country s rejection of donald trump in the 2020 election and became a critical battleground in the campaign by trump and his allies to overturn his defeat. a letter today from fulton county d.a. connie willis to judges and her fellow county officials saying in essence, clear your calendars. the new york times reports this, the georgia prosecutor leading an investigation into the former president and his allies has taken the unusual step of announcing remote workdays for most of her staff during the first three weeks of august. asking judges in the downtown atlanta courthouse not to schedule trials for part of that time, as she prepares to bring charges in the inquiry. the move suggests that the fulton county d.a. is expecting a grand jury to unseal indictments during that time period. thanks to court filings and reporting, we know that willis has cast a very wide net, with everyone from state gop officials to the ex-president himself, under scrutiny right now. the new york
surprising from him on a night last week when he was given a major platform on a different news network he said he would pardon, quote, a large portion of the insurrectionists. pardon the people who stormed the capitol. defaced our citadel of democracy, brutally attacked members of law enforcement and called for the killing of elected officials, including his then-number two, mike pence. that same event former president trump now twice impeached once indicted and liable for sexual abuse said that pence, his vp, did something wrong on january 6th, that pence shav sent the votes back to state legislature. now, thanks to the work of the 1/6 select committee trump knew pence didn t have the authority to to that. jump s lawyer told him so days before the capitol insurrection. trump s remark sure to be of interest to special counsel jack smith who is criminally investigating the ex-president for his efforts to overthrow the