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Tamar Hallerman

Fulton County jurors raise perjury concerns in Trump probe, but lying is hard to prove in court

ATLANTA — Perhaps the most intriguing revelation included in the portions of the Fulton County special grand jury’s final report released last month was that at least one witness may have lied under oath.

The jurors, who heard from about 75 witnesses as they investigated whether former President Donald Trump and his allies criminally meddled in Georgia’s 2020 elections, didn’t specify whom they suspected might have perjured themselves or why they believe they caught them in a lie.

The report simply notes that a majority of the grand jury believed “that perjury may have been committed by one or more witnesses testifying before it.” Members also recommended that District Attorney Fani Willis “seek appropriate indictments for such crimes where the evidence is compelling.”

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