Trump News for Tuesday, August 15, 2023
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Mark Meadows seeks to move Georgia prosecution to federal court
POLITICO
Trump himself is expected to follow suit with a motion to transfer the case out of Georgia state court.
Aug 15, 2023, 11:59 PM

Georgia D.A. says Trump and 18 indicted allies have to turn themselves in by noon on August 25
CBS News
Former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen associates are charged with election fraud, racketeering and other counts related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Aug 15, 2023, 11:41 PM

Trump Georgia indictment may bring justice but no healing
New York Post
The Trump Georgia indictment will likely only further deepen our political divisions and stoke flames of anger in US.
Aug 15, 2023, 11:36 PM

Mark Meadows wants Fulton County charges moved to federal court
CBS News
Meadows and Trump were among 19 indicted Monday in a case accusing them of acting as a "criminal enterprise."
Aug 15, 2023, 11:28 PM

Criminal defendants make terrible candidates - the GOP must free itself from Trump
New York Post
Nominating former President Donald Trump again would be a disaster for Republicans. The criminal charges are one of the biggest reasons why. Even if you think that’s unfair, it’s reality.
Aug 15, 2023, 11:22 PM

Trump faces packed schedule of court dates for 6 potential trials before Election Day 2024
New York Post
Former President Donald Trump could face six trials before Election Day in November 2024, putting the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in a situation unlike any before.
Aug 15, 2023, 11:10 PM

Trump Georgia indictment: RICO charges could be a double-edged sword
BreakingNews.ie
Trump Georgia indictment: RICO charges could be a double-edged sword
Aug 15, 2023, 11:00 PM

Like him or loathe him, Trump deserves fair trials
New York Post
Democratic prosecutors have rolled out four indictments against former President Donald Trump, including the latest by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, announced Monday night.
Aug 15, 2023, 10:53 PM

Mark Meadows seeks to move Fulton County case to federal court
NBC News
Meadows, who was Trump's White House chief of staff, argues that the charges against him pertain to actions he took while serving in the Trump administration.
Aug 15, 2023, 10:45 PM

Trump indictment forces a GOP reckoning on 2020
POLITICO
Trump’s news conference Monday will force the primary field to re-litigate 2020 once again.
Aug 15, 2023, 10:22 PM

RICO Act originally created to take down the Mafia
WLTX.com
Donald Trump is charged with violating Georgia’s RICO Act. His former lawyer Rudy Giuliani used the federal version of the law to prosecute mobsters.
Aug 15, 2023, 10:07 PM

Meadows trying to move Fulton County case to federal court
Cable News Network
Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is seeking to move the Fulton County, Georgia, prosecution against him to federal court so that he can try to get the case dismissed under federal law.
Aug 15, 2023, 9:52 PM

Georgia indictment lays out Trump election plot in all its shocking detail
The Guardian
Charging document, staggering in its breadth and ambition of its charges, may represent greatest legal peril for ex-president to date
Aug 15, 2023, 9:40 PM

Donald Trump vows to release report ‘proving’ election fraud
PerthNow
Despite zero evidence, former US president Donald Trump says he will release a report proving voter fraud in Georgia next week.
Aug 15, 2023, 9:19 PM

The 12 tweets that could help convict Trump in Georgia election-tamper case
New York Post
Fulton County DA Fani Willis highlighted a dozen of the former president's posts on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in her sweeping 2020 election racketeering case against him.
Aug 15, 2023, 9:19 PM

Trump’s Last Two Indictments Complement Each Other Perfectly
Slate
The two most recent indictments filed against Donald J. Trump are mirror images in many ways.
Aug 15, 2023, 8:55 PM

Governor Brian Kemp tells Trump Georgia’s 2020 election ‘was not stolen’
The Guardian
Republican says no one has produced evidence of fraud in court of law despite ex-president’s vow to present ‘irrefutable’ proof
Aug 15, 2023, 8:33 PM
Ken Buck: Georgia Trump indictment is ‘a nuclear bomb where a bullet would have been appropriate’
Yahoo News
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) on Tuesday said he thinks the racketeering charges brought against former President Trump and his allies in Georgia were too broad and being incorrectly applied. “This charge is really a nuclear bomb where a bullet would have been appropriate,” Buck said in an interview on MSNBC. “And I think the scope…
Aug 15, 2023, 8:27 PM
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Georgia court acknowledges releasing Trump document on website
Reuters
The Fulton County Georgia court clerk on Tuesday acknowledged that it had released on its website a document about Donald Trump being criminally charged, as Reuters reported on Monday.
Aug 15, 2023, 7:55 PM
Why Trump's indictment in Georgia could spell 'big trouble,' according to a legal expert
Yahoo News
Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted on criminal charges by a Georgia grand jury in connection with their attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Yahoo News spoke with a legal expert who explains why this indictment might be the most consequential of all.
Aug 15, 2023, 7:46 PM

Georgia indicts Trump, 18 allies on RICO charges in election interference case. Here are the details.
CBS News
The Georgia grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump returned the indictments on election fraud, racketeering and other charges.
Aug 15, 2023, 7:43 PM
Donald Trump’s Georgia indictments mark a substantial change in American political culture
The Globe and Mail
The shock value of the indictments has been devalued as what once would have been considered shocking is becoming ordinary
Aug 15, 2023, 7:42 PM

Legal Consequences Arrive for Trump and Other Election Deniers
The New York Times
Legal repercussions have arrived for the leaders of the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential contest, in what could serve as a warning to those who meddle in future elections.
Aug 15, 2023, 7:31 PM