First Thing: Trump prosecutor faces racist abuse following indictment
Former president sparks a flurry of online abuse directed at district attorney Fani Willis after he attacks opponents using the word riggers'
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After Donald Trump attacked his opponents using the word riggers", a thinly veiled play on the N-word, his far-right supporters have jumped on his comments to harass Fani Willis, the African American Fulton county district attorney in Georgia who is prosecuting Trump and 18 other allies over efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
More on the Georgia indictment: Trump and his 18 co-defendants are to be booked at a jail in Fulton county, Georgia. The defendants have until 25 August to surrender voluntarily, after which they will be arrested.
More on the classified documents indictment: The attorney for the Mar-a-Lago club's maintenance chief, who is charged with helping Trump obstruct the government's attempt to retrieve the classified documents at the property, may have conflicts of interest, special prosecutors said.
More on the Maui wildfires: the devastation following the blaze has exposed a rift over the dominance of tourism on the island.
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