S9 Ep 12: Breakdown Bonus: What happened in Coffee County, Georgia

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Politics, News, True Crime

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The latest episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Breakdown” podcast takes a close look at the data breach at the Coffee County elections office which occurred one day after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Podcast hosts Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman interview Mark Niesse, the AJC’s elections and voting rights expert. Niesse has covered the wild developments surrounding the Coffee County data breach on Jan. 7, 2021, since news of it first surfaced. He explains how it happened, why news of it first came to light this past May and why state elections officials should be alarmed. The Fulton County special purpose grand jury, which is investigating former President Donald Trump and his allies, has issued subpoenas to Sidney Powell and the data firm SullivanStrickler. Powell, who was once a lawyer for the Trump campaign, oversaw the breach and hired the data firm. Niesse, who was at the Cobb County audit of absentee ballots, also recalls the unusual and sudden visit by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Meadows was told he could not go inside to see what was going on. And Niesse also discusses the state legislative hearings he covered in December 2020 when Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani testified and presented now-debunked evidence of voter fraud. Separately, the 12th episode of “The Trump Grand Jury” also explains why the Fulton special grand jury may be interested in hearing from former Georgia congressman and House Speaker Newt Gingrich. You can download the Breakdown podcast from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or your favorite podcasting platform. You can also stream it on your computer above. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's worth knowing which really going on.
0:04.0	This is the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
0:12.0	It's been a chaotic couple of months in Fulton County with the special purpose grand jury investigating the actions of former president Donald Trump after the 2020 election.
0:22.0	Some key figures of Trump's inner circle have been called to come testify in Atlanta. The governor of the state of Georgia has been subpoenaed.
0:30.0	The United States Senator is fighting his subpoena to the nail.
0:33.0	And that's what we've been covering in this season of breakdown.
0:36.0	The podcast from the Atlanta Journal Constitution covering Georgia's most important cases.
0:41.0	I'm Bill Rankin, the AJC's Legal Affairs Reporter.
0:45.0	And I'm senior reporter to Mar Hallermann.
0:48.0	The pace is going to slow down a little bit and the investigation will essentially be put on pause over the next month for November's election.
0:55.0	But we still want to keep you informed on a regular basis.
0:58.0	That's why starting this week we will be here every Tuesday while the case is ongoing.
1:03.0	We'll have either our regular in-depth episodes that you're used to or we'll have what we'll call breakdown bonus episodes.
1:11.0	There'll be more of a conversation with experts about key developments in the case.
1:16.0	And that's what we have this week.
1:18.0	Coming up we'll be joined by AJC Reporter and voting expert Mark Nesey to dig into what happened in a South Georgia County after the January 6th insurrection.
1:28.0	But before that we have a few new developments to discuss.
1:31.0	This is episode 12, breakdown bonus.
1:34.0	What happened in Coffee County of season 9, the Trump Grand Jury from the Atlanta Journal Constitution?
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