Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is requesting a special grand jury to assist in her investigation into former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
In a letter sent Thursday to Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Christopher Brasher, Willis wrote that her office has "received information indicating a reasonable probability that the state of Georgia's administration of elections in 2020, including the state's election of the president of the United States, was subject to possible criminal disruptions."
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