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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...

The parents of children killed or traumatized by a mass shooting at Covenant School in Nashville asked a court to prevent the killer's writings from being released. Arguing no one has suffered more than them, the parents of three children killed and those traumatized by a mass shooting in March at Covenant School in Nashville are asking a court to prevent the killer's writings from being released The request was filed Wednesday in Davidson County Chancery Court in response to three separate lawsuits asking that the journals of the shooter, 28-year-old Audrey Hale, be made public to shed light on a possible motive for the massacre. A woman pauses as she visits a memorial at the entrance to The Covenant School, March 29, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Wade Payne/AP, FILE In their court filing, the parents asked a judge set a hearing in which they would be allowed to give victim impact statements on how the deadly rampage has affected their lives. "No one was more traumatized o...

A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been suspended from practicing law in Connecticut for six months HARTFORD, Conn. -- A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been suspended from practicing law in Connecticut for six months for improperly giving other Jones' attorneys in Texas confidential documents, including the medical records of relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The ruling by Judge Barbara Bellis on Thursday afternoon came in the families' lawsuit against Jones for repeatedly calling the shooting a hoax on his Infowars show, which resulted in Jones being ordered to pay more than $1.4 billion in damages after a jury trial in Connecticut last year. Bellis said New Haven-based lawyer Norm Pattis failed to safeguard the families' sensitive records in violation of her order that limited access to the documents to attorneys in the Connecticut case. She called his actions an “abject failure” and “inexcusable.” “We canno...

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...

Sarah Krivanek was released Dec. 8, the same day that WNBA star Brittney Griner was released from Russian captivity. An American woman held in captivity in a Russian prison for most of this year says she was assaulted by an inmate and left without contact to the outside world. "Nobody ever came," Sarah Krivanek said. Krivanek, who spoke to ABC News in an exclusive sit-down interview this week, was released Dec. 8, the same day that W NBA star Brittney Griner was released from Russian captivity . She said she is suffering PTSD and malnourishment she endured but had to check herself into a local hospital upon arrival back home. She is currently working with a trauma specialist. Watch the interview with Sarah Krivanek on "Good Morning America" on Thursday In a statement to ABC News, the State Department said, "The U.S. Department of State and our embassies and consulates abroad have no greater priority than the safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas....

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack has released the interview transcripts of 34 witnesses who were interviewed as part of the sprawling probe. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday released the interview transcripts of 34 witnesses who were interviewed as part of the sprawling 17-month probe. House Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie Thompson had initially said the committee would be releasing its voluminous final report Wednesday, but the panel release d a statement Wednesday afternoon saying the report's release would be delayed until Thursday. Among those witnesses whose testimony was released are former President Donald Trump's one-time national security adviser Michael Flynn, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, Infowars host Alex Jones, onetime Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone, and Trump-backed attorneys John Eastman and Jenna Ellis. MORE: Jan. 6 committee condemns Trump as...