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Podcast: Closer Look with Rose Scott
Episode: Some charges dropped in Georgia’s election interference case; Presidential race heats up after Georgia primary; ‘Leave it Blank’ campaign organizers claim success; Is Georgia the “Silicon Valley of the South” after the Rivian decision?
Description: Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and others in the 2020 Georgia election interference case. WABE politics reporter Sam Gringlas discusses the latest. Meanwhile, Fred Hicks, an Atlanta-based political strategist, and Tammy Greer, a clinical assistant professor at Georgia State University in the Department of Public Management and Policy, provide a recap of the Georgia primary. They also explain how both major political parties might campaign moving forward now that President Joe Biden and former President Trump have secured their respective parties' presidential nominations.