- The Georgia Court of Appeals allowed Donald Trump to continue his attempt to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis, who is prosecuting the election interference case against him and 18 others. The decision is likely to delay a trial in the case until after the presidential election in November. ➡️ READ: The Georgia charges, explained
- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged Stephanie Scott, a former township clerk, and Stefanie Lambert (Junttila), Scott’s attorney, with multiple felonies. Scott and Lambert are charged with illegally providing access to voters' personal information. Scott is also accused of withholding voting equipment from authorities. In a separate prosecution, Lambert is facing charges for unauthorized access to voting machines.
- Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postponed Trump’s criminal trial in Florida, where he is charged with 40 felony counts of mishandling classified information. The trial was previously scheduled to begin on May 20.
- Trump’s hush money trial in New York continued this week. After the former president once again violated his gag order, Justice Juan Merchan issued another fine and a warning: “Going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sanction.”
- The Washington Post: D.C. court temporarily suspends Trump lawyer John Eastman’s law license States United Democracy Center, a nonpartisan organization that says it is dedicated to advancing fair and safe elections, filed complaints against Eastman in California and D.C. In a statement, Gillian Feiner, senior counsel at the States United Democracy Center, applauded the D.C. decision. “Eastman worked to help Trump overturn the 2020 election. People who break their oaths and use their law license to undermine the rule of law should not be able to practice,” Feiner said. “This action is an important step toward concrete consequences for Trump’s lawyers and safeguarding our democracy.”
- The Nevada Independent: Most Nevada GOP candidates mum on election integrity after ‘Big Lie’ was prominent in 2022 Joanna Lydgate, the CEO of States United Action, a nonprofit that tracks election denialism in state and federal races, said in an interview that the shift is part of a new approach following GOP losses in 2022, in which candidates may lean away from denying the results of the 2020 election in favor of supporting measures under the framing of “election integrity.” “We saw that there was actually an electoral price, a political price that was paid for the election denier platform,” Lydgate said. “And so people, I think, have pivoted, especially in states like Nevada.”
