Trump lawyers criticize release of ‘fake’ indictment by Fulton County.
Attorneys Blast Fulton County District Attorney’s Office Over Purported Indictment of Trump
Attorneys for Donald Trump have strongly criticized the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office following the alleged release of a “proposed indictment” of the former president. County officials, however, are disputing the authenticity of the document.
“The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office has once again shown that they have no respect for the integrity of the grand jury process. This was not a simple administrative mistake,” a statement from Trump attorneys Drew Findling and Jennifer Little read.
Dispute Over Criminal Charges
A list of criminal charges against Trump in Georgia briefly appeared on a Fulton County website on Monday. However, prosecutors quickly released a statement denying that Trump had been indicted in their ongoing investigation into alleged efforts to undermine the 2020 election results.
Reuters, which later obtained a copy of the document, reported that it was swiftly taken down from the county website. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s spokesperson stated earlier on Monday that the report of charges being filed was “inaccurate,” without providing further details.
Nicholas F. Cotten, the chief public relations officer for the Fulton County Clerk of the Superior and Magistrate Courts, issued a statement clarifying that the county had become aware of a “fictitious document” circulating online. The statement emphasized that documents lacking an official case number, filing date, and the name of The Clerk of Courts should not be considered official filings.
Trump’s lawyers released their statement approximately 30 minutes after Cotten’s statement.
“A proposed indictment should only be in the hands of the District Attorney’s Office, yet it somehow made its way to the clerk’s office and was assigned a case number and a judge before the grand jury even deliberated,” the attorneys added. “This is emblematic of the pervasive and glaring constitutional violations which have plagued this case from its very inception.”
Grand Jury Proceedings and Testimonies
The grand jury overseeing Willis’s investigation convened on Monday and remained at the courthouse until after 5 p.m., even as other court staff left for the day, according to the New York Times.
Notably, some witnesses who were scheduled to testify on Tuesday adjusted their plans and actually testified on Monday following the Reuters report. This included former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan. Gabriel Sterling, a top election official in Georgia, was also seen leaving the courthouse around 6 p.m. after arriving earlier in the day for grand jury testimony.
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