BREAKING: It appears that SCOTT HALL has become the first co-defendant in the Fulton election interference case to take a plea deal with prosecutors. Much more to come
Hall is being sworn in as part of an impromptu meeting in Judge McAfee's courtroom now. Judge says there's been a "negotiated resolution."
Judge Scott McAfee rules that severing the remaining 17 Fulton defendants from Ken Chesebro and Sidney Powell, who demanded speedy trials and are going to court on Oct. 23, is "simply a procedural and logistical inevitability"
More from McAfee: "The precarious ability of the Court to safeguard each defendant’s due process rights and ensure adequate pretrial preparation on the current accelerated track weighs heavily, if not decisively, in favor of severance."
McAfee also mentions defense attorneys with scheduling conflicts and defendants who want time to go through the DA's voluminous discovery
BREAKING: Members of the Fulton special grand jury that investigated interference in Georgia’s 2020 election recommended that dozens of people be indicted for alleged crimes, including Trump, Graham and even former Georgia U.S. Sens. Perdue, Loeffler ajc.com/politics/break…
Jurors were almost unanimous in their suggestions to indict Trump, Giuliani, Eastman, Mitchell and others
They were more closely divided on the current and former U.S. senators Graham, Perdue and Loeffler.
All three testified before the special grand jury last year.
New: Fulton DA Fani Willis accuses House Judiciary Committee leaders of seeking to "obstruct a Georgia criminal proceeding and to advance outrageous misrepresentations."
Jordan recently demanded records of Willis’s communications with DOJ officials.
Willis said Jordan's inquiry "makes clear that you lack a basic understanding of the law, its practice and the ethical obligations of attorneys generally and prosecutors specifically."
Shade: On page 6, Willis recommends that Jordan buy a copy of John Floyd's RICO book for the non-bar member price of $249
I’ll be heading to the federal courthouse in Atlanta bright and early tomorrow for the first courtroom test of Fulton DA Fani Willis’ election interference case. Here’s what you need to know 🧵
First, read my preview of what’s on deck legally in the Fulton case in the weeks ahead:
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is seeking to move the case from Fulton to federal court. He’s one of five defendants who has filed for so-called federal removal. But tomorrow’s evidentiary hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones just involves Meadows.
New: Pete Skandalakis, the head of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of GA, is asking a Fulton judge for access to the special grand jury's final report to review any info about Lt. Gov. Burt Jones 1/
Jones, who served as an "alternate" elector, was an target of Willis'. But he succeeded in getting Willis and her office DQed from investigating him because she had held a fundraiser for his Dem opponent, Charlie Bailey 2/ ajc.com/politics/judge…
The Prosecuting Attorneys Council was then tasked with deciding whether to investigate Jones. Skandalakis had long said he'd wait to see how Willis handled the other electors and what the special grand jury recommended. So this gels with that 3/