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The Lede

Jimmy Carter Rests

During a week of funerals, supporters and loved ones reflect on the former President’s legacy. “He understood that the arc of history is long,” his grandson said.
The Political Scene

How Pro-Trump Activists Hijacked Georgia’s Election Board

Since the 2020 race, the state has been at the center of a national movement to contest elections. Now a group of unelected officials is sowing suspicions about the 2024 results.
The Political Scene

Inside the Republican National Committee’s Poll-Watching Army

The R.N.C. says it has recruited tens of thousands of volunteers to observe the voting process at precincts across the country. Their accounts of alleged fraud could, as one Trump campaign official put it, “establish the battlefield” for after November 5th.
The Lede

Kamala Harris Makes Her Case Beyond Big Cities

At campaign stops in southeastern Georgia and New Hampshire, the Democratic candidate tried to win voters in counties outside her party’s strongholds.
Dispatch

A Summer of Hope and Despair in Tbilisi

Georgians are bracing for a crucial election this October. Will the opposition stave off the country’s turn to Russian-style authoritarianism?
The Political Scene Podcast

A Georgia Official Pressured by Trump Prepares for Another Election

Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, refused to “find” votes for Donald Trump in 2020. Amid threats, he says he’s ready for voters to cast their ballots in 2024.
The New Yorker Radio Hour

Jerry Seinfeld on Making a Life in Comedy (and Also, Pop-Tarts)

At seventy, the comedian débuts as a movie director with “Unfrosted,” about the invention of the Pop-Tart. And Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger on how to convince an election denier.
Letter from the South

Fani Willis Survives the Effort to Disqualify Her

A judge ruled that the Fulton County D.A. can stay on the case against Trump, as long as her special prosecutor steps aside, but noted that “an odor of mendacity remains.”
Letter from the South

The Tangled Fates of Fani Willis and Her Biggest Case

Will the Fulton County D.A.’s “clandestine” relationship derail her effort to prosecute Trump?
Letter from the South

What Do We Owe a Prison Informant?

A man in Georgia says he risked his life for years and was abandoned. But there are very few rules protecting those who provide law enforcement with information.
News Desk

Why Did Sidney Powell Plead Guilty?

The former attorney for Donald Trump was one of nineteen people indicted in Georgia for allegedly conspiring to overturn the result of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
Letter from the South

How a Man in Prison Stole Millions from Billionaires

With smuggled cell phones and a handful of accomplices, Arthur Lee Cofield, Jr., took money from large bank accounts and bought houses, cars, clothes, and gold.
Letter from Biden’s Washington

The Harsh Glare of Justice

On the ex-President’s snarly mug shot from the Fulton County Jail and a 2024 reality of Trump, Trump, and more Trump.
Letter from the South

Waiting for Trump at the Fulton County Jail

A contingent of supporters and a swarm of media have descended on the spot where the former President will soon be booked on RICO charges.
Daily Comment

Fani Willis’s Indictment of Donald Trump and a Voting-System Breach

The charges include allegations about a largely overlooked incident in Coffee County, Georgia.
Q. & A.

The Benefits and Drawbacks to Charging Trump Like a Mobster

Racketeering statutes allow prosecutors to arrange many characters and a broad set of allegations into a single narrative. Making the story cohere can be a challenge.
Daily Comment

There Is Nothing Élitist About the Indictments Against Trump

The judicial system is doing its work, and the former President has never been a man of the people.
Our Columnists

Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Trump’s Other Partners in Alleged Crime 

In Georgia, eighteen “crackpot lawyers,” former Trump campaign officials, and local Republicans have been indicted for conspiring with the former President to overturn the 2020 election.
Letter from Biden’s Washington

In Georgia, Trump and His Gang Get the Mob Treatment

Monday evening brought the fourth and presumably final indictment of the ex-President.
Letter from the South

A Witness’s Strange Day at the Trump Grand Jury in Georgia

The journalist George Chidi saw a Georgia Republican walk into a conference room and became a significant witness in a potentially historic prosecution.