A judge on Friday granted a request from the district attorney in Atlanta to recuse her office from prosecuting the police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks and instructed the state attorney general to appoint another prosecutor. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who took office in January, had argued that actions by her predecessor, Paul Howard, made it inappropriate for her office to handle the prosecution of Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe.
29 May 2021
A Georgia judge ordered a delay in the audit of an estimated 147,000 absentee ballots cast in Fulton County, Georgia during the 2020 election Wednesday after county officials filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by nine Georgia voters who requested the audit.
Last Friday, Superior Court Judge Brian Amero ordered the audit requested by the nine Georgia voters, petitioners in the case,
Favorito v. Cooney, No. 2020CV343938, originally filed in Fulton County Superior Court on December 23, 2020, to proceed, but on Wednesday he ordered the delay to give him time to review Fulton County’s filing made that same day.
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More than 140,000 absentee ballots will be reviewed for their veracity as part of a pro-Trump lawsuit against Fulton County elections. (Shutterstock)
ATLANTA A judge last week granted an audit of Fulton County s absentee ballots, restartingGeorgia s 2020 presidential election saga.
A group of Donald Trump supporters who filed a lawsuit in December contesting the election results that flipped Georgia in favor of President Joe Biden will get their wish to review absentee ballots they say were compromised.
On Friday, Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Brian Amero signed an order granting the group permission to inspect and scan the November 3, 2020, general election absentee ballots that are sealed.
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