Prosecutors: McIver trying to influence case

Prosecutors on Tuesday suggested Claud “Tex” McIver, the prominent Atlanta attorney accused of killing his wife, is trying to influence the murder case against him from behind bars.

Fulton County Assistant District Attorney Clint Rucker said authorities recorded three recent phone calls by McIver from jail. In one, he speaks about providing a car to a potential witness and in another soliciting a favor from a judge.

Rucker made the accusations during McIver’s arraignment on charges that he murdered his business executive wife, Diane McIver, while they were driving near Piedmont Park last September. McIver pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Much of the hearing focused on whether McIver should be released from jail on bond. McIver has been in jail for 42 days following the discovery of a pistol in a sock drawer of his Buckhead condo, a violation of his prior bond release.

Feds defend decision to revoke DACA status

Federal officials now say they don’t believe Jessica Colotl has a felony conviction that would mean the loss of her protection from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but stand by their decision to revoke her protection under that program.

Colotl, a former Kennesaw State University student whose arrest in 2010 on charges of impeding traffic and driving without a license drew national attention to the issue of unauthorized immigrants at public colleges, was in federal court in Atlanta on Thursday in the case.

Colotl, who came to this country at age 11, has twice received permission to remain in the country under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Created by the Obama administration, DACA grants work permits and temporary protection from deportation to immigrants who were brought here as children.

Federal authorities revoked her DACA status last month.

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