Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to start presenting her election case against former President Trump and allies before a grand jury as soon as Monday.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Willis’ prosecutors are to begin Monday morning at the courthouse in Atlanta, noting how former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and independent journalist George Chidi separately confirmed over the weekend that they were notified they will testify before a 23-person grand jury on Tuesday.
The case could result in the second indictment against Trump in two weeks over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump has been charged federally in connection with the alleged plot as a result of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 investigation.
Willis could pursue racketeering charges against Trump and his allies, according to the Journal-Constitution. It has taken her between one and two days to present past RICO cases.
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When asked during a Sunday appearance on “ABC News” if he had been called to testify this week, Gabe Sterling, a top official in the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, said, “My lawyer said I couldn’t talk about this too much one way or another, but if I am called, when I am called, I will go and do what I did before: I will tell the truth, answer honestly.”
Sterling answered questions before a separate special grand jury last summer.
Trump took aim at Willis in a TRUTH Social post Sunday.
“Why is ‘Phoney’ (Like in PERFECT ‘PHONE’ CALL, get it?) Fani Willis, the severely underperforming D.A. of Fulton County … leaking my name in regard to a Grand Jury pertaining to Election Fraud & Irregularities that I say took place in Georgia,” Trump posted. “I made a PERFECT PHONE CALL OF PROTEST. What does Phoney Fani have to do with me? She should instead focus on the record number of murders in Atlanta!”
“The only Election…
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