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David Wickert is a reporter covering transportation for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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David Wickert
2 years
Pastor Andy Stanley to GA House: “Those of you who pander to and foster division - you are terrible leaders. If you need an enemy in order to lead, you’re a poor leader.” #gapol
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The Fulton County Board of Ethics will NOT hear two Fani Willis complaints. Board apparently has determined it does not have jurisdiction over Willis, a state constitutional officer. #gapol
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David Wickert
4 years
Atlanta Hawks Head Coach Lloyd Pierce addresses Georgia voting problems.
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Stanley also urged lawmakers to meet in the middle. “To do this requires a lot of personal security and personal maturity. It will require you to love your state more than you love your party…
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“Do you love the state of Georgia more than you love your party? IF not, maybe you should do something else. Disagreement is always going to be there. Disunity is a choice.”
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David Wickert
3 years
House Speaker David Ralston just had Rep. David Clark removed from chamber for not getting tested. #gapol
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David Wickert
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Next week a federal jury will consider how much Giuliani should pay for spreading some of the most pernicious lies about the 2020 presidential election. Ruby vs. Rudy: Giuliani faces Fulton defamation trial next week
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2 years
Inside the campaign to undermine Georgia’s election
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David Wickert
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While we wait for news from the Fulton County grand jury, it’s worth revisiting our in-depth look at how Trump’s campaign to overturn the 2020 election played out in Georgia.
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David Wickert
4 years
Outside the Capitol.
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Waiting to hear the official explanation once the meeting starts.
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David Wickert
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“However, if Calhoun maintains it was an act of civil disobedience, Cunningham invited him to follow the practice of Gandhi and others and accept the legal penalty. For sedition, it’s a prison sentence of up to 20 years, he said.”
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David Wickert
3 years
An outraged Kemp blasts pro-Trump conspiracy theorists harassing his family
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3 years
Speaker David Ralston and Rep. Calvin Smyre honor the AJC’s retiring @politicalinsidr , Jim Galloway.
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David Wickert
2 years
Judge finds that several documents between Trump’s allies must be made public, as they showed that the group participated in a “knowing misrepresentation of voter fraud numbers in Georgia when seeking to overturn the election results in federal court.”
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David Wickert
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UPDATED: “Your letter makes clear that you lack a basic understanding of the law, its practice and the ethical obligations of attorneys generally and prosecutors specifically,” Willis wrote.
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David Wickert
2 years
Commuters have endured horrible traffic for five years as Georgia rebuilds one of the busiest highway interchanges in the Southeast. It’s about to get much worse.
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David Wickert
4 years
Shanell Hanson of Atlanta had never marched at a protest before. But she brought her sons David, Aden and Jordan to Monday’s march to the Georgia State Capitol. “I have three sons. I’m afraid for their lives,” Hanson said. “Enough is enough.”
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David Wickert
4 years
Marching down Peachtree.
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David Wickert
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Update: Cobb County also has received an FBI subpoena for records related to the 2020 election.
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1 year
DOJ subpoenas Raffensperger’s office as Trump investigation continues
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David Wickert
4 years
Protesters gathering outside federal building in downtown Atlanta.
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David Wickert
2 years
At conference of metro ATL leaders, Sen. Jon Ossoff calls the bipartisan infrastructure law “the most significant investment in America’s infrastructure in generations.”
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David Wickert
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One Oath Keepers militia member “had a document in his residence with the words 'DEATH LIST' written across the top. “His death list contained just two names: Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss,” the report said.
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David Wickert
9 years
Manager makes his mark on Fulton government
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David Wickert
4 years
BREAKING: N.C. rejects GOP convention without ‘proper health protocols’
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David Wickert
1 year
Important background for today's Jan. 6 committee hearing: Inside the campaign to undermine Georgia’s election
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David Wickert
2 months
On Wednesday a California judge recommended that Eastman be barred from practicing law in the state, citing his efforts to overturn the election in Georgia and other swing states Biden won.
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David Wickert
4 years
“Sick and tired.”
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David Wickert
8 years
Gwinnett opens new early voting sites to ease long lines
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David Wickert
4 years
UPDATE: Civil rights group calls for polls to stay open late in metro Atlanta
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David Wickert
4 years
Rapper Jeezy: “This is a movement!”
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David Wickert
4 years
Thousands expected to march to the Georgia State Capitol today. Police barricades up around parts of the Capitol and City Hall.
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David Wickert
2 years
Check out our package on the campaign to undermine Georgia' 2020 presidential election. Here's the main story.
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David Wickert
9 months
A federal judge considered the defamation lawsuit hours before Donald Trump, who has said he would use the movie in his defense against racketeering charges, planned to turn himself in 4 miles away at the Fulton County Jail.
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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Mark Meadows' request for an En Bank hearing on his appeal to have his Fulton County case removed to federal court.
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David Wickert
2 years
Donald Trump knew claims that thousands of people voted illegally in Georgia were inaccurate when he included them in a lawsuit that sought to overturn Joe Biden’s victory here, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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David Wickert
6 years
Worth pondering: Is #gwinnettcounty still purple or flat-out blue? Dems swept every statewide office, both county commission seats, one of two school board seats, and the county solicitor. U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall may win a squeaker, but he lost Gwinnett County big time. #GaPol
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David Wickert
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3 years ago tonight, Trump declared victory on election night, though hundreds of thousands of votes were not yet counted in various states. Worth revisiting the AJC's timeline of post-election events in Georgia.
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David Wickert
3 years
Georgia official: Trump, U.S. senators complicit in potential violence
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David Wickert
4 years
BREAKING: Georgia will mail absentee ballot forms to all voters for May primary
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David Wickert
4 years
Georgia keeps key virus information from public
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David Wickert
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Kneeling outside Atlanta City Hall. “What’s his name??” “”George Floyd!!”
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David Wickert
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4.5 hours and counting of sitting on the floor and listening to testimony. Who says journalism isn’t glamorous?
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David Wickert
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A beautiful remembrance: Rosalynn Carter used her prominent perch as the wife of a governor and president to talk about vital issues which others wouldn’t, most notably mental illness and equality for women. And she kept talking about them.
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David Wickert
4 years
Rep. Bee Nguyen calls for legislation to address police brutality.
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David Wickert
4 years
Protesters outside Mercedes-Benz so polite they brought trash bags to clean up after themselves.
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David Wickert
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Rev. James Woodall: “We are done dying!”
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David Wickert
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Sen. Raphael Warnock at the Georgia Capitol to qualify for re-election.
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David Wickert
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“We all don’t need to love each other,” said Abraham Malobe, who brought his 4 children. “Some black people don’t like white people. Some white people don’t like black people. But the justice system should be equal.”
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David Wickert
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Outside Atlanta City Hall.
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David Wickert
4 years
Protesters on the corner, police on the street.
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David Wickert
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MARTA says new rail cars will offer a better ride
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David Wickert
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Dance party.
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David Wickert
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Police just rushed protesters blocking the street.
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David Wickert
3 years
Hundreds of people gathered at the King Center in Atlanta to march for voting rights this morning.
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David Wickert
3 years
Reporters sitting around comparing all the names we’ve been called in recent days.
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David Wickert
2 months
LISTEN: Should DA Fani Willis stay or be removed from the case? The AJC’s ‘Breakdown’ podcast asks two legal experts to make their own closing arguments.
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David Wickert
3 years
The perks of being a subscriber.
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