JUST IN: Judge McAfee in Fulton County DENIES Misty Hampton’s Motion to Stay Proceedings while the #Georgia Court of Appeals hears the appeal of McAfee’s denial of #Trump and other defendants’ motion to disqualify DA #FaniWillis. #legal
As expected, #Trump’s lead attorney in #Georgia election subversion case, Steve Sadow, is requesting oral arguments at Georgia Court of Appeals on whether Fulton County DA #FaniWillis should be disqualified.
If court OK’s request, oral arguments tentatively scheduled for October. #legal
A 2nd #Trump admin could #weaponize existing government agencies to dismantle democracy itself.
This article is part of “Project 2025: The Plot Against #America,” a Nation special issue devoted to unpacking the right’s vast & chilling program for a 2nd Trump term.
managing elections to benefit himself & his #Republican allies; gutting public broadcasting & constraining #press#freedom; & undermining civil society. #Trump, who…demanded that the results of #Georgia’s 2020…[election] be “recalculated” to give him a win, wants the trappings of #democracy w/o the reality of electoral consequences. That’s what #propaganda experts Edward Herman & Frank Brodhead described as “demonstration elections,” in which…wins are assured for the #authoritarians….
The GA Court of Appeals on Wed ordered a halt to the proceedings in the election interference case against Trump & 8 co-defendants pending the outcome of their appeal seeking to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney #FaniWillis.
The order, issued by the full appeals court, means the case against #Trump & his co-defendants, accusing them of a #criminal#conspiracy to try to overturn his defeat in the state, will almost certainly not be scheduled for trial before the fall #election or even the new year. It remains unclear if the case against the 6 remaining co-defendants who did not sign onto the appeal will proceed.
“#Georgia Court of Appeals temporarily halted proceedings in #Trump case while it reviews a trial judge's ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney #FaniWillis to continue prosecuting the case.
The stay issued by the court applies only to Trump and the eight co-defendants who sought to have Willis and her office removed from the case because of an improper relationship she had with Nathan Wade, who served as a special prosecutor” #legal
WI’s AG filed charges against an aide & 2 attys who advised Trump over a meeting of #Republicans who claimed to be the state’s 2020 presidential electors even though Trump had lost the state.
The charges are the first in WI related to the meeting of electors. Prosecutors have separately charged Republicans who were involved in similar efforts in #Arizona, #Michigan, #Nevada & #Georgia.
#Trump & 18 of his allies were indicted in #FultonCounty, GA, last Aug, in a #RICO case. The case was brought by the DA #FaniWillis.
But the #racketeering case is unlikely to go to trial this yr. Part of the delay stems from an affair between Willis & the atty she hired to run the case, Nathan Wade. Defense claimed it created a conflict of interest.
Judge McAfee, held many hearings on the topic & decided not to disqualify Willis, if Wade stepped down; he did.
Those hearings are hardly the only matter weighing on the case. Dozens of pretrial motions have yet to be resolved, including recent sparring over the #precedent in a legal case from the 1890s.
Then there are appeals. Defense lawyers have appealed the disqualification decision to the #Georgia Court of Appeals, while DA #FaniWillis’s office has appealed Judge McAfee’s decision to quash a few charges.
Demonstrators stand in front of law enforcement officers during a rally to protest against a bill on 'foreign agents', after Georgia's parliament voted to override a presidential veto of the bill, in Tbilisi, Georgia [Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters]
#Georgia’s Parliament gave final approval to a contentious bill that critics say could undermine the country’s efforts to join the EU in favor of closer ties with #Russia - NYT