Prosecutions of Fake Electors for Trump Gain Ground in Swing States
Georgia, Michigan and Nevada have already brought charges against people who posed as electors for Donald Trump, and Arizona and Wisconsin have active investigations.
By Danny Hakim
I write about conservative culture and gun issues, as well as the ongoing election interference case against former President Trump and some of his allies in Fulton County, Ga.
I’ve reported on the Southern United States for a number of years for The Times and, before that, for The Los Angeles Times. At The Los Angeles Times I also worked as a foreign correspondent, covering Mexico and Central America, and as a metro and regional reporter in Southern California. In the late 1990s I was the editor of Flagpole, the alternative weekly paper in Athens, Ga.
I grew up in New Orleans and I have a degree in English from the University of Texas, Austin, and a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.
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Georgia, Michigan and Nevada have already brought charges against people who posed as electors for Donald Trump, and Arizona and Wisconsin have active investigations.
By Danny Hakim
Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., had been disqualified from pursuing the case against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, but another prosecutor said he would now take it over.
By Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim
The prosecutor, Fani Willis, defended a judge’s recent ruling that she could continue leading the election interference case against Donald J. Trump.
By Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim
The defense had argued that some of the charges were based on statements Donald Trump and his co-defendants made in 2020 that were constitutionally protected.
By Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim
The defendants in the election interference case are once again pressing their argument that Fani T. Willis should be removed from the prosecution.
By Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim
Fulton County prosecutors say Donald J. Trump’s comments about the 2020 election were meant to advance a broad criminal scheme to overturn the election results.
By Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim
An appeals court will now decide if it will weigh in on whether Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, should be disqualified.
By Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim
Because the defendants want to pursue an appeal now, ahead of any trial, Georgia law requires them to get permission from the judge who wrote the ruling.
By Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim
A fresh array of problems are in store for Ms. Willis and her prosecution of Donald Trump, one of the most significant state criminal cases in American history.
By Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim
The highly anticipated ruling cut a middle path between removing Fani T. Willis for a conflict of interest and her full vindication.
By Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim