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KATE BRUMBACK

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Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, immigration judge rules

A Louisiana immigration judge says Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported as a national security risk

Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, immigration judge rules
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|US

Judge declines to send Young Thug to prison over a viral post that sparked backlash

A judge in Atlanta declined prosecutors' request to send the rapper Young Thug to prison

Judge declines to send Young Thug to prison over a viral post that sparked backlash
Election|Political|Technology|US

Judge in long-running lawsuit declines to block the use of Georgia's voting system

A federal judge has declined to block the use of Georgia’s electronic voting system

Judge in long-running lawsuit declines to block the use of Georgia's voting system
Election|Political|US

Justice Department instructed to dismiss legal challenge to Georgia election law

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has instructed the Justice Department to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a sweeping 2021 election law in Georgia

Justice Department instructed to dismiss legal challenge to Georgia election law
Crime|Election|Political|US

Judge says Fani Willis violated open records law, orders her to pay $54K in attorneys' fees

A judge has ordered Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to pay more than $54,000 in attorneys’ fees and to turn over documents after finding that her office violated Georgia’s Open Records Act

Judge says Fani Willis violated open records law, orders her to pay $54K in attorneys' fees
Election|Political|US

The 2024 election in Georgia's Fulton County was 'organized and orderly,' independent monitors say

A team of independent monitors says Georgia’s Fulton County conducted an “organized and orderly” election last year

The 2024 election in Georgia's Fulton County was 'organized and orderly,' independent monitors say
Crime|US

Statements man charged in Atlanta spa killings made post-arrest can be used at trial, judge rules

Attorneys for a man accused of killing four women at Atlanta massage businesses asked a judge not to let a jury hear statements he made after his arrest

Statements man charged in Atlanta spa killings made post-arrest can be used at trial, judge rules
Business|Crime|Health|Political|US

Judge appoints monitor to oversee agreement to reform Georgia's Fulton County Jail

A federal judge has appointed a lead monitor with three decades of experience in corrections to oversee a consent decree meant to address dangerous and unhealthy jail conditions in Georgia’s most populous county

Crime|Health|Political|US

Lawyers spar over COVID-related agreement that shields some on Georgia's death row from execution

Lawyers are sparring over a COVID-19-related agreement that has shielded some people on Georgia's death row from execution

Crime|Political|US

Judge says lethal injection doesn't violate rights of man on death row, avoids firing squad question

A federal judge has ruled against a man on Georgia’s death row who argued that lethal injection could cause him excruciating pain and suggested a firing squad as an alternative

Political|US

Justice Department restores funding for programs that provide guidance in immigration courts

Two days after nonprofit groups sued the federal government over a stop-work order targeting programs that provide information and guidance to people facing deportation, the U.S. Justice Department reversed course and ordered that funding to the programs be restored

Justice Department restores funding for programs that provide guidance in immigration courts
Crime|Election|Political|US

Appeals court upholds dismissal of some charges against Trump, others in Georgia election case

A Georgia appeals court has upheld the dismissal of some of the charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in the Georgia 2020 election interference case

Appeals court upholds dismissal of some charges against Trump, others in Georgia election case
News|Political

Georgia election case prosecutors cite fairness in urging 1 trial for Trump and 18 other defendants

Prosecutors who have accused former President Donald Trump and 18 others of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia maintain that all of the defendants should be tried together, citing efficiency and fairness

Georgia election case prosecutors cite fairness in urging 1 trial for Trump and 18 other defendants
Election|News|US

Trump waives right to speedy trial as Georgia prosecutor seeks to try him with 18 others next month

Former President Donald Trump and several other defendants are waiving their right to seek a speedy trial in the Georgia case in which they are accused of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election

Election|News|US

Trump won't be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in the Georgia election case, a judge rules

A Georgia judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump and 16 others will be tried separately from two defendants who are set to go to trial next month in the case accusing them all of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election

Trump won't be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in the Georgia election case, a judge rules
Election|News|Opinion|US

Ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark acted within the scope of official duties in Georgia case, lawyer says

Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark was acting within the scope of his official duties when he wrote a letter expressing concern about alleged concerns with the 2020 election in Georgia, his lawyer said as he sought to move charges against Clark to federal court

Ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark acted within the scope of official duties in Georgia case, lawyer says
Election|US

Lawyers say 3 Republicans who falsely said Trump won Georgia were 'contingent' electors, not fake

Lawyers for three Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming that then-President Donald Trump won the state are arguing that their clients were not fake electors but rather a “contingent” slate in case the 2020 election results were tossed out

Lawyers say 3 Republicans who falsely said Trump won Georgia were 'contingent' electors, not fake
Election|News|US

Trump won't try to move Georgia case to federal court after judge rejected similar bid by Meadows

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say he will not seek to get his Georgia election interference case transferred to federal court

Trump won't try to move Georgia case to federal court after judge rejected similar bid by Meadows
Crime|Election|News|US

Bail bondsman charged alongside Trump in Georgia pleads guilty, becoming first defendant to do so

A bail bondsman charged alongside former President Donald Trump and 17 others in the Georgia election interference case has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges

Bail bondsman charged alongside Trump in Georgia pleads guilty, becoming first defendant to do so
Crime|Environment|News|US

Troopers who fatally shot a 'Cop City' activist near Atlanta won't be charged, prosecutor says

Georgia state troopers who shot and killed an environmental activist at the site of a planned police and firefighter training center near Atlanta will not be charged

Troopers who fatally shot a 'Cop City' activist near Atlanta won't be charged, prosecutor says
Election

Alex Jones, Ronna McDaniel potential witnesses in Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro's Georgia trial

The Georgia prosecutor who has accused former President Donald Trump and others of trying to illegally overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state is seeking to call Republican Party Chair Ronna McDaniel and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as witnesses in a trial for two of the defendants scheduled to begin later this month

Alex Jones, Ronna McDaniel potential witnesses in Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro's Georgia trial
Crime|News|US

Lawyers and judge hash out juror questions for Powell and Chesebro trial in Georgia election case

Lawyers for Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro have met with prosecutors and the judge overseeing the case to hash out what will be asked on a lengthy questionnaire when the first group of 450 prospective jurors arrives at the courthouse later this week

Lawyers and judge hash out juror questions for Powell and Chesebro trial in Georgia election case
Crime|Election|News|US

Sidney Powell pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump's loss in Georgia and agrees to cooperate

A former federal prosecutor says Sidney Powell’s guilty plea in the case over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia is a “significant win” for the district attorney prosecuting the former president and others

Sidney Powell pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump's loss in Georgia and agrees to cooperate
Crime|Election|US

Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia

Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro has pleaded guilty to a felony just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial on charges accusing him of participating in efforts to overturn Donald Trump's loss in Georgia's 2020 election

Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia
Election|News|US

Georgia prosecutors are picking up cooperators in the Trump 2020 election case. Will it matter?

Plea deals with Georgia prosecutors in the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump ensure the cooperation of three witnesses who could presumably offer insider accounts of the desperate scheming to help him remain in office

Georgia prosecutors are picking up cooperators in the Trump 2020 election case. Will it matter?

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