Trump's lawyers filed a motion in court today asking to 'quash' an Atlanta special grand jury probe investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Donald Trump greets spectators during the Division I Mens Wrestling Championship in Oklahoma this month. Photo: Shane Bevel/NCAA Photos via Getty Imagesto "quash" an Atlanta special grand jury probe investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
They're also seeking to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and invalidate all evidence gathered as "unconstitutionally derived."Trump's lawyers argue the grand jury was conducted in a process that was "confusing, flawed and at-times, blatantly unconstitutional." They say the proceedingsfailed to protect the most basic procedural and substantive constitutional rights of all individuals discussed by this investigative body.
Among other points, the lawyers took issue with the vague code section governing special purpose grand juries in Georgia, which do not have the power to indict but to investigate and subpoena.Emily Kohrs, Willis and supervising judge Robert McBurney.from investigating one target, Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, for campaigning for his one-time opponent.
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