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Actually, I don't see why not. The legal community while not necessarily super small, is fairly well-connected. I would think he or his legal team would have given the DA's office a heads up before the interview. I'd be really surprised if there's been zero communication since he was ordered to step aside from the DA's case.
But that's just me speculating. I'm just saying these guys talk and sometimes mingle and lunch together.
It's also possible that the DA's team isn't happy with the guy and had no clue he was gonna do that, but that just seems unlikely to me.
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Getting mad at him for doing the interview is all the First Amendment allows the DA's office to do. They could not and can not stop him from doing interviews.
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I didn't say that. What I am saying is 2 things. 1, if the attorneys for West were or are still in touch with the DA's office, I would think they'd at minimum let the DA's office know that West was planning this interview because presumably the interview would, and did cover the subject of the case they're still in the middle of currently. Obviously, if they're not in touch, that's all moot anyway.
And two, if they're not in touch, that's pretty telling in terms of West not seeming to give a sheet about what happens to the case.
I never said the DA's office can tell him what to do, but they certainly can tell his legal team they aren't happy with his decision.
The interview itself was terrible. He walked and talked himself into a corner with his comments about the relationship, then tried to give this lame, "this is a distraction" response. A no comment on that point would have been a much better response. And what shocks me is this guy is an attorney. You'd think he would know better.
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what we should be doing is making excuse after excuse for him, and doubling down..
sorry, that was my impersonation of MAGA
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No doubt, lol.
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Dude, what are you doing?
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Donald Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in his election interference case in Georgia, where he is criminally charged for his alleged attempts to reverse Trump’s election loss in the state in 2020.
Meadows — who was charged alongside Trump and more than a dozen other allies for an alleged plot to pressure state officials and election workers — is now invoking the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on presidential “immunity” to bail him out of charges for what he said were his official duties as Trump’s top White House aide.
Meadows, who has pleaded not guilty, had tried to move his state criminal case into federal court, arguing the actions at the center of the charges were under his official capacity as Trump’s most senior White House aide.
But a federal district court and appeals court judges rejected his argument, kicking off his appeal to the nation’s highest court.
“Just as immunity protection for former officers is critical to ensuring that current and future officers are not deterred from enthusiastic service, so too is the promise of a federal forum in which to litigate that defense,” his attorneys wrote in a petition dated on July 26.
“A White House Chief of Staff facing criminal charges based on actions relating to his work for the President of the United States should not be a close call,” they argued.
His attorneys said the appeals court ruling was “egregiously wrong” — pointing to the Supreme Court’s decision presidential “immunity” to make the case that “federal immunity fully protects former officers, often requires difficult and fact-intensive judgment calls at the margins, and provides not just a substantive immunity but a use immunity that protects against the use of official acts to try to hold a current or former federal officer liable for unofficial acts.”...............
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Meadows — who was charged alongside Trump and more than a dozen other allies for an alleged plot to pressure state officials and election workers — is now invoking the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on presidential “immunity” to bail him out of charges for what he said were his official duties as Trump’s top White House aide.
Meadows, who has pleaded not guilty, had tried to move his state criminal case into federal court, arguing the actions at the center of the charges were under his official capacity as Trump’s most senior White House aide.
But a federal district court and appeals court judges rejected his argument, kicking off his appeal to the nation’s highest court.
“Just as immunity protection for former officers is critical to ensuring that current and future officers are not deterred from enthusiastic service, so too is the promise of a federal forum in which to litigate that defense,” his attorneys wrote in a petition dated on July 26.
“A White House Chief of Staff facing criminal charges based on actions relating to his work for the President of the United States should not be a close call,” they argued.
His attorneys said the appeals court ruling was “egregiously wrong” — pointing to the Supreme Court’s decision presidential “immunity” to make the case that “federal immunity fully protects former officers, often requires difficult and fact-intensive judgment calls at the margins, and provides not just a substantive immunity but a use immunity that protects against the use of official acts to try to hold a current or former federal officer liable for unofficial acts.”...............
Mark Meadows takes Georgia election interference case to the Supreme Court
Trump’s former White House chief of staff claims ‘federal immunity’ from prosecution for his ‘work’ in office
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Expect the worst from SCOTUS and maybe be pleasantly surprised. I won’t hold my breath. Somehow SCOTUS thinks overthrowing elections is part of “Official duties”.Donald Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in his election interference case in Georgia, where he is criminally charged for his alleged attempts to reverse Trump’s election loss in the state in 2020.
Meadows — who was charged alongside Trump and more than a dozen other allies for an alleged plot to pressure state officials and election workers — is now invoking the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on presidential “immunity” to bail him out of charges for what he said were his official duties as Trump’s top White House aide.
Meadows, who has pleaded not guilty, had tried to move his state criminal case into federal court, arguing the actions at the center of the charges were under his official capacity as Trump’s most senior White House aide.
But a federal district court and appeals court judges rejected his argument, kicking off his appeal to the nation’s highest court.
“Just as immunity protection for former officers is critical to ensuring that current and future officers are not deterred from enthusiastic service, so too is the promise of a federal forum in which to litigate that defense,” his attorneys wrote in a petition dated on July 26.
“A White House Chief of Staff facing criminal charges based on actions relating to his work for the President of the United States should not be a close call,” they argued.
His attorneys said the appeals court ruling was “egregiously wrong” — pointing to the Supreme Court’s decision presidential “immunity” to make the case that “federal immunity fully protects former officers, often requires difficult and fact-intensive judgment calls at the margins, and provides not just a substantive immunity but a use immunity that protects against the use of official acts to try to hold a current or former federal officer liable for unofficial acts.”...............
Mark Meadows takes Georgia election interference case to the Supreme Court
Trump’s former White House chief of staff claims ‘federal immunity’ from prosecution for his ‘work’ in office
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ATLANTA (AP) — A year after a Georgia grand jury accused Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state, the case has stalled with no chance of going to trial before the end of this year.
When Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis secured the indictment a year ago Thursday, it was the fourth and most sprawling of the criminal cases against the former president. Trump narrowly lost Georgia to Democrat Joe Biden, and Willis used Georgia's anti-racketeering law to allege that he and 18 others had participated in a wide-ranging scheme to subvert the will of the state's voters.
Willis' team notched some early victories in the case, but explosive allegations raised by one of Trump's co-defendants early this year have caused a delay and could even derail the prosecution.
Here are some things to know about the case.
Nearly 100 pages long, the indictment included 41 criminal counts against Trump and 18 others. High-profile people charged along with the former president include his White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and conservative attorney Sidney Powell.
All of the defendants were charged with violating the state’s anti-racketeering law and the indictment includes 161 alleged acts to support that charge. The narrative put forth by prosecutors alleges multiple people committed separate crimes to accomplish a common goal — challenging Trump's electoral loss.
The indictment includes charges related to a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger during which Trump urged the state's top elections official to help him “find” the votes he needed to win. Other charges have to do with a getting a slate of Republican electors to falsely declare that Trump won the state, allegations of harassment of a Georgia election worker and a breach of election equipment in a rural south Georgia county.
The judge overseeing the case in March dismissed six counts in the indictment, including three of the 13 counts against Trump. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote that prosecutors had failed to provide enough detail about the alleged crime in those counts. Willis' team has appealed that ruling.
When Trump arrived in Atlanta last August to be booked on the charges against him, he was quickly released on bond. But his brief stop at the Fulton County Jail marked the first time that a former president has had to sit for a mug shot.
While Trump and the others indicted all had to be booked at the jail, they waived their first court appearances. While his lawyers have been present and made arguments at numerous hearings over the last year, Trump has yet to set foot in a Georgia courtroom.
Early victories for prosecutors
Four of the 18 people charged along with Trump in Georgia pleaded guilty to lesser charges after reaching plea deals with prosecutors within a few months of the indictment.
Bail bondsman Scott Hall pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in September. Prosecutors had accused him of participating in a breach of election equipment in rural Coffee County.
The following month, Powell and lawyer Kenneth Chesebro each pleaded guilty. Powell was also accused in the Coffee County breach, while Chesebro had helped organize the Republican elector plan. The two of them reached deals with prosecutors just before they were scheduled to go to trial, having asserted their rights to a speedy trial.............
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When Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis secured the indictment a year ago Thursday, it was the fourth and most sprawling of the criminal cases against the former president. Trump narrowly lost Georgia to Democrat Joe Biden, and Willis used Georgia's anti-racketeering law to allege that he and 18 others had participated in a wide-ranging scheme to subvert the will of the state's voters.
Willis' team notched some early victories in the case, but explosive allegations raised by one of Trump's co-defendants early this year have caused a delay and could even derail the prosecution.
Here are some things to know about the case.
Nearly 100 pages long, the indictment included 41 criminal counts against Trump and 18 others. High-profile people charged along with the former president include his White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and conservative attorney Sidney Powell.
All of the defendants were charged with violating the state’s anti-racketeering law and the indictment includes 161 alleged acts to support that charge. The narrative put forth by prosecutors alleges multiple people committed separate crimes to accomplish a common goal — challenging Trump's electoral loss.
The indictment includes charges related to a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger during which Trump urged the state's top elections official to help him “find” the votes he needed to win. Other charges have to do with a getting a slate of Republican electors to falsely declare that Trump won the state, allegations of harassment of a Georgia election worker and a breach of election equipment in a rural south Georgia county.
The judge overseeing the case in March dismissed six counts in the indictment, including three of the 13 counts against Trump. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote that prosecutors had failed to provide enough detail about the alleged crime in those counts. Willis' team has appealed that ruling.
When Trump arrived in Atlanta last August to be booked on the charges against him, he was quickly released on bond. But his brief stop at the Fulton County Jail marked the first time that a former president has had to sit for a mug shot.
While Trump and the others indicted all had to be booked at the jail, they waived their first court appearances. While his lawyers have been present and made arguments at numerous hearings over the last year, Trump has yet to set foot in a Georgia courtroom.
Early victories for prosecutors
Four of the 18 people charged along with Trump in Georgia pleaded guilty to lesser charges after reaching plea deals with prosecutors within a few months of the indictment.
Bail bondsman Scott Hall pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in September. Prosecutors had accused him of participating in a breach of election equipment in rural Coffee County.
The following month, Powell and lawyer Kenneth Chesebro each pleaded guilty. Powell was also accused in the Coffee County breach, while Chesebro had helped organize the Republican elector plan. The two of them reached deals with prosecutors just before they were scheduled to go to trial, having asserted their rights to a speedy trial.............
A year later, sprawling Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has stalled
A Georgia grand jury in August 2023 accused Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state.
apnews.comNo Justice until the ring leader is nabbed, prosecuted, and incarcerated.ATLANTA (AP) — A year after a Georgia grand jury accused Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state, the case has stalled with no chance of going to trial before the end of this year.
When Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis secured the indictment a year ago Thursday, it was the fourth and most sprawling of the criminal cases against the former president. Trump narrowly lost Georgia to Democrat Joe Biden, and Willis used Georgia's anti-racketeering law to allege that he and 18 others had participated in a wide-ranging scheme to subvert the will of the state's voters.
Willis' team notched some early victories in the case, but explosive allegations raised by one of Trump's co-defendants early this year have caused a delay and could even derail the prosecution.
Here are some things to know about the case.
Nearly 100 pages long, the indictment included 41 criminal counts against Trump and 18 others. High-profile people charged along with the former president include his White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and conservative attorney Sidney Powell.
All of the defendants were charged with violating the state’s anti-racketeering law and the indictment includes 161 alleged acts to support that charge. The narrative put forth by prosecutors alleges multiple people committed separate crimes to accomplish a common goal — challenging Trump's electoral loss.
The indictment includes charges related to a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger during which Trump urged the state's top elections official to help him “find” the votes he needed to win. Other charges have to do with a getting a slate of Republican electors to falsely declare that Trump won the state, allegations of harassment of a Georgia election worker and a breach of election equipment in a rural south Georgia county.
The judge overseeing the case in March dismissed six counts in the indictment, including three of the 13 counts against Trump. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote that prosecutors had failed to provide enough detail about the alleged crime in those counts. Willis' team has appealed that ruling.
When Trump arrived in Atlanta last August to be booked on the charges against him, he was quickly released on bond. But his brief stop at the Fulton County Jail marked the first time that a former president has had to sit for a mug shot.
While Trump and the others indicted all had to be booked at the jail, they waived their first court appearances. While his lawyers have been present and made arguments at numerous hearings over the last year, Trump has yet to set foot in a Georgia courtroom.
Early victories for prosecutors
Four of the 18 people charged along with Trump in Georgia pleaded guilty to lesser charges after reaching plea deals with prosecutors within a few months of the indictment.
Bail bondsman Scott Hall pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in September. Prosecutors had accused him of participating in a breach of election equipment in rural Coffee County.
The following month, Powell and lawyer Kenneth Chesebro each pleaded guilty. Powell was also accused in the Coffee County breach, while Chesebro had helped organize the Republican elector plan. The two of them reached deals with prosecutors just before they were scheduled to go to trial, having asserted their rights to a speedy trial.............
A year later, sprawling Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has stalled
A Georgia grand jury in August 2023 accused Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state.
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Attorneys for Donald Trump pressed a Georgia appellate court to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) from the 2020 election interference case, accusing her of “repeated public display of racial animus” toward the former president and his co-defendants, which they contend has jeopardized Trump’s right to a fair trial.
In a Monday filing, Trump attorneys Steve Sadow, Jennifer Little and Matthew Winchester argued that the Georgia Court of Appeals should disqualify Willis and her office from
the case and dismiss the charges against Trump. They accused the longtime prosecutor, who is Black, of “intentional injection of false allegations of racism” into the proceedings that they say has tainted the case.
The filing comes as Trump and eight co-defendants accused of illegally conspiring to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia have asked the court to reverse a lower-court decision keeping Willis and her office on the case.
The initial effort to remove Willis was based on claims that she engaged in an improper relationship with an outside lawyer she appointed to lead the investigation……..
In a Monday filing, Trump attorneys Steve Sadow, Jennifer Little and Matthew Winchester argued that the Georgia Court of Appeals should disqualify Willis and her office from
the case and dismiss the charges against Trump. They accused the longtime prosecutor, who is Black, of “intentional injection of false allegations of racism” into the proceedings that they say has tainted the case.
The filing comes as Trump and eight co-defendants accused of illegally conspiring to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia have asked the court to reverse a lower-court decision keeping Willis and her office on the case.
The initial effort to remove Willis was based on claims that she engaged in an improper relationship with an outside lawyer she appointed to lead the investigation……..
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ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others on Thursday tossed out three counts in the indictment — including two counts brought against the former president — saying that they lie beyond the state’s jurisdiction.
The case against Trump and others who are appealing an order allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the case is on hold while that appeal is pending. But Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued orders Thursday based on motions filed by two defendants, Shawn Still and John Eastman, who are not part of that appeal, meaning the case against them is not paused.
In the Georgia case — one of four criminal prosecutions against the Republican presidential nominee — a grand jury in August 2023 returned a 41-count indictment against Trump and 18 others, accusing them of participating in a wide-ranging conspiracy to illegally try to overturn Trump’s narrow loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Four people pleaded guilty last year after reaching deals with prosecutors.……
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The case against Trump and others who are appealing an order allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the case is on hold while that appeal is pending. But Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued orders Thursday based on motions filed by two defendants, Shawn Still and John Eastman, who are not part of that appeal, meaning the case against them is not paused.
In the Georgia case — one of four criminal prosecutions against the Republican presidential nominee — a grand jury in August 2023 returned a 41-count indictment against Trump and 18 others, accusing them of participating in a wide-ranging conspiracy to illegally try to overturn Trump’s narrow loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Four people pleaded guilty last year after reaching deals with prosecutors.……
Judge tosses some counts in Georgia election case against Trump and others
The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference against Donald Trump and others has tossed out three counts in the indictment saying that they lie beyond the state’s jurisdiction.
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Fulton County prosecutors asked a Georgia appeals court this week to restore six charges against former President Donald Trump that were tossed in his indictment over attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.
In a court filing, prosecutors from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' office requested that the state's Court of Appeals reinstate six counts, including three against Trump, that she said Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrongly discarded earlier this year.
"The trial court erred by quashing six counts of the indictment in this case, each of which alleged the crime of Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer," they wrote.
The counts in question, prosecutors wrote, involve a defendant taking a punishable step toward executing another crime.
"The trial court erred by requiring the State to plead with specific details as to the target crime of violation of oath by public officer, which is not required for a charge of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer," they added.
The three solicitation counts against Trump included accusations that he solicited Georgia House Speaker David Ralston and twice solicited Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.…..
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In a court filing, prosecutors from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' office requested that the state's Court of Appeals reinstate six counts, including three against Trump, that she said Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrongly discarded earlier this year.
"The trial court erred by quashing six counts of the indictment in this case, each of which alleged the crime of Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer," they wrote.
The counts in question, prosecutors wrote, involve a defendant taking a punishable step toward executing another crime.
"The trial court erred by requiring the State to plead with specific details as to the target crime of violation of oath by public officer, which is not required for a charge of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer," they added.
The three solicitation counts against Trump included accusations that he solicited Georgia House Speaker David Ralston and twice solicited Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.…..
Fulton County DA Fani Willis asks appeals court to reinstate six charges in Trump election case
The district attorney requested that the Georgia Court of Appeals restore charges, including three against Trump, that she said were wrongly discarded in the 2020 election case.
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ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama man who left threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer because he was angry over an investigation into former President Donald Trump was sentenced Tuesday to nearly two years in prison.
Arthur Ray Hanson II, of Huntsville, made the phone calls just over a week before Trump and 18 others were indicted in Fulton County in August 2023 over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Federal prosecutors say Hanson left voicemails laced with profanity and racial slurs for Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat.
U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee in Atlanta said he found Hanson’s behavior “appalling" and that the victims’ fear was “real and legitimate.” He sentenced Hanson to serve a year and nine months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. He also ordered Hanson to pay a fine of $7,500.
Hanson had pleaded guilty in June to leaving threatening phone messages. Speaking for nearly 10 minutes during Tuesday's hearing, Hanson was tearful as he apologized to Willis and Labat.
“I'm truly sorry for making those phone calls,” he said. “That is not who I am.”
Willis told the judge that the threats left her fearing not only for herself but for the lives of her daughters and her father. Before she's the district attorney, she's a mom, she told the judge: “Mom was really scared.”
Labat also briefly addressed the court, saying the threats exposed his family to “the ugly side of the job.”
Defense attorney Tyler Wolas told the judge that Hanson has a history of abusing alcohol. In pushing for a lesser sentence, he also said Hanson suffers from grand mal seizures and, after his arrest, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Wolas noted that Hanson had completed an anger management course and is regularly attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Three of Hanson's friends and his 19-year-old son told the judge that he is a good and generous person and that those phone calls don't reflect the man they know............
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Arthur Ray Hanson II, of Huntsville, made the phone calls just over a week before Trump and 18 others were indicted in Fulton County in August 2023 over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Federal prosecutors say Hanson left voicemails laced with profanity and racial slurs for Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat.
U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee in Atlanta said he found Hanson’s behavior “appalling" and that the victims’ fear was “real and legitimate.” He sentenced Hanson to serve a year and nine months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. He also ordered Hanson to pay a fine of $7,500.
Hanson had pleaded guilty in June to leaving threatening phone messages. Speaking for nearly 10 minutes during Tuesday's hearing, Hanson was tearful as he apologized to Willis and Labat.
“I'm truly sorry for making those phone calls,” he said. “That is not who I am.”
Willis told the judge that the threats left her fearing not only for herself but for the lives of her daughters and her father. Before she's the district attorney, she's a mom, she told the judge: “Mom was really scared.”
Labat also briefly addressed the court, saying the threats exposed his family to “the ugly side of the job.”
Defense attorney Tyler Wolas told the judge that Hanson has a history of abusing alcohol. In pushing for a lesser sentence, he also said Hanson suffers from grand mal seizures and, after his arrest, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Wolas noted that Hanson had completed an anger management course and is regularly attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Three of Hanson's friends and his 19-year-old son told the judge that he is a good and generous person and that those phone calls don't reflect the man they know............
Man who threatened Fani Willis and sheriff over Trump investigation gets nearly 2 years in prison
An Alabama man who left threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison.
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My question is, if that's not who you are, then why did you do it?ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama man who left threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer because he was angry over an investigation into former President Donald Trump was sentenced Tuesday to nearly two years in prison.
Arthur Ray Hanson II, of Huntsville, made the phone calls just over a week before Trump and 18 others were indicted in Fulton County in August 2023 over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Federal prosecutors say Hanson left voicemails laced with profanity and racial slurs for Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat.
U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee in Atlanta said he found Hanson’s behavior “appalling" and that the victims’ fear was “real and legitimate.” He sentenced Hanson to serve a year and nine months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. He also ordered Hanson to pay a fine of $7,500.
Hanson had pleaded guilty in June to leaving threatening phone messages. Speaking for nearly 10 minutes during Tuesday's hearing, Hanson was tearful as he apologized to Willis and Labat.
“I'm truly sorry for making those phone calls,” he said. “That is not who I am.”
Willis told the judge that the threats left her fearing not only for herself but for the lives of her daughters and her father. Before she's the district attorney, she's a mom, she told the judge: “Mom was really scared.”
Labat also briefly addressed the court, saying the threats exposed his family to “the ugly side of the job.”
Defense attorney Tyler Wolas told the judge that Hanson has a history of abusing alcohol. In pushing for a lesser sentence, he also said Hanson suffers from grand mal seizures and, after his arrest, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Wolas noted that Hanson had completed an anger management course and is regularly attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Three of Hanson's friends and his 19-year-old son told the judge that he is a good and generous person and that those phone calls don't reflect the man they know............
Man who threatened Fani Willis and sheriff over Trump investigation gets nearly 2 years in prison
An Alabama man who left threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison.
Yeah. Of course, they say that is not who they are until the mirror says otherwise.
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plain and simple, he let his weird desire of Trump and hate of anyone who opposes him come out to the forefront.ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama man who left threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer because he was angry over an investigation into former President Donald Trump was sentenced Tuesday to nearly two years in prison.
Arthur Ray Hanson II, of Huntsville, made the phone calls just over a week before Trump and 18 others were indicted in Fulton County in August 2023 over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Federal prosecutors say Hanson left voicemails laced with profanity and racial slurs for Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat.
U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee in Atlanta said he found Hanson’s behavior “appalling" and that the victims’ fear was “real and legitimate.” He sentenced Hanson to serve a year and nine months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. He also ordered Hanson to pay a fine of $7,500.
Hanson had pleaded guilty in June to leaving threatening phone messages. Speaking for nearly 10 minutes during Tuesday's hearing, Hanson was tearful as he apologized to Willis and Labat.
“I'm truly sorry for making those phone calls,” he said. “That is not who I am.”
Willis told the judge that the threats left her fearing not only for herself but for the lives of her daughters and her father. Before she's the district attorney, she's a mom, she told the judge: “Mom was really scared.”
Labat also briefly addressed the court, saying the threats exposed his family to “the ugly side of the job.”
Defense attorney Tyler Wolas told the judge that Hanson has a history of abusing alcohol. In pushing for a lesser sentence, he also said Hanson suffers from grand mal seizures and, after his arrest, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Wolas noted that Hanson had completed an anger management course and is regularly attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Three of Hanson's friends and his 19-year-old son told the judge that he is a good and generous person and that those phone calls don't reflect the man they know............
Man who threatened Fani Willis and sheriff over Trump investigation gets nearly 2 years in prison
An Alabama man who left threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison.
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How I wish there was jail time involved for these people
I’m sure one of the conditions of their plea deal was they had to testify in the case against Trump
If the case never happens is it still possible to have them sit for depositions and have that information released?
“We can’t do anything legally, but we can make sure the people know what Trump did”
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Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney for Donald Trump, has been suspended from practicing law in New York and could be disbarred just days after pleading guilty in what prosecutors claim was an effort to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.
Chesebro was charged in 2023, alongside Donald Trump and 17 others, with violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law relating to alleged efforts by the defendants to “knowingly and willfully” join a conspiracy to change the outcome of the 2020 election in the state.
In the decision this week to suspend Chesebro’s law license, a panel in New York concluded that he had been “convicted of a serious crime”. The order reads: “Having concluded that respondent has been convicted of a serious crime, we accordingly suspend respondent from the practice of law in New York on an interim basis.”
It defers to a court determination of whether a judgment of conviction has become “final” in Chesebro’s Georgia criminal proceeding.
Chesebro pleaded guilty to a single felony charge in October 2023: conspiracy to commit filing false documents. He was sentenced to five years’ probation and 100 hours of community service, and ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution, write an apology letter to Georgia’s residents and testify truthfully at any related future trial.
Fellow attorney Sidney Powell separately pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy and will serve six years of probation, pay a fine of $6,000, and write an apology letter to Georgia and its residents.….
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I’m sure one of the conditions of their plea deal was they had to testify in the case against Trump
If the case never happens is it still possible to have them sit for depositions and have that information released?
“We can’t do anything legally, but we can make sure the people know what Trump did”
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Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney for Donald Trump, has been suspended from practicing law in New York and could be disbarred just days after pleading guilty in what prosecutors claim was an effort to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.
Chesebro was charged in 2023, alongside Donald Trump and 17 others, with violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law relating to alleged efforts by the defendants to “knowingly and willfully” join a conspiracy to change the outcome of the 2020 election in the state.
In the decision this week to suspend Chesebro’s law license, a panel in New York concluded that he had been “convicted of a serious crime”. The order reads: “Having concluded that respondent has been convicted of a serious crime, we accordingly suspend respondent from the practice of law in New York on an interim basis.”
It defers to a court determination of whether a judgment of conviction has become “final” in Chesebro’s Georgia criminal proceeding.
Chesebro pleaded guilty to a single felony charge in October 2023: conspiracy to commit filing false documents. He was sentenced to five years’ probation and 100 hours of community service, and ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution, write an apology letter to Georgia’s residents and testify truthfully at any related future trial.
Fellow attorney Sidney Powell separately pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy and will serve six years of probation, pay a fine of $6,000, and write an apology letter to Georgia and its residents.….
Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro barred from practicing law in New York
Ally of ex-president could be disbarred days after pleading guilty to trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results
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