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A Georgia Superior Court judge Thursday released portions of a Georgia special purpose grand jury report regarding alleged 2020 general election interference. Though most of the report remains sealed, the three released portions show that a Georgia grand jury unanimously agreed that “no widespread fraud took place in the Georgia 2020 presidential election that could [...]

On December 22, 2022, the US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol released its 845-page Final Report. The Report described events leading up to, during, and in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. It also set out information about the individuals who were involved [...]

Justin Lindsay is a US National Correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He served 10 years as an Officer in the United States Army. Threats to election safety are rising to a crescendo in the United States. The US “midterms” (called that because they occur between presidential [...]

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Monday put a temporary hold on a lower court order requiring Senator Lindsey Graham to testify in court. Thomas did not offer any explanation for his decision. After the 2020 presidential election, Graham called Georgia legislators and allegedly tried to convince them to change their election procedures in ways that [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Sunday temporarily stayed Senator Lindsey Graham’s scheduled testimony before a grand jury in Georgia on Tuesday. This decision results from an appeal from the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Judge Robert McBurney of the Superior Court of Fulton County granted a subpoena for Graham in July, [...]

A US federal judge Monday told US Senator Lindsay Graham that he must testify before a Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury about efforts to overturn the 2020 US presidential election in that state. District Attorney Fani Willis seeks to question Graham surrounding two telephone calls that Graham made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger [...]

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Trevor McBurney Monday granted a motion from State Senator Burt Jones to disqualify a grand jury investigation against him. Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis petitioned the Superior Court to impanel a special purpose grand jury into Jones’ involvement in “possible criminal interference” in the 2020 election.  The petition was approved, [...]

A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia Tuesday subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s campaign lawyer, as a witness. Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis claims Giuliani attempted to improperly influence the 2020 election by trying to show the existence of election fraud in the Georgia election. On December 3, 2020, Giuliani went in front [...]

A former White House aide Tuesday told the US House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack that former US President Donald Trump encouraged January 6 election protesters to go to the US Capitol despite knowing that some were armed with weapons ranging from rifles to bear spray and spears. Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to [...]

The US Congress Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol Thursday held its third public hearing and presented evidence of a “pressure campaign” by former president Donald Trump to persuade former vice president Mike Pence to refuse to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory. In a January 6, 2021, [...]