What The Georgia Grand Jury Report On Trump’s Election Interference Doesn’t Reveal Is Most Revealing

The American people got& a brief glimpse& this week into the conclusions of a grand jury that spent a year investigating “possible attempts” by Donald Trump and his allies “to disrupt the lawful administration of the 2020 presidential elections in the State of Georgia.” We learned that the grand jurors recommended perjury charges against “one or more of the witnesses” who testified before them. But it’s what that glimpse doesn’t reveal that is perhaps most revealing. The judge who ordered that most of the report be withheld – “for now” – made it clear that& his decision& was based on protecting the due-process rights of “who might now be named as indictment worthy.” & It is only because the report does not identify those who may have lied to the grand jury that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney allowed that conclusion to be publicly disclosed. McBurney’s decision explicitly refers to “potential future defendants.” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who convened the grand jury, also referred to& “future defendants,”& in her argument against releasing the full report. Simply put, a grand jury report that recommended no charges against anyone could not possibly be considered a threat to the...