We got some good news and bad news about the long-awaited Georgia special grand jury report on its investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
The good news is that Judge Robert McBurney ruled that portions of the report will be released on Thursday: the introduction, the conclusion and a section discussing grand jurors’ concern that some witnesses may have lied under oath during their testimony.
The bad news is that McBurney is allowing those portions of the report to become public because they don’t identify who those witnesses are, and he’s blocking the release of the full report for now. So while soon-to-be-public portions of the report may shed more light on the closely watched probe, they may raise more questions that cannot be answered yet.
Recall that on Jan. 24, McBurney heard arguments from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who argued against releasing the report, citing concerns over fairness to future defendants and stating that decisions from her office were “imminent.” A lawyer for media groups argued in favor of releasing the report and noted that they could appeal the judge’s order if they aren’t satisfied with it.
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