By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | September 5, 2023
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee had scheduled arraignment hearings for Wednesday for Meadows, former President Donald Trump and the other 17 people charged last month in a sprawling indictment. By midday Tuesday, all of the defendants had filed paperwork pleading not guilty in filings with the court and waived their rights to an arraignment hearing.
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | September 5, 2023
The trial beginning Tuesday is part of a wave of litigation progressing after the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year stood behind its interpretation of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting Alabama's challenge to the law.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | September 5, 2023
In filing his not guilty plea with the court, the former New York mayor and Trump attorney also waived his right to appear at an arraignment hearing set for Sept. 6. He joins the former president and at least 10 others in forgoing a trip to Atlanta to appear before a judge in a packed courtroom with a news camera rolling.
By Christine Fernando | The Associated Press | September 5, 2023
Chad Stark, 55, of Leander, Texas, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of communicating interstate threats after he was accused of posting threatening messages on Craigslist about killing government officials in Georgia. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | August 31, 2023
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee had set arraignment hearings for Trump and the 18 others charged in the case for Sept. 6. A court filing waiving arraignment means Trump won't have to show up for that.
By Lindsay Whitehurst and Christina A. Cassidy | The Associated Press | August 31, 2023
Government employees are being bombarded with threats even in normally quiet periods between elections, secretaries of state and experts warn. Some point to former President Donald Trump and his allies repeatedly and falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen and spreading conspiracy theories about election workers.
By Nicholas Riccardi | The Associated Press | August 31, 2023
The 14th Amendment bars from office anyone who once took an oath to uphold the Constitution but then "engaged" in "insurrection or rebellion" against it. A growing number of legal scholars say the post-Civil War clause applies to Trump after his role in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election and encouraging his backers to storm the U.S. Capitol.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | August 30, 2023
A lawyer for Harrison William Prescott Floyd on Tuesday negotiated a $100,000 bond with the office of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
By Eric Tucker | The Associated Press | August 30, 2023
"Bad lawyering" is in and of itself not a crime, nor is "testing the waters" of legal arguments, said Stephen Saltzburg, a George Washington University law professor and former Justice Department official.
By Chris O'Malley | August 30, 2023
"These changes radically shift the legal landscape for companies," Morgan, Lewis & Bockius wrote in a note to corporate clients, and "make it much easier for unions to organize."
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