Fulton County grand jury approves 10 indictments in Trump case, paperwork shows
From CNN's Katelyn Polantz and Jared Formanek
A Fulton County grand juryinvestigatingthe Trump 2020 election subversion case in Georgia has returned 10 indictments, according to paperwork signed on camera.
It’s unclear how many of the 10 indictments are directly related to the election probe.
The paperwork indicates the grand jury didn't vote against any of the indictments presented to it on Monday by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ team.
Fulton County judge signs findings from grand jury in Trump election case
From CNN's Zachary Cohen and Maxime Tamsett
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney – who is presiding over the grand jury in the Trump election subversion case – has reviewed and signed the grand jury’s finding.
He then returned the paperwork to an official from the clerk’s office, who then left the courtroom.
Previously, the clerk’s office official, a prosecutor, and a bailiff brought the paperwork into McBurney’s courtroom.
Grand jury’s findings being presented to Fulton County judge
From CNN's Zachary Cohen and Maxime Tamsett
Grand jury findings are being presented to Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney.
It was not immediately clear if the findings include an indictment of Donald Trump or others inthe case related to efforts by the former president and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
CNN reporters saw a prosecutor from District Attorney Fani Willis’ office enter McBurney’s courtroom with an official from the clerks’ office and a bailiff, who handed McBurney the findings.
McBurney is currently the presiding judge overseeing grand jury matters.
"Standby for indictments" in Georgia, law enforcement source tells CNN
From CNN's Nick Valencia
A law enforcement source with knowledge of the Trump investigation in Georgia tells CNN to “standby for indictment,” which the source says are coming any moment.
Fulton County court clerk has also re-entered her office
From CNN's Jared Formanek
Fulton County clerk Che Alexander has re-entered her office, according to CNN's reporter in the room.
Her team is handing out papers to the gathered reporters.
This happened as the judge presiding over the grand jury in the Trump case has taken the bench.
After the judge approves any indictments from the grand jury, the paperwork will be taken to Alexander's office for processing.
Judge says he's waiting for grand jury findings to be presented
From CNN's Zachary Cohen in Atlanta
Fulton County District Court Judge Robert McBurney said he is waiting for findings to be presented to him from the grand jury in the Trump election case.
Court is in session.
Judge presiding over Fulton County grand jury is on the bench
From CNN's Zachary Cohen
Fulton County District Court Judge Robert McBurney is on the bench and court is in session.
Key things to know about the Georgia probe into Trump's 2020 election subversion as possible indictments loom
From CNN's Marshall Cohen
Former President Donald Trump is facing a potential fourth indictment, this time in Georgia, where state prosecutors may soon bring charges overhis attempts to overturn the 2020 election results there.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, launched the probe in early 2021 and has investigated Trump’s attempts to pressure Georgia officials into interfering with the vote tally, the “fake electors” scheme to subvert the Electoral College and other efforts to undo the will of the voters.
The grand jury in the case has been hearing testimony Monday as part of the prosecution's presentation of evidence. The timing of any potential indictment is unclear.Willis, who is leading the probe, planned for her presentation to the grand jury to last one or two days.
What is being investigated: Then-candidate Joe Biden’s razor-thin victory in Georgia wasconfirmed by two recountsandcertifiedby Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, both Republicans.
Instead of conceding, Trump launched a multi-pronged effort to overturn the results, including a pressure campaign targeting key state officials. Trump wanted them to abuse their powers to“find” enough votes to flip the results, or to block Biden’s victory from being certified. They refused.
When these efforts failed, Trump urged Georgia lawmakers toconvene a special sessionof the GOP-run legislature so they could overturn Biden’s victory. Trump allies, including his attorney Rudy Giuliani, presented bogus fraud claims to the state House and Senate at hearings in December 2020. The Trump campaign, with outside lawyers who supported their cause,filed meritless lawsuitsthat tried to overturn the Georgia results.
Trump’s campaign also recruited a group of GOP activists in Georgia to serve as fake electors, tried to weaponize the Jusice Department to help him intervene in Georgia, and has been tied by text messages obtained by Willis’ team to a voting system breach in Coffee County.
Who might be indicted: Trump is obviously at the center of the probe. ButCNN recently reportedthat Willis is expected to seek more than a dozen others.
Prosecutors have notified some key players that they are targets of the investigation. This includesGiuliani, who was anunindicted co-conspiratorin Trump’s federal indictment on 2020-related charges.
The16 Republican activistswho served as fake electors, including thechair of the Georgia Republican Party, also got target letters, though somedecided to cooperatewith prosecutors.
Which crimes might be charged: Earlier in the investigation, Willis said her team was investigating a wide array of potential crimes. This included solicitation of election fraud, making false statements to state and local government bodies, conspiracy, racketeering, violation of an oath-of-office, and involvement in election-related threats.
CNN reported in Marchthat prosecutors were eying racketeering and conspiracy charges. Willis has previouslyusedGeorgia’s state RICO laws – which stands for “racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations” – to prosecute gangs and even public school officials who oversaw a cheating scheme.
Read more about Trump's 2020 election subversion case.
Fulton County grand jury witness still waiting to possibly testify tonight
From CNN's Sara Dramer and Jeremy Herb
Independent journalist George Chidi is still waiting to testify to the Fulton County grand jury in the 2020 election case, he told CNN on Monday evening.
Chidi, one of the witnesses expected to testify as part of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ presentation on the 2020 election subversion case, also posted on social media that he had been told his testimony may not be needed after all.
“Just got word: the jury is chewing on what they have. They may not need the last of us before making a call. We will see shortly,” Chidipostedon X, formerly known as Twitter.
