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Judge denies Mark Meadows' bid to remove his Georgia election case to federal court

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A federal judge has denied former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows' bid to move his Fulton County election interference case to federal court. A federal judge in Georgia on Friday denied former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows' bid to move his Fulton County election interference case to federal court. "Having considered the arguments and the evidence, the Court concludes that Meadows has not met his burden," Judge Steve Jones wrote in a 49-page order. Meadows has already filed notice with the court that he intends to appeal the ruling from Judge Jones to the eleventh circuit. The notice of appeal came just hours after he lost his bid to remove the case to federal court. Meadows had sought to have his case moved based on a federal law that calls for the removal of criminal proceedings brought in state court to the federal court system when someone is charged for actions they allegedly took as a federal official acting "under color" of the...

Harrison Floyd, only defendant held in Georgia election case, released from Fulton County Jail

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Harrison Floyd, the only Georgia election case defendant to be held overnight after surrendering to authorities last week, has been released from Fulton County Jail. Harrison Floyd, the only one of the 19 defendant s in Fulton County DA Fani Willis' election interference case to be held overnight after surrendering to authorities last week, has been released from Fulton County Jail, according to the inmate database. Placed into custody last Thursday after surrendering for processing without a pre-negotiated bond agreement, Floyd spent six days at the facility before posting bail and being released Wednesday. MORE: Who are the 18 co-defendants charged alongside Donald Trump in Georgia? At his first appearance hearing last Friday, he was denied bond by Judge Emily Richardson, who cited his criminal record and flight risk. "There's no way that I'm a flight risk, ma'am. I showed up before the president," Floyd, the former director of the organization Black Vo...

DC Bar panel recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred over 2020 election efforts

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The D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility has recommended that Rudy Giuliani be disbarred in the District of Columbia for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility has recommended that former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani be disbarred in the District of Columbia for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. In a report issued Friday, the D.C. Bar committee said that Giuliani, in his capacity as personal attorney to then-President Donald Trump, committed misconduct by his "frivolous and destructive" efforts to overturn President Joe Biden's win through his failed legal challenges to the election results in Pennsylvania. According to the report, the former New York City mayor violated two legal ethics rules in bringing the lawsuit, which sought to block the certification of votes in the state following Trump's defeat. MORE: Rudy Giuliani sued by former employee for alleged sexual assault and harassment The ...

Judge mulls release of report by grand jury probing efforts to overturn 2020 election in Georgia

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A judge in Georgia is hearing arguments regarding whether to publicly release the report by the grand jury probing efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. A Fulton County, Georgia, judge is hearing arguments Tuesday regarding whether or not to publicly release the long-anticipated report submitted recently by the special grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election . The special grand jury submitted its confidential final report earlier this month, according to court records, after probing the matter for months. MORE: Fulton County grand jury submits final report on Trump's alleged interference in 2020 election Though the grand jury does not have the ability to return an indictment, it can make recommendations concerning criminal prosecution. Another grand jury would bring any possible charges, should they be recommended. The central question regarding the report : Did the grand j...