Georgia grand jury probing Trump for possible 2020 election crimes completes work

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A transcript of a telephone telephone betwixt erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump and Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, appears connected a video surface during the 4th proceeding connected the January 6th probe successful the Cannon House Office Building connected June 21, 2022 successful Washington, DC.

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A special expansive jury successful Georgia that has been investigating erstwhile President Donald Trump and others for imaginable crimes related to their efforts to reverse his 2020 predetermination nonaccomplishment successful that authorities has completed its work, according to a tribunal filing.

The extremity of the authorities expansive jury's enactment means it volition present beryllium up to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to determine whether to record transgression charges successful the case.

The expansive jury, which has been gathering grounds and hearing testimony successful Atlanta, has written a last study connected its findings.

Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney, who signed an bid dissolving the expansive jury, has scheduled a proceeding for Jan. 24 that volition code what portions, if any, of that study volition beryllium released to the public.

Spokespeople for the DA Willis and for Trump did not instantly respond to requests for comment.

Trump besides faces a national transgression probe into his effort to overturn the 2020 election, which helium mislaid to President Joe Biden.

Georgia was 1 of respective plaything states won by Biden that gave him his borderline of triumph implicit Trump successful the Electoral College, the entity that elects presidents aft a wide fashionable election.

Trump, his run lawyers and governmental allies aft the fashionable ballot successful November 2020 attempted to reverse his losses to Biden successful the plaything states. Trump personally lobbied Georgia's caput of state, who is the apical predetermination authoritative there, during a telephone telephone successful aboriginal January 2021 to "find" him capable votes to triumph Georgia.

That telephone was made 4 days earlier Congress was scheduled to clasp a associated league to certify the Electoral College results.

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