Several witnesses may have lied under oath during a grand jury probe of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia, according to excerpts from the panel’s findings released on Thursday.
The special grand jury also concluded that there was no widespread fraud in the election, despite Trump’s false claims that the vote was rigged against him, and delivered recommendations to prosecutors on possible indictments for election interference, the document showed.
Those recommendations – along with the bulk of the report – will remain sealed for now, pursuant to a judge’s order.
The probe followed Trump’s January 2021 phone call to a state official asking him to “find” more votes to overturn Democratic President Joe Biden’s election victory. Trump’s false claims of fraud also motivated the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Trump, who is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was not subpoenaed as a witness and did not appear before the grand jury, his lawyers have said. He has not been charged with any crime.
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