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1. Look Over There! Trump’s Lawyers Call Attention Away From NY and Toward Georgia
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What You Need to Know:
While most, if not all eyes, were focused on the Manhattan (NY) district attorney’s investigation into Donald Trump’s “hush money” case, the former president’s lawyers filed a motion Monday morning to quash the report from the special grand jury about Donald Trump’s interference in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Not waiting for any further movement in the Georgia case, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Trump lawyers requested a hearing on their motion and for it to be heard by any other Superior Court judge than Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who presided over the special grand jury.
Why You Need to Know:
There’s nothing like taking the heat off of the former president’s call for supporters to rise up, by filing a motion in another case, potentially brought to court by a powerful Black district attorney.
2. Mayor Karen Bass, 100 Days Later
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WRITTEN AND CONTRIBUTED BY KHAMERON RILEY
What You Need to Know:
Last November, Karen Bass defeated Rick Caruso, a billionaire real-estate developer who Gwyneth Paltrow, Elon Musk, and Kim Kardashian endorsed. How? Karen Bass created a multi-ethnic movement of voters who believed in her despite the cancerous scandals that plague L.A.’s City Hall – racism, corruption, and even sexual harassment allegations.
Karen Bass, L.A.’s new mayor, is approximately 100 days into her term. She holds strong approval numbers and has chosen to take on what many of her predecessors considered impossible: L.A.’s landslide of homelessness. It is an issue Eric…
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