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Georgia appeals court disqualifies DA Fani Willis from Trump election interference case
Fox News, National

Georgia appeals court disqualifies DA Fani Willis from Trump election interference case

By Anders Hagstrom  | Fox News A Georgia court of appeals disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting President-elect Trump in his election interference case on Thursday. The court did not go all the way to throw out Trump's indictment, but Willis and the assistant DAs working in her office now have "no authority to proceed." This is a breaking story. Check back soon for updates. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
Kamala Harris greatly exaggerated prosecutorial record during district attorney campaign
National, National Review

Kamala Harris greatly exaggerated prosecutorial record during district attorney campaign

By James Lynch | National Review Vice President Kamala Harris exaggerated her trial experience when she first ran for San Francisco district attorney just over two decades ago, greatly overstating the number of felony cases she prosecuted in order to bolster her image as the tough-but-fair prosecutor San Franciscans needed to set the city straight. Harris’s overstatements about her prosecutorial record, central to her pitch as a candidate who would clean up inner-city crime, became a point of attack throughout the campaign from opponents who questioned her level of experience. “As Deputy District Attorney in Alameda County from 1990 to 1998, Kamala prosecuted hundreds of serious and violent felonies, including homicide, rape and child sexual assault cases,” Harris’s campaign bio s...
Kamala Harris urges black men to vote for her to legalize marijuana — despite convicting 1,900 as DA
National, New York Post

Kamala Harris urges black men to vote for her to legalize marijuana — despite convicting 1,900 as DA

By Steven Nelson | New York Post Vice President Kamala Harris urged black men to back her presidential candidacy Tuesday by pledging to legalize marijuana — despite overseeing more than 1,900 marijuana convictions as San Francisco district attorney between 2004 and 2011. Harris, 59, made the statement as she prepared for an afternoon interview with radio host Charlamagne tha God — on whose program she claimed in 2019 she had smoked marijuana in college, inviting allegations of hypocrisy over her prosecutorial record. “Kamala Harris will legalize recreational marijuana — breaking down unjust barriers that hold Black men and other Americans back and making sure Black Americans have opportunities to succeed as the marketplace takes shape,” she tweeted ahead of her...