A grand jury in Georgia that has been investigating former President Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 election results in that state has returned an indictment, though it was not immediately clear against whom.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to present the case against former President Donald Trump to a grand jury Monday.
Prosecutors in Fulton County presented evidence to the grand jury as they pushed toward a likely indictment, summoning multiple former state officials including the ex-lieutenant governor as witnesses. Asked about the "fictitious" document Monday evening, the courts clerk, Che Alexander, said: "I mean, I don't know what else to say, like, grace ... I don't know, I haven't seen an indictment, right, so I don't have anything." On the question of whether the website had been hacked, she said, "I can't speak to that."
It was unclear why the list was posted while grand jurors were still hearing from witnesses in the sprawling investigation into actions taken by Trump and others in their efforts to overturn his narrow loss in Georgia to Democrat Joe Biden. It was also unclear whether grand jurors were aware that the filing was posted online. They still would need to vote on charges, so the counts listed in the posting may or may not ultimately be brought against Trump.
One person who said he'd been called to testify to the grand jury suggested on Monday that the process may be moving more quickly than anticipated. George Chidi, an independent journalist, had tweeted previously that he was asked to testify on Tuesday, but later posted he was going to court on Monday, adding: "They're moving faster than they thought."
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