Georgia
Georgia Voters Appeal Decision Allowing Marjorie Taylor Greene To Stay On Ballot
Topline
Georgia voters are nonetheless attempting to maintain Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) off the midterm poll regardless of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ruling she will be able to stay a candidate, because the challengers appealed Raffensperger’s ruling Monday and requested the state’s Superior Courtroom to dam his determination.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sits in a courtroom, April 22 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Key Details
5 of Greene’s constituents, backed by the group Free Speech for Individuals, argued the appeals courtroom ought to overturn Raffensperger’s order, saying it was based mostly on “errors of regulation.”
The voters sued to dam Greene from the poll in March as a result of they allege she’s an “insurrectionist” for encouraging the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol constructing, which might violate a provision of the 14th Modification that bars lawmakers from serving in Congress in the event that they’ve “engaged” in an riot after taking their oath of workplace.
The attraction argues that Raffensperger, who on Might 6 affirmed an administrative regulation decide’s suggestion that Greene keep on the poll, erred by placing the onus on the challengers to show why Greene ought to be disqualified relatively than making her defend her candidacy.
Raffensperger additionally prevented the voters from getting extra proof from Greene and had a flawed definition of what it means to “interact” in an riot, the voters argued within the attraction.
In addition they allege Raffensperger didn’t consider feedback Greene made earlier than beginning in Congress on January 3, 2021—like advocating for overturning the 2020 presidential election and saying she didn’t need a “peaceable” switch of energy to President Joe Biden—that would make clearer how she engaged within the riot after taking workplace.
Greene mentioned after taking her oath of workplace that the January 6 rally was “our 1776 second,” for example, which the challengers argue has a violent connotation that’s extra simply understood in mild of feedback Greene made earlier than taking workplace.
Greene’s legal professional and Raffensperger’s workplace haven’t but responded to requests for remark.
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Underneath Georgia regulation, the Superior Courtroom can block Raffensperger’s ruling if it determines the challengers’ rights “have been prejudiced,” which may very well be as a result of the secretary’s determination was “clearly faulty,” violated state regulation, was past the scope of his authority or was “arbitrary and capricious.” The courtroom’s ruling can then be appealed once more by the dropping occasion to the state appeals courtroom and Georgia Supreme Courtroom, if desired. Georgia’s major elections will happen on Might 24 forward of the final election on November 8, and it’s unclear if Greene may very well be allowed within the major election however then taken off the final election poll because the litigation performs out.
Chief Critic
“Challengers make a valiant effort to assist inferences that Rep. Greene was an insurrectionist, however the proof is missing, and the Courtroom just isn’t persuaded,” Administrative Regulation Decide Charles R. Beaudrot wrote in his ruling permitting Greene’s candidacy, which Raffensperger adopted. The decide dominated Greene’s statements made after taking workplace had been “imprecise” and “ambiguous” and don’t quantity to aiding an riot, and her feedback earlier than taking workplace had been “expressing constitutionally protected political beliefs, irrespective of how aberrant they could be.”
Key Background
The 14th Modification stipulates that “no individual” can serve in Congress who, after taking an oath of workplace, “engaged in riot or rebel towards” the U.S. authorities or “[gave] assist or consolation to the enemies thereof.” The Georgia voters filed a lawsuit in March arguing Greene ought to be disqualified on these grounds, and Greene filed her personal federal lawsuit in response attempting to cease their effort. A decide dominated towards Greene’s lawsuit, nonetheless, which allowed the case towards her to proceed. Beaudrot issued his determination affirming Greene’s candidacy Might 6 after a day-long listening to during which Greene testified she didn’t play any position in January 6 and condemned the violence. Raffensperger, although free to reject Beaudrot’s determination and block Greene from the poll anyway, affirmed the decide’s suggestion hours later.
Tangent
Free Speech for Individuals has additionally backed a problem to the candidacy of Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), additionally arguing he ought to be blocked from reelection beneath the 14th Modification. The query of whether or not that problem can transfer ahead is now being thought of in federal appeals courtroom, after a district decide dominated for Cawthorn.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene To Stay On Midterm Poll (Forbes)
Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘Doesn’t Recall’ Any Function In Jan. 6 Capitol Assault (Forbes)
Who Might Determine Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Destiny? Republican Trump Foe Brad Raffensperger (Forbes)
Georgia Voters Sue To Block Marjorie Taylor Greene From Operating For Being An ‘Insurrectionist’ (Forbes)
Suspended Georgia offensive lineman Marques Easley was arrested on Friday in Oconee County after he crashed his car into an apartment complex in Watkinsville on Monday.
Easley was booked at 4:35 p.m. ET on Friday and released at 5:04 p.m. on a $1,000 bond, per an online booking report. Easley was charged with three counts of reckless conduct, a misdemeanor, and one count of reckless driving.
Georgia announced that Easley and wide receiver Nitro Tuggle were suspended indefinitely earlier this week. Tuggle’s suspension was due to a separate incident after he had been arrested on speeding and reckless driving charges, both of which are misdemeanors.
Easley’s crash took place just after 10 p.m. on March 17. According to the incident report, Easley’s car, a 2021 Dodge Challenger was traveling west on Redwood Lane in a “reckless disregard.” His car lost control with the back end twisting clockwise, leaving the roadway. Easley’s vehicle first struck a power box. Easley’s car next hit the driver’s side of Easley’s car hit the passenger side of the Hyundai Elantra and then struck the Mercedes-Benz CLA. The driver’s side of the Hyundai struck the passenger side of the Mercedes.
The Georgia offensive lineman told officers that he was traveling around 25 to 30 miles per hour but an investigation into the crash determined that Easley’s account was inaccurate. Per the incident report, tire marks and evidence suggest that Easley was “laying drag.”
“The investigating troopers found this to be an inaccurate account of (what) happened due to the amount of damage from the crash and the fact that (the Dodge Challenger) had tire marks going back an estimated 200 feet,” the report stated.
Easley is a redshirt freshman from Peoria, Ill. He signed as a member of Georgia’s 2024 signing class and appeared in two games last season.
Easley was taken to Piedmont Athens Regional due to the accident. Details of his injuries were not listed in the crash report. A second Georgia player — redshirt freshman cornerback Ondre Evans — was listed on the crash report among the six occupants involved. Evans was not taken to the hospital.
This is the second arrest of the offseason for Georgia, with Tuggle’s being the first. In total, there have now been 32 incidents involving a Georgia football player or staff member who has been charged with speeding, racing, reckless driving or reckless conduct dating back to the Jan. 15, 2023 death of football player Devin Willock and support staffer Chandler LeCroy in a car crash.
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Illegal immigrant released by Biden admin charged with killing Georgia grandmother in random attack
A murder suspect accused of strangling a Georgia mother of five in a random attack last week is a Honduran illegal immigrant who was caught and released at the southern border by the Biden administration in March 2021, Fox News has learned.
David Hector Rivas-Sagastume, 21, has also been the subject of a deportation order since July 2023, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said.
Rivas-Sagastume is charged with capital murder in the death of Camilla Williams, a 52-year-old mother of five and grandmother. Her body was found dumped in a wooded area, authorities said.
Williams’ family told local media outlets that she said a man had been following her in the days before she was killed. Authorities have not determined the suspect’s connection to Williams.
An arrest warrant states that Rivas-Sagastume assaulted Williams of Marietta, placing her in a chokehold, causing her to lose consciousness sometime between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. on March 12, Fox Atlanta reported.
Once unconscious, Rivas-Sagastume allegedly told police he put both knees and his full body weight on her neck, leading to her death.
The Department of Homeland Security told Fox News that Rivas-Sagastume entered the United States illegally on March 17, 2021, and was arrested by the US Border Patrol.
“He was issued a notice to appear and paroled into the country by the previous administration,” the statement said. “A judge ordered him removed on July 11, 2023. On March 18, 2025, he was arrested by the Cobb County Police Department for capital murder and other crimes.”
“ICE has lodged an immigration detainer with the Cobb County Jail. President Trump and Secretary Noem will not allow criminal illegal aliens—including accused murderers—to be loose on America’s streets.”
Rivas-Sagastume is being held on no bond, according to jail records.
Williams’ killing has drawn parallels to the murder of Laken Riley, who was also murdered in Georgia by an illegal immigrant who was caught and released by border authorities.
He was later convicted of Riley’s murder.
Riley’s body was also left in the woods.
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