It’s not a matter for smiles.”įindling and Little said the district attorney’s office, which advised the special grand jury, should have better educated the grand jurors about the solemnity of the process and the rules and limitations. “It’s not a joking matter,” Findling said. Kohrs also shared numerous anecdotes from the proceedings that she found amusing and was very expressive in television interviews, sometimes laughing or making faces. Kohrs said prosecutors told the jurors they could read and watch the news but urged them to keep open minds. The former president’s lawyers expressed concern that the special grand jury had been allowed to watch and read news coverage of the case and was aware of some witnesses’ efforts not to testify.

But experts said that while Kohrs’ chattiness in news interviews probably aggravated Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who’s leading the investigation, they were not legally damaging. People hoping to see the former president indicted worried on social media that Kohrs may have tanked a case against the former president. Lawyers for Trump say the revelations offered by Kohrs shattered the credibility of the entire special grand jury investigation. In detailed commentary, she described some of what happened behind the closed doors of the jury room - how witnesses behaved, how prosecutors interacted with them, how some invoked their constitutional right not to answer certain questions.

ATLANTA (AP) - Almost as soon as the foreperson of the special grand jury in the Georgia election meddling investigation went public this week, speculation began about whether her unusually candid revelations could jeopardize any possible prosecution of former President Donald Trump or others.Įmily Kohrs first spoke out in an interview published Tuesday by The Associated Press, a story that was followed by interviews in other print and television news outlets.

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