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Judge to allow livestream of Georgia election interference case

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The election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 other defendants will be livestreamed on YouTube, the judge in the case says. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said during a hearing Thursday that the court proceedings for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others will be livestream ed and televised. "We've been live streaming all of our major proceedings on a Fulton County provided YouTube channel, and our plan was to do that with this case as well," McAfee said during the hearing. McAfee previously approved two orders that allow still photography and video photography of the proceedings. While those orders are set to expire on Sept. 8, McAfee said he plans to extend the arrangement in six-month increments in order to cover the trial. MORE: Trump, after entering not guilty plea, seeks to sever his Georgia election interference case "We'll have to iron all this out, and ...

Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case

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Sidney Powell, one of former President Trump's co-defendants in the election interference case in Georgia, is in court Thursday taking a plea deal in the case. Sidney Powell, one of 18 co-defendants in former President Donald Trump's election interference case in Georgia, has taken a plea deal in which she has agreed to testify in the case. She is pleading guilty to six misdemeanor charges, according to the agreement read in court Thursday. She will get 12 months of probation for each count, as well as a $6,000 fine. As part of the agreement, Powell must "testify truthfully about any co-defendants" involved in the case and "provide all documents to the district attorney's office" relevant to their case against the other co-defendants, according to Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee. MORE: Kenneth Chesebro rejected plea offer ahead of Georgia election interference trial: Sources Steve Sadow, Trump's lead counsel in the Georgia case, responded to Po...