Emily Kohrs, 30, served as the leader of the 23-person special grand jury, which met behind closed doors from May 2022 until January and heard testimony from 75 witnesses.
A Fulton County special grand jury recommended that multiple people be indicted following a nearly eight-month investigation where it examined potential criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections, according to the jury forewoman.
“It’s not a short list,” north Fulton resident Emily Kohrs said in a wide-ranging interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday afternoon.
Kohrs declined to disclose whom the special grand jury suggested that District Attorney Fani Willis charge, but she said, “You’re not going to be shocked.”
“There may be parts of it that you did not expect, but I don’t believe that the season finale will have any major plot twists, you know what I mean?” she added.
Kohrs, 30, served as the leader of the 23-person special grand jury, which met behind closed doors from May 2022 until January and heard testimony from 75 witnesses. Her identity was unveiled early Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press. Kohrs, who clarified she was speaking for herself and not the grand jury as a whole, is the first of the group to speak publicly about the experience.
Portions of the jury’s final report were released last week, including revelations that at least one witness may have lied to the group under oath. Jurors said they also unanimously concluded that there was no widespread fraud in Georgia’s 2020 elections.
But aside from the perjury allegations, an introduction and conclusion, at least seven sections of the report were kept under seal. Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney suggested those portions would likely stay private until after Willis makes charging decisions.
Kohrs, who has worked in mostly customer service and retail roles, was between jobs when she was summoned for jury selection early this year. She said she had largely been unfamiliar with the fighting surrounding Georgia’s last presidential election because of the COVID-19 pandemic but was enthusiastic to serve.
High energy, with a red vape in her hand and a notebook in front of her containing instructions from McBurney on what could and could not be discussed, Kohrs expressed amazement at the media attention she had received over the last several hours.
