Posts published in September 2023

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Prosecution: Defense attorneys have conflicts in Trump Georgia case (The Fulton County District Attorney’s office claims six defense attorneys involved in the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others have conflicts of interest because some of their former clients may be called as witnesses for the prosecution.)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Lin Wood: ‘I didn’t flip on President Trump’ (Former Atlanta attorney Lin Wood pushed back Wednesday on the notion that he would testify against Donald Trump in Fulton County’s racketeering case.)

The Messenger: Pro-Trump Georgia ‘Fake’ Electors Question Premise of Fani Willis’ Case and Challenge ‘Fake’ Label (Summary of hearing before US District Judge Steve Jones on 3 co-defendents seeking removal of case to federal court)

The Messenger: Pro-Trump Lawyer Lin Wood Turned State’s Witness in Georgia Racketeering Case, DA Reveals

The Messenger: Georgia’s GOP Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Waives Attorney Conflicts for Pro-Trump Lawyer: Court Doc

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Trump electors: ‘fake’ or ‘contingent’? Judge hears arguments from Trump electors seeking a move to federal court

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Judge allows lawyers to interview grand jurors who indicted Trump, 18 others (has link to judge’s order)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia Trump electors at the heart of alleged ‘conspiracy’ (story refers to hearing Wednesday with US District Judge Steve Jones on removal to federal court)

The Messenger: Georgia Judge Lets Pro-Trump Lawyers’ Defense Teams Question Grand Jurors

The Messenger: How Trump’s ‘Me-Too’ Legal Strategy in Georgia is Helping His Defense

Jeff Clark had a hearing before U.S. District Judge Steve Jones today regarding his motion to have his trial moved from Fulton County Superior Court to federal court. The following articles provide some good details on today’s proceedings (WashPost probably the best):

Washington Post: Former DOJ attorney acted under Trump’s direction, his lawyer says

The Messenger: Trump DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark Faces Tough Questions in Uphill Bid to Bounce Georgia Case to Federal Court

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Judge to decide if ex-DOJ official’s RICO case moves to federal court

In addition, Joyce Vance in her Civil Discourse newsletter lays out a lot of the background on Jeff Clark’s case, along with links to documents.

In other news, Kenneth Cheseboro filed a motion today to quash one of the counts from the Fulton County indictment against him.

Audio from this video was used for Episode 004 of Georgia v. Trump podcast.

Video from C-SPAN of the August 14, 2023 press conference concerning the Fulton County indictment.