Georgia judge approves special grand jury for Trump election interference probe
- A judge in Georgia approved the creation of a special grand jury to assist in collecting testimony for a criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump for interference in the 2020 election.
- Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to President Joe Biden in Georgia and a number of other key swing states, ensuring Biden won the Electoral College vote.
- Days before Biden’s win was certified by Congress, Trump pressured Georgia’s secretary of state to “find” him enough votes to reverse Biden’s win in that state.
- On January 6, 2021, a mob of Trump supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol, fueled by his false claims of election fraud.
Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to President Joe Biden in Georgia and a number of other key swing states, ensuring Biden won the Electoral College vote nationally.
Four days before Biden’s win was certified by Congress, Trump in a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call pressured Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger to “find” him enough votes to reverse Biden’s win in that state.
“All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes,” Trump told Raffensperger that day.
In the same call, Trump also made what
Georgia’s voting system implementation manager days later called a series of “provably false” claims about purported election irregularities.
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