Thanks to 23 anonymous Georgians
The State of Georgia’s handbook for persons serving as grand jurors says that the secret investigatory panel, under the direction of a district attorney, “is capable of providing a wealth of benefits to all of the citizens of your community.” In this case, the Fulton County special purpose grand jury established to investigate “the facts and circumstances related directly or indirectly to possible attempts to disrupt the lawful administration of the 2020 presidential elections in the State of Georgia” is providing benefits to all of the citizens of the whole country.
For 6½ months, from June 1 to Dec. 15 last year, 23 residents of Greater Atlanta heard from 75 witnesses and weighed evidence from District Attorney Fani Willis. When they finished, they voted that they wanted their final report published and yesterday a judge agreed to release a few snippets, as Willis mulls whether to seek indictments from a regular grand jury.
Their conclusion: “The Grand Jury heard extensive testimony on the subject of alleged election fraud from poll workers, investigators, technical experts, and State of Georgia employees and officials, as well as from persons still claiming that such fraud took place. We find by a unanimous vote that no widespread fraud took place in the Georgia 2020 presidential election that could result in overturning that election.”
For that unanimous view, that there was no vote theft, that Joe Biden won and that Donald Trump lost, is of great service to the nation and a torpedo to Trump’s phony claims and grievances.
There remain two sets of possible crimes. One is election-related, like that Trump phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Jan. 2, 2021, pushing that, “I just want to find 11,780 votes.” The other felonies about the lies about the lies: “A majority of the Grand Jury believes that perjury may have been committed by one or more witnesses testifying before it.”
Willis should make her cases and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.