Facing a self-made vote-counting conundrum, Georgia Senate Republicans are moving to preserve the very voting system that they and Trump have long criticized. Via @calebgroves.bsky.social www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Georgia Dems celebrated yesterday after GOP leaders abandoned their push to redraw the state’s political lines this summer. But many also greeted the news with skepticism, warning that GOP leaders could revive the effort after the election. With @bluestein.bsky.social www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Excited to have so many great @ajc.com journalists on Bluesky today reporting on today's elections in Georgia!

Georgians are hitting the polls today. With party nominations TBD in key races for governor, senate, lt. governor, secretary of state, school superintendent and labor and insurance commission, there's a lot up for grabs Follow us at @ajc.com as we track it live: www.ajc.com/politics/202...

With the Georgia Trump case now over, Fulton County may be on the hook to pay Trump and his co-defendants millions in legal fees www.ajc.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: 🚨 The Fulton judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Trump, others just agreed to dismiss it 🚨 This comes shortly after a state prosecutor said the alleged criminal conduct amounted to more of a federal, not state, case www.ajc.com/politics/202...

“This is such a tangled spider web." New prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case faces a thicket of legal, practical and political concerns as he decides whether to advance the probe www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Breaking: Pete Skandalakis, the head of the nonpartisan Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, said he's appointing himself to oversee the Fulton Trump case, taking over for DQed Fani Willis. He said "several" other prosecutors turned down the appointment www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Coming attractions: today is the deadline for a state prosecutor to reveal who is being appointed to take over for Fulton DA Fani Willis in the Georgia election interference case involving President Trump

President Trump pardoned his 18 co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case, but it won’t void the state charges filed against them in Fulton County www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The U.S. Department of Justice has requested Fulton County election records from 2020 as the Trump administration and its supporters continue to scrutinize the presidential election won by Democrat Joe Biden www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Since taking office in 2021, Willis appears to have become Georgia's second-biggest user of the state RICO statute behind the AG. Great comprehensive look of the Fulton DA's use of RICO from my colleagues: www.ajc.com/news/2025/10...

Great profile by th AJC's @tamarhallerman.bsky.social Meet the lawyer who derailed Georgia’s prosecution of Donald Trump ajc.com/politics/202...

Meet the lawyer who derailed Georgia’s prosecution of Donald Trump www.ajc.com/politics/202...

New: Fulton Judge Scott McAfee is now giving a Georgia state agency an extra month to name a new prosecutor in the Fulton election interference case involving President Trump. The agency's executive director had asked for more time given the very lengthy case file

A few days after a Fulton judge gave the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia 14 days to decide who will take on the Fulton Trump case now that Fani Willis has been disqualified, the head of the agency is now asking for an extension 1/

Breaking: A nonpartisan state agency has only 14 days to name a new prosecutor to lead the Fulton election interference case involving President Donald Trump -- or the judge overseeing the case will dismiss it entirely www.ajc.com/politics/202...

"They’re fishing." "Warranted and long overdue." “I literally cannot think of anything that is not political." Former prosecutors and political observers in Georgia try to make sense of Fani Willis subpoena www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The Georgia election interference case, once considered one of the strongest against Trump, has hit the skids. What are the consequences of that? www.ajc.com/politics/202...

What happens to the Georgia Trump case now that Fulton DA Fani Willis is officially out? Its future rests with a Republican former prosecutor at an obscure state agency already familiar with a portion of the racketeering case www.ajc.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: Fani Willis loses last chance to stay at the helm Trump Georgia election interference case www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Good morning. This a.m. the Georgia Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on the Fani Willis disqualification fight in the 2020 election interference case. Posted on the high court’s website: 1/

New: Nathan Wade, the former special prosecutor who once quarterbacked the Fulton County election interference case against Trump, is suing AT&T for handing over his cellphone records to defense attorneys as they sought to remove him from the probe www.ajc.com/politics/202...

As Atlantic hurricane season reaches its peak, inland communities in Georgia that were slammed by Helene last fall continue to rebuild and worry about what's next www.ajc.com/news/2025/08...

Catch up here on all six episodes of Season 11 of the @ajc.com 's award-winning true crime podcast, Breakdown. "Three Days in May" traces the unforgettable story of a young Georgia couple who suffer devastating consequences after the death of their child. www.ajc.com/news/breakdo...

Now live: the final episode (!) of Breakdown's "Three Days in May." The Debelbots, convicted of murdering their baby, have lost every single courtroom battle as they've tried to clear their names. Now they're at the end of the line: the GA Supreme Court 1/2

Georgia's nursing homes could see massive changes under the “Big, Beautiful Bill." More than two-dozen could be at an elevated risk of closure, including 17 in GOP districts represented by House members who voted for the law. View the list here: www.ajc.com/news/2025/08...

The end of an era :-( Veteran @ajc legal affairs reporter Bill Rankin retires, says goodbye to ‘Breakdown’ podcast. We'll miss ya, partner! www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Fresh episode of Breakdown Season 11 out this morning: This time, a jailhouse snitch comes forward, Ashley takes the stand and goes up against a hard-charging prosecutor and the Debelbots learn their fate. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts www.ajc.com/news/breakdo...

In case you missed it this weekend: Georgia's nursing homes could see massive changes under “The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act." Here's how. www.ajc.com/news/2025/08...

It's here! The first two episodes of the new season of Breakdown, the @ajc.com's award-winning legal affairs podcast, are now live! Listen to "Three Days in May" below or wherever you download your podcasts: www.ajc.com/news/breakdo...

Coming soon: Season 11 of the @ajc's award-winning legal affairs podcast, Breakdown "Three Days in May" follows a young GA couple who bring their baby home from the hospital... and watch as their lives turn into a nightmare As one attorney told us, "this case, you almost couldn't make it up" 1/2

In recent months, a relatively obscure office of Georgia judges has been quietly working to build the infrastructure to implement the state's new law to compensate the wrongfully convicted More: www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Current scene outside of @ajc headquarters as the @clarkatlanta drumline motivates runners coming down the final mile of the #AJCPeachtreeRoadRace

NEW: The new state commission tasked with investigating and disciplining “rogue” local prosecutors has dismissed an open records-related complaint against Fulton County DA Fani Willis www.ajc.com/politics/202...

New: The Georgia Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear the long-simmering subpoena fight between a state Senate committee and Fulton DA Fani Willis www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Been taking a little social media break as #BillRankin and I finish up Season 11 of Breakdown, which will be hitting your podcast platforms very soon. But in other news... 1/2

AJC poll: A slim majority of Georgia voters believe the state should drop the 2020 election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump www.ajc.com/politics/sli...

Breaking: The Georgia Court of Appeals rejected an attempt from Fulton prosecutors to restore six counts that had been nixed from the Fulton election interference indictment against Trump and others

In a party-line vote on Monday, the Georgia Senate revived a committee created to investigate Fulton County DA Fani Willis www.ajc.com/politics/geo...

In his only exit interview with a print publication, FBI Director Chris Wray told the @ajc that he decided to resign his post nearly three years early because he wanted to shield the bureau and its 38,000 employees from more political chaos www.ajc.com/politics/fbi...

Fulton County DA Fani Willis is asking the Georgia Supreme Court to overturn the lower court opinion that removed her from the Trump election interference case www.ajc.com/politics/ful...

A bombshell decision: The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office should be removed from the 2020 election interference case @tamarhallerman.bsky.social www.ajc.com/politics/cou...

That was fast: Fulton DA's office says it'll appeal this morning's Court of Appeals decision removing it from the 2020 election interference case

🚨🚨🚨: The Georgia Court of Appeals voted to remove Fulton DA Fani Willis and her office from the 2020 election interference case, a bombshell decision that will upend the last remaining criminal case against incoming President Donald Trump www.ajc.com/politics/cou...

New: Fulton County prosecutors have filed motions seeking to dismiss charges against six of the remaining defendants in the YSL trial, my colleague Jozsef Papp writes. www.ajc.com/news/crime/s...

Trump’s attorneys are asking the Georgia Court of Appeals to order the dismissal of the Fulton election interference case against their client. More from my colleague Bill Rankin www.ajc.com/politics/tru...

If Young Thug hadn’t pleaded guilty to gang, drug and gun charges on Halloween night, the rap superstar might have walked free, two jurors said after the lengthy trial ended this week. Via the @ajc.com's Jozsef Papp and Shaddi Abusaid www.ajc.com/news/crime/y...

New: Kenneth Chesebro, one of four co-defendants in the Fulton Trump case to strike a plea deal with prosecutors, is now seeking to overturn his agreement www.ajc.com/politics/co-...

A Fulton County judge has ordered the Fulton DA’s office to turn over documents from its election interference investigation that were sent to DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith and the U.S. House Jan. 6th Committee www.ajc.com/politics/ful...