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Former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants named in the Georgia election indictment on Aug. 14 will be booked at the Fulton County jail once they voluntarily surrender later this month, according to the sheriff’s office. “At this point, based on guidance received from the District Attorney’s office and presiding judge, it is expected that all 19 defendants named in the indictment will be booked at the Rice Street Jail,” said Fulton County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Natalie Ammons in an emailed statement to Axios. Fulton County jail, which has housed more than 3,000 inmates in recent years, is located...

Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s longtime fixer and now a key witness in the criminal case against him in Manhattan, warned the former president’s co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago documents case to “run” or “end up behind bars.” “Sadly, I’ve made this statement to many different people, starting with like Rudy ‘Collude-y’ Giuliani and so many others,” Cohen said on CNN on Friday. “Walt Nauta, run. Carlos [De Oliveira], run.” Nauta and De Oliveira were accused of helping Trump attempt to delete surveillance footage at Mar-a-Lago in a superseding indictment filed Thursday. Nauta, a Trump aide, was named in the previous...

CNN's Jake Tapper suggested Tuesday afternoon that U.S. Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley should be "co-defendants" at the impeachment trial for former President Trump. Tapper made these comments as senators were being sworn in as jurors.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two former Iraqi commanders denied gassing Kurdish civilians in northern Iraq 20 years ago, telling Saddam Hussein's genocide trial Thursday that they used only conventional weapons against Kurdish rebels and Iranian troops. Sultan al-Tai, minister of defense under Saddam, and Gen. Hussein Mohammed, a deputy director of army operations, testified to rebut evidence presented by prosecutors in videos and documents this week. The documents, prosecutors said, showed Saddam's government sanctioned the use of "special weapons" — mustard or nerve agent — against Kurdish civilians as well as rebel fighters in 1987-88. In sometimes emotional testimony, al-Tai alleged...