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The countdown has begun after a Georgia judge ordered the release of key parts of a classified grand jury report — a report that decided whether an Atlanta-area prosecutor should try former President Donald Trump for trying to kill there to falsify election results, to accuse .
For months, a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County heard evidence of Trump trying to interfere in the state election — and produced a report with specific recommendations on whether Fulton County Attorney Fani Willis should assemble a second grand jury to accuse him. Prosecutors have been investigating whether Trump broke the law when he demanded that Georgia’s top election official “find 11,780 votes” that didn’t exist to overturn the 2020 election.
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The report itself is not an indictment – but it is an important step towards the historic step of indicting a former American president.
The details are so juicy that the judge overseeing the case has even warned that his release could thwart prosecutors’ ongoing investigations, but that the American people deserve to know.
“While release may not be convenient for the pace of the district attorney’s investigation, the compelling public interest in these proceedings and the undeniable value and importance of transparency dictate their release,” wrote Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert CI McBurney. on Monday morning.
The judge ordered the release of the introduction, conclusion, and a section of the final report “in which the grand jury discussed for special purposes their concern that some witnesses may have lied under oath during their testimony before the grand jury.”
That detail in itself is notable, and suggests how those close to Trump may now be scrambling to cover up the way his team tried to intimidate Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger into turning ballots in 2020, gun-toting lawsuits do to overturn election results and Republicans become recruited bogus voters willing to keep him in office by undermining the US Constitution.
The story goes on
Willis requested this special jury in January 2022, had it sworn in four months later, and began presenting evidence in June. The mysterious group completed its final report in December. In his ruling, the judge said they had heard from “dozens of witnesses” about what prosecutors called “facts and circumstances relating, directly or indirectly, to possible attempts to interfere with the lawful conduct of the 2020 Georgia state election.” , have described.
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In his order, the judge did not exactly side with news organizations seeking details about the ongoing investigation. He said that under Georgia’s unique rules on special-purpose grand juries, this report itself is not an indictment or technically a “court record.”
“The trial was essentially an investigative tool designed to allow the district attorney to gather more information about what actually happened in Fulton County (and elsewhere) in the days following the general election so she could make a more informed decision about whether the law of Georgia was violated and whether anyone should be charged,” he wrote.
“The final report, as the district attorney argued, was ultimately for them, not the court,” he added. “It will inform their investigative process, not the court’s.”
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