Fulton County district attorney asks judge to toss Trump attempt to have Georgia investigation ended
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis asked a judge to throw out former President Donald Trump‘s motion to end the special grand jury investigation into efforts to overturn Georgia‘s 2020 presidential election results.
Willis argued in a filing on Monday that the former president was attempting to “restrain a criminal investigation before any charges are filed or even sought.” The special grand jury enlisted to assist in the investigation reportedly recommended multiple indictments that could be related to conspiracy and racketeering charges, though no defendants have been named.
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“If an investigation results in actual criminal charges against the Movants,” referring to Trump, “the justice system ensures they will have no shortage of available remedies to pursue,” Willis wrote.
The district attorney’s response comes after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney extended Willis’s deadline to respond to Trump’s motion to quash. It was originally set for May 1 but was moved to Monday.
Trump’s lawyers asked the judge to quash the jury’s findings on the grounds that it was “an illegal and unconstitutional process” in a filing on March 20. Trump’s legal counsel also seeks the “disqualification of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office from any further investigation into or prosecution of any alleged interference with the 2020 general election.”
However, Willis argued in her response to the motion that Trump’s legal team presented no evidence to prove the unconstitutionality of the jury.
“They refer vaguely to violations of their own due process rights arising from a ‘tainted’ grand jury process without making a showing demonstrating the existence of either,” Willis wrote.
“Overall, the Motions are procedurally flawed and advance arguments that lack merit, and the State respectfully requests that this Court retain supervision of this matter and dismiss or deny the Motions as appropriate without a hearing,” she said.
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At the time of the grand jury report’s release, it noted that a majority of the grand jury believed at least one of the over 75 witnesses who testified in the investigation committed perjury or lied under oath.
Some of the witnesses include former Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman and lawmakers, such as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who unsuccessfully fought his subpoena up to the Supreme Court. Trump was also hinted at as a possible defendant should the jury decide to file criminal charges.