经过几个月的闭门作证,特别大陪审团作为佐治亚州富尔顿县调查的一部分潜在的2020年选举干扰根据周一上午提交的文件,该委员会已经完成了工作并提交了最终报告。
作为对前总统调查的一部分,特别大陪审团于2022年5月开庭唐纳德·特朗普的努力推翻选举,听取了特朗普的一些秘密盟友和支持者的证词-包括律师鲁迪·朱利安尼和约翰·伊斯曼,以及参议员林赛·格雷厄姆。
现在,根据法官罗伯特·c·麦克伯尼(Robert C. McBurney)周一早上提交的法庭命令,大陪审团已经提交了报告,并正式解散。
麦克伯尼已安排在1月24日举行听证会,以决定是否将该报告公之于众。
特别大陪审团没有能力退回起诉书,只能就刑事起诉提出建议。另一个大陪审团会提出任何可能的指控,如果他们被提起的话。
富尔顿县地方检察官方尼·威利斯于2021年2月正式启动调查,部分是由现在臭名昭著的2021年1月2日引发的。特朗普打的电话致佐治亚州国务卿布拉德·拉芬斯佩格,特朗普在信中恳求Raffensperger“找到11,780票”,这正是特朗普赢得佐治亚州所需的票数。
特朗普谴责了这项调查,并一再为他打给Raffensperger的电话辩护,称之为“完美”
自从成为去年入座特别大陪审团已经发出传票,要求特朗普的许多盟友作证,包括特朗普前幕僚长马克·梅多斯(Marc Meadows)和前佐治亚州众议员纽特·金里奇(Newt Gingrich)。
许多人在去年夏天被告知他们是调查的“目标”,包括朱利安尼。检察官在法庭文件中透露,16名被认定为“假选民”的人也被告知,他们被视为正在进行的刑事调查的目标。
文件称,检方指控这16人参与了推翻该州选举结果的阴谋,他们收到了警告信,称他们“特殊目的大陪审团要求他们作证,他们是调查的目标”。
Fulton County grand jury submits final report on Trump's alleged interference in 2020 election
After months of closed door testimony, the special grand jury seated as part of the Fulton County, Georgia, investigation into potential 2020 election interference has finished its work and submitted its final report, according to a filing in the case Monday morning.
The special grand jury, which was seated in May 2022 as part of the investigation into former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election, heard testimony from some of Trump's closet allies and supporters -- including lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, and Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Now, the grand jury has delivered its report and officially has been dissolved, according to a court order by Judge Robert C. McBurney filed on Monday morning.
McBurney has set a Jan. 24 hearing to determine whether the report will be made public.
The special grand jury does not have the ability to return an indictment and can only make recommendations concerning criminal prosecution. Another grand jury would bring any possible charges, should they be brought.
Fulton County District Attorney Fanni Willis officially launched the probe in February 2021, sparked in part by the now-infamous Jan. 2, 2021, phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Trump pleaded with Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes," the exact number Trump needed to win Georgia.
Trump, who has denounced the probe, has repeatedly defended his phone call to Raffensperger, calling it "perfect."
Since being seated last year, the special grand jury has issued subpoenas for testimony to a host of Trump allies, including former Trump chief of staff Marc Meadows and former Georgia Rep. Newt Gingrich.
A number of individuals were informed last summer that they were "targets" of the probe, including Giuliani. Sixteen people identified as "fake electors" were also notified that they were considered targets in the ongoing criminal investigation, prosecutors revealed in court documents.
The 16, who prosecutors alleged participated in a scheme to overturn the state's election results, received letters alerting them that their "testimony was required by the special purpose grand jury and that [they were] targets of the investigation" the filing said.