Couple of the witnesses who were supposed to appear tomorrow were summoned in to be on call to testify today. geoff duncan was one of those. the other one is independent journalist george cheatty, who has been tweeting updates in what appears to be the waiting area for witnesses testifying before the grand jury. he just sent another update saying that the grand jury appears to be chewing over what they learned so far today. and it s unclear if he s going to have to testify. so, i think what we re seeing is the district attorney s team moving pretty speedily through presenting a lot of this case before the grand jury and trying to determine, frankly, if they re going to be able to push the grand jury for a vote and to hand up indictments tonight or if this is going to spill over to tomorrow, anderson. so, george cheatty is sitting outside waiting to go in, not clear if he is actually going to be called. when would we get word that the grand jury has voted?
Little bit ancy, probably pressing the district attorney s team for an update about whether they need to keep the courthouse and the courtroom open. there s a bunch of journalists who have been sitting in this courtroom s all day. we have a bunch of journalists sitting in the clerk s office for hours waiting to see if this case is going to move tonight. if it doesn t finish tonight, does the grand jury convene tomorrow? reporter: if it doesn t finish tonight, we fully expect they will be back here tomorrow. this grand jury s regular days for meeting are monday and tuesday, although they normally get out much earlier in the day. and you know, one thing we should note about how this works, anderson, is the grand jurors aren t captives here. if someone raised their hand and said, i can t stick around, i have to see my kids, or we need to wrap this up for the day, that s what we would be seeing happen there. it s possible the grand jurors want to power through this case today as much a
Very, very calm. it s i m very, very proud of both my boys. noah, if i ever get in trouble, i m calling you because you seem to have a good head on your shoulders and know what you re doing. noah, david, i appreciate both of you. thank you so much. and i wish you continued strength in the days ahead. absolutely anderson. thanks. you can find a lot of information about how to help at cnn.com/impact or you can text hawaii to 70-70-70 to donate. back to the other breaking news, possible impending indictments out of georgia. there s a look at the courthouse now, as the grand jury is still inside working at this late hour. we ll take a closer look at the prosecutor, fani willis, her road to the office she holds, and to this moment. c mon! mom, c mon! mia! [ engine revving ] my favorite color is. because, it s like a family thing! [ engine revving ] made it!
Contributor, testified. that s him on the way out. sara murray is at the courthouse. sara, what s the latest? reporter: well, things are still going on in there, anderson. as you pointed out, we re hours beyond when the courthouse normally closes. around 7:15. the presiding judge this week said he planned to stick around for at least another hour. so, we re waiting to see if he gives us another update. and, look, this grand jury has been busy today. we know that they have heard from a number of witnesses, including the former lieutenant governor of georgia, geoff duncan, a former democratic state senator, former democratic state representative. gabe sterling, who is an official in the georgia secretary of state s office was also spotted in the courthouse today. so, it s likely he testified, although they have not confirmed that yet. so, this has really been a jam-packed day so far, anderson. is it clear why the timeline of the grand jury s activity appeared to accelerate earlier to
Committed a pattern of racketeering activity. all indications are that fani willis is looking at and really important to note, anderson. if there is a racketeering charge, that carries a mandatory minimum of five years in prison. none of the other charges donald trump has seen so far from any of the other prosecutors have any mandatory minimum. if he does get charged with this and convicted of it and it is upheld on appeal, that requires five years behind bars. congressman kinzinger, how do you expect the case here in fulton county, if there is one, to track with the work you and your colleagues did on the january 6th committee? well, i m really interested to see the details of this because, you know, as you ve seen with jack smith, that s really tracked a lot of what the committee did. this is going to be i don t know how similar it will be or how different, but it seems like looking at jack smith with the january 6th committee, we were kind of a mile wide and however far deep o