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FILE - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr speaks during a news conference, Sept. 5, 2023, at the Georgia Department of Public Safety in Atlanta. Georgia's attorney general says city officials in Savannah, Ga., overstepped their authority by making it illegal to leave firearms in unlocked cars. (Natrice Miller/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Georgia’s attorney general says Savannah overstepped in outlawing guns in unlocked cars

By Russ Bynum - Associated Press

FILE - DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston speaks during a news conference in front of the DeKalb County Courthouse in Decatur, Ga., Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Boston announced Friday, June 23, 2023, that her office is withdrawing from criminal cases tied to protests over plans to build a police and firefighter training center, citing disagreements with the state's Republican attorney general, including the decision to charge a legal observer with domestic terrorism.(Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Prosecutor quits ‘Cop City’ cases over disagreements with Georgia attorney general

By R.J. Rico - Associated Press

FILE - Georgia Democratic attorney general nominee Jen Jordan speaks to the state Democratic Party convention, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, in Columbus, Ga. Jordan is leading with her advocacy of abortion rights as she challenges incumbent Republican Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. The two candidates also disagree over who would best protect Georgians from crime and what’s the best approach to protect consumers and encourage businesses. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Abortion fight highlights Georgia attorney general election

By Jeff Amy - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a press conference in Atlanta. Georgia’s State Election Board met Wednesday, April 28, 2021, for the first time without Raffensperger as chair after lawmakers removed him from the role in a new election law. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

New leader for Georgia election board, but much remain same

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, Georgia attorney general Chris Carr speaks in Atlanta. On April 16, 2021, Carr resigned his post as chairman of the Republican Attorney Generals Association, citing “fundamental differences” with other top prosecutors in the direction the group should take following its promotion of the Jan. 6 “Stop the steal” rally that immediately preceded the riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Branden Camp/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Georgia AG quits chair of prosecutors’ group in riot fallout

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at the State Capitol on Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Atlanta, about Major League Baseball's decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over the league's objection to a new Georgia voting law. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Georgia governor: Loss of All-Star game will hurt minorities

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses among boxes containing thousands of primal cases at her office, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Atlanta DA asks court who should prosecute police officers

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

DA indicted for bribery linked to sexual harassment claims

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

FILE - This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe, left, in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant, late Friday, June 12, 2020, in Atlanta. Rolfe, who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction, was charged with felony murder and 10 other charges, announced Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Rolfe was fired after the shooting. (Atlanta Police Department via AP)

Lawyers want special prosecutor in cases vs. Atlanta police

By KATE BRUMBACK and BEN NADLER - Associated Press

FILE - This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe, left, in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant, late Friday, June 12, 2020, in Atlanta. Rolfe, who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction, was charged with felony murder and 10 other charges, announced Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Rolfe was fired after the shooting. (Atlanta Police Department via AP)

Georgia attorney general won’t reassign cases against police

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

FILE - This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe, left, in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant, late Friday, June 12, 2020, in Atlanta. Rolfe, who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction, was charged with felony murder and 10 other charges, announced Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Rolfe was fired after the shooting. (Atlanta Police Department via AP)

Prosecutor hands off case against Atlanta officers in death

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

Bailey becomes first Georgia Democrat to announce for 2022

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

REMOVES “UNARMED” AND ADDS THAT AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT ARBERY WAS EITHER ARMED OR UNARMED - People react during a rally to protest the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, Friday, May 8, 2020, in Brunswick Ga. Two men have been charged with murder in the February shooting death of Arbery, a black man in his mid-20s, whom they had pursued in a truck after spotting him running in their neighborhood. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Local prosecutors under investigation in Georgia slaying

By JEFF MARTIN and RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks at a rally for Joe Biden at his campaign office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. The Iowa Caucus will be held on Monday, Feb. 3. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette via AP) **FILE**

Georgia officials investigate racist text to Atlanta mayor

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

In this July 25, 2019, file photo, Juul Labs co-founder and Chief Product Officer James Monsees testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a hearing on the youth nicotine epidemic. Vaping giant Juul Labs has donated thousands of dollars to court state attorneys general. But the lobbying strategy may be backfiring. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

Juul Labs sought to court AGs as teen vaping surged

By Matthew Perrone and Richard Lardner - Associated Press

In this Jan. 15, 2016, file photo, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson speaks to the crowd at a Conservative Leadership Project presidential forum, with Republican candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in Columbia, S.C. Wilson's inaction impeded an investigation into corruption at the South Carolina Statehouse, whether he intended it to or not, according to a State Grand Jury report released Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, after a two-year investigation. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File) **FILE**

Southern Republican attorneys general back Trump, call Democratic candidates socialists

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Charges: Ex-regent claimed university would pay debt to him

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Ex-city spokeswoman faces prosecution under open records law

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2018 file photo, Sen. Bruce Thompson, R - White, speaks about the the computer crime bill in Atlanta. Republican Attorney General Christopher Carr has backed a proposal that would ban &quot;unauthorized computer access.&quot; The measure has passed the Senate and awaits action in the House. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Sweeping Georgia cybercrime bill would target ‘snoopers’

By R.J. RICO - Associated Press

Olympic speedskater has NJ, Pa. roots

By by JIM DEEGAN - Associated Press