Topline
Former President Donald Trump asked a state court Monday to throw out all evidence from a grand jury investigation in Georgia over the 2020 election and block investigators from continuing their probe, a last-minute effort to thwart the investigation into whether Trump illegally tried to overturn the election as the ex-president faces potentially imminent criminal charges.
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Key Facts
The court filing asks the Georgia state court to block prosecutors from using “any evidence or testimony” from the grand jury investigation, as well as throw out the grand jury’s final report.
It also asks the court to block the Fulton County district attorney’s office, which has been investigating the post-election period and could bring charges, from having “any further involvement in this matter.”
Trump claimed the grand jury’s work should be thrown out because the statutes that govern special grand juries in Georgia were too vague and the judge applied them in the wrong way, alleging that out-of-state witnesses should not have been allowed.
The ex-president also alleged Fulton County DA Fani Willis is biased against him and took issue with comments the grand jury’s forewoman and the judge overseeing the grand jury made to the media, claiming they “illuminate the lack of proper instruction and supervision over the grand jury” and the public comments “violate notions of fundamental faimess and due process” by commenting on the investigation.
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Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/03/20/trump-tries-to-block-georgia-election-investigation-as-criminal-charges-loom/