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Trump Tries to Derail Georgia Grand Jury Investigation<!-- wp:html --><p>REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo/File Photo</p> <p>Clearly feeling the heat from yet another potential pending criminal indictment—this time, in Georgia—former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a judge to totally upend an Atlanta investigation that seeks to hold him accountable for trying to overturn state election results there in 2020.</p> <p>Trump’s last-minute scramble hinges on the idea that he can’t get a fair trial now that so many Americans—potential jurors—have heard from <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/snl-opens-with-trump-and-his-new-bff-grand-jury-foreperson-emily-kohrs">Emily Kohrs</a>, the overly excited grand jury foreperson who <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-in-georgia-trump-probe-grand-juror-emily-kohrs-is-allowed-to-talk-about-report">spoke to news outlets</a> and <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/grand-jury-forewoman-drops-a-giant-hint-in-trump-election-meddling-probe">dropped hints</a> about oncoming <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/grand-jury-forewoman-ill-be-frustrated-if-nobody-is-charged-in-trump-election-probe">indictments</a>.</p> <p>Kohrs’ comments “illuminate the lack of proper instruction and supervision over the grand jury relating to clear evidentiary matters which violates the notions of fundamental fairness and due process,” wrote Trump’s three lawyers, Drew Findling, Marissa Goldberg, and Jennifer Little.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tries-to-derail-fani-williams-georgia-grand-jury-investigation">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Clearly feeling the heat from yet another potential pending criminal indictment—this time, in Georgia—former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a judge to totally upend an Atlanta investigation that seeks to hold him accountable for trying to overturn state election results there in 2020.

Trump’s last-minute scramble hinges on the idea that he can’t get a fair trial now that so many Americans—potential jurors—have heard from Emily Kohrs, the overly excited grand jury foreperson who spoke to news outlets and dropped hints about oncoming indictments.

Kohrs’ comments “illuminate the lack of proper instruction and supervision over the grand jury relating to clear evidentiary matters which violates the notions of fundamental fairness and due process,” wrote Trump’s three lawyers, Drew Findling, Marissa Goldberg, and Jennifer Little.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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