sarah, what is happening now? reporter: this special grand jury has been a long time coming. the district attorney here has been investigating donald trump and his allies for over a year. today they are finally selecting jurors to sit on this special grand jury and really dig in with broader investigative powers. let s just remember how this all started. you know, it was as soon as the district attorney, bonnie willis, took office that an audiotape leaked of donald trump talking to georgia secretary of state brad rafensberger. fellas, i need 11,000 votes. we have that in spades already. reporter: he insisted he won the state, a state he had already lost.
post-election phone call pressuring georgia secretary of state brad rafensberger. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. because we won the state. reporter: mr. trump defending himself insisting i didn t say anything wrong in the call, but raffensperger, a republican said he d be willing to testify before a grand jury. we already have cooperated, any information they requested we sent it to them. reporter: congressman bennie thompson who chairs the january 6th committee says eventual ly all of those documents will be made public for you and i to see, setting the stage for a tense weekend here in washington, which is already on edge over the situation in ukraine with white house officials saying an invasion or an incursion by russia could be