Terrified Trump moves to block special purpose grand jury report, remove Fulton County DA from possible cases
ATLANTA — Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump are attempting to quash a special purpose grand jury report that recommends multiple indictments tied to Georgia's 2020 election.
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The 483-page court filing also seeks to prevent the Fulton County District Attorney's Office from using any evidence in the report. The attorneys also seek to recuse the DA's Office from handling any future prosecution or potential cases related to the special grand jury.
Trumps' legal team, attorneys Jennifer Little, Drew Findling and Marissa Goldberg, argue several factors tainted the eight-month investigation into alleged criminal interference and election meddling by the former president and his allies.
In the document, the attorney argue that comments and actions taken by Fulton County District Fani Willis, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney and members of the special grand jury "violated the principles of fundamental fairness and due process."
Further, the attorneys argue that the Georgia law governing special purpose grand juries are vague and unconstitutional.
11Alive is currently reviewing the document.
In previous statements, Trump's legal team said interviews given by the special purpose grand jury's forewoman and the details she revealed proved the investigation was not "trustworthy."
The forewoman, 30-year-old Fulton County resident Emily Kohrs, gave interviews to the Associated Press, CNN, NBC News and other outlets in late February about the special purpose grand jury that spent eight months investigating potential criminal interference during the 2020 presidential election.
"The media tour undertaken by the foreperson of the grand jury may have been surprising to some because of its unprecedented nature, but, in reality, was emblematic of the deeply flawed process," Trump's attorneys told 11Alive last month in a statement. "As counsel to President Trump, we have remained mostly quiet but have consistently noted the problems with this grand jury proceeding, ranging from questionable to downright unconstitutional."
The panel heard from 75 witnesses, ranging from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to local elections workers.
Kohrs told NBC News that the jury recommended more than a dozen indictments but did not name those individuals. She gave cryptic answers when asked if Trump was among those the jury recommended for prosecution.
“I don't think that there are any giant plot twists coming," Kohrs told NBC News.
Only portions of the grand jury's report have been released at this point — the introduction, the conclusion and a portion in which jurors said one or more witnesses may have lied in their testimony.
"A majority of the Grand Jury believes that perjury may have been committed by one or more witnesses testifying before it," the report reads. "The Grand Jury recommends that the District Attorney seek appropriate indictments for such crimes where the evidence is compelling."
Special purpose grand juries in Georgia lack the power to indict. To seek indictments, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis would have to take cases before a regular grand jury.
