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.
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Fulton County officials have released the booking photos of John Eastman, Rudy Giuliani, and Scott Hall, who have been indicted in Donald Trump's election interference case in Georgia. Giuliani and Eastman have both been charged with various felonies, including breaking Georgia's anti-racketeering law and making false statements. Hall has also been charged for his alleged role in the breach of voting. Giuliani has stated that he will plead not guilty to the charges.
Investigators in Osage County, Kansas are searching the former property of Dennis Rader, the "BTK Killer" convicted of murdering 10 people in the 1970s-90s, in an effort to find connections to unsolved cases. Rader has called another suspected serial killer his "clone," and authorities are looking into the disappearance of Cynthia Kinney from Oklahoma in 1976. The search is part of an ongoing effort to bring closure to unsolved cases and justice to victims and their families, though it is unclear if any evidence has been found.
Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and Donald Trump's personal attorney, surrendered to Georgia authorities on Wednesday after being indicted for his role in an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. He was charged with 13 counts, including violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and his attorneys agreed to a $150,000 bond. Giuliani stated he would plead not guilty if he were to enter a plea, and the case is being handled by the office of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Margaret Sweeney, 37, of North Carolina was arrested on Monday for allegedly faking her own murder. She had made false reports to a friend and the Department of Social Services, prompting the Franklin Police Department to issue an alert for her. Officers found her on Saturday and arrested her two days later for false report to a police station, false report of death or serious injury by telephonic communication and obstructing law enforcement officers. Her alleged actions caused the police to spend many hours on her case instead of other matters.
A key witness in the investigation into Donald Trump's handling of classified documents has changed his testimony to implicate the former president, according to a federal court filing. Yuscil Taveras, an IT employee at Mar-a-Lago, has amended his testimony and is now accusing Trump and two of his aides of ordering the deletion of a computer server. Special counsel Jack Smith's team has assured Taveras that he will not face perjury charges. The outcome of the investigation is still unclear, but Taveras' change in testimony could have significant implications for Trump.
On Wednesday evening, a private Embraer Legacy aircraft crashed in Russia's Tver region, killing all 10 people on board. The plane was registered to Wagner, a mercenary group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, and had taken off from Moscow earlier in the evening. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Services has launched an investigation into the crash, and Russian state media has reported that Prigozhin was among the passengers on board.