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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCringe Trump grand jury foreperson bizarre interviews, might jeopardize indictment
sazemisery
(2,617 posts)Was it 15 minutes of fame or did someone encourage her?
prodigitalson
(3,209 posts)I hope she stops
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)FWIW Ihaven't seen an actual LAWYER suggest there's a concern.
prodigitalson
(3,209 posts)NoRethugFriends
(3,780 posts)Prof. Laurence Tribe of Harvard, one of the most, if not the most distinguished legal minds in the Country said that while infantile and foolish, the forewomans comments will do nothing to damage the prosecution.
Fiendish Thingy
(24,050 posts)She followed the rules and guidelines set forth by the judge.
Its a nothing burger.
LetMyPeopleVote
(181,996 posts)The grand juror complied with Georgia law for special grand juries
Link to tweet
https://www.rawstory.com/georgia-juror-won-t-stop-a-trump-indictment-here-s-why/
Simply put, he wrote, "Thats the case even though she seems to be divulging quite a bit, because grand jurors in Georgia are barred from sharing their 'deliberations,' which doesnt necessarily cover the information that Kohrs has been sharing on air and in print."
"Even Judge Robert McBurney, who oversaw the special grand jury, made clear in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week that grand jurors are barred from revealing, as he put it, 'the discussions they had amongst themselves when it was just the grand jurors in the room when they were discussing what do we do with what weve learned,'" wrote Rubin. "The AJC said the judge also said grand jurors are not prohibited from discussing 'the fruit of their deliberations, which would be the final report.' (The special grand jurys report is still mostly sealed.)"
Indeed, Kohrs has not actually revealed much of the "fruit"; she hasn't divulged any details of who they recommended for indictment; only that indictments were issued. And Willis herself had already hinted at that in a public court filing.
"So whatever else there is to say about Kohrs media tour, its unlikely to sink any charges against Trump or his allies," concluded Rubin. "What this all brings into focus, however, is that any charges in Georgia would still need to come through a regular grand jury, thus raising the question, once again, of what Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis meant when she said last month that decisions from her office were 'imminent.'"
prodigitalson
(3,209 posts)she still needs to put a lid on it.
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