Report: 2 Grand Juries Will Soon Consider Subpoenas In GA Trump Probe

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again rally at Richard B. Russell Airport in Rome, Georgia on November 1, 2020. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/... TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again rally at Richard B. Russell Airport in Rome, Georgia on November 1, 2020. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Two grand juries in Fulton County Georgia will likely soon be asked to consider issuing subpoenas in the investigation into possible election interference by former President Donald Trump, the county’s district attorney said.

The Daily Beast reported that two grand juries were now working in Fulton County, and that they would soon be asked to issue subpoenas in the Trump case demanding documents and recordings.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said she believed the subpoenas were on their way.

“I suspect that’s in the very near future,” she told The Daily Beast.

The investigation stems from an early January phone call in which Trump attempted to pressure Georgia’s top election official into changing the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state.

“I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have,” Trump told Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a recorded Jan. 2 phone call. “Because we won the state.”

Separately in the same call, Trump issued a vague threat, stating that Raffensperger and his office’s general counsel Ryan Germany would be breaking the law if they didn’t pursue the matter.

“That’s a criminal offense,” Trump said. “And you can’t let that happen. That’s a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer.”

Willis’ office reportedly wrote to Georgia officials last month telling them to preserve documents related to the phone call as part of a criminal investigation. The probe is one of a number of investigations and lawsuits Trump still faces after leaving the White House.

CNN reported earlier this month that two grand juries were set to convene in Fulton County, and that the investigation into possible election interference from Trump was likely to rely on subpoenas for records and interviews, rather than voluntary cooperation.

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  1. Law’s coming.

    Mother Fucker.

  2. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    Among other things, this will be a test of the judicial system – trump and all the other perps will no doubt do their best to quash, and if they get in front of pro-trump judges…

    (Can someone explain, also, how the jurisdictional part works? The perps are domiciled elsewhere, but committed Georgia crimes – where does the court action take place?)

  3. Oh…so this is why Lindsey Graham is all “I’ll protect myself with AR-15” now. He’s going to bunker in place when indicted.

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