Fulton County DA empaneling new grand jury to weigh Trump election charges
The DA probing efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia is empaneling a new grand jury to weigh possible charges against former President Trump. The Atlanta-area prosecutor investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia is empaneling a new grand jury that could ultimately decide whether to approve charges against former President Donald Trump. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis met Tuesday with prospective jurors in front of Judge Robert McBurney at a courthouse near Atlanta, where she has been probing whether Trump and his allies' overtures to state officials in late 2020 amounted to criminal activity. In April, Willis signaled publicly that potential charges could be brought as soon as this summer. MORE: Fulton County DA says charging decisions to come this summer in 2020 election probe Willis officially launched the probe in February 2021, sparked in part by the now-infamous Jan. 2, 2021, phone call Trump made to Ge...