Georgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case
An attorney for Donald Trump says the former president looks forward to presenting arguments to a Georgia appeals court that will review a ruling letting Fani Willis keep prosecuting the election interference case against him.
Trump asks appeals court to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to remain on Georgia election case
Former President Donald Trump and other defendants accused of illegally trying to interfere in Georgia's 2020 election have submitted an application to appeal a ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case.
Judge clears way for Trump to appeal ruling keeping Fani Willis on Georgia 2020 election case
An attorney for Donald Trump says he’s optimistic an appellate review will lead to the Georgia 2020 election interference case against him being dismissed and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis being disqualified.
Trump seeks to appeal decision not to disqualify district attorney from Georgia election case
Former President Donald Trump and other defendants in Georgia’s election interference case are seeking to appeal a judge’s ruling not to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from their prosecution.
What to know about judge's ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump's Georgia election case
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can prosecute Donald Trump on charges that he interfered with Georgia’s 2020 election now that a special prosecutor with whom she had a romantic relationship has withdrawn from the case.
Prosecutor Nathan Wade leaves Georgia election case against Trump after relationship with DA Fani Willis
A special prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has withdrawn from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis and judge in Trump 2020 election case draw primary challengers
A progressive Democrat and a Republican who briefly worked in Donald Trump’s administration have entered the district attorney’s race in Fulton County, Georgia, where the former president is being prosecuted.
Lawyer behind effort to remove Fani Willis from Georgia Trump case testifies before state lawmakers
The lawyer who initiated the effort to remove Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has walked state lawmakers through her investigation into the Fulton County district attorney’s romantic relationship with a special prosecutor and why she believes it creates a conflict of interest.
Judge indicates he will rule within next 2 weeks on bid to remove Fani Willis from Trump case
The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has indicated that he will rule within the next two weeks on whether to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the case over a romantic relationship with a top prosecutor.
Texts show prosecutor's ex-law partner gave info for effort to remove Fani Willis from election case
Text messages obtained by The Associated Press show that a former law partner of a special prosecutor in the Georgia election case against Donald Trump was sharing information with an attorney for one of Trump’s co-defendants.
Ex-law partner is evasive as attorneys press for details on Willis and Wade's romance in Trump case
A former law partner of Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade has taken to the witness stand as lawyers pressed him on details about a romantic relationship between Wade and District Attorney Fani Willis that has roiled the 2020 Georgia election case against Donald Trump.
Cellphone data cited in court filing raises questions about testimony on Fani Willis relationship
A court filing uses cellphone location data to try to raise questions about the testimony given by a special prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis while working on the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
Fani Willis' testimony evokes long-standing frustrations for Black women leaders
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ testimony about her relationship with a special prosecutor in Georgia’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump was a familiar scene for many Black women.
Judge to consider whether to remove District Attorney Fani Willis from Georgia election case
A Georgia judge has scheduled a hearing on a motion to bar Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from continuing to pursue her election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others.
Fani Willis acknowledges a 'personal relationship' with prosecutor she hired in Trump's Georgia case
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in a court filing has acknowledged having a “personal relationship” with a special prosecutor she hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
Georgia district attorney prosecuting Trump has been subpoenaed over claims of improper relationship
A defense attorney who has alleged that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has had an inappropriate romantic relationship with a special prosecutor hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump has called the two to testify at a hearing next month.
Could Georgia's Fani Willis be removed from prosecuting Donald Trump?
Accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an affair with a special prosecutor she hired to seek convictions of Donald Trump and others for interfering in Georgia’s 2020 election have led to renewed calls to remove Willis from the case.
Judge orders the unsealing of divorce case of Trump special prosecutor in Georgia accused of affair
A judge has ordered court records to be made public in the divorce involving a special prosecutor hired in the Georgia election case against Donald Trump and accused of having an affair with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Lawyer hired to prosecute Trump in Georgia is thrust into the spotlight over affair claims
Allegations of a romantic relationship between a Georgia district attorney and an outside lawyer she hired has roiled the 2020 election case against Donald Trump and 18 others and called into question the qualifications of the special prosecutor.
Fani Willis accuses estranged wife of special prosecutor of 'interfering' with Trump election case
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is accusing the estranged wife of a special prosecutor she hired of trying to obstruct her criminal election-interference case against former President Donald Trump and others by seeking to question her as part of the couple’s divorce proceedings.
Apology letters by Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro in Georgia election case are one sentence long
The apology letters that Donald Trump-allied lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro were required to write as a condition of their plea deals in the Georgia election interference case are just one sentence long.
It's a 'silly notion' that Trump's Georgia case should pause for the election, Willis tells the AP
The district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia says it’s a “silly notion” that the former president’s case should be paused just because he’s running for office.
Trump attorney says trial during campaign would be 'election interference' if he is GOP nominee
An attorney for former President Donald Trump says it would amount to “election interference” if his client is the Republican nominee for president while on trial in Georgia in the months running up to the general election.
Judge imposes stricter bond conditions on Trump co-defendant in Georgia election subversion case
The Georgia judge overseeing the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump and others imposed stricter bond conditions for one of the defendants after prosecutors complained about his social media posts that mentioned witnesses and co-defendants.
The Georgia district attorney who charged Trump expects his trial to be underway over Election Day
The Georgia district attorney who charged former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election says she expects his trial will be underway over Election Day next year and could possibly stretch past the inauguration in 2025.
Georgia prosecutors are picking up cooperators in the Trump 2020 election case. Will it matter?
Plea deals with Georgia prosecutors in the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump ensure the cooperation of three witnesses who could presumably offer insider accounts of the desperate scheming to help him remain in office.
Alex Jones, Ronna McDaniel potential witnesses in Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro's Georgia trial
The Georgia prosecutor who has accused former President Donald Trump and others of trying to illegally overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state is seeking to call Republican Party Chair Ronna McDaniel and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as witnesses in a trial for two of the defendants scheduled to begin later this month.
Ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark acted within the scope of official duties in Georgia case, lawyer says
Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark was acting within the scope of his official duties when he wrote a letter expressing concern about alleged concerns with the 2020 election in Georgia, his lawyer said as he sought to move charges against Clark to federal court.
Georgia election case prosecutors cite fairness in urging 1 trial for Trump and 18 other defendants
Prosecutors who have accused former President Donald Trump and 18 others of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia maintain that all of the defendants should be tried together, citing efficiency and fairness.
Georgia special grand jury report shows Graham and others spared from charges, and more new details
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis pursued charges against roughly half of the people recommended to her by a special grand jury tasked with investigating efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election.
Georgia special grand jury recommended charges against 39 people, including Sen. Lindsey Graham
A special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results recommended indictments against a much larger group than prosecutors ultimately charged, including one current and two former U.S. senators.
District attorney in Georgia election case against Trump and others seeks protections for jurors
The Georgia prosecutor who has brought charges accusing former President Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state is asking the judge in the case to take steps to protect jurors in the case.
Trump and 18 others charged in the Georgia election case are set to be arraigned on Sept. 6
Former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted along with him in Georgia are scheduled to be arraigned next week on charges they participated in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Trump chief of staff Meadows says actions laid out in Georgia indictment were part of his job
Mark Meadows has testified that actions detailed in a sweeping indictment accusing him of participating in an illegal conspiracy to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia were all part of his job as White House chief of staff.
Trump and all 18 others charged in Georgia election case meet the deadline to surrender at jail
Former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted along with him in Georgia on charges that they participated in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election have all turned themselves in to a jail in Atlanta before the deadline at noon Friday.
Attorney John Eastman surrenders on charges in Trump's Georgia 2020 election subversion case
A conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power has turned himself in to authorities on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the then-president’s 2020 election loss.
How Trump's attacks on prosecutors build on history of using racist language and stereotypes
Donald Trump’s response this week to his fourth criminal indictment in five months follows a strategy he has used for years against legal and political opponents: relentless attacks, often infused with language that is either overtly racist or is coded in ways that appeal to racists.
Special prosecutor will examine actions of Georgia's lieutenant governor in Trump election meddling
A Georgia agency says it will name a special prosecutor to consider whether the state’s Republican lieutenant governor should face criminal charges for efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in the state.
How Fani Willis oversaw what might be the most sprawling legal case against Donald Trump
Just one month after Donald Trump’s January 2021 phone call to suggest Georgia’s secretary of state could overturn his election loss, district attorney Fani Willis announced she was looking into possibly illegal “attempts to influence” the results.
Atlanta begins to brace for the potential of a new Trump indictment as soon as next week
Donald Trump and officials in Atlanta are bracing for a new indictment that could come as soon as next week in a Georgia prosecutor’s investigation into the Republican ex-president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.
Trump attempt to derail Georgia election investigation rejected by judge
A judge has rejected an attempt by former President Donald Trump to keep a Georgia district attorney from prosecuting him and from using certain evidence gathered in her investigation into potential illegal meddling in the 2020 election in the state.
A grand jury sworn in Tuesday could decide whether Trump is charged over Georgia's 2020 election
A new grand jury sworn in Tuesday in Atlanta will likely consider whether criminal charges are appropriate for former President Donald Trump or his allies for their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia.
Prosecutor suggests any indictments in Trump election investigation would likely come in August
The Atlanta prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others broke the law while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia seems to be suggesting that any grand jury indictments in the case would likely come in August.
Georgia prosecutor fights back against Trump attempt to remove her from election probe
The Georgia prosecutor who’s investigating whether Donald Trump and his allies broke any laws as they tried to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state is fighting back against the former president’s attempt to remove her from the case and exclude certain evidence.
At least 8 fake electors have immunity in Ga. election probe
The prosecutor investigating possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election in Georgia has agreed to immunity deals with at least eight Republican fake electors who signed a certificate falsely stating that then-President Donald Trump had won the state.
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.
Georgia grand jury heard another Trump call recording
A special grand jury that investigated whether Donald Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia heard a recording of the former president pushing a top state lawmaker to call a special session to overturn his loss in the state.