Georgia's supreme court has denied former Pres. Trump's request to quash the work of the district attorney probing efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump has publicly denounced the investigation and has denied all wrongdoing in his phone call to Raffensperger.
Attorneys for Trump last week asked the court to step in and remove Willis from the probe and invalidate the work of the special grand jury. They took issue with Willis' authority to investigate the matter and cited Trump's bid for the presidency in 2024 as part of their argument. All the justices of the state's Supreme Court agreed that Trump had not met a standard that would merit such an intervention, concluding that he failed to meet the "extremely rare circumstances" that would be necessary.Andrew Harnik/AP, FILE
The special grand jury, which was disbanded in January, did not have the ability to return an indictment -- only to make recommendations concerning criminal prosecutions. In the publicly released portion of the it submitted, the special grand jury revealed no details about any such recommendations, beyond recommending that prosecutors seek indictments against witnesses who they believed may have lied during their testimony.that could ultimately decide the fate of the investigation -- including a vote on potential charges against the former president.
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