Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Live feed From 2h ago 20. 09 EDT Grand jury reportedly voting on election fraud charges It appears the grand jury is voting on the election fraud charges. Breaking on @MSNBC : The Fulton County grand jury is voting NOW.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 15, 2023 Updated at 20. 21 EDT Key events 6m ago What we know so far 29m ago What does 10 indictments mean? 32m ago Grand jury returns 10 indictments 39m ago Judge Robert McBurney checks document 42m ago Indictment handed to the judge 48m ago Fulton county sheriff Patrick Labat enters courtroom 51m ago Judge Robert McBurney enters courtroom 1h ago Grand jury voting on whether to indict Donald Trump 1h ago Where things stand 2h ago Grand jury reportedly voting on election fraud charges 2h ago Georgia DA Fani Willis prepares to face off with Trump 3h ago Donald Trump case tracker: where does each investigation stand? 6h ago Judge in Trump hush-money case won’t recuse himself 6h ago Summary of the day so far 7h ago Georgia grand jury witnesses to testify today because prosecutors ‘moving faster’ than anticipated 8h ago Two former Georgia state lawmakers testify to Fulton County grand jury 9h ago Georgia court publishes then removes docket of charges against Donald Trump – report 10h ago Trump appears to warn former Lt Gov Geoff Duncan against testifying to Georgia grand jury 11h ago Robert F Kennedy Jr walks back on supporting three-month federal abortion ban 11h ago Donald Trump case tracker: where does each investigation stand? 12h ago Who is Fani Willis? 13h ago What charges could Donald Trump face in Georgia election case? 13h ago Georgia prosecutors prepare to face off with Donald Trump Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 2m ago 21. 38 EDT A reminder: the case stems from a 2 January 2021, phone call in which Trump urged Georgia’s top election official, Brad Raffensperger, to “find” enough votes to reverse his narrow loss in the state.
Raffensperger declined to do so. Experts agree that in Trump’s conclusive 2020 defeat by Joe Biden there was no widespread electoral fraud in Georgia or any other state. Trump is also facing 78 criminal charges in three other indictments, over: Hush-money payments to the adult film star Stormy Daniels Retention of classified documents Election subversion at the federal level Despite his unprecedented legal jeopardy, Trump dominates Republican primary polling as the first televised debate nears at the end of this month, my colleague Martin Pengelly reported earlier.
6m ago 21. 34 EDT What we know so far Here is the latest, via AP: The grand jury in Georgia investigating Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss handed up criminal indictments on Monday, though it was unclear whether the charges involved the former president. Officials with the Fulton county court handed the indictment to Judge Robert McBurney, but did not make them public.
Media accounts showed images of a cover sheet saying the grand jury had returned 10 indictments, but did not say who was indicted or what charges were filed. Fulton county court clerk Che Alexander told reporters it could take her office up to three hours to process the indictments after they were accepted by the judge. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and accuses Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis, an elected Democrat, of being politically motivated.
Trump, 77, has been criminally indicted three times so far this year, including once by US special counsel Jack Smith on charges of trying to overturn his election defeat. He has long dismissed the many investigations, including two impeachments, he has faced in his years in politics as a politically motivated “witch-hunt. ” Updated at 21.
40 EDT 10m ago 21. 30 EDT As we await news of who precisely has been indicted, Republican senator Lindsey Graham has said on Fox news: “The American people can decide whether they want him to be president or not. This should be decided at the ballot box, not a bunch of liberal jurisdictions trying to put the man in jail.
” “They’re weaponizing the law in this country, they’re trying to take Donald Trump down and this is setting a bad precedent,” he continued. Updated at 21. 39 EDT 14m ago 21.
27 EDT NBC’s Gary Grumbach has outlined exactly what happened at the court over the last half hour: At 8:58pm, a rep from Fulton County Superior Court Clerk’s office, a representative from the Fulton County District Attorney’s office and several representatives from the Fulton County Sheriff’s office walked into courtroom 8D – Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney’s courtroom. The District Attorney’s office representative was holding a stack of papers. They were greeted by the Judge, who said ‘is it evening or night?’ when the representative from the DA’s office said ‘Good evening.
’ McBurney went through every indictment – it appeared there were multiple – making sure they were all signed and the various forms were properly filled out. He asked the DA’s rep ‘Everything went as it should have in front of the grand jury?’ The DA’s rep said, “Yes your honor. ” The Judge did not read anything aloud from the indictment.
McBurney then handed the indictments to the Clerk’s office representative, as he instructed her to maintain custody of the indictments. She departed the courtroom, en route to the Clerk’s office to file the indictment 18m ago 21. 23 EDT MSNBC correspondent Blayne Alexander has posted a picture of the certification that the grand jury indictments were returned in open court, and that there were 10 indictments.
BIG FLAG: a Fulton County grand jury has returned 10 indictments. @CharlieGileNBC snapped this photo at the clerk’s office. We are awaiting names and details.
pic. twitter. com/IwGVxsck80 — Blayne Alexander (@ReporterBlayne) August 15, 2023 22m ago 21.
19 EDT It is 9. 20 pm in Fulton County, Georgia . 22m ago 21.
18 EDT If you’re just joining us, the grand jury at Fulton County, Georgia has returned 10 indictments. Court remained open past 5pm – and is still open, with reporters and court staff prepared to work through the night. The clark confirmed that the grand jury has voted to indict 10 people.
But, the clark said that processing, stamping and making the indictment documents public could take three hours, CNN reports. But it may be only an hour. We do not know who has been indicted.
28m ago 21. 13 EDT So it is now a question of who has been indicted. It is not clear.
29m ago 21. 12 EDT What does 10 indictments mean? There could be one or multiple people in each indictment, but it is likely this means that a minimum of ten people have been charged in these indictments, CNN reports. The grand jury votes yes or no on each indictment, by majority vote (12 of 23 jurors).
Updated at 21. 30 EDT 32m ago 21. 09 EDT Grand jury returns 10 indictments The grand jury has returned 10 indictments, the Guardian’s Hugo Lowell reports from the courtroom.
NEW: Fulton County grand jury returned 10 indictments today in the Trump case, per cover page filed with clerk’s office — Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) August 15, 2023 Updated at 21. 09 EDT 34m ago 21. 06 EDT The paperwork – a large stack of papers – have now been walked back to the clerk’s office for the next stage of processing.
This document may be the indictment – but it may not be. We should know shortly. Updated at 21.
09 EDT 36m ago 21. 04 EDT We are expecting a dozen or so defendants to be indicted, if the grand jury has voted to indict. The defendants include former US president Donald Trump .
If Trump is indicted this will be his fourth indictment. 39m ago 21. 02 EDT Judge Robert McBurney checks document “Everything went as it should have?” Judge Robert McBurney asks.
He hands the documents back to the clerk, who agrees to take custody of them. The document will now be docketed and will become available to the public any moment. Updated at 21.
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