Trump prosecutor disqualified from Georgia election case
Appeals court deals significant blow to Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis’s case against the president-elect
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Fani Willis disqualified from Trump's Georgia election case, but indictment stands
A Georgia appeals court disqualified Fulton County DA Fani Willis from her election interference prosecution of Donald Trump, but has allowed the indictment to stand.ABC News - 2h -
Appeals Court Disqualifies Fani Willis From Prosecuting Georgia Trump Case
The panel overruled the trial judge, who had allowed Fani T. Willis to keep the case despite a romantic relationship that defendants said created a conflict of interest.The New York Times - 3h -
What to know about DA Fani Willis' removal from Trump case
The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must be removed from the state's 2020 election case against President-elect Donald Trump. CBS News reporter ...CBS News - 4h -
GA appeals court disqualifies DA Fani Willis from Trump election case, lets indictment stand
President-elect Donald Trump and others are charged in Georgia with crimes related to efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.CNBC - 5h -
A Romanian court says the Andrew Tate case can't go to trial because of missteps by the prosecutors
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DA suggests Georgia election interference case against Trump may continue
The state prosecution of Donald Trump on election interference charges in Georgia may be able to continue despite his impending inauguration, prosecutors signaled.ABC News - 1d -
Trump says Georgia election interference 'entirely dead' with Willis disqualification
President-elect Trump on Thursday celebrated the disqualification of Georgia's Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) from the election interference case against him, arguing it should be ...The Hill - 6h -
Georgia appeals court removes Fani Willis from Trump 2020 election case
The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must be removed from the 2020 election case against President-elect Donald Trump.CBS News - 6h -
Fani Willis must be removed from Trump 2020 election case, Georgia appeals court rules
A Georgia court of appeals ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must be removed from the 2020 election case against President-elect Donald Trump. CBS News' Jared Eggleston reports ...CBS News - 7h -
Fani Willis disqualified as prosecutor on Trump Georgia election case
A Georgia appeals court on Thursday booted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D)’s office from the 2020 election interference case against President-elect Trump over her relationship with ...The Hill - 7h -
Appeals court disqualifies DA Fani Willis from Trump's Georgia election interference case
A Georgia appellate court Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and removed her from prosecuting Donald Trump and co-defendants in a case she brought over his efforts to ...NBC News - 7h -
Georgia prosecutors urge appeals court not to toss Trump election interference case
The Fulton County district attorney's office said the president-elect had presented the court with an "underbaked" argument for dismissing the case.NBC News - 1d -
Democrats have learned nothing from their election loss
Instead of listening to demoralized and frustrated Democratic voters, the party elders chose to protect leadership that has lost the confidence of the people. If the party has learned a lesson from ...The Hill - 1d -
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Takeaways from Trump's first post-election news conference
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Bolivian prosecutors seek the arrest of former President Morales in sexual abuse case
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Trump talks drones, an Eric Adams pardon and his election boost from TikTok
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The evidence that transformed a Georgia man from hero to villain
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Trump attorneys criticize prosecutors' "novel" alternative in New York case
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Tom Aspinall thinks that failed drug tests should disqualify Jon Jones from being the all-time best
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Prosecutors say rapper Lil Durk may be linked to second killing as judge orders him jailed in L.A. case
Federal prosecutors said Thursday that Durk Devontay Banks — the Grammy winner known as Lil Durk — may be linked to a second murder in Chicago and accused him of putting out bounties for other ...Los Angeles Times - 6d -
Prosecutors building case against suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder
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Prosecutors in Three States Press Ahead with Election Interference Cases
The cases, which stem from efforts to keep Donald J. Trump in office after his 2020 loss, are proceeding even as Mr. Trump prepares to return to the White House.The New York Times - Dec. 12 -
Biden readies travel bans on Georgia officials for undermining October election
President Biden is readying visa restrictions on officials in the country of Georgia amid a government crackdown on mass protests against the claimed victory by the Georgian Dream party, which ...The Hill - Dec. 12 -
Trafigura says Swiss prosecutors in bribery case were on a political ‘crusade’
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New York prosecutors say Trump's conviction in "hush money" case should stand
Manhattan prosecutors say Donald Trump's election in November shouldn't mean his conviction in May needs to be vacated.CBS News - Dec. 10 -
Prosecutors fight Trump’s latest push to dismiss criminal hush-money case
Prosecutors file paperwork and argue that Trump’s position as president-elect does not grant him legal protection. Manhattan prosecutors filed paperwork to fight Donald Trump ’s most recent push ...The Guardian - Dec. 10 -
Far-right activists from Germany spent US election day at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
AfD parliamentary candidate and influencers posed for photos with now president-elect at his Florida home. As Donald Trump gathered his supporters, family and friends at Mar-a-Lago on US election ...The Guardian - Dec. 7 -
Georgia election workers move for 'severe' sanctions against Giuliani
Attorneys for two ex-Georgia election workers have asked a judge to impose "severe" sanctions on Rudy Giuliani for what they call his "willful flouting" of court orders.ABC News - Dec. 5 -
Trump requests dismissal of charges in Georgia election interference case
Lawyers argue that sitting president is ‘immune from indictment or any criminal process, state or federal’. Donald Trump’s attorney in Georgia has asked the state’s appellate court to dismiss ...The Guardian - Dec. 4 -
Trump asks Georgia court to end criminal election interference case, cites White House win
President-elect Donald Trump faced four criminal cases going into the 2024 election against Vice President Kamala Harris. Only two cases remain now.CNBC - Dec. 4 -
Trump's lawyers move to dismiss Georgia election interference case
Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump asked a Georgia appeals court Wednesday to dismiss the Fulton County racketeering case against him because a "sitting president is completely immune from ...NBC News - Dec. 4 -
Trump asks to dismiss Georgia election interference case over presidential immunity
Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case should be dismissed because a sitting president is immune from criminal prosecution, Trump's attorney argued Wednesday.ABC News - Dec. 4 -
Trump moves to toss Georgia criminal case as president-elect
President-elect Trump on Wednesday asked to throw out his criminal election interference charges in Georgia following his election victory. Trump’s two federal indictments have already been ...The Hill - Dec. 4 -
Kenneth Chesebro seeks to invalidate plea deal in Trump Georgia case
Kenneth Chesebro, a former lawyer for President-elect Trump, is seeking to invalidate his plea deal in the Georgia election interference case that also swept up his former boss as a defendant. ...The Hill - Dec. 4 -
Georgia Republicans Seek Fani Willis’s Testimony and Records in Trump Case
Ms. Willis, who charged Mr. Trump in connection with his efforts to cling to power after the 2020 election, came under scrutiny over her relationship with a lawyer she hired to lead the case.The New York Times - Dec. 3 -
What prosecutors should learn from the Trump election
Prosecutors need to sit up, take notice, and ponder what the election results mean about what they do, how they do it, and how the public perceives it.The Hill - Dec. 3 -
Hedge funds profit from ‘Trump trades’ around US election
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Human rights court rules against Venezuela in 2013 election case
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Venezuelan government violated the political rights of former opposition presidential candidate Henrique CaprilesABC News - Dec. 2
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