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Lawyers for President Donald Trump filed a motion in a Georgia court seeking to block the report produced by a special grand jury while seeking to force the Fulton County DA to be removed from the case entirely.
The brash legal move comes amid reports that Georgia prosecutors are considering bringing racketeering and conspiracy charges in their probe of the 2020 election overturn effort by Trump and some of his allies.
The motion would 'preclude the use of any evidence derived' from the report – and comes after the jury forewoman on the case gave public indications that multiple people could be charged.
The legal maneuvering in Georgia comes days after Trump posted on his Truth Social site that he would be arrested Tuesday in connection with the Stormy Daniels 'hush' money scheme and called for protests, amid tense preparations in Manhattan for possible charges.
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed a motion to 'quash' or block the final report of a special grand jury in Georgia that investigated the election overturn effort by Trump and some of his allies
The Georgia filing asks the court to ensure the removal of Fulton County DA Fani Willis, who has been the subject of repeated Trump attacks, asking that she be 'disqualified from any further involvement in this matter.'
Trump's lawyer Drew Findling told the New York Times he had issued the filing on his client's behalf.
The special grand jury heard testimony in the case for months beginning in May,
