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Three Prosecutors Who Are Investigating Their Political Opponents

Trump announcing his candidacy would not end Garland's investigation. Rather, it would likely result in the appointment of a special counsel.

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Georgia Republicans back fake elector for state Senate

ATLANTA — A phony elector who participated in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election is a leading candidate for the state Senate, embraced by Republican lawmakers and candidates since winning the primary election in May.

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AJC poll: Kemp, Warnock slightly ahead in Georgia's top races

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is slightly ahead of Republican Herschel Walker in the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of a race that could decide control of the Senate, while Gov. Brian Kemp has an apparent lead over Democrat Stacey Abrams in a rematch for Georgia's top office.

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Federal judge: Georgia Congressman can’t avoid testimony before Fulton County special grand jury

ATLANTA — A federal judge on Monday indicated that a Georgia congressman couldn’t kill a subpoena from the Fulton County special grand jury studying whether former President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to sway Georgia’s 2020 elections.

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Judge blocks Fulton DA from questioning Georgia GOP senator in Trump probe

ATLANTA — A Fulton County judge is disqualifying District Attorney Fani Willis and her office from questioning state Sen. Burt Jones as part of their investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and his allies broke the law as they sought to overturn Georgia’s 2020 elections.

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Judge: Georgia probe prosecutor can't question fake elector

A judge has ruled that the prosecutor who’s investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia cannot question a lawmaker who signed a certificate falsely stating that Trump won the state

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Judge blocks Fulton DA from questioning Georgia GOP senator in Trump probe

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Fulton County judge: ‘Alternate’ GOP electors must honor subpoenas to testify

ATLANTA — The Fulton County judge overseeing the special grand jury that’s examining whether there was any criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections said Thursday that 11 “alternate” Republican electors who were recently deemed targets of the probe would need to honor subpoenas for their testimony.

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Judge won't quash subpoenas for Georgia false electors

A judge says Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that Donald Trump had won the state in 2020 and that they were the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors will have to appear before a special grand jury investigating whether the former president and others illegally tried to…

The Independent UK

Georgia fake electors seek to quash election probe subpoenas

A group of Georgia Republicans who have been informed that they are at risk of being indicted in an investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally interfered in the 2020 election in Georgia are fighting subpoenas to testify before a special grand jury

The Independent UK

More sham Georgia GOP electors face potential charges in Fulton probe

ATLANTA — The scope of the Fulton County grand jury investigation into Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election came into clearer focus as court filings Tuesday indicate that at least a dozen phony Georgia Republican electors have been informed they could face criminal charges.

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Sham Georgia GOP electors face potential charges in Fulton probe

ATLANTA — The scope of the Fulton County grand jury investigation into Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election came into clearer focus as court filings Tuesday indicated that all 16 phony Georgia Republican electors have been informed they could face criminal charges.

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Georgia prosecutor sends ‘target’ letter to Republican Trump allies

Comes as part of Fulton County DA Fani Willis’s investigation of false electors

The Independent UK

Lt. Gov. candidate's involvement in 'fake' GOP electors draws Republican scrutiny

ATLANTA — State Sen. Burt Jones' role on a phony slate of GOP electors in Georgia, designed to help Donald Trump's failed effort to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election, is drawing increased scrutiny as the Republican vies to become the state's next lieutenant governor.

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Feds step up investigation of ‘fake’ Georgia GOP electors

ATLANTA — Federal investigators have stepped up their investigation into a phony slate of GOP electors in Georgia designed to help former President Donald Trump’s failed effort to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.

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Jones wins primary for Ga. lieutenant governor, solidifying GOP ticket

ATLANTA — Georgia state Sen. Burt Jones won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor without having to compete in a runoff after his top rival, Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller, conceded Friday.

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Feds interview Georgia Republicans who refused to serve as 'fake' electors

ATLANTA — Federal investigators have interviewed several Georgia Republicans who refused to join a phony slate of GOP electors to help Donald Trump's failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

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Donald Trump's revenge tour is derailed in Georgia

ATLANTA — No state has been at the center of Donald Trump's obsession with overturning his 2020 election defeat so much as Georgia. And Tuesday's primary results offered more of a rebuke than an embrace of his attempt to reshape the state GOP.

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Georgia’s early voting a decisive moment in state politics

ATLANTA — Georgia’s primaries won’t just shape the future of the state Republican Party and test the durability of Donald Trump’s influence. The votes will also dictate the direction for state Democrats eager to build on their party’s victories in the last campaign cycle.

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Self-proclaimed ‘Black Donald Trump’ to test ex-president’s brand in rural Georgia

MONROE, Ga. — There may be no greater test of former President Donald Trump’s clout in the midterm election than the congressional race he just upended in northeast Georgia.

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