Good article on next steps for Georgia investigation of tfg with a QUESTION for DU legal eagles

[iluvtennis]

Link: https://www.ajc.com/politics/breaking-fulton-special-grand-jury-completes-trump-investigation/XQXALSAGX5A5HLBJW46JBEHM5Y/

The Fulton County special grand jury that has spent the last eight months examining potential criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election has completed its work and is being dissolved.

The grand jury was authorized to “investigate any and all facts and circumstances relating directly or indirectly to alleged violations of the laws of the State of Georgia.” It was granted power to subpoena evidence and witness testimony — though not the ability to issue indictments.

Judge McBurney scheduled a hearing on Jan. 24, during which parties — including the Fulton District Attorney’s office that advised the jury, the news media and, presumably, investigation targets — will argue whether the grand jury’s report should be made public. Jurors recommended that their report be published, McBurney said.

...my note: it reads that the investigation targets can argue not to have the grand jury report released to the public. if my interpretation is correct, tfg will fight to have the report not be published...

The final decision on whether to press charges, however, ultimately rests with Willis, who would need to present evidence before a separate, regular grand jury that has the power to indict.

...my note: to me this says, there will be many many month process to present the evidence to 'regular grand jury' which means we will be into 2024 where tfg can't be indicted because it is an election year...

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I had assumed that once the special grand jury was finished that DA Willis could just indict tfg as per the findings of the evidence. Now I'm reading that DA Willis has to present the evidence from the 'special grand jury' to a regular grand jury.

DU legal eagles - how does a 'regular' grand jury work? Does DA Willis just present to them and then tfg can be charged. Or does the 'regular' grand jury make a decision to say evidence is there and then DA Willis has to proceed to prosecution of tfg.

I'm very bummed that this is going to go on and on and on....

[Pantagruel]

1. No reason it will take that long

The evidence has been compiled. The regular GJ needs only to review it. There's no waiting for witness testimony or document subpoenas-that's done.
Could be just a few weeks, IMHO.

[iluvtennis]

4. OK, thank you for chiming it - much appreciated. n/t

[gab13by13]

2. It will be up to the next grand jury

to decide whether to indict or not. The thing is, Fani does not have to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to the next grand jury, so the bar is lower and the odds are in favor of indicting. She then decides.

She is way further along than DOJ. Just for some reference; the E. Jean Carroll civil defamation law suit has been going on for over 3 1/2 years. Democrats had better win the presidency in 2024 and 2028 for Trump to be held accountable.

[iluvtennis]

5. Thanks for the reply- much appreciated. n/t

[Blue 808]

3. Can the MAGAt gov of Georgia...

...pardon the traitor..?

[Genki Hikari]

6. There are two types of grand jury

And we are seeing them play out exactly as they operate here.

One is the investigative grand jury, which, as its name implies, has the authority to investigate for any crimes committed, but has zero indictment power. There usually isn't a specific person or group of people under investigation, but following evidence wherever it leads to determine if a crime was committed based on who did what, when, and etc. They present their findings to the DA, who then makes a decision of whether or not to file charges based on the GJ's conclusions.

The other type is an accusatory grand jury, what you probably think of as a "regular" grand jury because it has the power to indict for criminal charges. This means that the focus will be specific and targeted. While an investigation can be folded into an accusatory GJ, it's usually not. More often, it's simply when a prosecutor lays out his case against a person, or group of people, and the grand jury makes a decision about indicting.

Any lawyers out there will correct me if I got any of it wrong, and I very could well have made some errors, since I'm basing what i know of the different grand juries from the experiences my uncles had serving on them. One of them was on an investigative GJ, while the others were on accusatory. When you live in a boonies county, nearly everybody gets to serve on a GJ, sooner or later.

[iluvtennis]

7. Thanks so much for taking the time to post this clarifying info - much appreciated. n/t