Delay of the Land
Plus: New charges in Michigan. 🗳️
Published May 10, 2024
This Week in Democracy
- The Georgia Court of Appeals allowed Donald Trump to continue his attempt to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis, who is prosecuting the election interference case against him and 18 others. The decision is likely to delay a trial in the case until after the presidential election in November.
➡️ READ: The Georgia charges, explained
- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged Stephanie Scott, a former township clerk, and Stefanie Lambert (Junttila), Scott’s attorney, with multiple felonies. Scott and Lambert are charged with illegally providing access to voters’ personal information. Scott is also accused of withholding voting equipment from authorities. In a separate prosecution, Lambert is facing charges for unauthorized access to voting machines.
- Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postponed Trump’s criminal trial in Florida, where he is charged with 40 felony counts of mishandling classified information. The trial was previously scheduled to begin on May 20.
- Trump’s hush money trial in New York continued this week. After the former president once again violated his gag order, Justice Juan Merchan issued another fine and a warning: “Going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sanction.”
State of the States
In D.C., former Trump attorney John Eastman’s law license was suspended. The suspension was triggered by Judge Yvette Roland’s recommendation that Eastman should be disbarred in California. Roland recommended disbarment because of Eastman’s work as a central architect of the plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Eastman’s law license will remain suspended in D.C. and California until the Supreme Court of California issues a final decision. States United filed complaints against Eastman in both California and D.C.
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