The U.S. Supreme Court has lifted a temporary hold on Sen. Lindsey Graham's testimony in the investigation into whether Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. He's been subpoenaed to testify Nov. 17.
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A judge has ordered Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff, to testify before the special grand jury that's investigating whether Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jan. 6 panel votes to subpoena Trump for testimony, saying former president ‘is required to answer for his actions.’
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WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: House Jan. 6 committee plans to vote during hearing to subpoena Donald Trump for testimony.
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Jury selection is set to begin today in the trial of suspended Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill. He's accused of violating detainees' civil rights by having them put in restraint chairs and left there for hours. His lawyers say the charges are baseless.
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Federal prosecutors have recommended a prison sentence of about four years for a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to assaulting an AP photographer and using a stun gun against police during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Fulton County DA Fani Willis filed petitions today seeking to compel testimony from Newt Gingrich, Michael Flynn and others in the investigation into whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
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The future of the Voting Rights Act could hang in the balance when a group of Alabama voters argue before the Supreme Court on Tuesday that Alabama's redrawn congressional districts are unconstitutional because they dilute representation for Black voters.
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is now seeking search warrants in the investigation into whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia.
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NEW w/ : A bipartisan group of US senators is introducing legislation to overhaul oversight & bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting that exposed systemic corruption and abuse
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Stewart Rhodes and his associates are charged with seditious conspiracy. It's a rarely used Civil War-era accusation that strikes to the heart of what prosecutors say happened on Jan. 6. & break down everything you need to know
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OK Florida friends, the storm is here. It's going to suck. Just remember: DO NOT go outside until it's over. The times I've covered people dying in storms, it's usually for one or two reasons.
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MyPillow founder Mike Lindell says that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology used across the country.
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Like so many others, I'm shocked and saddened to hear the news of Page Pate's passing. He was a kind man who always had time and endless patience whenever I had questions about the law. He will be sorely missed.
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A federal judge has said (once again) that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before the special grand jury in the Fulton County election investigation.
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A judge has ruled that Gov. Brian Kemp has to testify before the special grand jury investigating whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. But he's letting Kemp wait until after the November election.
A Georgia prosecutor investigating whether former President Donald Trump tried to interfere with the 2020 election results wants information about a breach of voting equipment in a rural county. Reporting by .
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Fulton County District attorney Fani Willis has filed petitions to have more Trump associates, including Mark Meadows and Sidney Powell, testify before the special grand jury. bit.ly/3AvcXcC
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Since these people don't live in Georgia, Willis has to use a special process to seek their testimony. It involves getting a judge where they live to order them to travel to Atlanta to testify. Here's how it works:
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Fulton County District attorney Fani Willis has filed petitions to have more Trump associates, including Mark Meadows and Sidney Powell, testify before the special grand jury.
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Lawyers for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will be in court today arguing that he shouldn't have to testify before the special grand jury in the Fulton County investigation into possible illegal election interference.
A rural Texas county's two full-time election workers have quit less than three months before November's midterm elections. A scramble to train replacements and ground them in layers of new Texas voting laws is now underway.
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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has cited the Constitution's speech or debate clause as he tries to avoid testifying in the Fulton County investigation into possible illegal attempts to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. Here's what that means:
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ICYMI, here's the exclusive video of Rudy Giuliani as he arrived (by plane) back in New York after testifying for about six hours before the special grand jury in the Fulton County investigation into possible election interference.
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.@AP scores exclusive video of Rudy Giuliani arriving back in NY — being pushed in a wheelchair at JFK airport — after appearing before a special grand jury today in Georgia. youtu.be/ZgyOYwFQ9zw
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Rudy Giuliani didn't talk to reporters as he left the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta after about six hours with the special grand jury, but my colleague caught up with him when he landed in New York. (Yes, he flew.)
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Rudy Giuliani's attorneys have been notified that he's a target of the Georgia election investigation. He's scheduled to testify before the special grand jury Wednesday.
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A federal judge has declined to quash the subpoena ordering U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify before the special grand jury in the investigation into possible illegal attempts to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says he invoked Fifth Amendment, declined to answer questions during testimony in NY civil investigation.
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Donald Trump says he will testify Wednesday in New York civil probe of his real estate value claims.
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A judge has said Rudy Giuliani must come to Atlanta to testify before the special grand jury in the Fulton County election investigation. The judge said Giuliani should be here on Aug. 17 unless a doctor says he can't.
Greg and Travis McMichael, who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery, get life in prison for federal hate crimes. They were already serving life for state convictions. William “Roddie” Bryan, who recorded the chase and killing, gets 35 years in federal prison.
Travis McMichael, who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, has been sentenced to life in prison for federal hate crime conviction. He's already serving life without parole on state charges.
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ICYMI. Deadline to apply is Aug. 15.
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Come work with us! AP is hiring a race and voting reporter who can be based in any U.S. city where there's an AP office. I'd love to see someone join us here in Atlanta... careers.ap.org/job/Race-and-V
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Rusty Bowers, the Arizona House speaker who testified before the Jan. 6 committee about Donald Trump's pressure to overturn the 2020 election, has lost a Republican primary for state Senate to former lawmaker David Farnsworth, who was endorsed by Trump.
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As expected, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has filed a motion to quash the subpoena seeking his testimony before the special grand jury that's looking into whether Trump and others illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia:
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"The Associated Press, who also had a female reporter subjected to that same clothing inspection, also sent a letter to Ivey late Friday afternoon asking her office to investigate and “ensure such behavior is not tolerated and does not occur again."
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“Singling out female reporters for arbitrary clothing inspections is humiliating, discriminatory and simply unacceptable behavior toward professional journalists trying to cover one of the most serious events they are called upon to witness.” -Julie Pace
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