Fani Willis ain't playing games, Ga. Grand Jury Looms in Trump Inquiry UPDATE-AND FANI MAKES 4, It's "cheese and Kraken" time as they flip
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Weissmann: Fani Willis probe ‘feels like an incoming, heat-seeking missile’
75 witnesses testified....... there has to be a half dozen to a dozen Republicacs shitting their drawers about now
That Georgia phone call....if that was one of the 5 family's on that recording one of them boss's would be dead already...
that was thee perfect phone call any one can hear to build a case on for tampering...(RICO)....
that was thee perfect phone call any one can hear to build a case on for tampering...(RICO)....
Judge orders release of parts of Georgia grand jury report on Trump's post-election conduct
A Georgia judge on Monday ordered the release of parts of a special grand jury's report on efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election, but said that most of the report will remain under wraps for now.
Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney largely ruled against media organizations who sought to make the report public, writing that all but three sections should remain undisclosed until Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' investigation is complete. He said the introduction, conclusion and a section in which the grand jury "discusses its concern that some witnesses may have lied under oath during their testimony" should be released.
"While publication may not be convenient for the pacing of the District Attorney's investigation, the compelling public interest in these proceedings and the unquestionable value and importance of transparency require their release," McBurney wrote.
He ordered the district attorney to unveil those three sections on Thursday. The district attorney's office has the only copy of the report.
Attorneys for a broad coalition of media organizations, including CBS News, argued in court on Jan. 24 for the entire report to be made public, saying "the public interest in the report is extraordinary."
Willis, describing herself then as "one of the few people to have had the opportunity to read the report," told the judge that releasing it "at this time" would be inappropriate.
"We are asking that this report not be released, because, you having seen that report, decisions are imminent," Willis said. Her office has not said when, or if, charges are forthcoming.
The grand jury, a 23-person panel of Georgians with three alternates, interviewed 75 witnesses while probing efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the presidential election. They served as an investigatory body that could recommend charges but could not indict. They recommended in their report that it be released, according to McBurney.
The grand jury "provided the District Attorney with exactly what she requested: a roster of who should (or should not) be indicted, and for what, in relation to the conduct (and aftermath) of the 2020 general election in Georgia," McBurney wrote.
Willis' office has indicated in court filings that others have faced scrutiny in the probe, including a group of 16 Georgia Republicans who participated in an alternate elector scheme and former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani.
Judge orders release of parts of Georgia grand jury report on Trump's post-election conduct - CBS News
A Georgia judge on Monday ordered the release of parts of a special grand jury's report on efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election, but said that most of the report will remain under wraps for now.
Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney largely ruled against media organizations who sought to make the report public, writing that all but three sections should remain undisclosed until Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' investigation is complete. He said the introduction, conclusion and a section in which the grand jury "discusses its concern that some witnesses may have lied under oath during their testimony" should be released.
"While publication may not be convenient for the pacing of the District Attorney's investigation, the compelling public interest in these proceedings and the unquestionable value and importance of transparency require their release," McBurney wrote.
He ordered the district attorney to unveil those three sections on Thursday. The district attorney's office has the only copy of the report.
Attorneys for a broad coalition of media organizations, including CBS News, argued in court on Jan. 24 for the entire report to be made public, saying "the public interest in the report is extraordinary."
Willis, describing herself then as "one of the few people to have had the opportunity to read the report," told the judge that releasing it "at this time" would be inappropriate.
"We are asking that this report not be released, because, you having seen that report, decisions are imminent," Willis said. Her office has not said when, or if, charges are forthcoming.
The grand jury, a 23-person panel of Georgians with three alternates, interviewed 75 witnesses while probing efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the presidential election. They served as an investigatory body that could recommend charges but could not indict. They recommended in their report that it be released, according to McBurney.
The grand jury "provided the District Attorney with exactly what she requested: a roster of who should (or should not) be indicted, and for what, in relation to the conduct (and aftermath) of the 2020 general election in Georgia," McBurney wrote.
Willis' office has indicated in court filings that others have faced scrutiny in the probe, including a group of 16 Georgia Republicans who participated in an alternate elector scheme and former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani.
Judge orders release of parts of Georgia grand jury report on Trump's post-election conduct - CBS News
By all that's holy.... let Lindsey "Blanche" Graham, Flynn and Giuliani be amongst them....
Grand Jury Recommends Perjury Indictments — But Hasn’t Yet Said Who Could Be Charged
A special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia recommended that some witnesses should be indicted for perjury, as the Fulton County district attorney could soon issue criminal charges in a years-long probe examining former President Donald Trump’s post-election efforts.
KEY FACTS
The special grand jury does not actually have the power to issue any indictments itself, but Willis can use its recommendations to convene a regular grand jury and ask it to issue indictments. Any indictments in the case could come relatively soon, as Willis told the court in January that “decisions are imminent” on whether or not to bring any charges.
WHAT WE DON’T KNOW
Who will be indicted, if anyone. In addition to Trump, far-right attorney Rudy Giuliani has also been informed he’s a target of the DA’s investigation, along with Georgia GOP officials who submitted a false slate of electors to Congress claiming that Trump had won the state. The grand jury’s suggestion that people be indicted for perjury means that other people who were witnesses but not targeted in the investigation itself could also face legal charges in the probe. Willis suggested in court last month that more than one person may be indicted, telling the judge that releasing the full report could stymie “later individuals’—multiple—[ability] to get a fair trial.”
KEY BACKGROUND
The special grand jury was convened as part of Willis’ long-running investigation into the 2020 election, which her office has been probing since February 2021. The investigation was focused on Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn the election in Georgia, particularly Trump’s phone call with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Trump suggested Raffensperger should “find” enough votes to let Trump win the state. That call and the other efforts to overturn the election could run afoul of a number of state election laws, a Brookings Institution analysis notes, including criminal solicitation to commit election fraud and election interference. The grand jury was convened in May 2022 before dissolving in January, and the release of portions of its reports Thursday come after media outlets had lobbied for the full report to be made public—a request Superior Court Judge Judge Robert McBurney ultimately largely denied.
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Georgia Trump Probe: Grand Jury Recommends Perjury Indictments — But Hasn’t Yet Said Who Could Be Charged (forbes.com)
Grand Jury Recommends Perjury Indictments — But Hasn’t Yet Said Who Could Be Charged
A special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia recommended that some witnesses should be indicted for perjury, as the Fulton County district attorney could soon issue criminal charges in a years-long probe examining former President Donald Trump’s post-election efforts.
KEY FACTS
- Only the introduction, conclusion and one section of the special grand jury’s report was released on Thursday, after a Georgia state judge ruled that other parts of the report—which would reveal who the grand jury recommended be indicted, if anyone—should stay private until the investigation is over.
- A majority of the grand jury “believes that perjury may have been committed” by at least one witness who testified before it, the report states, directing District Attorney Fani Willis to seek indictments “for such crimes where the evidence is compelling.”
- The DA’s office has said it interviewed 75 witnesses as part of its investigation—including leading Trump allies like former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and far-right attorney Rudy Giuliani—but the report did not name who the grand jury believed may have lied during their testimony.
- The report also revealed that the grand jury found “by a unanimous vote” that there was no evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election that justified Trump’s attempts to overturn it.
- The public portions of the report did not reveal any findings in terms of whether crimes were committed by attempting to overturn the election, or if the grand jury recommended any indictments for crimes beyond perjury.
- Fulton County DA Fani Willis had asked for the full report not to be released, and the judge agreed, due to potential concerns if people are publicly named in the report before being formally indicted, so it’s possible the grand jury may have recommended additional indictments in its report that were not released.
The special grand jury does not actually have the power to issue any indictments itself, but Willis can use its recommendations to convene a regular grand jury and ask it to issue indictments. Any indictments in the case could come relatively soon, as Willis told the court in January that “decisions are imminent” on whether or not to bring any charges.
WHAT WE DON’T KNOW
Who will be indicted, if anyone. In addition to Trump, far-right attorney Rudy Giuliani has also been informed he’s a target of the DA’s investigation, along with Georgia GOP officials who submitted a false slate of electors to Congress claiming that Trump had won the state. The grand jury’s suggestion that people be indicted for perjury means that other people who were witnesses but not targeted in the investigation itself could also face legal charges in the probe. Willis suggested in court last month that more than one person may be indicted, telling the judge that releasing the full report could stymie “later individuals’—multiple—[ability] to get a fair trial.”
KEY BACKGROUND
The special grand jury was convened as part of Willis’ long-running investigation into the 2020 election, which her office has been probing since February 2021. The investigation was focused on Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn the election in Georgia, particularly Trump’s phone call with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Trump suggested Raffensperger should “find” enough votes to let Trump win the state. That call and the other efforts to overturn the election could run afoul of a number of state election laws, a Brookings Institution analysis notes, including criminal solicitation to commit election fraud and election interference. The grand jury was convened in May 2022 before dissolving in January, and the release of portions of its reports Thursday come after media outlets had lobbied for the full report to be made public—a request Superior Court Judge Judge Robert McBurney ultimately largely denied.
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Georgia Trump Probe: Grand Jury Recommends Perjury Indictments — But Hasn’t Yet Said Who Could Be Charged (forbes.com)
Georgia grand jury recommended charging multiple people in Trump election probe for range of crimes, report says
KEY POINTS
The exterior of the Fulton County Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse, where the Fulton County District Attorney’s office is located, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., February 16, 2023.
The forewoman of the Georgia grand jury that investigated former President Donald Trump and allies for election interference in the 2020 presidential race said jurors recommended a prosecutor charge multiple people with a range of crimes, according to a new report Tuesday.
The forewoman, Emily Kohrs, was coy when asked if the grand jury had urged in its final report to charge Trump himself in connection with his efforts to overturn his election loss in Georgia, The New York Times reported.
“You’re not going to be shocked. It’s not rocket science,” Kohrs said in the report in response to the question about charging Trump.
“You won’t be too surprised,” added Kohrs, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC.
Kohrs told the newspaper that the number of people who the grand jury recommended being indicted is “not a short list.” But she would not identify them.
“I will tell you that if the judge releases the recommendations, it is not going to be some giant plot twist,” she told the Times. “You probably have a fair idea of what may be on there. I’m trying very hard to say that delicately.”
The names of people recommended for criminal charges, and the counts recommended in the grand jury’s final report, remain sealed by judicial order.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has yet to announce whether she will indict people in the probe.
But a portion of the grand jury’s report that was made public last week noted that jurors had concluded that “one or more witnesses” may have lied under oath when they testified to the panel last year. The grand jury recommended that Willis pursue criminal perjury indictments in those cases.
“I fully stand by our report as our decision and our conclusion,” Kohrs told The Associated Press in an interview.
Willis has investigated Trump, his campaign lawyers and others since early 2021 for their attempts to reverse his loss to President Joe Biden in Georgia.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
This is breaking news. Check back for updates.
Georgia grand jury called for charges in Trump probe, report says (cnbc.com)
KEY POINTS
- The forewoman of the Georgia grand jury that investigated former President Donald Trump and allies for election interference in the 2020 presidential race said jurors urged a prosecutor to charge multiple people with a range of crimes.
- The forewoman, Emily Kohrs, was coy when asked if the grand jury had recommended charging Trump himself in connection with his efforts to overturn his election loss in Georgia, The New York Times reported.
- “You won’t be too surprised,” said Kohrs.
The exterior of the Fulton County Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse, where the Fulton County District Attorney’s office is located, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., February 16, 2023.
The forewoman of the Georgia grand jury that investigated former President Donald Trump and allies for election interference in the 2020 presidential race said jurors recommended a prosecutor charge multiple people with a range of crimes, according to a new report Tuesday.
The forewoman, Emily Kohrs, was coy when asked if the grand jury had urged in its final report to charge Trump himself in connection with his efforts to overturn his election loss in Georgia, The New York Times reported.
“You’re not going to be shocked. It’s not rocket science,” Kohrs said in the report in response to the question about charging Trump.
“You won’t be too surprised,” added Kohrs, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC.
Kohrs told the newspaper that the number of people who the grand jury recommended being indicted is “not a short list.” But she would not identify them.
“I will tell you that if the judge releases the recommendations, it is not going to be some giant plot twist,” she told the Times. “You probably have a fair idea of what may be on there. I’m trying very hard to say that delicately.”
The names of people recommended for criminal charges, and the counts recommended in the grand jury’s final report, remain sealed by judicial order.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has yet to announce whether she will indict people in the probe.
But a portion of the grand jury’s report that was made public last week noted that jurors had concluded that “one or more witnesses” may have lied under oath when they testified to the panel last year. The grand jury recommended that Willis pursue criminal perjury indictments in those cases.
“I fully stand by our report as our decision and our conclusion,” Kohrs told The Associated Press in an interview.
Willis has investigated Trump, his campaign lawyers and others since early 2021 for their attempts to reverse his loss to President Joe Biden in Georgia.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
This is breaking news. Check back for updates.
Georgia grand jury called for charges in Trump probe, report says (cnbc.com)
Inside the Trump grand jury that probed election meddling
ATLANTA (AP) — They were led down a staircase into a garage beneath a downtown Atlanta courthouse, where officers with big guns were waiting. From there, they were ushered into vans with heavily tinted windows and driven to their cars under police escort.
For Emily Kohrs, these were the moments last May when she realized she wasn’t participating in just any grand jury.
“That was the first indication that this was a big freaking deal,” Kohrs told The Associated Press.
The 30-year-old Fulton County resident who was between jobs suddenly found herself at the center of one of the nation’s most significant legal proceedings. She would become foreperson of the special grand jury selected to investigate whether then-President Donald Trump and his Republican associates illegally meddled in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. The case has emerged as one of Trump’s most glaring legal vulnerabilities as he mounts a third presidential campaign, in part because he was recorded asking state election officials to “find 11,780 votes” for him.
For the next eight months, Kohrs and her fellow jurors would hear testimony from 75 witnesses, ranging from some of Trump’s most prominent allies to local election workers. Portions of the panel’s final report released last Thursday said jurors believed that “one or more witnesses” committed perjury and urged local prosecutors to bring charges. The report’s recommendations for charges on other issues, including potential attempts to influence the election, remain secret for now.
The AP identified Kohrs after her name was included on subpoenas obtained through open records requests. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney advised Kohrs and other jurors on what they could and could not share publicly, including in interviews with the news media.
During a lengthy recent interview, Kohrs complied with the judge’s instructions not to discuss details related to the jury’s deliberations. She also declined to talk about unpublished portions of the panel’s final report.
But her general characterizations provided unusual insight into a process that is typically cloaked in secrecy.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who was on the receiving end of Trump’s pressure campaign, was “a really geeky kind of funny,” she said. State House Speaker David Ralston, who died in November, was hilarious and had the room in stitches. And Gov. Brian Kemp, who succeeded in delaying his appearance until after his reelection in November, seemed unhappy to be there.
Kohrs was fascinated by an explainer on Georgia’s voting machines offered by a former Dominion Voting Systems executive. She also enjoyed learning about the inner workings of the White House from Cassidy Hutchinson, who Kohrs said was much more forthcoming than her old boss, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Kohrs sketched witnesses in her notebook as they spoke and was tickled when Bobby Christine, the former U.S. attorney for Georgia’s Southern District, complimented her “remarkable talent.” When the jurors’ notes were taken for shredding after their work was done, she managed to salvage two sketches — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Marc Short, who served as chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence — because there were no notes on those pages.
After Graham tried so hard to avoid testifying — taking his fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court — Kohrs was surprised when he politely answered questions and even joked with jurors.
Former New York mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani was funny and invoked privilege to avoid answering many questions but “genuinely seemed to consider” whether it was merited before declining to answer, she said.
When witnesses refused to answer almost every question, the lawyers would engage in what Kohrs came to think of as “show and tell.” The lawyers would show video of the person appearing on television or testifying before the U.S. House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, periodically asking the witness to confirm certain things. Then the scratching of pens on paper could be heard as jurors tallied how many times the person invoked the Fifth Amendment.
At least one person who resisted answering questions became much more cooperative when prosecutors offered him immunity in front of the jurors, Kohrs said. Other witnesses came in with immunity deals already in place.
Trump’s attorneys have said he was never asked to testify. Kohrs said the grand jury wanted to hear from the former president but didn’t have any real expectation that he would offer meaningful testimony.
“Trump was not a battle we picked to fight,” she said.
Kohrs didn’t vote in 2020 and was only vaguely aware of controversy swirling in the wake of the election. She didn’t know the specifics of Trump’s allegations of widespread election fraud or his efforts to reverse his loss. When prosecutors played the then-president’s phone call with Raffensperger on the first day the jurors met to consider evidence, it was the first time Kohrs had heard it.
“I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have,” Trump said on the call.
Though Kohrs said she tends to agree more with Democrats, Kohrs said she doesn’t identify with any political party and prefers to listen to all opinions.
“If I chose a political party, it would be the not-crazy party,” she said.
Kohrs called herself a “geek about the justice system” and noted the challenges some jurors faced balancing their responsibilities on the panel with outside duties. When she eagerly volunteered to be foreperson, she met no resistance from her fellow jurors, who were less enthusiastic about the time-consuming obligation stretching before them, she said.
One of her first duties as foreperson was to sign a big stack of subpoenas.
As the proceedings played out, one of her fellow jurors brought the newspaper every day and pointed out stories about the investigation. Prosecutors, Kohrs said, told jurors they could consume news coverage related to the case but urged them to keep an open mind.
Kohrs said she mostly avoided stories related to the proceedings to avoid forming an opinion.
“I didn’t want to characterize anyone before they walked in the room,” she said. “I felt they all deserved an impartial listener.”
Of the 26 people on the panel — 23 jurors and three alternates — 16 had to be present for a quorum. There was a core group of between 12 and 16 who showed up almost every day they were in session, Kohrs said, and she could recall only one day when they couldn’t proceed because not enough seats were filled. The most they ever had in the room was 22 — on the day Giuliani testified.
As the months passed, the grand jurors grew more comfortable with each other and with the four lawyers on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ team who led the proceedings. But they’re not all best friends now that it’s over.
“We are not meeting up now. We don’t have a group chat,” Kohrs said.
While the jurors asked to hear from certain witnesses, most witnesses were decided upon by the district attorney’s office. But Kohrs said she didn’t feel as though prosecutors were trying to influence the jurors’ final report.
“I fully stand by our report as our decision and our conclusion,” she said.
Inside the Trump grand jury that probed election meddling | AP News
ATLANTA (AP) — They were led down a staircase into a garage beneath a downtown Atlanta courthouse, where officers with big guns were waiting. From there, they were ushered into vans with heavily tinted windows and driven to their cars under police escort.
For Emily Kohrs, these were the moments last May when she realized she wasn’t participating in just any grand jury.
“That was the first indication that this was a big freaking deal,” Kohrs told The Associated Press.
The 30-year-old Fulton County resident who was between jobs suddenly found herself at the center of one of the nation’s most significant legal proceedings. She would become foreperson of the special grand jury selected to investigate whether then-President Donald Trump and his Republican associates illegally meddled in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. The case has emerged as one of Trump’s most glaring legal vulnerabilities as he mounts a third presidential campaign, in part because he was recorded asking state election officials to “find 11,780 votes” for him.
For the next eight months, Kohrs and her fellow jurors would hear testimony from 75 witnesses, ranging from some of Trump’s most prominent allies to local election workers. Portions of the panel’s final report released last Thursday said jurors believed that “one or more witnesses” committed perjury and urged local prosecutors to bring charges. The report’s recommendations for charges on other issues, including potential attempts to influence the election, remain secret for now.
The AP identified Kohrs after her name was included on subpoenas obtained through open records requests. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney advised Kohrs and other jurors on what they could and could not share publicly, including in interviews with the news media.
During a lengthy recent interview, Kohrs complied with the judge’s instructions not to discuss details related to the jury’s deliberations. She also declined to talk about unpublished portions of the panel’s final report.
But her general characterizations provided unusual insight into a process that is typically cloaked in secrecy.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who was on the receiving end of Trump’s pressure campaign, was “a really geeky kind of funny,” she said. State House Speaker David Ralston, who died in November, was hilarious and had the room in stitches. And Gov. Brian Kemp, who succeeded in delaying his appearance until after his reelection in November, seemed unhappy to be there.
Kohrs was fascinated by an explainer on Georgia’s voting machines offered by a former Dominion Voting Systems executive. She also enjoyed learning about the inner workings of the White House from Cassidy Hutchinson, who Kohrs said was much more forthcoming than her old boss, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Kohrs sketched witnesses in her notebook as they spoke and was tickled when Bobby Christine, the former U.S. attorney for Georgia’s Southern District, complimented her “remarkable talent.” When the jurors’ notes were taken for shredding after their work was done, she managed to salvage two sketches — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Marc Short, who served as chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence — because there were no notes on those pages.
After Graham tried so hard to avoid testifying — taking his fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court — Kohrs was surprised when he politely answered questions and even joked with jurors.
Former New York mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani was funny and invoked privilege to avoid answering many questions but “genuinely seemed to consider” whether it was merited before declining to answer, she said.
When witnesses refused to answer almost every question, the lawyers would engage in what Kohrs came to think of as “show and tell.” The lawyers would show video of the person appearing on television or testifying before the U.S. House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, periodically asking the witness to confirm certain things. Then the scratching of pens on paper could be heard as jurors tallied how many times the person invoked the Fifth Amendment.
At least one person who resisted answering questions became much more cooperative when prosecutors offered him immunity in front of the jurors, Kohrs said. Other witnesses came in with immunity deals already in place.
Trump’s attorneys have said he was never asked to testify. Kohrs said the grand jury wanted to hear from the former president but didn’t have any real expectation that he would offer meaningful testimony.
“Trump was not a battle we picked to fight,” she said.
Kohrs didn’t vote in 2020 and was only vaguely aware of controversy swirling in the wake of the election. She didn’t know the specifics of Trump’s allegations of widespread election fraud or his efforts to reverse his loss. When prosecutors played the then-president’s phone call with Raffensperger on the first day the jurors met to consider evidence, it was the first time Kohrs had heard it.
“I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have,” Trump said on the call.
Though Kohrs said she tends to agree more with Democrats, Kohrs said she doesn’t identify with any political party and prefers to listen to all opinions.
“If I chose a political party, it would be the not-crazy party,” she said.
Kohrs called herself a “geek about the justice system” and noted the challenges some jurors faced balancing their responsibilities on the panel with outside duties. When she eagerly volunteered to be foreperson, she met no resistance from her fellow jurors, who were less enthusiastic about the time-consuming obligation stretching before them, she said.
One of her first duties as foreperson was to sign a big stack of subpoenas.
As the proceedings played out, one of her fellow jurors brought the newspaper every day and pointed out stories about the investigation. Prosecutors, Kohrs said, told jurors they could consume news coverage related to the case but urged them to keep an open mind.
Kohrs said she mostly avoided stories related to the proceedings to avoid forming an opinion.
“I didn’t want to characterize anyone before they walked in the room,” she said. “I felt they all deserved an impartial listener.”
Of the 26 people on the panel — 23 jurors and three alternates — 16 had to be present for a quorum. There was a core group of between 12 and 16 who showed up almost every day they were in session, Kohrs said, and she could recall only one day when they couldn’t proceed because not enough seats were filled. The most they ever had in the room was 22 — on the day Giuliani testified.
As the months passed, the grand jurors grew more comfortable with each other and with the four lawyers on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ team who led the proceedings. But they’re not all best friends now that it’s over.
“We are not meeting up now. We don’t have a group chat,” Kohrs said.
While the jurors asked to hear from certain witnesses, most witnesses were decided upon by the district attorney’s office. But Kohrs said she didn’t feel as though prosecutors were trying to influence the jurors’ final report.
“I fully stand by our report as our decision and our conclusion,” she said.
Inside the Trump grand jury that probed election meddling | AP News
That cac jury forewoman...... been on tour running her fugly mouth...... this pic is from her first interview....she looks like a 12yr old Amish girl..... she went straight from this to putting abour five pounds of glam on her..... either she saw herself or someone told her to put some make-up on her face, not that it helped..... she strikes me as an attention whore InstaGram 22 year old.... nothing good will come of this...
In her first television interview, Emily Kohrs, foreperson for the Georgia grand jury that investigated former Pres. Donald Trump, explains that they recommended indictments for more than a dozen people.
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In her first television interview, Emily Kohrs, foreperson for the Georgia grand jury that investigated former Pres. Donald Trump, explains that they recommended indictments for more than a dozen people.
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that phone call was a m-f... 
Yeah, and also there was more audio of trump that wasn’t released yetthat phone call was a m-f...
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That cac jury forewoman...... been on tour running her fugly mouth...... tgis pic is from her first interview...... she went straight from this to putting abour five pounds of glam on her..... either she saw herself or someone told her to put some make-up on her face, not that it helped..... she strikes me as an attention whore InstaGram 22 year old.... nothing good will come of this...
In her first television interview, Emily Kohrs, foreperson for the Georgia grand jury that investigated former Pres. Donald Trump, explains that they recommended indictments for more than a dozen people.
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It was bizarre seeing this interview given the situation. I mean, as long as she did what she was instructed to do, it is what it is. It felt like we were all at the plate and she was at the mound doing this
He really threatened a state employee because he didn't want to commit election fraud.that phone call was a m-f...
like i stated before only other time we hear something like this was on some documentary talmbout some lucase crime boss sitting in
the back of some social club on tape trying to get some union votes for a concrete contract,,but never from a sitting U.S. president...
So what will happen? NOTHING
I fucking hate attention whores!!!
abcnews.go.com
By speaking out, could foreperson in Georgia Trump probe undermine a future case?
The foreperson of the Georgia grand jury probing election interference by former President Trump has publicly telegraphed some of her panel's closely held findings.
I fucking hate attention whores!!!
By speaking out, could foreperson in Georgia Trump probe undermine a future case?
The foreperson of the Georgia grand jury probing election interference by former President Trump has publicly telegraphed some of her panel's closely held findings.
Man that shit was by design
That or they got to her
This tranny clearly was planted by the GOP.
Kohrs was asked Tuesday by MSNBC if she wanted to hear the former commander-in-chief testify.
“I kind of wanted to subpoena the former president because I got to swear everybody in,” answered Kohrs, 30. “And so I thought it’d be really cool to get 60 seconds with President Trump, of me looking at him and being like, ’Do you solemnly swear…’ And me getting to swear him in.”
“I kind of thought that would be an awesome moment. I can see how trying to get the former president to come talk to us would have been a year in negotiation by itself,” she added, saying that she doubted Trump would have said anything “groundbreaking.”
Kohrs was asked Tuesday by MSNBC if she wanted to hear the former commander-in-chief testify.
“I kind of wanted to subpoena the former president because I got to swear everybody in,” answered Kohrs, 30. “And so I thought it’d be really cool to get 60 seconds with President Trump, of me looking at him and being like, ’Do you solemnly swear…’ And me getting to swear him in.”
“I kind of thought that would be an awesome moment. I can see how trying to get the former president to come talk to us would have been a year in negotiation by itself,” she added, saying that she doubted Trump would have said anything “groundbreaking.”
Bish looks like the product
of incestuous behavior.
of incestuous behavior.
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if this cabin in the woods bitch fucked up the case then i hope she gets
sodomized by a georgia skunk ape
@easy_b .... your maggots in Georgia are scurred....
As Trump Inquiry Continues, Republicans Seek Oversight of Georgia Prosecutors
The proposals are part of a broader push by conservative lawmakers around the country to rein in district attorneys whom they consider too liberal.
“For the hundreds of years we’ve had prosecutors, this has been unnecessary,” Fani Willis, the district attorney in Atlanta, said in reference to the proposals. “But now all of a sudden this is a priority. And it is racist.”
ATLANTA — To Fani T. Willis, the district attorney in Atlanta, several bills in the Georgia legislature that would make it easier to remove local prosecutors are racist and perhaps retaliatory for her ongoing investigation of former President Donald J. Trump.
To the Republican sponsors of the bills, they are simply a way to ensure that prosecutors enforce the laws of the state, whether they agree with them or not.
Two of the measures under consideration would create a new state oversight board that could punish or remove prosecutors for loosely defined reasons, including “willful misconduct.” A third would sharply reduce the number of signatures required to seek a recall of a district attorney.
The proposals are part of a broader push by conservative lawmakers around the country to rein in prosecutors whom they consider too liberal, and who in some cases are refusing to prosecute low-level drug crimes or enforce strict new anti-abortion laws.
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida last year suspended a Democratic prosecutor in the Tampa area, Andrew Warren, after Mr. Warren said, among other things, that he would not prosecute anyone seeking abortions. The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania House voted in November to impeach Larry Krasner, the liberal district attorney in Philadelphia. And a Republican-backed bill currently under consideration in the Indiana legislature would allow a special prosecuting attorney, appointed by the state attorney general, to step in if a local prosecutor is “categorically refusing to prosecute certain crimes.”
The debate in Georgia is unfolding amid mounting concerns over urban crime, particularly in Atlanta. But Ms. Willis has been a centrist law-and-order prosecutor who has targeted some prominent local rappers in a sprawling gang case. She is also part of the changing face of justice in Georgia: The state now has a record number of minority prosecutors — 14 of them — up from five in 2020, the year Ms. Willis, who is Black, was voted into office.
And of course, there is the Trump inquiry, the latest accelerant to the partisan conflagrations that have consumed the increasingly divided state for years. The subject of Ms. Willis’s investigation is whether Mr. Trump and his allies tried to flout Georgia’s democratic process with numerous instances of interference after his narrow 2020 election loss in the state.
Ms. Willis, center, with her team during proceedings to seat the special purpose grand jury in Fulton County in May 2022.
Ms. Willis has said she is considering building a racketeering or conspiracy case. Anticipation is rising, particularly since the forewoman of a special grand jury charged with looking into the matter spoke publicly last month, saying that the jury’s final report, which is still largely under wraps, recommended indictments for more than a dozen people.
Ms. Willis must now decide whether to bring a case to a regular grand jury, which can issue indictments. A decision could come as early as May.
In the Republican-controlled legislature, as of Friday afternoon, the prospects seemed favorable for the bills creating an oversight committee. They were dimmer for the recall election bill, which would lower the number of registered voters required to sign a petition to prompt a recall of prosecutors from the current 30 percent, which is standard for local elected offices, to just 2 percent. The measure was introduced after some high-profile Trump supporters in Georgia promoted the idea of a recall campaign against Ms. Willis, even though such an effort would be unlikely to succeed in Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold.
Those supporters include United States Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who tweeted in August that Ms. Willis was using taxpayer funds “for her personal political witch hunt against Pres Trump, but will NOT prosecute crime plaguing Atlanta!”
Ms. Willis, who first described the bills as racist in a State Senate hearing last month, repeated the accusation in an interview at her downtown Atlanta office this week, pointing out that the majority of Georgians now live within the jurisdictions of the 14 minority prosecutors.
“For the hundreds of years we’ve had prosecutors, this has been unnecessary,” Ms. Willis said, referring to the bills. “But now all of a sudden this is a priority. And it is racist.”
Lawmakers have fired back. At the hearing last month, State Senator Bill Cowsert, a Republican who is the brother-in-law of Gov. Brian Kemp, said, “For you to come in here and try to make this about racism, that this bill is directed at any district attorney or solicitor because of racism, is absurd, and it’s offensive, and it’s a racist statement on its own.”
Senator Brian Strickland, a Republican who was presiding over the meeting, told Ms. Willis, “You’re being emotional.”
Lawmakers have insisted the new legislative push is unrelated to the Trump investigation. In an interview this week, State Senator Randy Robertson, a Republican sponsoring one of the oversight panel bills, said the legislation was inspired by the case of Mark Jones, a prosecutor from Mr. Robertson’s district who was imprisoned in 2021 for public corruption.
“Leading up to that, everybody was kind of scrambling around, saying, ‘How do we — you know, this guy’s doing a terrible job, how do we get rid of him?’” said Mr. Robertson, adding that existing remedies were insufficient. “There was really no avenue for individuals to go to.”
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As Trump Inquiry Continues, Republicans Seek Oversight of Georgia Prosecutors
The proposals are part of a broader push by conservative lawmakers around the country to rein in district attorneys whom they consider too liberal.
“For the hundreds of years we’ve had prosecutors, this has been unnecessary,” Fani Willis, the district attorney in Atlanta, said in reference to the proposals. “But now all of a sudden this is a priority. And it is racist.”
ATLANTA — To Fani T. Willis, the district attorney in Atlanta, several bills in the Georgia legislature that would make it easier to remove local prosecutors are racist and perhaps retaliatory for her ongoing investigation of former President Donald J. Trump.
To the Republican sponsors of the bills, they are simply a way to ensure that prosecutors enforce the laws of the state, whether they agree with them or not.
Two of the measures under consideration would create a new state oversight board that could punish or remove prosecutors for loosely defined reasons, including “willful misconduct.” A third would sharply reduce the number of signatures required to seek a recall of a district attorney.
The proposals are part of a broader push by conservative lawmakers around the country to rein in prosecutors whom they consider too liberal, and who in some cases are refusing to prosecute low-level drug crimes or enforce strict new anti-abortion laws.
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida last year suspended a Democratic prosecutor in the Tampa area, Andrew Warren, after Mr. Warren said, among other things, that he would not prosecute anyone seeking abortions. The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania House voted in November to impeach Larry Krasner, the liberal district attorney in Philadelphia. And a Republican-backed bill currently under consideration in the Indiana legislature would allow a special prosecuting attorney, appointed by the state attorney general, to step in if a local prosecutor is “categorically refusing to prosecute certain crimes.”
The debate in Georgia is unfolding amid mounting concerns over urban crime, particularly in Atlanta. But Ms. Willis has been a centrist law-and-order prosecutor who has targeted some prominent local rappers in a sprawling gang case. She is also part of the changing face of justice in Georgia: The state now has a record number of minority prosecutors — 14 of them — up from five in 2020, the year Ms. Willis, who is Black, was voted into office.
And of course, there is the Trump inquiry, the latest accelerant to the partisan conflagrations that have consumed the increasingly divided state for years. The subject of Ms. Willis’s investigation is whether Mr. Trump and his allies tried to flout Georgia’s democratic process with numerous instances of interference after his narrow 2020 election loss in the state.
Ms. Willis, center, with her team during proceedings to seat the special purpose grand jury in Fulton County in May 2022.
Ms. Willis has said she is considering building a racketeering or conspiracy case. Anticipation is rising, particularly since the forewoman of a special grand jury charged with looking into the matter spoke publicly last month, saying that the jury’s final report, which is still largely under wraps, recommended indictments for more than a dozen people.
Ms. Willis must now decide whether to bring a case to a regular grand jury, which can issue indictments. A decision could come as early as May.
In the Republican-controlled legislature, as of Friday afternoon, the prospects seemed favorable for the bills creating an oversight committee. They were dimmer for the recall election bill, which would lower the number of registered voters required to sign a petition to prompt a recall of prosecutors from the current 30 percent, which is standard for local elected offices, to just 2 percent. The measure was introduced after some high-profile Trump supporters in Georgia promoted the idea of a recall campaign against Ms. Willis, even though such an effort would be unlikely to succeed in Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold.
Those supporters include United States Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who tweeted in August that Ms. Willis was using taxpayer funds “for her personal political witch hunt against Pres Trump, but will NOT prosecute crime plaguing Atlanta!”
Ms. Willis, who first described the bills as racist in a State Senate hearing last month, repeated the accusation in an interview at her downtown Atlanta office this week, pointing out that the majority of Georgians now live within the jurisdictions of the 14 minority prosecutors.
“For the hundreds of years we’ve had prosecutors, this has been unnecessary,” Ms. Willis said, referring to the bills. “But now all of a sudden this is a priority. And it is racist.”
Lawmakers have fired back. At the hearing last month, State Senator Bill Cowsert, a Republican who is the brother-in-law of Gov. Brian Kemp, said, “For you to come in here and try to make this about racism, that this bill is directed at any district attorney or solicitor because of racism, is absurd, and it’s offensive, and it’s a racist statement on its own.”
Senator Brian Strickland, a Republican who was presiding over the meeting, told Ms. Willis, “You’re being emotional.”
Lawmakers have insisted the new legislative push is unrelated to the Trump investigation. In an interview this week, State Senator Randy Robertson, a Republican sponsoring one of the oversight panel bills, said the legislation was inspired by the case of Mark Jones, a prosecutor from Mr. Robertson’s district who was imprisoned in 2021 for public corruption.
“Leading up to that, everybody was kind of scrambling around, saying, ‘How do we — you know, this guy’s doing a terrible job, how do we get rid of him?’” said Mr. Robertson, adding that existing remedies were insufficient. “There was really no avenue for individuals to go to.”
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As Trump Inquiry Continues, Republicans Seek Oversight of Georgia Prosecutors
The proposals are part of a broader push by conservative lawmakers around the country to rein in district attorneys whom they consider too liberal.
Fucking turd is gonna skate again.... when Kemp signs it...... they gonna remove Willis.... just watch
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GOP-controlled Georgia House pushes through bill to create oversight of county prosecutors
Georgia’s GOP-controlled House passed controversial legislation 98-75 late on Tuesday’s Crossover Day that would establish oversight boards that could remove district attorneys deemed to neglect select prosecutions.
Dallas Republican Rep. Joseph Gullett’s House Bill 231 would require the Georgia Supreme Court to appoint five-member investigation panels and three-member hearing panels that will determine disciplinary consequences for prosecutors who decline to prosecute low-level offenses.
Among the grounds for removing district attorneys and solicitor generals are willful and prejudicial misconduct or being found to have mental or physical disabilities that impede their abilities to prosecute cases.
The Senate advanced a similar bill last week, with Republican lawmakers supporting the measures opposed by prosecuting and district attorney associations.
Democratic legislators have questioned the necessity of an oversight committee that can target the discretion prosecutors already have to determine the merits of cases and pointed out that district attorneys can already face disciplinary measures if they have breached duties.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is pursuing a probe of former President Donald Trump, has complained the legislation is an overreaction.
“Their prosecutorial discretion is vital to allowing our locally elected D.A.’s to examine the specific facts of each case when deciding if and how to prosecute, and that’s threatened under this bill,” Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick, a Lithonia Democrat, said.
Gullett defended the measure by stating that the state Supreme Court would review any disciplinary action related to complaints filed and subsequent panel decisions.
“This is not a partisan issue in my mind regarding who’s acting in bad faith as a D.A.,” he said hours before Monday’s deadline for legislation to advance to the opposite chamber. “This is vitally important to communities who have district attorneys who are bad actors and not prosecuting cases or doing things illegally, and ultimately just bringing really really bad light to their offices.”
GOP-controlled Georgia House pushes through bill to create oversight of county prosecutors - Georgia Recorder
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GOP-controlled Georgia House pushes through bill to create oversight of county prosecutors
Georgia’s GOP-controlled House passed controversial legislation 98-75 late on Tuesday’s Crossover Day that would establish oversight boards that could remove district attorneys deemed to neglect select prosecutions.
Dallas Republican Rep. Joseph Gullett’s House Bill 231 would require the Georgia Supreme Court to appoint five-member investigation panels and three-member hearing panels that will determine disciplinary consequences for prosecutors who decline to prosecute low-level offenses.
Among the grounds for removing district attorneys and solicitor generals are willful and prejudicial misconduct or being found to have mental or physical disabilities that impede their abilities to prosecute cases.
The Senate advanced a similar bill last week, with Republican lawmakers supporting the measures opposed by prosecuting and district attorney associations.
Democratic legislators have questioned the necessity of an oversight committee that can target the discretion prosecutors already have to determine the merits of cases and pointed out that district attorneys can already face disciplinary measures if they have breached duties.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is pursuing a probe of former President Donald Trump, has complained the legislation is an overreaction.
“Their prosecutorial discretion is vital to allowing our locally elected D.A.’s to examine the specific facts of each case when deciding if and how to prosecute, and that’s threatened under this bill,” Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick, a Lithonia Democrat, said.
Gullett defended the measure by stating that the state Supreme Court would review any disciplinary action related to complaints filed and subsequent panel decisions.
“This is not a partisan issue in my mind regarding who’s acting in bad faith as a D.A.,” he said hours before Monday’s deadline for legislation to advance to the opposite chamber. “This is vitally important to communities who have district attorneys who are bad actors and not prosecuting cases or doing things illegally, and ultimately just bringing really really bad light to their offices.”
GOP-controlled Georgia House pushes through bill to create oversight of county prosecutors - Georgia Recorder
EVERYONE was recording that orange turd.... literally making "shit tapes"
Grand jury heard another recording of Trump pressuring Georgia official
The Georgia grand jury that was tasked with investigating whether former President Trump interfered with the 2020 election has heard a recording of a phone call the former president had with a top state lawmaker, according to a report.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution interviewed five of the 23 jurors in the case, who revealed that they listened to a recording of a phone conversation between Trump and Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, a detail that was not previously reported on or made public. The jurors said the recording revealed Trump asking Ralston to convene a special session of the state legislature to overturn President Biden’s win in Georgia.
Ralston, who died in November, did not call for a special session.
One of the jurors, who all declined to be named due to safety and privacy concerns, said the phone call showed that Ralston was an “amazing politican.” The juror told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the Speaker “basically cut the president off. He said, ‘I will do everything in my power that I think is appropriate.’ “
The audio is the third such recording of a Trump call to Georgia officials that has been revealed as part of the former president’s campaign to pressure them into overturning the 2020 election results in the state.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation into the 2020 election in early 2021, after it was made public that Trump suggested in a different phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that he “find” about 11,000 votes so that Trump could win the state.
“All I want to do is this,” the president said in the phone recording. “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.”
This interview offers another insight into the grand jury’s investigation, just weeks after the jury forewoman hinted the former president and multiple allies could face a variety of charges as a result of the probe. She declined to say who could face charges as she faced criticism for her media blitz last month.
The grand jury partially released its report into the probe last month, which stated that there was no widespread fraud in the 2020 contest. The report also encouraged the prosecution of witnesses who may have lied to the panel.
Grand jury heard another recording of Trump pressuring Georgia official: report | The Hill
Grand jury heard another recording of Trump pressuring Georgia official
The Georgia grand jury that was tasked with investigating whether former President Trump interfered with the 2020 election has heard a recording of a phone call the former president had with a top state lawmaker, according to a report.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution interviewed five of the 23 jurors in the case, who revealed that they listened to a recording of a phone conversation between Trump and Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, a detail that was not previously reported on or made public. The jurors said the recording revealed Trump asking Ralston to convene a special session of the state legislature to overturn President Biden’s win in Georgia.
Ralston, who died in November, did not call for a special session.
One of the jurors, who all declined to be named due to safety and privacy concerns, said the phone call showed that Ralston was an “amazing politican.” The juror told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the Speaker “basically cut the president off. He said, ‘I will do everything in my power that I think is appropriate.’ “
The audio is the third such recording of a Trump call to Georgia officials that has been revealed as part of the former president’s campaign to pressure them into overturning the 2020 election results in the state.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation into the 2020 election in early 2021, after it was made public that Trump suggested in a different phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that he “find” about 11,000 votes so that Trump could win the state.
“All I want to do is this,” the president said in the phone recording. “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.”
This interview offers another insight into the grand jury’s investigation, just weeks after the jury forewoman hinted the former president and multiple allies could face a variety of charges as a result of the probe. She declined to say who could face charges as she faced criticism for her media blitz last month.
The grand jury partially released its report into the probe last month, which stated that there was no widespread fraud in the 2020 contest. The report also encouraged the prosecution of witnesses who may have lied to the panel.
Grand jury heard another recording of Trump pressuring Georgia official: report | The Hill