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January 25, 2022

Judge OKs Special Grand Jury to Probe Trump's Efforts to Overturn Election
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In Georgia, a judge has granted a request by Fulton County District
Attorney Fani Willis to convene a special grand jury to investigate
former President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Willis
has said she will decide whether to bring criminal charges against Trump
during the first half of this year. A key piece of evidence has already
been made public: On January 2, 2021, Trump asked Georgia's Republican
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" enough votes to overturn
Joe Biden's margin of victory in Georgia.

President Donald Trump: "So, look, all I want to do is this: I just want
to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the
state."

Last year, Willis said Trump could face criminal charges including
solicitation of election fraud, conspiracy and racketeering.


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