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. Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023
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 · Jul 5, 2023
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. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2023
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 · Jun 20, 2023
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. Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2023
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. Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023
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. Tribune News Service · May 20, 2023
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 The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2023
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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. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 19, 2023
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. Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2023
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. Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023
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. Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2023
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. Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023
Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023 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 · Mar 27, 2023 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 · Mar 24, 2023 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.
Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023 Patricia Murphy: The peril of charging Donald Trump for bookkeeping fraud, but not election lies Donald Trump has never been an understated man. His motto in life always seems to have been, “Why just do something when you can overdo it?” So it’s fitting that just as Trump has launched his third run for president, he is also now poised to become the first former…
The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023 Trump asks court to toss entire Georgia grand jury probe and disqualify district attorney Trump’s legal team wants a court to toss out the special grand jury’s entire work product and preclude District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting the ex-president
Salon · Mar 17, 2023 Special counsel targets new Trump lawyer Jack Smith's team is seeking to compel testimony from Jennifer Little, Trump's lawyer in the Fulton County probe
Tribune News Service · Mar 15, 2023 Behind the scenes of the Trump grand jury ATLANTA — The bomb-sniffing dog was new. The special grand jurors investigating interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections hadn’t before seen that level of security on the third floor of the Fulton County courthouse where they had been meeting in secret for nearly eight months.
The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023 Judge clears Trump Georgia grand jury foreperson over ‘media tour’ Judge overseeing case says grand jurors are free to ‘talk about the final report’
Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023 Trump attorneys: Special grand jury probe ‘a clown show’ ATLANTA — The Georgia-based legal team representing Donald Trump accused Fulton County prosecutors of running a “clown-like” investigation into whether the former president and his allies criminally interfered in the state’s 2020 elections.
The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023 Trump lawyers blast election probe after grand juror speaks Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers in Georgia are criticizing the Fulton County investigation into potential illegal election meddling after the foreperson of the special grand jury seated to help the probe went public this week
Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2023 Fulton County grand jury recommended multiple indictments in Georgia election interference probe, forewoman says ATLANTA — A Fulton County special grand jury recommended that multiple people be indicted following a nearly eight-month investigation where it examined potential criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections, according to the jury forewoman.