Lawyers close to the GOP witnesses in Georgia's Fulton County are preparing bids to shut down any possible indictments from the district attorney after the forewoman of the special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's post-election efforts gave public statements to news outlets.
Lawyers close to multiple Republican witnesses in the probe "are preparing to move to quash any possible indictments," CBS News' Robert Costa reported on Wednesday.
Forewoman Emily Kohrs on Tuesday revealed details about the probe to the New York Times, Associated Press, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, NBC News, and CNN. Georgia law bars special grand jurors from discussing deliberations but not other parts of the grand jury proceedings.
Trump's legal team is now monitoring the comments, including Kohrs' hints that the jury may have recommended indictments for over a dozen key players, according to CBS News.
"Not gonna work," CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen said of the news.
Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti explained that these "efforts are likely going to fail, but this is still a distraction that will burden the Fulton County DA's office."
"Even if the motions fail, I expect the foreperson's comments to be used frequently by the defense, including at trial, to allege unfairness and bias," he predicts.
Georgia State law professor Anthony Michael Kreis rejected the idea that Kohrs may have undermined the work of the grand jury with her media appearances.
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