US EditionIn secret testimony, Republicans derided Trump’s stolen election claims: NYT
Transcripts reveal senior Republicans found no evidence supporting Trump’s 2020 fraud claims and described his efforts to overturn the election as extreme or fruitless.
- Transcripts of secret grand jury testimony showed senior Republicans were alarmed by efforts to overturn the presidential election in the Fulton County investigation by a special-purpose grand jury convened in Atlanta.
- Prosecutors convened a special-purpose grand jury to present testimony and recommendations instead of indictments, compiling transcripts for Fani T. Willis, Fulton County district attorney’s case, The New York Times obtained.
- Former Georgia House speaker David Ralston called the plan for fake pro‑Trump electors `the craziest thing I ever heard`, after Trump urged him to call a special session, Ralston testified.
- Prosecutors noted that jurors' skepticism about fraud claims would have been emphasized to a trial jury, while Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was recommended for indictment but not charged and later called the Georgia case a `politically driven hit job`.
- A judge's decision to lift a discovery restriction allowed The New York Times to obtain transcripts, while the special-purpose grand jury recommended indicting twice as many allies and the case was dismissed after Fani T. Willis was removed.
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Republicans Derided Trump’s Stolen Election Claims
New York Times: “Transcripts of secret grand jury testimony from the Georgia election interference case against Mr. Trump and his allies, obtained this week by the New York Times, show just how alarmed and exasperated a number of senior Republicans felt about the president’s efforts to overturn an American presidential election.” “The testimony, given in 2022, is emerging at a time when Mr. Trump is again raising complaints about his 2020 defeat…
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