The forewoman of the Georgia grand jury that could indict Donald Trump laughed and said she ‘kind of wanted’ to subpoena him just to get the chance to swear him in as he begins a bizarre media tour that is already causing headaches for prosecutors.
As part of a series of interviews she gave about a discreet procedure, forewoman Emily Kohrs explained her desire to meet with Trump to MSNBC.
She explained that she had to swear everyone into office and that she was interested in hearing from the outgoing president, but that she would have preferred to subpoena him instead. She went on, “I thought it would be really cool to get 60 seconds with President Trump, to look at him and be like, “Do you solemnly swear?” and to get to swear him in.
‘I just kind of thought that would be awesome moment,’ she said with a grin.
People are now concerned that her media tour could jeopardize any future indictments of Trump and his MAGA allies.
One former federal prosecutor, Elie Hoing, told Anderson Cooper that Kohr’s interviews were a “horrible idea” and a “nightmare” for the prosecution.
Continuing, he said, “Mark my words, Donald Trump’s team is going to make a motion to dismiss that indictment based on grand jury impropriety if there’s an indictment.”
She shouldn’t be talking about any of this, he said.
Her public statements have prompted preparations to overturn any indictments by lawyers representing witnesses who testified before the grand jury.
With CNN, Kohrs also addressed the impending indictments.
Fulton County DA Fani Willis has been looking into Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 elections, including Trump’s infamous phone call with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking him to just ‘find 11,780 votes.
A CNN quote from Kohrs: “Can you imagine doing this for eight months and not coming out with a whole list” of recommended indictments. The list is, unsurprisingly, quite lengthy. Absolutely not.
You may be surprised to see some unfamiliar names there. She said, “But the big name that everyone keeps asking me about — I don’t think you will be shocked,” which seemed to hint at a possible indictment of Trump himself.
She reaffirmed this possibility in a second interview with the same network, saying that there may be more than a dozen indictments.
I’d have to agree. The woman remarked, “That’s probably a good assumption.”
President Trump commented on the case on Twitter on Wednesday, calling it “ridiculous” and a “strictly political continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt of all time.”
Meanwhile, the “foreperson” of the Racist D.A.’s Special Grand Jury, a very busy young woman, is currently conducting a Media Tour, during which she is revealing, incredulously, the inner workings and thoughts of the Grand Jury. This is not JUSTICE; it is an unconstitutional Kangaroo Court. Atlanta has the highest rates of murder and other violent crime in the United States. It all started with two flawless phone calls that I made, and now look at the outcome!
During a recount and dispute over the results in a state that had voted for Joe Biden, he called the top election official in the state and said, “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have.”
He has also used it to explain his request for Hunter Biden’s investigation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. It was a watershed moment when the Senate first considered impeaching him.
In an interview with CNN, former U.S. assistant attorney Elie Honig called the media tour “a prosecutor’s nightmare.” He deemed the concept “horrible” and speculated that the prosecution was “wince-ing” at the thought.
Kohrs’s statement that “one or more witnesses” will be indicted received extensive media attention after it was first reported by the New York Times.
Emily Kohrs, the jury forewoman, said, “It is not a short list,” and the eight pages of legal code “that we cited at various points in the report” were appended.
Kohrs claims that seven sections of the report remain classified because they contain indictment recommendations, despite the release of a portion of the report last week.
In those sections, details like who the panel believes committed perjury and what other charges should be pursued are lacking. However, the grand jury’s proposed criminal charges have never before been made public until now. This incident serves as a reminder of the growing legal hurdles the former president must overcome as he prepares for a third run for the presidency in the face of multiple legal investigations.
The U.S. Department of Justice is currently investigating whether or not Trump was within his rights to store classified materials at his Florida estate.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has stated her interest in a phone call between Trump and Raffensperger on January 2, 2021, in which Trump is reported to have told Raffensperger that he could “find” the votes needed to overturn his loss in the state. This investigation began two years ago.
During that conference call, Trump said, “all I want to do is find 11,780 votes,” which is one more than we have now. This is because we now control the state.
Trump has repeatedly said he is “very confident” he will not be indicted after speaking with Raffensperger.
His Truth Social page falsely reported that the release had cleared him of all wrongdoing. In addition, the release’s sections dealing with the suggested charges are still under wraps.
Willis requested a grand jury be convened in May to aid in her investigation, and on December 15th, that report was delivered to Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney. No one will be charged by the panel. Instead, it recommends actions that Willis should take based on the information presented in the report, such as whether or not to seek indictments from a regular grand jury.
Over the course of seven months, the special grand jury heard testimony from about seventy-five witnesses. Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s attorney and former mayor of New York, and Lindsey Graham, a senator from South Carolina, are just two examples of Trump backers. Top Georgia officials like Raffensperger and Kemp testified, along with other high-ranking Georgia officials.
Graham told reporters he has heard nothing from the authorities about his testimony. My testimony was truthful and straightforward, he declared.
In his order, McBurney stated that the full report should not be released at this time to protect the due process rights of those against whom the grand jury recommended charges.