Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during the 56th annual Silver Elephant Gala in Columbia, S.C., on August 5.
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A special investigative grand jury that spent nearly eight months examining efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election recommended prosecutors seek charges against former President Donald Trump, according to the jury’s full report released Friday.
Notably, the special grand jury also recommended seeking indictments against several individuals who were ultimately not charged by the DA, including former U.S. Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue and current Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina; former state Sen. William Ligon; attorneys Cleta Mitchell, Jacki Pick, Lin Wood, Boris Epshteyn and Alex Kaufman; and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Many of the findings in the brief report mirror the actual indictments brought by prosecutors against the former president and his allies, like recommending Trump face charges for his call to Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking him to “find” votes.
Trump is one of 19 people charged with racketeering and other state law violations last month in what Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis alleges was a vast conspiracy to undo Trump’s election loss and unlawfully pressure officials to change the outcome.
While the special jury’s investigation report recommended those individuals face charges, it was up to Willis to present any charges and a regular grand jury to vote on them, and those additional individuals being named does not mean that they necessarily committed any state law violations.
This story will be updated.