I've obtained by FOIA surveillance video of the brutal beating of elderly Vietnam vet by a VA employee at an Atlanta VA clinic. @2Investigates was 1st to report on the attack last month. The attacker, Lawrence Gaillard is still employed by VA. @wsbtv at 6 wsbtv.com/news/local/atl…
the person blurred out by the VA in that surveillance video is this man, Lawrence Gaillard. A "patient advocate" at the VA. He was initially charged in federal court by the US Attorney, but @wsbtv has learned the case has been turned over to Fulton County DA Fanni Willis
At 6: @DeptVetAffairs finally suspended without pay the VA employee in this video AFTER we aired the video exclusively on @wsbtv last week- but we know VA leadership saw that video nearly 2 months earlier when we 1st broke the story of the attack. Why did it take so long to act?
The Secretary of @DeptVetAffairs is also speaking out now about the disturbing attack by a VA employee on an elderly veteran 1st reported by @wsbtv calling it "heartbreaking" & "abhorrent"
The @DeptVetAffairs finally suspended Lawrence Gaillard for the brutal beating of an elderly veteran April 28th - but only AFTER @wsbtv publicly shared surveillance video of the attack - video VA leadership in Atlanta saw 2 months ago wsbtv.com/news/local/atl…
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I'm standing by in Judge McBurney's courtroom - he told us he does not know when/if they'll be indictments today. Normally the presiding judge closes up shot at 5pm, but he has been told to "be flexible" this week
New from Judge McBurney - “business hours close at 5. We need to keep this courtroom and the courthouse open”
Judge McBurney just popped out: “hang in there, I’m doing the same”
I've independently obtained the full recording of the entire phone call between President Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. We are going through it for @wsbtv at 6.
the first 12 minutes of the call is President Trump talking without interruption - going through debunked conspiracy theories about what he repeatedly calls "certified numbers" showing his win before COS Mark Meadows steps in asking for "a path forward that is less litigious"
in the call, after President Trump repeatedly talks about surveillance video at State Farm Arena, Brad Raffensperger references "bringing in WSB-tv" to show the full video - not the highly edited version Rudy Giuliani shared - "Mr. President, we'll send you the link from WSB"
Breaking at 5 @wsbtv I’ve learned results of @GBI_GA@GaSecofState signature match audit in Cobb - out of 15,118 randomly selected ballot envelopes examined by GBI investigators - only 2 signatures identified as problem. A wife who signed her name to both her & husband envelopes
2 out of 15,118. that's how many issues GBI investigators found in Cobb County signature audit. President claims major fraud with GA's signature match - but audit shows 99.99% accuracy - only issue a wife who signed both her & husband's ballot. read more: wsbtv.com/news/local/cob…
for the why did they choose Cobb crowd - because there was a specific allegation made in one of the lawsuits about signature match fraud in Cobb County. @GaSecofState repeatedly said they needed a specific allegation of fraud to investigate - not vague claims with no evidence
I just spent 2 hours going through State Farm surveillance video with @GabrielSterling & state investigators. We watched chain of custody of the table & ballot boxes in question - from 8am until midnight. The boxes were packed & sealed with observers in room - nothing improper
if you are someone who doesn't even believe the simple, basic fact (that has nothing to do with anything) that these are not suitcases - you live in a world outside of reason & reality. Here they are loading the crates - while observers and media were in the room at 10:01pm
here you can see the woman placing the table there (nothing hidden underneath) at 822am, then you can see staff loading ballots in (with observers & media watching) at 10pm and sealing, closing & placing under the table because they thought they were done for night.
The GA Secretary of State's office demanding that President Trump stop with the claims about Georgia's elections warning it has gotten to the point that someone is going to get killed
. @GaSecofState staff says final straw was a 20 year old Gwinnett election worker now receiving death threats for doing his job - watch @GabrielSterling powerful words from our 4pm @wsbtv story: "this has to stop....if you are going to take a position of leadership, show some"
. @staceyabrams and @fairfightaction issue statement calling on Senators Loeffler and Perdue to condemn the threats of violence against GA election workers
In new intv with me, @GaSecofState says 24,000 GOPs who voted absentee in primary did not vote in General - says Donald Trump cost himself the election by sowing distrust in absentee: "he would have won by 10 thousand votes he actually suppressed, depressed his own voting base"
Live exclusive at 4 on @wsbtv: the typically mild mannered @GaSecofState comes out swinging in our interview - says Donald Trump cost himself the election by discouraging mail in votes: "he would have won by 10 thousand votes he actually suppressed, depressed his own voting base"
Live at 6 on @wsbtv more on Fayette County memory card & more from my interview with @GaSecofState - he again tries to combat misinformation about a March consent decree coming from POTUS allies "just another red herring thrown out there by a campaign that doesn't have the votes"