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This was one of those days when the paperwork did the damage. Georgia’s grand jury didn’t just refuse to bless Trump’s version of history; it suggested witnesses may have lied. And in Washington, the special counsel’s net around the inner circle kept widening. For Trump, that is the kind of slow, documented bad news that doesn’t burn hot for an hour and then disappear. It compounds.
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A Fulton County special grand jury released limited portions of its report and said some witnesses may have committed perjury in the investigation into efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. The released sections also said the panel found no widespread fraud in the state’s vote.
Reporting in mid-February 2023 said special counsel Jack Smith had subpoenaed Mark Meadows in late January for testimony and documents tied to the Jan. 6 investigation. The subpoena showed the probe had reached into Trump’s inner circle, but it did not by itself establish wrongdoing by Meadows or signal that charges were imminent.