根据大陪审团周四发布的报告摘要，佐治亚州富尔顿县大陪审团调查前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)及其盟友推翻2020年大选结果的努力，已向检察官建议，他们寻求起诉他们认为可能在作证期间撒谎的证人。
大陪审团在报告中写道，“大陪审团的大多数人认为，一名或多名在此之前作证的证人可能犯了伪证罪。”。“大陪审团建议地方检察官在证据确凿的情况下，对此类罪行提出适当的起诉。”
该报告的摘录没有列出大陪审团成员认为可能犯有伪证罪的任何人的姓名。
另外，大陪审团还发现，“通过一致投票，格鲁吉亚2020年总统选举中没有发生可能导致推翻选举的大规模欺诈。”
除此之外，在报告的导言、结论和伪证罪部分发布的几个段落中，没有透露大陪审团是否建议对与推翻选举有关的任何人进行改变的细节。
该报告没有指明任何潜在的起诉对象，也没有为其伪证罪的指控提供任何理由。它没有提到特朗普的名字，也没有提到作为调查的一部分接受采访的75名证人中的任何一人。
特朗普的发言人在一份声明中说，“人们期待已久的格鲁吉亚报告的重要部分，甚至没有提到特朗普总统的名字，与总统无关，因为特朗普总统绝对没有做错任何事。总统参加了两次关于格鲁吉亚选举完整性的完美电话会议，他有权这样做——事实上，作为总统，特朗普总统有宪法义务确保选举的安全、安保和完整性。”
发布了该报告的摘录服从命令本周早些时候，佐治亚州负责此案的法官。期待已久的报告的大部分是长达数月的大陪审团调查对该州2020年选举的潜在干预-根据富尔顿县法官罗伯特·麦克伯尼的命令仍然密封。
麦克伯尼的裁决是在上个月听取了关于是否公开发布该报告的争论后做出的。富尔顿县地方检察官范尼·威利斯主张该报告保持密封，称“注意保护未来被告的权利”是重要的。"
威利斯在听证会上还说收费决定“迫在眉睫”
代表包括美国广播公司新闻在内的媒体联盟的律师托马斯·克莱德(Thomas Clyde)敦促麦克伯尼根据现有的判例法和“这些陪审员所发现的真正的公众利益”下令发布报告。
尽管特别大陪审团无权提起诉讼，但它有权就可能的指控提出建议。然后由地方检察官决定是否起诉他们。
根据法官的命令，完整的报告只提供了:“一份名单，列出了哪些人应该(或不应该)被起诉，以及为什么，与2020年格鲁吉亚大选的进行(和后果)有关，”麦克伯尼写道。
然而，麦克伯尼命令说，这些建议“目前只供地方检察官参考”。
威利斯对舒克说亚特兰大ABC新闻附属WSB她对订单“非常满意”。
诺曼·艾森大使(已退休。)是布鲁金斯学会(Brookings Institute)治理研究的高级研究员，曾在2019年至2020年担任众议院司法委员会(House Judiciary Committee)的特别顾问，他告诉美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)，尽管法官屏蔽了报告的大部分内容，“从法官的命令中可以明显看出，大陪审团建议指控。”
“问题是:我不认为如果有人被指控，特朗普在逻辑上可以被排除在外，因为他是罪魁祸首，”艾森告诉美国广播公司新闻。"他是这些阴谋的策划者。"
艾森指出了麦克伯尼的笔记，即报告给出了关于“谁应该(或不应该)被起诉，以及为什么被起诉”的建议。
“真的，如果没有人被起诉，就没有必要说，‘为什么’，”艾森说。"第二个条款只有在有人被起诉时才有意义."
在上个月确定该报告发布的听证会之前的一份声明中，代表特朗普的律师表示，他们不希望看到对这位前总统提出指控。
特朗普的律师在一份声明中说，“大陪审团在调查期间迫使数十名其他官员(通常是高级官员)作证，但从未发现与总统交谈很重要。”“大陪审团或富尔顿县地方检察官办公室的任何人都没有传唤他，也没有要求他自愿前来。”
因此，律师们表示，他们“假设大陪审团做了他们的工作，像我们一样审视了事实和法律，并得出结论认为特朗普总统没有违反法律”——尽管没有迹象表明这是真的还是假的。
代表特朗普的律师没有回应ABC新闻在报告发布前的置评请求。
2023年1月28日，前总统唐纳德·特朗普在南卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚举行的2024年竞选活动中向人群发表讲话。
洛根赛勒斯/法新社通过盖蒂图片，文件
关于大陪审团担心一些证人可能在作证时宣誓撒谎，艾森说地区检察官可以进一步追查这些证人。
艾森说:“我不认为法尼·威利斯会让证人在大陪审团面前做伪证而逍遥法外。”“她可以利用这一点来迫使说谎者说出真相并合作。通过撒谎，他们给了她控制他们的手段。”
检察官说，特别大陪审团于2022年5月成立，由26名公众组成，他们听取了超过75名证人的证词。
那些被传唤并出现在大陪审团面前的人包括特朗普的一些最亲密的盟友和支持者，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，他们没有成功拒绝了他的传票一直到美国最高法院。
朱利安尼和16名所谓的“假选举人”一起，据称他们参与了推翻该州选举结果的阴谋，去年被通知他们被视为调查的“目标”。
朱利安尼在回应他作为调查目标的通知时说:“我作为唐纳德·j·特朗普的律师出现在格鲁吉亚——所以我将因我作为律师的所作所为而被起诉?”
消息人士告诉ABC新闻，司法部也在调查涉及假选民的指控，作为其单独调查的一部分。
选举人的律师否认他们的行为有任何不当之处。
“根据事实和法律，他们不可能也没有犯下任何罪行，”代表11名所谓假选民的律师霍莉·皮尔森(Holly Pierson)在一份法庭文件中写道。
去年5月，作为威利斯对选举干预指控的刑事调查的一部分，该调查于2021年2月启动。这项调查部分是由现在臭名昭著的2021年1月2日，电话特朗普在给佐治亚州国务卿布拉德·拉芬斯佩格的信中恳求Raffensperger“找到11，780票”，这正是特朗普赢得佐治亚州所需的票数。
特朗普一再为他给拉芬斯珀格的电话辩护，称之为“完美”。
Georgia grand jury recommends perjury indictments in Trump election probe, finds no 'widespread fraud' in 2020
The Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election has recommended to prosecutors that they seek indictments against witnesses who they believe may have lied during their testimony, according to excerpts of the grand jury's report released Thursday.
"A majority of the grand jury believes that perjury may have been committed by one or more witnesses testifying before it," the grand jury wrote in the report. "The Grand Jury recommends that the District Attorney seek appropriate indictments for such crimes where the evidence is compelling."
The excerpt from the report does not list any names of those who grand jury members believe may have committed perjury.
Separately, the grand jury also found "by a unanimous vote that no widespread fraud took place in the Georgia 2020 presidential election that could result in overturning that election."
Outside of this, in the few paragraphs that were released of the report's introduction, conclusion, and section on perjury, there were no details revealed regarding whether or not the grand jury recommended changes for anyone related to efforts to overturn the election.
The report does not name any potential targets for indictment, nor does it offer any rationale for its allegations of perjury. It does not mention Trump by name, nor any of the 75 witnesses interviewed as part of their probe.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Trump said, "The long awaited important sections of the Georgia report, which do not even mention President Trump's name, have nothing to do with the President because President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong. The President participated in two perfect phone calls regarding election integrity in Georgia, which he is entitled to do -- in fact, as President, it was President Trump's Constitutional duty to ensure election safety, security, and integrity."
Excerpts from the report were releasedfollowing an orderearlier this week from the Georgia judge overseeing the case. The majority of the long-anticipated report -- the final product of amonthslong grand jury investigationinto potential 2020 election interference in the state -- remains sealed on order of Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney.
McBurney's ruling came after he heard arguments last month over whether or not to publicly release the report. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis argued for the report to remain sealed, saying that it was important to "be mindful of protecting future defendants' rights."
Willis also said during the hearing thatcharging decisions were "imminent."
Thomas Clyde, a lawyer representing a coalition of media outlets that includes ABC News, urged McBurney to order the release of the report based on existing case law and "a genuine public interest in what these jurors found."
Though the special grand jury does not have the power to bring indictments, it has the power to make recommendations regarding potential charges. It would then be up to the district attorney to determine whether or not to pursue them.
According to the order from the judge, the full report provided just that: "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.
Those recommendations, however, are "for the District Attorney's eyes only -- for now," McBurney ordered.
Willis on Monday toldAtlanta ABC News affiliate WSBthat she was "very pleased" with the order.
Ambassador Norman Eisen (ret.), a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institute who served as special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee from 2019 to 2020, told ABC News that despite the judge shielding most of the report, "it's clear from the judge's order that the grand jury recommended charges."
"The question is: I don't think that if people are being charged, Trump can logically be left out, because he was the ringleader," Eisen told ABC News. "He was the mastermind of the plots."
Eisen pointed to McBurney's note that the report gave recommendations regarding "who should (or should not) be indicted, and for what."
"Really, if no one was being indicted, there would be no need to say, 'for what,'" Eisen said. "That second clause only makes sense if someone is getting indicted."
In a statement before last month's hearing to determine the report's release, attorneys representing Trump in the matter said they did not expect to see charges recommended for the former president.
"The grand jury compelled the testimony of dozens of other, often high-ranking, officials during the investigation, but never found it important to speak with the President," Trump's attorneys said in a statement. "He was never subpoenaed nor asked to come in voluntarily by this grand jury or anyone in the Fulton County District Attorney's Office."
Therefore, the attorneys said, they "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" -- although there's no indication if that's true or not.
Attorneys representing Trump did not respond to ABC News' request for comment ahead of the report's release.
Regarding the grand jury's concerns that some witnesses may have lied under oath during their testimony, Eisen said the district attorney could further pursue those witnesses.
"I don't think Fani Willis is going to let witnesses get away with perjury before her grand jury," Eisen said. "She can use that to coerce the liars to tell the truth and cooperate. By lying they've given her leverage over them."
The special grand jury, which was seated in May 2022, was composed of 26 members of the public who heard testimony from over 75 witnesses, prosecutors said.
Those who were subpoenaed and appeared before the grand jury included some of Trump's closest allies and supporters, including attorneys Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, who unsuccessfullyfought his subpoenaup to the United State Supreme Court.
Giuliani, along with 16 so-called "fake electors" who allegedly participated in a scheme to overturn the state's election results, were notified last year that they were considered "targets" of the investigation.
Responding to the notification of his status as a target of the probe, Giuliani said, "I appeared in Georgia as attorney for Donald J. Trump -- so I'm going to be prosecuted for what I did as an attorney?"
The Justice Department is also examining the allegations involving fake electors as part of its own separate investigation, sources have told ABC News.
Attorneys for the electors have denied any wrongdoing in their actions.
"They cannot have and did not commit any crime as a matter of fact and law," attorney Holly Pierson, who represents 11 of the alleged fake electors, wrote in a court filing.
The jury was seated last May as part of Willis' criminal probe into allegations of election interference, which was launched in February 2021. The investigation was sparked in part by the now-infamousJan. 2, 2021, phone callTrump 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 has repeatedly defended his call to Raffensperger, calling it "perfect."
