on her own and it showed a fundamental misunderstanding of basic 101 criminal law as to how grand jury s work. as to how they can continue investing ongoing crime of either an existing defendant or other defendants, and other crimes that may be committed. so, this is a classic case. it is also the case that you can bring a grand jury investigation in any district where the crime may have occurred. remember, when you start investigation, you don t even know that the crime has occurred or who did it, or where has occurred. so you re allowed to go to many different districts, where it could be the case, as long as you have a good faith basis. so this is such a fundamental understanding. and what i was thinking about is, where in god s green earth is she getting this idea. because it is so off the charts from, everything in the record. why is she doing this.
university of at the university of alabama. and andrew let me just start, because no one put together this appearance where jim trusty says, d. c. grand jury, florida grand jury these two things can t mix, and then judge cannon mysteriously coming out with a mirror of that argument some for rulings. what s going on here? first, regardless of how she got there, the fact of what she did is to say the least unusual. she did it as you noted on her own and it showed a fundamental misunderstanding of basic 101 criminal law as to how grand juries work. as to how they can continue investing ongoing crime of either an existing defendant or other defendants, and other crimes that may be committed. so, this is a classic case. it is also the case that you can bring a grand jury investigation in any district where the crime may have occurred. remember, when you start
(Reuters) -The judge presiding over a Georgia grand jury investigation into Donald Trump on Monday rejected the former U.S. president's bid to disqualify the lead prosecutor and block any indictments stemming from the probe, which is expected to yield charges in the coming weeks. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney also denied Trump's request to quash a special grand jury report that included recommendations on whom to charge in connection with a campaign to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results, when Democrat Joe Biden narrowly carried the state. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has indicated she intends to ask a grand jury to approve charges sometime in the next three weeks, telling judges that her staff will mostly work remotely as a safety precaution.
Special counsel Jack Smith expected to unveil charges imminently but what they will be and what impact the case will have on the Republican presidential race remains to be seen