A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, may soon consider charges against former President Donald Trump and allies who allegedly sought to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results, which he lost.
The investigation, led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, began shortly after a recorded Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was made public. In the call, Trump told Raffensperger, “I just want to find 11,780 votes” — the number he would have needed to overtake Joe Biden.
The investigation ultimately developed into a sprawling probe of efforts to sway the election for Trump in the months after Mr. Biden’s win. In 2022, a special purpose grand jury was empaneled in the case.
The district attorney’s office and defense attorneys will communicate and determine a day when the defendant will turn himself in for arraignment.
Trump has previously been indicted twice, on Thursday, March 30, in New York on state felony charges, and on Thursday, June 9, in Miami on federal felony charges. In each case, he was arraigned and entered not guilty pleas the following Tuesday. In Fulton County, the turnaround time could be fewer or significantly more days depending on logistics and security arrangements.
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