![Georgia GOP chairman says he was just following orders from Trump lawyers](/i/c/67d5de82-1e84-2817-528b-f6bbd47930ce.webp)
Georgia GOP chairman says he was just following orders from Trump lawyers
Lawyers representing David Shafer, the embattled chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, are arguing their client should not be charged with any crimes for his actions following the 2020 election because he was following advice provided by attorneys working for former President Donald Trump, according to a letter sent to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis last week.
2023-05-09 04:55
![Top challenger in Cambodian polls awaiting official approval](/i/c/54be4383-2ba6-4565-db78-aa973fe89613.webp)
Top challenger in Cambodian polls awaiting official approval
Cambodia’s National Election Committee has announced that 20 political parties have registered for July’s general election but nine of them still have not been approved, including the Candlelight Party, the sole credible challenger to the governing Cambodian People’s Party
2023-05-09 00:53
![Sudan conflict: 'How I saved my red guitar from Khartoum war zone'](/i/c/c4d194d6-a222-8b5d-e92e-4c9fd06420a9.webp)
Sudan conflict: 'How I saved my red guitar from Khartoum war zone'
Some 40,000 people have fled fighting in Sudan to go to South Sudan, one of the world's poorest countries.
2023-05-09 00:46
![Tight security as Nigeria presidential election result challenged](/i/c/4a7a7726-569b-692e-ff3c-301ef4dcd02e.webp)
Tight security as Nigeria presidential election result challenged
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA Police blocked roads in the centre of Nigeria's capital on Monday as judges started
2023-05-08 23:59
![Judge: Wisconsin fake electors complaint must be reheard](/i/c/f884a27f-d05d-56c8-f830-142f903e4a01.webp)
Judge: Wisconsin fake electors complaint must be reheard
A Wisconsin judge says he will order that the state elections commission reconsider a complaint filed against fake Republican electors who attempted in 2020 to cast the state’s electoral ballots for former President Donald Trump
2023-05-08 23:45
![Ron DeSantis shares concern about ‘pissing off’ Trump voters in leaked 2018 video](/i/c/71cb8b4f-954d-9b9e-1664-72d82759a557.webp)
Ron DeSantis shares concern about ‘pissing off’ Trump voters in leaked 2018 video
Ron DeSantis expressed concerns about how not to “piss off” supporters of President Donald Trump in a leaked video from when he was a candidate for Florida governor in 2018. In the footage obtained by ABC News, Republican Representative Matt Gaetz asked Mr DeSantis, then a congressman, in a debate preparation: “Is there any issue upon which you disagree with President Trump?” In response, Mr DeSantis sighed and said: “I have to figure out how to do this.” “Obviously there is because, I mean, I voted contrary to him in the Congress,” he said. “I have to frame it in a way that's not going to piss off all his voters.” Mr DeSantis had won the Republican primary largely on the back of his full-throated support of Mr Trump, even cutting an ad with him building a mock version of Mr Trump’s proposed wall on the US-Mexico border with his young child. He had also appeared on Fox News repeatedly, ultimately earning Mr Trump’s endorsement. Mr DeSantis ultimately says he would respond to the question by saying he would “do what I think is right” and “support [Trump's] agenda.” “If I have a disagreement, I talk to him in private,” Mr DeSantis said. The clip is part of nearly two and a half hours of internal tapes from Mr DeSantis’s debate prep sessions. The leak comes as Mr DeSantis prepares to announce his candidacy for the 2024 Republican nomination for president, wherein he will run against Mr Trump. Since then, though, Mr Gaetz and fellow Florida Republican Representative Byron Donalds have gotten behind Mr Trump instead of Mr DeSantis, along with a slew of other Republicans from Florida’s delegation. Florida’s state legislature recently concluded its session, which gave Mr DeSantis significant policy wins. But Mr Trump has attacked Mr DeSantis relentlessly, calling him Ron “DeSanctimonious.” Read More Biden trails Trump in brutal new poll after 2024 kickoff Ron DeSantis heaps praise on Tucker Carlson after Fox firing: ‘Fantastic individual’ Georgia enacts law letting panel punish, oust prosecutors
2023-05-08 23:25