Former President Donald Trump's legal team signaled they would seek "other channels" for judicial review in their effort to keep a Georgia prosecutor from bringing what could be the former president's fourth indictment this year.
Trump's team dropped a lawsuit that sought to force a Georgia state judge to decide on Trump's request to toss out evidence obtained by a Fulton County special purpose grand jury and disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis from the investigation. Their move came just three days after a judge presiding over the grand jury rejected a request to oust Willis, which followed an earlier denial by the state Supreme Court.
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Attorneys for the former president wrote in a motion Thursday that there are now "other channels to seek judicial review” of the special grand jury and the ability of Willis “to continue forward” with the investigation. Their dismissal filing indicated a plan to appeal the decision by the presiding Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney.
"Although the Petitioner does not agree with the Supervising Judge's analysis or ruling, there are now other channels to seek judicial review of the underlying arguments," the filing states.
Willis has indicated she will decide this month whether to ask a new grand jury to charge Trump and potentially other associates of the former president. The special purpose grand jury that Trump is seeking to quash only had advisory abilities, lacking any power to indict.
Trump is already facing three other indictments, including two by special counsel Jack Smith and one by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
The Fulton County Sheriff's Office said Thursday it will close streets around the courthouse for two weeks beginning on Aug. 7 as a security measure.
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Willis began her investigation in February 2021, spurred by a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which Trump asked him to "find 11,780 votes," the exact number Trump needed to defeat his opponent Joe Biden in the state during the 2020 election.
The prosecutor signaled last week that an indictment could be imminent. "We've been working for two and a half years — we're ready to go," Willis said.