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Fulton Co. judge denies release of the full report on Trump’s election interference in Georgia [1]
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Date: 2023-02-13
The Post reports that during a Jan. 24 hearing, Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis asked the report to remain closed in order to continue her ongoing criminal investigation and to protect the “defendants” in the case.
“We want to make sure that everyone is treated fairly, and we think for future defendants to be treated fairly, it is not appropriate at this time to have this report released,” Willis said during the hearing.
x JUST IN: Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney issues order denying full release of Georgia grand jury report on 2020 election interference, citing due process concerns for named individuals. Parts of the report are set to be released on February 16. pic.twitter.com/0nsTWESQlm — Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) February 13, 2023
Outlets such as The Associated Press and others claimed the full report should be made public.
Tom Clyde, the attorney representing the media, said, “The discomfort of the prosecuting authority in disclosing court records isn’t enough to make them sealed… It has to be significant, identifiable evidence that’s going to cause a problem.”
The 26-member special grand jury investigated Trump and others for crimes related to efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss.
The group was given authority to “investigate any and all facts and circumstances relating directly or indirectly to alleged violations of the laws of the State of Georgia.”
Willis’ investigation began in February 2021 with a focus on a leaked phone conversation Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking him “find” him the “11,780 votes” he needed in order to win in Georgia.
The probe then widened its investigation and began looking into issues such as calls made by Trump and others in his inner circle to Georgia officials, the appointment of fake “alternate” Republican electors, the pressure and harassment of 2020 election workers by former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, and the breach of election machines in Coffee County, Georgia, to name a few.
As Daily Kos’ Laura Clawson wrote, “Trump’s lawyers are insisting that Trump will be vindicated. Because he was never called in or subpoenaed by this grand jury, they say, ‘we can assume that the grand jury did their job and looked at the facts and the law, as we have, and concluded there were no violations of the law by President Trump.’”
Trump and his cronies may not fear Willis, but they ought to. And the Justice Department can’t be ignored, either: A special counsel, appointed by Attorney Merrick Garland, has issued subpoenas to Trump campaign associates and election officials in Georgia, the Post reports.
Willis has yet to make her decisions on whether or not to charge Trump criminally.
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