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Secretary of State's Office says March presidential primary will go off without a hitch

The state of Georgia cut off the Fulton County Elections Office when it learned about the cyberattack earlier this week.

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Georgia Sec. of State says 17 cases under investigation for double-voting in 2022

The Georgia Secretary of State’s Office said it is referring more than a dozen cases of suspected double-voting to local district attorneys.

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Alex Witt Reports

msnbc chief analyst, chief white house correspondent for the new york times, and coauthor of the divider, trump in the white house 2017 to 2021. is this as much of a head-scratcher for you as it was for me? he's saying lots? how do you interpret this shift from him, peter? is it a legal strategy, as this immunity case heads to the appeals court? this is a political strategy, in preparation for primaries? what is it? >> well, it's a head-scratcher, of course not the first time we've seen. you can just in the last few days. i, mean he changes the argument to suit's needs, right? he's basically trying to say i was acting in the capacity of the president of the united states, not as a candidate, who had an interest in the outcome of the election. it was my job to make sure the election was carried out freely and fairly without fraud. that's the only thing i care about. which of, course, is allied by all the evidence of him calling, for instance, the georgia secretary of state and saying find me the votes. i need to win. or pressuring state legislatures to change the electoral college votes that

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Yasmin Vossoughian Reports

president. instead, the defense is arguing that anything trump did that is within the outer perimeter of his official conduct, that should be absolutely immune. the key to the argument is, which is very strange to me, because they need to vote exactly one page to it and debris. the key is arguing that what trump did, investigate, as they frame it, election interference fell within the outer perimeter of the presidential duties. i think that is factually stretch. i think you can ask yourself the question, what if the tables were turned? what if trump got inward that there was election interference but it favored him, caused him to win. do we really think he would have made phone calls to the georgia secretary of state, if he knew that something nefarious was up that was helping hip. >> no. >> the answer is no. and the common sense answer, i think, it should factor in if you are analyzing whether or not what trump did's conduct that falls within the outer perimeter of presidential conduct. >> ryan, i'm gonna be outside the court on thursday for the former president's civil fraud

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reported fake bomb threats. this false alarm comes amid of wave of hoax calls against high-profile people, especially politicians and mark meredith has the story out of washington. you can bet this is in the news there. >> it sure is. the f.b.i. says it is working with officials in multiple states to determined who emailed bomb threats to several state capitols. it forced the evacuation of some of these capitol buildings targeted in the hoax. in mississippi bomb sniffing dogs responded giving police the all clear. no one was hurt but these incidents spotlight how frequently lawmakers nationwide are being threatened. within a few weeks several law makesers have become targets of swatting. fake 911 calls that dispatch police to a person's home. overnight we heard from an official with the georgia secretary of state's office who became the latest person. he post evidence my family has joined the ranks of those who

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soon as they brief the media we'll bring you the update as we have it. southern californians outraged the state is offering health insurance to all of its undocumented migrants, 760,000 of them. critics are pointing to california's staringing $68 billion deficit and the state's healthcare system is already too strained. despite these concerns the trend is spreading. nine states already cover migrants in certain age categories. left wing lawmakers want to follow california's lead and expand coverage to all ages. >> walk this way right here. come here. keep your hands up. hands-up. hands up. >> what you are watching is a case of swatting. it is happening more and more often. that term refers to a fake 911 call to send law enforcement to a location also an active criminal harassment. multiple state capitol complexes were evacuated after swatters

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mississippi, impacting courthouses. the threats yesterday targeted state capitol buildings coast to coast from hawaii to connecticut. the fbi says it's investigating but also "they want the public to remain vigilant and report any and all suspicious activities and/or individuals to law enforcement immediately." also want to mention in the last few weeks, several lawmakers from across the political spectrum have begun targets of swatting, essentially fake 911 calls. chief operating officers for the georgia secretary of state office says he was swatted. some lawmakers in d.c. want new federal legislation to impose tougher penalties on swatters. >> i think people need to understand there are real consequences to actions, even such as calling in a fake, you know, bomb threat or a swatting incident. they need to be held accountable, and i think they need to be deterred with real stiff penalties.

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Judge rules against civil rights groups in Georgia redistricting appeal

A federal district court judge ruled that new maps for Georgia’s House, Senate and Congressional districts will be allowed to take effect in 2024.

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Georgia Republicans target Democrat's district in new state congressional map

Senate adds Black voting-age residents to sixth district in redrawn map, but cuts Lucy McBath’s district out from under her

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Letter possibly laced with fentanyl intercepted before reaching Fulton elections office

Similar letters have been reported in six states across the country.

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