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September 8, 2023 Judge rejects Mark Meadows' bid to move 2020 election case
A federal judge Friday rejected former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' bid to move his Georgia criminal case to federal court.
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September 8, 2023 Judge rejects Mark Meadows' bid to move 2020 election case
A federal judge Friday rejected former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' bid to move his Georgia criminal case to federal court.
Georgia special grand jury recommended charges against Graham, Perdue and Loeffler
From Sara Murray, Jason Morris, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen
The special grand jury in Fulton County recommended charges against Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and former GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, according to the special counsel grand jury report released by a judge Friday.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis did not charge Graham or Perdue when she returned an indictment last month against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants in the sprawling racketeering case.
It was up to the district attorney to decide how closely to stick to the special grand jury’s recommendations.
Last year, Perdue launched an unsuccessful Trump-backed primary challenge to unseat Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, which relied heavily on false claims of election fraud made during the 2020 election.
Special grand juries in Georgia cannot issue indictments and instead serve as an investigative tool. This special grand jury began hearing evidence in June 2022, and Willis used it to investigate efforts to overturn the 2020 election, an investigation sparked by Trump’s January 2021 phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger where Trump asked him to “find” the votes he needed to win the state.
The panel ultimately heard from 75 witnesses.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney previously released very limited portions of the special grand jury’s final report, holding back the full release until after Willis announced indictments.
