Judge hears arguments from Trump electors seeking a move to federal court

Three Republican electors charged in Fulton County with conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election asked a judge Wednesday to transfer their cases to federal court. Attorneys for former GOP Chairman David Shafer, state Sen. Shawn Still and former Coffee County GOP Chairwoman Cathy Latham argued in a hearing that their clients were federal officials when they and 13 others met in December 2020 to cast presidential ballots for Donald Trump. That same day, Georgia’s official presidential electors voted for Democrat Joe Biden, whose slim victory was confirmed by two...