Tag: Fulton County grand jury

Much Ado About an Unknown Something

By Ken Zino

The report’s introduction and conclusion, as well as a section where the grand jurors expressed unease that some witnesses may have lied under oath in the partial report released Thursday by Fulton County, Georgia, Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney confirmed what is already publicly known. A crime regarding an allegation of election fraud has likely been committed. The Grand jury found by unanimous vote that no widespread fraud was committed. 

There isn’t enough here for me to comment on, so I’ll have to wait for the widely expected indictments. Like detective Sam Spade throughout most of The Maltese Falcon, we know that people are lying. We still don’t know how many people in this pending case shot to kill American Democracy. Interesting coincidences – in both cases there is an overweight man (described in Dashiell Hammett’s classic detective novel with a politically incorrect epithet for his physical appearance), a lying blonde, and perfidious relatives.

Any recommendations on who should or should not be prosecuted will remain secret for now to protect his or her due process rights, McBurney wrote in the opinion ordering the skimpy release (just four of its nine pages were released) today. The cast of characters who testified over several months include clear Trump supporters – disbarred attorney Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. There are Georgia politicians, starting at the top with Gov. Brian Kemp. How about the 16 Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate in December 2020 falsely stating that Trump had won the state and that they were its “duly elected and qualified” electors? 

So, I await Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to say something to the effect that I don’t care who loves you, I’m not going to play the sap for you. The stuff that dreams are made of?

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What is Left

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•Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA), 89, will not seek re-election in 2024. California Reps. Katie Porter and Adam Schiff have already announced they will run for the Democratic nomination for her seat. 

•Coverage and analysis of President Biden’s State of the Union address, plus commentary by Ken Zino, “Biden’s Strategy Wins,” this column and Stephen Macaulay, “Say Goodbye, Joe,” in the right column.

•As Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave the traditional opposing-party response to Biden’s State of the Union address (right column), Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) gave a response on behalf of the progressive Working Families Party (this column).

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Georgia Grand Jury Prescribes Perjury Charges

The 24-member Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating Donald J. Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 electoral votes recommends the Fulton County district attorney’s office pursue indictments against one or more individuals it believes have committed perjury under oath. Among the 75 witnesses who gave testimony during the eight-month investigation led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis were Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

“A majority of the grand jury believes that perjury may have been committed by one or more witnesses testifying before it. The grand jury recommends that the district attorney seek appropriate indictments for such crimes where the evidence is compelling,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Four of nine pages of the grand jury report were released Thursday under order by Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney. 

The grand jury also found that “no widespread fraud took place in the Georgia 2020 presidential election that would result in overturning that election” … Nowhere to find 11,780 votes to flip for Trump.

Four of the grand jury report's nine pages have been released. You can read them here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23683579-ga-special-purpose-grand-jury-report

--Edited and compiled by Todd Lassa

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On the Right

Should Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) be compelled to testify before Fulton County, Georgia’s special grand jury investigating the 2020 presidential election? What are your thoughts on pro-MAGA treatment of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is retiring as the nation’s lead infectious disease expert?

Also, national security attorney Bradley P. Moss called the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago “justified,” in an op-ed for Fox News Digital [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-mar-a-lago-search-justified].

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