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Prosecutors whittled down a group of 200 Fulton County residents to the 23 they need to serve on a special grand jury that will investigate whether former President Donald Trump should be charged for his attempts to pressure Georgia officials to overturn the re stanley cup sults of the 2020 election, which he lost. Three additional people were selected as alternates.As the selection process began, Judge Robert McBurney encouraged prospective grand jurors to identify themselves as having a conflict if they have already reached a conclusion about whether Trump committed a crime in the aftermath of his defeat. Because this grand jury will be investigating a specific situation, the 2020 elect stanley quencher ion here in Georgia, it s important that the grand jury be comprised of individuals who bring an open mind to the process, McBurney said. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis asked a panel of judges in January for the special grand jury because of information indicating a reasonable probability that the electio stanley puodelis n was subject to possible criminal disruptions. Willis spoke very briefly Monday, thanking those in attendance for their potential service. Willis has said in interviews that the investigation includes a January 2, 2021 phone call in which Trump told Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, I just want to find 11,780 votes. Trump lost the state to Joe Biden by that margin mdash; an outcome that was affirmed by several recounts.Speci Efoy For pro-Clinton super PAC, 2016 doesn t look that different after all
City voting officials have ordered Mayor Anthony A. Williams re-election campaign to pay $277,700 in fines for submitting thousands of fraudule stanley mug nt signatures on election petitions.The violations ranged from massive forgeries to excessive fraud, said Stephen G. Callas, one of three members of the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics. The panel voted unanimously to levy the fine.Last month, Williams was barred from the Sept. 10 Democratic primary ballot for failing to collect the required 2,000 valid signatures. About 10 percent of the fine will be suspended if Williams agrees to have his volunteers and campaign workers trained to avoid future violations of city election laws. The mayor has suffered public embarrassment, said Benjamin F. Wilson, chairman of the panel that could have hit the mayor with more than $1 million in fines. There were 5,465 obvious forgeries, Wilson said. Names appearing on the petitions included actor Kelsey Grammar, singer Billy Joel and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. The names of petition circulators were also forged. According to the district s registrar of voters, the petitions included thousands of signatures she characterized as kitchen table forgeries. Those petitions have now been turned stanley cup over to the U.S. Attorney s office, which is p stanley water bottle ursuing a criminal investigation of about a half dozen petition circulators. I believe this fine is an excessive fine under the circumstances, |
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