The quiet workings of a Georgia grand jury hearing evidence of election fraud could represent the ex-president’s greatest danger

Donald Trump’s lawyers are earning their keep.

The former president’s attorneys have raced to put out one fire after another in recent months as they defend Trump from investigations into the squirrelling away of secret documents at Mar-a-Lago, his part in the storming of the Capitol during his last days in office, and twin probes into his business dealings in New York.

But the greatest legal danger to Trump may come from the quiet workings of a grand jury in Georgia hearing evidence of his illegal attempts to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election result and prevent from Joe Biden taking power.

“It’s a greater legal threat to the president and some of his followers than any of the other investigations which are going on right now,” said Ronald Carlson, a leading Georgia trial lawyer and professor at the University of Georgia’s law school.
“Some of the potential charges carry very serious penalties.”

Carlson said that even if Trump were prosecuted for removing classified papers from the White House, other officials who have mishandled secret material received only misdemeanor convictions and probation, such as the former CIA director David Petraeus.

He said the New York investigations into allegations of financial fraud are focussed more on Trump’s businesses than on the former president. It remains unclear what, if any, criminal charges...

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