Trump lawyers try to BLOCK final Georgia grand jury report on bid to overturn the election

Lawyers for President Donald Trump filed a motion in a Georgia court seeking to block the report produced by a special grand jury while seeking to force the Fulton County DA to be removed from the case entirely. 

The brash legal move comes amid reports that Georgia prosecutors are considering bringing racketeering and conspiracy charges in their probe of the 2020 election overturn effort by Trump and some of his allies.

The motion would ‘preclude the use of any evidence derived’ from the report – and comes after the jury forewoman on the case gave public indications that multiple people could be charged.

The legal maneuvering in Georgia comes days after Trump posted on his Truth Social site that he would be arrested Tuesday in connection with the Stormy Daniels ‘hush’ money scheme and called for protests, amid tense preparations in Manhattan for possible charges there.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed a motion to ‘quash’ or block the final report of a special grand jury in Georgia that investigated the election overturn effort by Trump and some of his allies

The Georgia filing asks the court to ensure the removal of Fulton County DA Fani Willis, who has been the subject of repeated Trump attacks, asking that she be ‘disqualified from any further involvement in this matter.’

Trump’s lawyer Drew Findling told the New York Times he had issued the filing on his client’s behalf. 

The special grand jury heard testimony in the case for months beginning in May, although a separate grand jury would actually bring charges.

The jury forewoman, Emily Kohrs, drew attention with a string of media appearances – including one where she said it would have been an ‘awesome moment’ if she got to swear in Trump following a subpoena.

She also appeared to indicate there could be multiple indictments in the case.

‘Can you imagine doing this for eight months and not coming out with a whole list’ of recommended indictments, Kohrs told CNN last month. ‘It’s not a short list. It’s not.’

There had been indications that Trump’s legal team would seek to quash any indictments, partly by pointing to media statements about the case. Trump, at the time, called it a ‘kangaroo court.’ 

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The filing seeks to disqualify Fulton County DA Fani Willis

The move comes after Trump said he could be arrested Tuesday in connection with a separate case in Manhattan, where DA Alvin Bragg has been investigating ‘hush’ payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, who alleges she had an affair with Trump. Trump denies her accusations

Emily Kohrs, a forewoman of the Atlanta-based grand jury that investigated former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, went on a media tour where she dropped hints about indictments that could be coming

‘I wanted to hear from the former president, but honestly, I wanted to subpoena the former president because I got to swear everybody in,’ she said. ‘And so I thought it would be really cool to get 60 seconds with President Trump, of me looking at him and be like, “Do you solemnly swear,” and me getting to swear him in,’ she continued

Willis has been probing conduct related to the effort by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 elections, including the former president’s infamous phone call with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking him to ‘just find 11,780 votes.’ 

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which spoke to multiple members of the special grand jury, reported that members also heard a recording of an additional Trump call to former Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, now deceased.

The Republican former speaker cut Trump off, according to a grand juror, telling Trump ‘I will do everything in my power that I think is appropriate.’

According to the Times, experts say Willis is building a case that ‘could target multiple defendants with charges of conspiracy to commit election fraud or charges related to racketeering.’

CNN also reported that prosecutors are looking at possible charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), frequently used to fight organized crime.