election interference is winding down and has begun writing its final report


A special grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald rump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia is winding down its work, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The Atlanta-area special grand jury has largely finished hearing witness testimony and has already begun writing its final report, the sources said, an indication that prosecutors will soon be deciding whether to seek criminal charges and against whom.

In Georgia, special grand juries are not authorized to issue indictments. The final report serves as a mechanism for the panel to recommend whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should pursue indictments in her election interference investigation. Willis could then go to a regularly empaneled grand jury to seek indictments.

“It’s a significant step, it’s the culmination of work by prosecutors and the special grand jury. But it shouldn’t be taken as any kind of guarantee of a conviction down the road,” said Michael J. Moore, former US attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. “It’s just the beginning.”

The next phase in the Georgia investigation comes at a politically and legally perilous time for rump. His nascent 2024 presidential campaign is off to a sputtering start, and he is under Justice Department scrutiny both for his handling of classified government documents after leaving the White House and for his activities surrounding the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol and efforts to upend the 2020 election results.

Federal investigators are also scrutinizing several  of the rump associates who were involved in the unsuccessful effort to overturn the presidential election.

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