Georgia
Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Six Counts in Georgia Election Subversion Case
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss six counts of an indictment charging President Donald Trump and others for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
On Jan. 17, a three-judge panel unanimously upheld the lower court’s decision, writing “we find that the indictment fails to include enough detail to sufficiently apprise the defendants of what they must be prepared to meet so that they can intelligently prepare their defenses.”
The 98-page indictment was returned in August 2023 in Fulton County, Georgia, after more than two years of investigation. It named 41 counts and 18 defendants, including Trump’s close advisors Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and John Eastman. The indictment charged Trump with 13 counts.
The charges in Fulton County include the now infamous call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) asking him to find more than 11,000 votes — just enough to overturn the election results. The indictment also details harassment and intimidation of election workers, the unlawful breach of election equipment by members of the enterprise, the fake electors scheme and an effort to cover up the conspiracy.
Trump, Giuliani, Meadows, Eastman and two others challenged six counts of the indictment, arguing that the charges were too broad.
The counts deal with soliciting others to engage in conduct that willfully and intentionally violates a Georgia public official’s oath of office, which includes a promise to uphold the state and national constitutions. In particular, the counts reference conversations with Georgia legislators and Raffensperger in which the defendants asked them to change election results, decertify the election, and call a special session of the state legislature to unlawfully appoint electors.
In March 2024, a Fulton County judge agreed with the defendants that the six counts were too generic, writing that the U.S. Constitution and Georgia Constitution contain hundreds of clauses, and that “the Defendants could have violated the Constitutions and thus the statute in dozens, if not hundreds, of distinct ways.”
After an appeal from state prosecutors, a court of appeals held firm with this decision.
Trump remains charged with 10 counts, though it is unlikely that a criminal prosecution will move forward now that he has been sworn in for a second term.
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Georgia Tech is fresh off a bye week and will face Boston College on Saturday. At 8-1 and 5-1 in the ACC, everything is ahead of the Yellow Jackets with three games left in the regular season. The Yellow Jackets control their own destiny. They are a strong favorite to make the ACC championship with the highest odds in the conference. Georgia Tech has one of the best offenses in football and has leaned on it for one of its best seasons in the Brent Key era.
Coming into the matchup against the Eagles, Georgia Tech is highly favored.
According to FanDuel Sportsbook, Georgia Tech is a 16.5 favorite and the over/under is at 58.5 as the opening odds. Boston College is 1-9 and has lost nine consecutive games this season. The Eagles are still in search of their first ACC win this season. Despite the record, Boston College will be playing with no pressure and house money, going up against ranked Georgia Tech, looking to put a wrench into their season. Georgia Tech will have to come in and be ready to go.
The practices have produced good results during the bye week, and Georgia Tech is looking to be healthier in the contest on Saturday.
“So this time of year, it’s a good combination of getting healthy, getting players back healthy and mending up things that you’re not doing well or didn’t do well and improving on that and adding complementary things to your offense defense, kicking game and improving overall as a team,” said head coach Brent Key.
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There was no big difference in the schedule for the Yellow Jackets, they still had practice on their regular days and ran a lot of good on good. Similar to what they did in fall camp in preparation for the season. With a focused bunch and corrections throughout the bye week, it should be a formula for success for the Yellow Jackets.
“You have certain days that we’re going to go out and practice. We tweak and alter and change the practice based on what we need. We’re going to practice on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday regardless. Now it changes a little bit depending on when your game is the following week. Sometimes you have Thursday or Friday, or Saturday, depending on that. But the schedule is the same. The schedule is the same. What you do within that time, yeah, that changes. Going back to what you’re self-scouting, you’re recruiting. The amount of practice you need, the things you need to get done, yet you also have to get guys healthy and get them back. So it’s all in all. You get in the back part of the season, right? That goes the same for any week,” said Key.
Georgia Tech will be back in action on ACC Network at 3:30 PM against Boston College.
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A cluster of thunderstorms developed around 2:30 PM on Saturday in western Hall County. As they moved to the east, they strengthened with one cell eventually becoming severe warned from east of Gainesville to the South Carolina line.
Heather Gwaltney shared this photo with us on Facebook of prolific hail in Oakwood.
As the storms marched east, they continued to produce hail with quarter-size hail reported in both Bowman and Elberton in Elbert County.
Gusty winds accompanied the storms, and officials reported a tree on a power line near Tara Place in Commerce.
The storms pushed into South Carolina and became more numerous, but calmed down over Northeast Georgia into the evening hours.
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The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs play against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in an SEC football game today. The matchup is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN. Notably, the game will not be available on YouTube TV due to an ongoing dispute with Disney.
Fans can watch this game for free online by using the free trial offered by DirecTV. Alternatively, fans can purchase a monthly subscription offered by Fubo TV/Sling.
The Georgia squad enters this matchup with a 7-1 record, and they have won four consecutive games. In their most recent game, Georgia defeated Florida 24-20.
In order to win today’s game, the Georgia squad will need to rely on its star quarterback Gunner Stockton. He has thrown for 12 touchdowns and nearly 1,800 yards this season, which highlights his arm talent.
The Mississippi State squad enters this matchup with a 5-4 record, and the team is coming off a 38-35 win against Arkansas.
In order to win this game, Mississippi State will need a great performance from its quarterback Blake Shapen. He has thrown for 15 touchdowns and nearly 2,200 yards this year, so he will try to continue his great play this morning.
Although YouTube TV will not broadcast today’s game, fans can still watch the matchup for free with DirecTV. Alternatively, fans can purchase a monthly subscription offered by Fubo TV/Sling.
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