Georgia special grand jury recommended charges against Senator Graham and two ex-senators, Michael Flynn

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Georgia special grand jury recommended charges against Senator Graham and two ex-senators, Michael Flynn

Associated press

September 8, 2023

A special grand jury that supported an investigation into Georgia’s election undermining that eventually led to the indictment of Donald Trump and 18 others had recommended indicting many more people, including Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, two former senators from Georgia and

former national security adviser

Michael Flynn, according to a report released Friday.

The special grand jury recommended charges against 39 people, though only 19 were charged.

Parts of the report had been released in February, but a judge had delayed publication of any recommendations for specific charges against specific people until after last month’s indictment. While most of the intrigue in the inner workings of the case has subsided with the filing of the indictment, it is noteworthy that the special grand jury recommended many people who were not actually designated. Among them is Graham, formerly Georgia US

Sen.

Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, and

former national security adviser

Michael Flynn. Graham did not immediately reply to messages asking for comment on Friday.

The panel heard about 75 witnesses for seven months before issuing a report in December with recommendations for Fulton County Dist.

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Fani Willis is accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Willis had said she needed the panel’s subpoena power to compel testimony from witnesses who might otherwise have been unwilling to appear.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ordered the partial release of the report in February, but immediately declined to release the panel’s recommendations on who should or should not be prosecuted. The judge said at the time that he wanted to protect people’s rights to a fair trial.

McBurney said in a new warrant filed Aug. 28 that due process concerns are moot, as a regular grand jury has indicted Trump and 18 other people under the state’s anti-racketeering law. All have pleaded not guilty.

Many of those who have indicated this include former New York mayor and Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani and the Trump White House

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The tough Mark Meadows is known to have tested for the special grand jury. Trump, the early front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was never called or appeared before the panel.

The portions of the report released earlier in February include the introduction and conclusion, as well as a section in which the grand jurors expressed concern that one or more witnesses may have lied under oath and urged prosecutors to drop charges. for perjury. The panel’s foreman had said in news interviews that the special grand jurors recommended that numerous people be indicted.

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