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Recent Examples of district attorney
In court, Musk's attorney said that the $1 million a day was not a lottery, as the district attorney had claimed, and that the winners were chosen in advance.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
El Monte police said that charges of kidnapping and felony evading would be submitted to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Boyarsky has worked for the DA’s office for three decades, about half of that time as a trial attorney and supervisor and the other half as chief assistant district attorney, running the day-to-day operations of the office including overseeing hiring and prosecution assignments.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
After Biden won the state in 2020, Atlanta's Democratic district attorney, Fani Willis, indicted Trump and 18 others for allegedly trying to overturn the result.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
El Monte police said that charges of kidnapping and felony evading would be submitted to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Boyarsky has worked for the DA’s office for three decades, about half of that time as a trial attorney and supervisor and the other half as chief assistant district attorney, running the day-to-day operations of the office including overseeing hiring and prosecution assignments.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
After Biden won the state in 2020, Atlanta's Democratic district attorney, Fani Willis, indicted Trump and 18 others for allegedly trying to overturn the result.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for district attorney
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Alternatively, a motion to dismiss could be signed if the prosecuting attorney presents sworn evidence from someone with firsthand knowledge of the matters outlined in the petition within the next 30 days.Ines Chomnalez, Austin American-Statesman, 11 June 2024
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Bush, a second-term lawmaker, was bested by St. Louis prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell, who was backed by a major pro-Israel group.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
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The girl ended up sending Rosenthal naked pictures of herself, prosecutors said.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Gaetz, a Trump loyalist known for being a rabble-rouser in Congress, has a law degree and briefly practiced law in Florida before entering politics, but has never worked as a prosecutor.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Daniel’s lawyer and the federal government have agreed to do nothing until about a week before President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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In the lower courts, both the Biden administration and lawyers for a group of transgender plaintiffs argued the pro-trans position.Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Nov. 2024
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“District attorney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/district%20attorney. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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