A top Georgia newspaper has been hit with a subpoena from the Fulton County special grand jury.
The grand jury is seeking the full audio of a conversation leaked to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in which former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Bobby Christine informed staffers he dismissed two election fraud cases from Trump supporters due to a lack of evidence, the outlet reported Friday.
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“I can tell you I closed the two most — I don’t know, I guess you’d call them high-profile or the two most pressing election issues this office has,” he told staffers in the leaked audio, per the outlet. “I said I believe, as many of the people around the table believed, there’s just nothing to them.”
The full audio of the leaked call could shed additional light on Christine’s thoughts about election fraud claims.
Christine replaced Byung “BJay” Pak as U.S. attorney following Pak’s sudden resignation, a subject of interest in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s inquiry. Pak subsequently said he resigned because former President Donald Trump intended to fire him over frustration with his lack of action on the election in Georgia.
Willis’s office is examining whether Trump and his allies committed crimes while challenging the 2020 election results in the Peach State. The special grand jury was impaneled in May to assist in the investigation. Willis’s own interviews with the outlet are also being subpoenaed by her special grand jury.
Typically when a U.S. attorney resigns, he or she is replaced by the No. 2 attorney in the office. Trump’s appointment of Christine, who was not the second-ranking attorney in that office, to the post drew scrutiny and concerns about political interference.
The Washington Examiner reached out to representatives for Willis and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for comment.
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The special grand jury is ramping up its inquiry. Earlier this week, the panel slapped seven key Trump allies, including Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Rudy Giuliani, and John Eastman, with subpoenas, and Willis has left the door open to subpoenaing additional Trump associates. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger testified before the special grand jury last month, and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is expected to give a “sworn recorded statement” to the panel.
The inquiry is also studying a call in which Trump reportedly directed Raffensperger to “find” the 11,780 votes needed to tip the election in his favor. He has denied wrongdoing and dubbed the exchange a “perfect call.”
