Family and friends laid to rest Saturday the prominent Georgia attorney who drowned Sunday afternoon while trying to save his teenage son from strong rip currents in St. Simons Island.

The drowning death of prominent attorney Page Pate is demonstrating the dangers of currents in the ocean and inlets.

Defense attorney Page Pate was an expert on constitutional law and was recognized as one of the best legal minds in America.

The Department of Justice is now expanding its probe into former President Donald Trump’s potential mishandling of classified documents, adding allegations of “obstruction of justice” in a newly released court filing.

The trial hasn't even started and yet issues of race are at the forefront of the case in which three white men are charged with murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery.

One-thousand potential jurors have been summoned in Glynn County ahead of the trial for the three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. The trial is slated to begin Monday.

That includes the Jan. 2 phone call in which Trump was recorded asking Georgia’s secretary of state to overturn his defeat. Prosecuting Trump would likely prove a career-defining move for Willis — and one fraught with risk, said Atlanta attorney Robert James, a former district attorney in neighboring DeKalb County. But fellow lawyers who have faced her in court say she's a skilled litigator who isn't afraid of tough cases. AdIt's uncertain whether Willis will seek charges against Trump or anyone else in relation to the election. That's because citizens empaneled to hear such cases often find it difficult to be impartial about famous defendants, he said.