The laws in Georgia seem to differ in some respects to other states.
Members of a Grand Jury are allowed to talk to the press as long as they don't reveal any details of their deliberations. That leaves quite a lot.
In some states it's illegal to record a phone conversation unless the other party is informed of the recording. That's not the case in Georgia. We're all familiar no doubt with Trump's phone call to the Georgia Secretary of State asking for 11,780 more votes.
The grand jury members interviewed recently say Trump also phoned the Speaker of the Georgia State House and asked him to overturn the election result. The gent in question died last year and Trump must've heaved a big sigh of relief, one less witness. It turns out though that almost everybody in Georgia must record their phone conversations, or certainly their phone calls with Trump, because the gent in question had - and the grand jury heard the phone call. If there is a trial there will be testimony from the grave.
I say "if" because the Republican politicians in Georgia are in the process of passing a law that will allow them to control a prosecution. That's not how it's supposed to work, the legal system and the political system are supposed to stay seperate. As our very recent ex Minister of Police can attest.
Time for a vinho tinto. Cheers.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
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