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Fulton DA requests special grand jury for Trump election investigation
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is asking a special grand jury to hear evidence of former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 Georgia election election results. Willis’ request is for Fulton County superior court judges to allow the panel to be put in place on May 2 to determine if the former […]
Rocket launchpad approved for coastal Georgia; more reviews are in store
Local officials are celebrating after receiving the long-awaited word that the Federal Aviation Administration has granted a license to run a spaceport on the Georgia coast. With the operator’s permit, Spaceport Camden is one of more than a dozen licensed spaceports in the country. The rocket launching plan has now passed its most significant hurdle […]
Racial motivation of Arbery’s murderers more explicit when case returns to court
Criminal law experts predict that when the three men convicted in Georgia state court over Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting death stand trial in February on federal hate crime charges, the way prosecutors attempt to add new convictions is sure to focus more on racism as a motivation than last month’s trial. Gregory and Travis McMichael, along […]
Prosecutor says Arbery targeted for being ‘Black man running down the street’
The lead prosecutor in Monday’s closing arguments accused the three white defendants of chasing Ahmaud Arbery because he was Black, a decision that led to his shooting death on a Brunswick-area street Sunday afternoon in 2020. The Glynn County murder trial is set to resume Tuesday with the state’s prosecutors expected to present a two-hour […]
Defense rests after prosecutor pokes at credibility of Georgia man who shot Ahmaud Arbery
The lead prosecutor in Travis McMichael’s murder trial hammered him Thursday for contradictions and failing to take steps to avoid the deadly confrontation that ended with him shooting Ahmaud Arbery on a suburban Brunswick street in February 2020. Cobb County Assistant District Attorney Linda Dunikoski pointed out multiple inconsistencies between the statement Travis McMichael gave […]
Defense lawyer in Arbery case claims Al Sharpton presence intimidates jurors
After Rev. Al Sharpton sat next to Ahmaud Arbery’s family in a Glynn County courtroom Wednesday, a defense attorney representing one of the three white men on trial for Arbery’s killing raised questions about prominent Black pastors showing up. The judge rejected defense attorney Kevin Gough’s request to limit how many nationally recognized Black pastors […]
Explosive testimony on tap as witnesses queued up to testify in Ahmaud Arbery case
The fourth week of the trial of three white men accused of murdering 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery is set to resume this week with testimony from a lengthy witness list that includes police officers, Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) investigators, neighbors of the defendants and others set to testify. Attorneys still aim to finish presenting their […]
Viral video, tight community prolong search for impartial jurors in Ahmaud Arbery case
BRUNSWICK —The selection of jurors for the trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery will present a puzzle for at least a third week, as the prosecutor and defense screen jurors very familiar with a viral video of his killing and often carry small-town personal connections and biases. At the end of the eighth day […]
Election skeptics suing to ‘audit’ 2020 Fulton ballots running short of options
Ten Fulton County, Ga., voters looking to prove the baseless claims that widespread fraud factored in President Joe Biden’s Nov. 3 general election victory are banking on their review of public records to provide ammunition in their quest for an in-depth inspection of absentee ballots. But even with their revelation this week that they’ve identified […]
Georgia prosecutors investigating Trump’s election call to Secretary of State Raffensperger
Fulton County prosecutors are launching a wide-ranging criminal investigation into attempts to overturn last year’s presidential election results in Georgia. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis sent letters Wednesday to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Gov. Brian Kemp, Attorney General Chris Carr and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan asking them to preserve documents and other evidence […]
Texas U.S. Supreme Court suit latest attempt to hand Trump win
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Georgia and three other states in the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to invalidate the Nov. 3 election results that gave President-elect Joe Biden the most votes. The other states are Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. The suit charges Georgia’s state Election Board did not follow the law when it permitted […]
Georgia Secretary of State investigates voting groups as U.S. Senate runoffs near
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says his office is investigating four organizations accused of sending election related mailers to people from other states. Monday’s investigation announcement comes as Raffensperger continues to defend the state’s voting system and as county election offices conduct another recount of a presidential election where Democrat Joe Biden defeated President […]