Donald Trump investigation: Three-week countdown begins for Fulton County grand jury to bring charges

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Former President Donald Trump and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. (AP Photos)

Donald Trump investigation: Three-week countdown begins for Fulton County grand jury to bring charges

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The three-week window for the Fulton County grand jury to release criminal charges against former President Donald Trump began on Monday, months after the jury concluded its investigation into alleged inference in Georgia‘s 2020 election results.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is reportedly targeting a three-week time frame, from July 31 to Aug. 18, to press charges against Trump. The grand jury released its report in February that discovered “one or more” of the over 50 interviewed witnesses may have lied under oath and committed perjury.

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The jury reportedly has multiple indictments related to conspiracy or racketeering, and there have been hints that Trump himself could be among the possible defendants. Other high-profile witnesses included Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

Willis warned Fulton County commissioners over the weekend that they should “stay alert” over the next month, according to emails obtained by CBS News.

The district attorney had sent a letter to judges in May asking them to limit in-person hearings during the first two weeks of August — the same time frame she gave to law enforcement alerting them of potential instances of violence or civil unrest following the announcement of the charges.

She also asked for several remote days for her staffers in the first three weeks of August.

Trump is fighting potential grand jury charges on several different fronts. However, on Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the grand jury report.

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The former president still has a different challenge pending to get Willis disqualified and McBurney sidelined from overseeing the case. Every Fulton County judge recused themselves from the challenge, leaving former Cobb County Senior Judge Stephen Schuster to make a decision.

Schuster is expected to hear the case on Aug. 10, in the middle of Willis’s time frame.

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