Emily Kohrs: How one juror may have just sabotaged the ENTIRE case against Donald Trump
FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA: The former president of the United States, Donald Trump, has blamed Atlanta’s district attorney for running a “Kangaroo Court” Wednesday, February 22, following a series of very strange media appearances by the forewoman from Fulton County's special grand jury that investigated his actions around the 2020 election.
The 76-year-old was outraged after Emily Kohrs spoke to the New York Times, CNN, and MSNBC on Tuesday to hint at the possibility that the 45th president would be summoned, even saying at one point that she wished Trump had been put under oath.
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“This Georgia case is ridiculous, a strictly political continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt of all time,” Trump wrote on Truth Social according to New York Post. “Now you have an extremely energetic young woman, the (get this!) ‘foreperson’ of the Racist D.A.’s Special Grand Jury, going around and doing a Media Tour revealing, incredibly, the Grand Jury’s inner workings & thoughts. This is not JUSTICE, this is an illegal Kangaroo Court. Atlanta is leading the Nation in Murder and other Violent Crimes. All I did is make TWO PERFECT PHONE CALLS!!!"
He also referred to post-election conversations with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that triggered the investigation.
What did Emily Kohrs say?
On Tuesday, Kohrs was asked by MSNBC if she wanted to listen to the former president testify. “I kind of wanted to subpoena the former president because I got to swear everybody in,” answered Kohrs, 30. “And so I thought it’d be really cool to get 60 seconds with President Trump, of me looking at him and being like, ’Do you solemnly swear…’ And me getting to swear him in.” She continued, "I kind of thought that would be an awesome moment. I can see how trying to get the former president to come talk to us would have been a year in negotiation by itself", saying that she doubted Trump would have said anything “groundbreaking.”
Kohrs also added that she thinks more than a dozen people would be indicted by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, which will even include figures “you would recognize.” “I don’t think that there are any giant plot twists coming", the forewoman said when asked if Trump was on the list. “I don’t think that there are any like giant, ‘That’s not the way I expected this to go at all!’ I, I don’t think that’s in store for anyone,” Kohrs said.
Although Trump did not appear before the grand jury, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and Marc Short, the onetime chief of staff for former Vice President Mike Pence, did testify.
The forewoman was also asked about Trump's potential indictment on CNN as well. “I really don’t want to share something that the judge made a conscious decision not to share,” she said. “I will tell you that it was a process where we heard his name a lot. We definitely heard a lot about former President Trump, and we definitely discussed him a lot in the room. And I will say that when this list comes out, you wouldn’t — there are no major plot twists waiting for you."
Legal experts are deeply concerned that the media blitz Georgia grand jury forewoman Emily Kohrs has been on may hurt a potential Trump indictment. CNN analyst Elie Honig, a former US Attorney called her “a prosecutor’s nightmare” Tuesday. “This is a horrible idea. And I guarantee you that prosecutors are wincing,” he told host Anderson Cooper.
Cooper was taken aback at Kohrs’ apparent “eagerness” to be in the limelight and discuss the secret deliberations of a grand jury. “This is a very serious prospect here,” Honig responded. “We’re talking about indicting any person. You’re talking about potentially taking away that person’s liberty. We’re talking about potentially a former president, for the first time in this nation’s history. She does not seem to be taking that very seriously.”
He added that the business tycoon's legal team will likely use Kohrs’ statements to dismiss any indictment on the grounds of “grand jury impropriety.” “She’s not supposed to be talking about anything, really, but she’s really not supposed to be talking about the deliberations,” he said. “I think she’s potentially crossing a line here. It’s going to be a real problem for prosecutors.”
Who is Emily Kohrs?
Emily Kohrs, 30, is the forewoman of the special grand jury that probed Donald Trump's actions around the 2020 election. The case has emerged as one of Trump's most glaring legal vulnerabilities.