Former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants are set to stand trial on October 23, 2023 for attempting to overturn the 2020 Georgia election results. Kenneth Chesebro, one of the defendants, invoked the state's speedy trial law to rush his case to trial, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis responded by requesting a trial start date in October. This is the first case of its kind in the United States, and the trial is expected to attract significant attention.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against SpaceX, accusing the company of "routine, widespread, and longstanding" discrimination against people with asylum or refugee status. The lawsuit seeks to end the alleged discrimination and provide monetary damages to those affected. SpaceX has yet to comment on the lawsuit, but has previously said that it complies with all applicable laws and regulations.
Former President Donald Trump and 18 others have been indicted by a grand jury in Georgia on a variety of charges related to an alleged scheme to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results. The indictment includes thirteen counts and involves close allies of Trump such as Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, who have both been booked and released on bond. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has given all 19 defendants until noon on Friday to surrender, or she will seek arrest warrants for them. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has called the charges “baseless.”
Three people were killed and six more were injured in a shooting at Cook's Corner, an iconic biker bar in Orange County, California. The suspect, 59-year-old John Snowling, was a retired police officer and was killed by multiple deputies at the scene. The identities of the victims have not yet been released.
This article reports on a shooting at Cook's Corner Bar in Trabuco Canyon, California. Multiple victims are believed to have been shot and law enforcement entities have responded to the scene. There is currently no information on the exact number of victims or their conditions.
On Wednesday, a plane crash north of Moscow killed mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and all 10 people on board, raising suspicions as Prigozhin had led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year. Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a top general linked to Prigozhin, was dismissed from his position as commander of the air force and has not been seen in public since the mutiny. The cause of the plane crash is still under investigation and it is unclear if Prigozhin’s death will be confirmed or if the crash was related to the mutiny.
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and another high profile Fulton County racketeering defendant, Jeffrey Clark, have had their request to postpone their surrender and arrest in Fulton County, Georgia rejected by a federal judge. The request was made in an attempt to move the case to federal court, but Judge Steve C. Jones ruled that the state court had jurisdiction and that the arrest warrants should be enforced. The ruling means that Meadows and Clark will be booked this week, along with the other 17 defendants in the case, although it is unclear what charges they are facing.
Key takeaways: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis denied a request by indicted former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to have his voluntary…