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The
report, which has remained sealed for nine months, includes the
grand jury's recommendations to prosecutors on whom to charge.
The document could show whether the jurors felt any additional
Trump allies should have been indicted beyond those who face
charges.
The special grand jury was convened in 2021 at the request of
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to aid in her
investigation. Over the course of several months, the jurors
subpoenaed testimony from 75 witnesses, including Trump allies
such as Rudy Giuliani and Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham
and top Georgia officials such as Governor Brian Kemp.
The special grand jury did not have the power to issue charges.
But Willis used the evidence it gathered to seek an indictment
from a regular grand jury last month, which accused Trump and
his co-defendants of overseeing a wide-ranging conspiracy to
sabotage Democrat Joe Biden's statewide victory.
The indictment listed 30 unindicted co-conspirators, who have
not been charged but allegedly played a role in the scheme.
All 19 defendants have pleaded not guilty. As with his three
other criminal prosecutions, Trump has denied any wrongdoing and
said he is the victim of political persecution.
Despite his legal troubles, he remains the front-runner for the
Republican presidential nomination next year.
The grand jury report had stayed secret at Willis's request
while she determined what charges to bring. Now the indictment
has come down, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert
McNurney wrote in an order last week, there is no longer any
reason to keep it from the public.
(Reporting by Joseph Ax; Editing by Scott Malone and Daniel
Wallis)
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