Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation into 2020 election interference reached an important stage about a year ago. The Georgia prosecutor, following months of scrutiny, requested the empaneling of a special grand jury. The chief judge of Fulton County Superior Court soon after granted the request, saying it was “considered and approved by a majority” of the judges on the court.
As regular readers (and viewers) might recall, we learned in late January 2022 that the special grand jury would consider evidence and then issue a report on its findings to the district attorney, who could use that report to seek an indictment if warranted.
That report is now complete, and the public finally had its first opportunity to review the document — at least, that is, part of the document. NBC News reported:
A special grand jury report on whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies tried to unlawfully interfere in the 2020 election results in Georgia shows most of the grand jurors believe some witnesses may have lied under oath. … The newly unsealed portions of the report also reveal new information about the scale of the investigation, but do not shed light on who the grand jury believes should be charged and for what, besides perjury.
The document itself is relatively brief and includes redactions to protect the identity of grand jury members.
Just as importantly, it’s important to emphasize that this reflects portions of the overall findings and does not include all of the grand jury’s conclusions.
Why not release the full document? Apparently because there are people identified in the findings who have not yet been charged, and to protect their legal rights, that information has been shared with the district attorney’s office — and not us.
That said, despite the relative brevity of today’s release, it’d be an overstatement to suggest that there’s nothing of interest here. On the contrary, there are some key takeaways.
The first is…
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