The GA Prosecutor Criminally Investigating Trumps Attempt to Overturn the Election Says Witnesses Are Ratting Each Other Out – Vanity Fair
Earlier this month, we learned that Donald Trump may follow up his history-making indictment in New York with a second indictment in Fulton County, Georgia, for his attempt to overturn the 2020 election there. At this time, its not clear when (or if) that might happen, but there have been some recent developments in the caseand they apparently include witnesses ratting each other out and an attorney who may be on the receiving end of some scathing Yelp reviews about her work.
CNN reports that, in a new court filing, Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis said some of the fake electors who schemed to keep the 45th president in power have implicated each other in potential criminal activity, and that attorney Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow should be disqualified for representing them given the obvious conflicts of interest. The statement of some of her clients that directly implicate another client in additional crimes shows that Ms. Debrows continued participation in this matter is fraught with conflicts of interest that rise to the level of her being disqualified from this case in its entirety, the DAs office wrote in the filing. Williss office also claimed that Debrow failed to inform her clients about potential immunity deals that they were offered last year. Debrow did not immediately respond to CNNs request for comment.
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Willis opened her investigation into Trumps attempt to overturn the 2020 election in February 2021, shortly after he called Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger and demanded the local official find him the precise number of votes he needed to beat Joe Biden in the state. Williss probe later expanded to include the scheme by a slate of fake electors to steal Trump a second term. Those individuals were informed last year that they were official targets of the investigation and could face criminal charges.
After a special grand jury wrapped up its probe in January, forewomanEmily Kohrstold The New YorkTimes, of the groups recommendations re: who should be indicted, it is not a short list. She added that people would not be shocked by who was on it, when asked if the list included Trump.
The Fulton County investigation is, of course, just one of a number of legal issues facing the ex-president. In addition to the Manhattan district attorneys case against him, a special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland is investigating both Trumps handling of classified documentsand possible obstruction of justiceas well as his attempt to overturn the 2020 election and the insurrection that followed.
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Like their colleagues in Arkansas and other states across the country, Hawkeye Republicans apparently believe child labor laws have been working far too well, and were willing to set their alarms early on Tuesday to do something about it.
Per WHO13:
The Iowa Legislature went into session very early Tuesday morning, taking up debate on the bill on youth employment. The session opened at 3:36 a.m. and the vote onSF 542in the Iowa Senate happened at 4:52 a.m. It passed by a margin of 32 to 17. All Democrats voted against it as well as two Republicans. The bill allows 14-year-olds to work six-hour night shifts, allows 15-year-olds to work in plants on assembly lines moving items up to 50 pounds, and allows 16 and 17-year-olds to serve alcohol.
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Santoss seat is one of Democrats top targets in next years elections, but the freshman lawmaker is a notable omission from Protect the House New York 2024, a joint fundraising committee formed to corral money for vulnerable House Republicans in the state.
The committee includes both House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his leadership PAC, as well as the NRCC, the House Republicans campaign arm, and the New York State Republicans federal PAC. Joint fundraising committees allow multiple candidates to bundle large amounts of cash from donors while helping defray the costs associated with raising that money.
Asked Monday if hell support Santoss bid for a second term in Congress, McCarthy reportedly laughed and said, I didnt know he announced. We will wait and see who all files. (To be clear, it would not at all be surprising for McCarthy to ultimately back Santos because, again, he has no morals, standards, or soul.)
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