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A lawyer with deep expertise in racketeering cases has been retained by the Atlanta-area district attorney's office investigating former President Donald Trump.
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By KATHERINE FAULDERS, ALEXANDER MALLIN and OLIVIA RUBIN, ABC News
(ATLANTA) A grand jury is expected to be seated this week in Fulton County, Georgia, to look into efforts by Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election, signaling that the county’s investigation into the former president is intensifying.
Prosecutors in Fulton County are expected pursue subpoenas for documents and witnesses and rely heavily on them, people familiar with the investigation told ABC News.
In a letter sent last month from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to Gov. Brian Kemp and obtained by ABC News, Willis said the grand jury would convene in March and would “begin requesting grand jury subpoenas as necessary at that time.”
March 4, 2021
A criminal investigation of former President Trump s alleged interference in the Georgia election results enters a new phase.
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The Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump entered a new chapter Thursday with local prosecutors able to present their case to a grand jury. So look, said former President Trump. All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state.
Part of the focus is Trump s early January phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking him to find votes in the state he narrowly lost to Joe Biden. But Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has said the inquiry won t stop there.
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