This could turn out to be a pivotal week in the four criminal cases and one civil case facing former President Donald Trump. Here’s a recap of where these cases stand. The Special Counsel January 6 Case We are headed for a showdown at the Supreme Court in the most consequential case facing Trump – […]
We are headed to crunch time on the four criminal cases pending against former President Donald Trump, including two that will determine if Trump is held accountable for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Recent polls show that the results in these cases could have a major impact on the 2024 presidential election. […]
A new deep-dive analysis published today in Just Security provides a comprehensive look at the words and known conduct of attorney Kenneth Chesebro in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. In October, Chesebro pleaded guilty to one felony count of “conspiracy to commit filing false documents” in the Fulton County, Georgia 2020 election subversion case. Chesebro, who […]
In October, attorney Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty to one felony count of “conspiracy to commit filing false documents” in the Fulton County, Georgia 2020 election subversion case. Chesebro, who helped devise former President Donald Trump’s fake elector scheme, reportedly agreed to assist prosecutors and provide them with documents. While the extent of Chesebro’s cooperation with Fulton County DA Fani […]
Washington, DC — On Monday, October 23, top legal experts discussed the significance of attorney Kenneth Chesebro’s plea deal in the Fulton County 2020 Election Interference case in an online press briefing. The press briefing was hosted by Democracy 21 Education Fund. Chesebro’s plea, obtained on Friday, is the third guilty plea Fulton County DA […]
“It is difficult to conceive of a more profoundly incorrect set of propositions about American law.” An amicus brief was submitted Wednesday in the case State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump, et. al. supporting Georgia’s motions regarding the “profound mistake of law” offered by defendant Kenneth Chesebro and suggesting appropriate safeguards to limit how it may be addressed […]
“There is no legal or historical basis whatsoever to support the lawfulness of that plan.” A new in-depth report in Just Security, examines the Fulton County Georgia DA’s case against attorney Kenneth Chesebro, his key role in the false electors scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election result in Georgia and six other states, and […]
Two amicus briefs were submitted on Monday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in the case The State of Georgia v. Mark R. Meadows. One brief concludes that Meadows’s case is not entitled to removal to federal court. The other brief concludes that Meadows’s request to dismiss his case based on […]
On Friday, September 8, U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones in the Northern District of Georgia ruled against Mark Meadows’s request to have his criminal 2020 election interference case be moved from state court to federal court. Meadows is one of 19 defendants, including former President Donald Trump, who was criminally charged by Fulton County District Attorney […]
On Monday, federal district court Judge Steve C. Jones held an evidentiary hearing on Mark Meadows’s effort to remove Fulton County, Georgia’s prosecution of him in the Georgia 2020 presidential election interference case from Georgia state court to federal court. Judge Jones requested supplemental briefing on the following issue: “Count 1 of the Indictment (pertaining […]
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