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Of freedom of speech and false statements as they apply to this indictment. >> i think one issue is who is the false statement made to? there are a number of circumstances in which a president of the united states can make statements on twitter that don't just go out into the ether, but are received from political actors, elected officials, and in that context it can be a false statement for purposes of the georgia election code, or the georgia criminal code and that's where the two intersect and are problematic. >> talking about false statements, the argument is that donald trump believed the...

A former Chattanooga-area church volunteer and elementary school PTA president is facing child molestation and aggravated sexual battery charges in Georgia.

>> well, in her letter requesting the special grand jury, the district attorney gave several reasons for this. one is that a special grand jury can have a longer term. she's asking for the grand jury to sit 12 months. a group that's dedicated specifically and only to this particular project. whereas a general grand jury would have to deal with all kinds of crimes that are coming up at any point along the way. so this group is able to focus entirely on the investigation of possible criminal interference with the georgia election. it's also a special group assigned to handle it and handle any le...