As one of the convenors of the Medieval Caucasus Network, we've released a joint statement in support of the current protest movement in #Georgia, which stands against the recent government "foreign agents" legislation.
It's important that the international community be heard on this to increase pressure to repeal this very intrusive bill and protect Georgian civil society and democracy.
“Stay tuned,” says state Sen. Bill Cowsert, who is leading a Senate investigation of DA #FaniWillis, of his plans to subpoena her to testify before his committee. He also says he’s expecting “insiders” from her office to testify. #Georgia
McAfee schedules 2nd day of hearings on pretrial motions for May 29. Focus on pending requests from defendant Shawn Still, who was able to temp delay court action bc of his service in state Sen. Now that legis session is over we're back to it
For those asking, Judge McAfee said he'd cont moving ahd on pending pretrial motions even as #Georgia Ct of Appeals takes on the #FaniWillis disqual
It's poss defendants could seek a stay against McAfee but we haven't seen that yet
During the break, I spotted a familiar face in the courtroom: It's Grant Rood, one of the prosecutors who works on #Trump's racketeering case in Fulton County, #Georgia.
The Georgian parliament approved a divisive "foreign influence" bill that sparked weeks of mass protests.
@dw reports: "Critics have called it a threat to domestic freedoms and the country's aspirations to join the European Union. They have also drawn comparisons with comparable rules introduced in Russia in recent years."
What's now happening in #Georgia is absolutely a replay of what was happening there and in #Ukraine in 2004, in #Moldova 2009, #Belarus in 2006 and again in 2020, in Ukraine again in 2014, and so on. The people are demanding their right to be heard, and a putin-backed oligarch is using force to subdue them. We used to call these color revolutions.
Astonishing pictures from #Tbilisi#Georgia - a rally of likely 150K+ people against the planned 'foreign agents law' (very much along the lines of what the Kremlin introduced in Russia)
V t.me/nlevshitstelegram
Georgia GOP vice chair booted for illegally voting 9 times as a convicted felon. He was convicted for felony check forgery in the past.
Voter fraud aside, the GOP voted him is as vice chair in 2023, the number two spot, knowing he had been convicted of a $38,000 bad check forgery scheme, where he knowingly deposited bad checks into his construction business. #USPol#Georgia
A demonstrator gestures to riot police during an opposition protest against ‘the Russian law’ in Tbilisi. Western politicians and diplomats called for a halt to spiralling violence in Georgia after security forces used water cannon, teargas, stun grenades and rubber bullets to break up a peaceful rally against a ‘foreign influence’ bill
More beautiful images of the #aurora from one of our members in #Cartersville, #Georgia. This is really a must-see event for anyone in the upper United States but absolutely stunning images are coming out of states as low as Florida! #spaceweather#northernlights
1/... The only hot take I've seen is from Joyce Vance saying this would push the trial past the election. That seems pretty rational to me.
But hopefully, the outcome will be ok
Via Anthony M Kreis:
For everyone complaining about the Fulton County case appeal, let me just say that our #Georgia Court of Appeals has incredibly smart, hard-working, and serious judges. They are good and decent folks by and large. So cool it on your hot takes and conspiracy theories there.
NEW: The #Georgia Court of Appeals will take up #Trump’s immediate appeal of lower court order that declined to disqualify Fulton County district attorney #FaniWillis. #legal 1/…
This came after committee's GOP chair said he would subpoena Willis if she did not voluntarily testify.
The panel is probing whether Willis misused any public funds during her relationship with former spl prosec Nathan Wade
Rob DiRienzo:
DA #FaniWillis says she will not testify before the GOP-led #Georgia senate investigative committee: "I will not appear to anything that is unlawful," adding. "I'm sorry that folks get pissed off that everybody gets treated evenly."
“The GOP will never rebuild until we move on from the #Trump era, leaving conservative (but not angry) Republicans like me no choice but to pull the lever for #Biden,” writes former #Georgia Lt. Gov.GeoffDuncanGA. a Republican, on supporting Biden.
Via Rahul Bali, Georgia Politics Reporter for wabenews:
After #Georgia Senate Special Committee on Investigations hearing, Chair Bill Cowsert said Fulton County DA #FaniWillis has an "open invitation to appear" BUT "if she's not willing to come and explain her conduct or misconduct, then we will subpoena her".
Coming tomorrow: the state Senate Special Committee on Investigations continues its probe of Fulton DA #FaniWillis with a second hearing. This one features testimony from two senior Fulton officials, including county commission Chairman Robb Pitts
Two months ago, the panel heard testimony from Ashleigh Merchant, the defense attorney who's been leading the effort to remove Willis from the election interference case #TrumpIndictment
A woman reacts as law enforcement officers use a water cannon to disperse the crowd near the parliament building, during a rally to protest against a bill on "foreign agents" in Tbilisi, Georgia. Georgian parliament is set to debate the second reading of the bill described as authoritarian and Russian-inspired by Georgia's opposition and Western countries. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
#Georgia State Police are shooting projectile weapons at protesters on the Emory campus in front of a theology building which has been occupied by students. Police have been attempting to break up growing protests on the campus all day.
Every fucking time Nazis match through #Georgia we have to "respect their First Amendment Rights" but the second some students call for the end to a genocide, the cops come in with guns blazing and beat the shit out of everyone. I'm so fucking tired of this. #ACAB