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A district attorney in Georgia on Jan. 24 urged a judge not to release a report from a grand jury investigating possible 2020 election interference, at least until she decides whether to charge anybody.
“At this time, in the interest of justice and the rights of not the state but others, we are asking that the report not be released,” Fani Willis, the Democrat district attorney of Fulton County, told Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney during a hearing.
In addition to wanting to make sure people, including “future defendants,” are “treated fairly,” Willis cited contents of the report that apparently show “decisions are imminent.”
Key allies of former President Donald Trump testified to the special grand jury, which McBurney approved in 2022 at the request of Willis, as the prosecutor works to determine whether any laws were violated in relation to the presidential election and its aftermath. Grand jurors wrapped up their work earlier this month, but the report has remained sealed so far.
Under Georgia law, special grand juries cannot bring charges but the grand jury in question was expected to recommend to Willis whether or not to charge certain people.
The grand jurors themselves want the report made public, and state law generally favors publication of such reports, McBurney said.
“We need to be guided by the statutes.
