On Emails, PowerPoints, Sovereign Immunity, and Testimony From Governor Kemp

Editor’s note: On Aug. 29, Judge Robert McBurney issued an order denying the motion by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to quash a subpoena to appear before the special purpose grand jury. The order follows a hearing that took place on Aug. 25 at the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia. The following is a dispatch from that argument.

“I can’t say I’ve read all the emails,” admits Judge Robert McBurney, referring to the lengthy email chains that both the Georgia governor and the district attorney have appended to their filings. “I don’t particularly want to hear a lot about the emails.” McBurney is the supervising judge of the Georgia special purpose grand jury investigating the effort by former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.

It’s 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 25, and yet another high-profile Republican figure is trying to

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