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foreperson of the recently concluded Fulton County, Georgia,
special grand jury, Emily Kohrs, did not discuss specific
charges that the grand jury in interviews with outlets including
CNN and the New York Times.
"There may be some names on that list that you wouldn't expect.
But the big name that everyone keeps asking me about – I don't
think you will be shocked," Kohrs told CNN.
Reuters was not immediately able to reach Kohrs.
A Georgia judge last week ordered the release of some excerpts
of the special grand jury's final report, which concluded that
some witnesses may have lied under oath and delivered
recommendations to prosecutors on possible indictments for
election interference, the document showed.
The special grand jury did not have the authority to issue
indictments. To do that, Fulton County District Attorney Fani
Willis would need to seek a regular grand jury's approval.
Willis opened the special grand jury investigation shortly after
Trump's January 2021 phone call to a state official asking him
to "find" more votes to overturn Democratic President Joe
Biden's election victory.
Trump continues to assert falsely that the 2020 election was
stolen from him through widespread voting fraud. He has denied
wrongdoing and accused Willis, an elected Democrat, of targeting
him for political reasons.
Trump called Georgia's top election official, Brad Raffensperger
on Jan. 2, 2021, and claimed falsely that the election results
were fraudulent. A recording of the call was leaked.
"I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we
have, because we won the state," said Trump, referring to the
margin of 11,779 votes by which Biden won.
Four days later, a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S.
Capitol in a failed bid to stop Congress from certifying Biden's
victory.
Willis has also examined a scheme in which a slate of alternate
electors falsely asserted that Trump had won Georgia in an
unsuccessful effort to award the state's electoral votes to him
rather than Biden.
(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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