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Multiple Trump co-defendants approached about plea deals in Fulton County: Sources

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A number of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in the Fulton County election interference case have received plea deal offers. A number of former President Donald Trump's co -defendants in the Fulton County election interference case have received plea deal offers or have been approached about potentially making a deal by the District Attorney's office, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Last week, one of the 19 defendants in the case became the first to accept such an offer from prosecutors. Scott Hall, who was implicated in the alleged scheme to breach voting machine equipment in rural Coffee County, Georgia, received just five years of probation in exchange for testifying against his co -defendants after pleading guilty to five misdemeanors. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a portrait April 19, 2023, in Atlanta Brynn Anderson/AP MORE: Suspect in kidnapping of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena in upstate New York identif...

3 more Trump co-defendants seek to move their Georgia election interference cases to federal court

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Three of former President Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case will try to have their cases removed to federal court Wednesday. Three of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case will try to have their cases removed to federal court Wednesday. For the third time, a federal judge is set to hear arguments during an evidentiary hearing in Atlanta on the issue of federal removal, this time from David Shafer, Shawn Still and Cathy Latham -- three of Trump's so-called "alternate electors" who were charged in the conspiracy case by Fulton County DA Fani Willis. The three are following in the footsteps of former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark, two federal officials who were charged in the case and have sought to move their cases based on a federal law that calls for the removal of criminal proceedings brought in state court to the federal c...