Attorneys for former president Donald Trump have asked a Georgia court to toss out any evidence gathered by the months-long special purpose grand jury empaneled last year to investigate his attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss, and to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting him.
In a 50-page motion filed with the Fulton County Superior Court, Mr Trump’s legal team claims the Georgia law authorising the establishment of special purpose grand juries — which are investigative in nature but cannot issue indictments — is unconstitutional because it does not specify whether such grand juries are civil or criminal in nature.
They also argue that it was improper for the grand jury to issue subpoenas compelling witnesses outside the state of Georgia — such as his former attorney Rudy Giuliani, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, and other allies of the twice-impeached ex-president — to appear and give evidence before the panel.
