Judge blocks Georgia DA from investigating ‘fake elector’ in setback for Trump inquiry – as it happened

• Judge's decision considered a complication in inquiry widely seen as one of the best chances of holding Trump liable for his big lie'
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Dan Cox, an extremist pro-Trump Republican, won his party's nomination for governor in Maryland last week thanks to collusion between Trump and the national Democrats", the current Republican governor said.

I don't think there's any chance that [Cox] can win," Larry Hogan added, speaking to CNN's State of the Union.