and, bret, because this is a state case, a presidential pardon would do no good for the potential targets of this investigation. and georgia also has strict laws concerning pardons. they are actually handled by a state panel that can only take action after you've served all your time and paid all your fines. bret? >> bret: jonathan, i mentioned at the beginning but earlier today reuters had this post and they reported that fulton county temporarily published a list of charges against the former president before removing it from their website. what came about all of that? >> yeah. it certainly fueled a lot of speculation. the clerk of courts very rapidly issued a statement calling the document fictitious. the statement went on to say documents that do not bear an official case number, filing date, and the name of the clerk of courts in concert are not considered official filings and should not be treated as such. the trump team quickly fired back in a statement of their own

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