Judge Releases Parts Of Grand Jury Report In Trump Probe

A Georgian judge released Thursday parts of a report that a special grand jury had compiled to determine whether President Obama was still president. Donald Trump His allies illegally interfered during the 2020 election.

Robert McBurney, Fulton County Superior Court Judge, ordered three sections to be disclosed. However, the majority of the report is still secret, including portions that recommended specific individuals be indicted.

Fani Willis is the Fulton County District Attorney and is currently leading the investigation into the 2020 election. She may use the findings to bring charges against her by appointing a regular grand jury.

Sections not sealed on Thursday Included the introduction and conclusion. The third section discussed the possibility that witnesses might have lied to the grand jury during their testimony.

“A majority” A special grand jury believes one or more witnesses committed perjury. The panel recommends that the district lawyer be appointed. “seek appropriate indictments for such crimes where the evidence is compelling,” The report states.

Seventy five witnesses either testified in front of the Fulton County resident special grand jury or were involved in its activities. “The overwhelming majority” The grand jury report states that evidence was presented under oath.

After hearing, the special grand jury makes a decision about election fraud. “extensive” Witnesses on the subject. “We find by a unanimous vote that no widespread fraud took place in the Georgia 2020 presidential election that could result in overturning that election,” The report states.

Willis is a Democrat Arguments against The report was released during a court appearance last week. “We want to make sure that everyone is treated fairly and we think for future defendants to be treated fairly, it is not appropriate at this time to have this report released,” Willis replied. She also said it to the judge. “decisions are imminent.”

McBurney was present at the January hearing. Listen to arguments Whether the Report is a presentation Georgia law says that a grand jury recommended publicizing their findings.

A group of media organisations argued in favor of its release and called the inquiry a “commonsense” investigation. “matter of profound public interest that goes to the heart of the nation’s democratic forms of government.”

The judge had ordered that the report be released in part earlier this week. He said That “while publication may not be convenient for the pacing of the District Attorney’s investigation, the compelling public interest in these proceedings and the questionable value and importance of transparency require their release.”

Willis ordered the special grand jury to be impaneled in May 2022. It had the power to subpoena witnesses, documents, but not indictments. It was completed In January.

Over time, the inquiry has grown to include election fraud claims made by state legislators. alternate electors schemeAttempts to gain unauthorized access to voting machines and harassment of election workers. CNN.

Several high-profile witnesses testified before the special grand jury, including Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), former national security adviser Michael Flynn, and Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

Trump’s attorneys have said the former president was “never subpoenaed nor asked to come in voluntarily by this grand jury or anyone in the Fulton County District Attorney’s office.”

Drew Findling and Marissa Goldberg from Georgia were also added. “We can assume that the grand jury did their job and looked at the facts and the law, as we have, and concluded there were no violations of the law by President Trump.”

After Trump called Raffensperger on a telephone call, Willis began her investigation To “find” 11,780 votesThis was sufficient to reverse the state’s loss of power to Joe Biden. Giuliani and a group of 16 Republicans who served as pro-Trump alternate electors have been designated as targets of the district attorney’s investigation, CNN.

Trump defends the phone calls as often as possible “perfect” Generally, he rejects any claims of wrongdoing.

Separately, the former president of the United States is Under investigation by the Federal Government. Special counsel Jack Smith has been tasked with overseeing investigations into Trump’s handling of government documents after leaving office and the circumstances leading up to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. Trump Announced a third campaign For the White House in November.