative activity, nationwide trends, and recent news.

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Pa. Supreme Court sanctions county for violating order on Dominion voting machines

PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday said Fulton County had blatantly defied the court when it allowed a third-party company to access its 2020 voting machines.

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Fulton prosecutors offered immunity deals to some GOP electors

ATLANTA — The Fulton County district attorney’s office has offered immunity deals to some of the alternate GOP electors who met at the Georgia Capitol and cast phony Electoral College votes for Donald Trump following the 2020 election.

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Roswell approves ordinance for Fulton to manage local election in November

ATLANTA — Roswell City Council has approved Fulton County managing its municipal election in November. The Monday vote approved an intergovernmental agreement for Fulton County elections to conduct the election at a minimum cost of $814,420.

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Judge in Young Slime Life case orders mental evaluation on defendant for competency to stand trial

ATLANTA — A defendant in the sweeping gang case against Young Thug and a number of his alleged associates wants to represent himself but Fulton County Chief Judge Ural Glanville ordered a mental evaluation instead.

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What Trump’s indictment in New York means for Fulton County inquiry

ATLANTA — Mass protests. Hordes of media. The specter of one of the most remarkable “perp walks” in memory.

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Trump indicted: The New York and Georgia cases compared

For years, criminal investigations have been underway in New York and Georgia into former President Donald Trump. On Thursday, media outlets, citing sources with knowledge of the matter, reported that a grand jury in Manhattan had voted to indict Trump, the first time a sitting or former president has faced…

The Independent UK

Georgia judge orders prosecutors to reply to Trump challenge

A Georgia judge is ordering the Fulton County district attorney’s office to respond to a motion by former President Donald Trump to throw out a report by a special grand jury that investigated attempts to interfere in the state’s 2020 presidential election

Tribune News Service

Fulton County jurors raise perjury concerns in Trump probe, but lying is hard to prove in court

ATLANTA — Perhaps the most intriguing revelation included in the portions of the Fulton County special grand jury’s final report released last month was that at least one witness may have lied under oath.

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