WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Georgia prosecutor plans to examine a phone call between U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and Georgia's secretary of state as part.
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Rachel Maddow played a portion of the hour-long phone call for her viewers. She called it “obviously a unique piece of evidence because the whole country has heard it and because it has caused such political such a political uproar. ”
She then asked Willis about the “state of mind” and “intent” as “a key part of determining whether, in fact, a crime was committed in a call like that?” She then explained the reason for her curiosity is whether or not her guest is “going to expect to, for instance, depose the former president to try to understand what his state of mind and his intent might have been behind that call.”
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Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin’ gets done, and where the heat pipes just cough.
We begin in Georgia, where they’re still dealing with the fallout of the state’s blue-tinged evolution. For example, in case it’s escaped notice down at the Winter Palace in Florida, the chickens are crowding the roosts these days. From the
“This letter is notice that the Fulton County District Attorney has opened an investigation into attempts to influence the administration of the 2020 Georgia General Election,” Willis wrote in correspondences delivered Wednesday morning to Raffensperger, Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and Attorney General Chris Carr. Willis told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday that her office was best suited to handle the investigation since all other relevant state investigative agencies have conflict
Georgia attorney general denies request for special prosecutor in high-profile police cases
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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ATLANTA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has denied a request by Fulton County District Attorney Fanni Willis to appoint special prosecutors in two high-profile cases against Atlanta police officers for excessive force.
Those cases involve two Atlanta police officers charged in connection to the death of Rayshard Brooks and six Atlanta police officers arrested for pulling two college students from a car after curfew during this past summer’s protests.
Last month, the newly sworn-in district attorney sent a letter Carr asking for a special prosecutor to allow for a much cleaner prosecution and because the actions of her predecessor, Paul Howard, raise significant doubt that it is ethically appropriate for the Fulton County District Attorney’s office to handle these cases.