The judiciary of the American state of Georgia this Thursday published short excerpts from a report written by a special grand jury “after seven months of investigation”. And one of the revelations is explosive.
70 people interviewed
“A Majority of the Special Grand Jury Believes That At Least One of the Witnesses Interviewed May Have Committed Perjury During Their Hearing” in an Inquiry into the Post-2020 Presidential Election Pressures by Donald Trump and His Supporters in Georgia State. Report calls for prosecution.
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According to US media, more than 70 people were heard by the special jury, including Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, but not the ex-president.
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Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County, which includes the metropolitan city of Atlanta, has had the full version of this report since December. She will base her findings to decide whether or not to indict the Republican billionaire or some of his relatives.
Prosecutors had opened an investigation following a Jan. 2, 2021 phone call in which Donald Trump asked a local official to “find” ballots on his behalf. “It doesn’t hurt to say you did the math,” he said, according to a recording of the discussion, made without his knowledge and broadcast by multiple media outlets.
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“All I want is to find 11,780 ballots,” the Republican added. That number was roughly equal to the lead held by his Democratic rival Joe Biden in Georgia state, as confirmed by a recount and audits.
No fraud was detected in Georgia in 2020
Fani Willis then widened the scope of his investigation to include a range of pressures being exerted by Donald Trump’s allies in the state, including threats against an election agent or a possible attempt to break into computer systems.
Donald Trump, who continues to claim he was a victim of “electoral fraud,” has denied any wrongdoing. The call of January 2, 2021 was “perfect and very appropriate”. In the excerpt released on Thursday, the grand jury emphasized that it “reached unanimously that there was no massive fraud in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election.”