Georgia Grand Jury Subpoenas Include False State Farm Arena Claims
The latest batch of subpoenas from Fani Willis include the false claims made about counting at State Farm Arena, in addition to the request for more votes from Brad Raffensperger.
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
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The latest batch of subpoenas from Fani Willis include the false claims made about counting at State Farm Arena, in addition to the request for more votes from Brad Raffensperger.
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