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Here’s the status of four criminal investigations into Donald Trump


The special grand jury that Ms. Kohrs serves released a report last month after hearing testimony since last June, but much of the report has been kept secret. In an interview this week, Ms. Kohrs said grand juries had recommended indicting some people on multiple counts, but declined to give names before the full report was released.

In a small portion of the published report, jurors said they saw potential evidence of perjury by “one or more” witnesses. But Ms Kohrs said jurors added eight pages of penal code citations to their report, hinting at its breadth.

Some legal experts have said that Mr. Trump faces significant danger in the Georgia investigation.

Norman Eisen, a lawyer who served as special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee during Trump’s first impeachment trial, said: “His risk of impeachment was great even before the impeachment trial. jury report excerpt. “The manager’s comment makes that almost certain.”

The Ministry of Justice has questioned for more than a year about Mr. Trump’s massive efforts to overturn the election and whether he committed any crime in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The investigation — one of two inherited by special counsel Jack Smith in November — used a variety of methods and gathered a huge amount of information.

Federal agents seized cell phones and other devices from pro-Trump lawyers like John Eastman And Jeffrey Clark — as well as from one of Trump’s main congressional allies, Representative Scott PerryRepublic of Pennsylvania.

The prosecutor gave grand jury subpoena to several state Republicans and dozens of lawyers and Trump administration officials. Those include the likes of Mark Meadows, Trump’s one-time chief of staff, and Former Vice President Mike Pencewho may have known of the former president’s thoughts and behavior in the weeks leading up to January 6. In the most recent sign of the ongoing investigation, Mr. Smith has issued a subpoena to Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner.


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Investigators also reviewed thousands of pages of interviews conducted by the House selection committee on January 6, in which Proposal to prosecute Mr. Trump for crimes including sedition, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and obstruction of proceedings before Congress.

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