(GA. NEWS NETWORK)
*A Trump-nominated federal judge is blocking a grand jury subpoena for information about 2020 election workers in Georgia. The subpoena followed an FBI search warrant at the Fulton County election hub, where hundreds of ballot boxes and documents from the 2020 election were seized back in January. Fulton County requested that the subpoena be dismissed, claiming it was meant to “target, harass, and punish President Trump’s perceived political opponents.” The DOJ defended the subpoena as part of the normal investigative process. But U.S. District Judge William Ray described the subpoena’s scope as “staggering” and deemed its use to investigate the 2020 election illegitimate due to the statute of limitations for any potential crime.
*A Georgia man is heading to federal prison for the next 14 years for his role in a phone scam that tricked elderly victims out of a million dollars. Federal prosecutors announced this week that 44-year-old Joshua Holmes of Atlanta was sentenced in a Tennessee federal court following a wire fraud conviction. Holmes and his co-conspirators posed as government agents, targeting seniors who had already lost investment money and promising to help them get it back. Instead, the victims were tricked into paying fake fees and taxes.
*The state Department of Transportation has awarded a $468 million contract for the first phase of the I-16 Widening Project, the largest fully state-funded design-build contract in Georgia history. WSAV reports the project will widen nearly 18 miles of the interstate, adding a third lane in both directions from I-95 to Bryan County. The project is part of a broader effort to widen approximately 32 miles of the highway from I-95 to State Route 67 near Statesboro