Georgia grand jury set to recommend charges against Donald Trump

A US grand jury probing interference by Donald Trump’s campaign in the 2020 election has recommended multiple indictments, the forewoman has revealed.

Former US president Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

A US grand jury probing interference by Donald Trump’s campaign in the 2020 election has recommended multiple indictments, the forewoman has revealed, the strongest signal yet of potential legal jeopardy the ex-president faces as he seeks another term.

Emily Kohrs on Tuesday offered an insight into the findings of the Georgia grand jury, which has been looking for seven months at whether Mr Trump broke the law — although she didn’t name targets.

“It is not a short list,” Ms Kohrs told several outlets of the people and crimes referenced in the jury’s final report. She told MSNBC more than a dozen people were in the crosshairs.

“There are certainly names that you would recognise, yes. There are names also that you might not recognise.”

Prosecutors have spent two years looking into whether Mr Trump and his allies committed crimes in a bid to overturn his defeat in Georgia to Joe Biden by fewer than 12,000 votes.

The known targets include Mr Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 Republican activists who posed as presidential “electors” to sign certificates falsely claiming the 76-year-old had won the Peach State.

Ms Kohrs would not reveal if Trump — who has announced a third run at the White House for 2024 — was recommended for indictment. But she told The New York Times it was “not going to be shocked” by the jury’s finding. “It’s not rocket science,” she said.

The investigative panel of 23 jurors took testimony from 75 witnesses, including Trump’s fourth chief of staff, Mark Meadows, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Mr Giuliani.

AFP