The special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia has finished its work and is being disbanded, according to a court order issued Monday.
(Bloomberg) — The special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia has finished its work and is being disbanded, according to a court order issued Monday.
The order from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney says the special grand jury has submitted its report and “now stands dissolved.” He also thanked the panel for its work.
McBurney scheduled a Jan. 24 hearing to determine whether the report will be made public — as jurors recommended. He invited Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, whose office convened and oversaw the grand jury, and media outlets to testify as to why the report should be public.
Trump attorneys Drew Findling, Dwight Thomas, and Jennifer Little couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
Trump lost Georgia by less than 12,000 votes in 2020 and the state and its GOP leaders became key targets of his campaign’s efforts to reverse the results. Trump and his allies made entreaties to both Republican Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in their efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s win. Georgia also was one of the states where Republicans submitted a slate of fake electors to the National Archives.
Willis assembled the special purpose grand jury in May of last year. The panel heard testimony from several people close to the effort to overturn the Georgia results, including Kemp, Raffensperger, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and retired U.S. General Michael Flynn, who was briefly Trump’s national security adviser.
State law allows special purpose grand juries to issue reports on their findings and recommendations, but not indict. If Willis decides to seek indictments, she would have to present her case to a regular grand jury.
–With assistance from Zoe Tillman.
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