2023-08-01 06:01:53
Security has been tightened in Atlanta, Georgia, where an investigation into Donald Trump’s ‘attempts’ to ‘influence the election process’ in 2020 in this watershed southeastern state could result in an indictment. of the former American president in the coming weeks.
Fani Willis, a prosecutor for Fulton County which includes Atlanta, has been investigating the Republican billionaire since 2021 and tasked a grand jury – a panel of citizens with investigative powers – to determine if there was enough evidence for the case. charge. She managed to collect testimonies from her relatives, in particular from her ex-personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
The new indictment likely to fall at any time
This grand jury has already recommended indictments for a dozen people whose identities have not been released. Fani Willis has for her part hinted that she could seek an indictment between Monday and the end of August, in particular for charges related to electoral fraud and interference against Donald Trump, who hopes to return to the White House in 2024.
“The work has been done. We have been working for two and a half years. We are ready,” the prosecutor told local media on Saturday.
The investigation was sparked by a phone call in January 2021 from Donald Trump – the recording of which was made public by the Washington Post – in which he asked a senior local official, Brad Raffensperger, to “find” nearly 12,000 ballots in his name.
According to court documents, investigators described “a coordinated, multi-state plan by Trump’s campaign team” to influence the election results.
The real estate magnate has already been indicted at the beginning of June and the end of July at the federal level in the case of the White House archives. He is notably accused of having put the security of the United States at risk by taking with him documents classified as “confidential” at the end of his mandate.
To prevent possible pressure or violence, security barriers have been installed in front of the court in central Atlanta where the investigation is taking place.
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