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   >"If he's willing to break this law, surely there's going to be others.   
   >And once again, Alaska right now feels like a victim under this   
   >administration. And the country is going to feel like a victim here if   
   >they haven't already," Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy said on "Kudlow"   
   >Thursday.   
      
   Trump is a criminal like all his supporters.   
      
   Georgia grand jury recommended charging Lindsey Graham, other Trump allies   
   By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen   
   September 8, 202312:08 PM EDTUpdated 27 min ago   
   Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Erie   
      
   Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump   
   reacts as he holds a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29,   
   2023. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights   
      
   Sept 8 (Reuters) - A Georgia grand jury recommended criminal charges against   
   Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and other allies of Donald Trump as   
   part of its investigation into efforts to overturn Trump's 2020 presidential   
   defeat, according to a report released on Friday.   
      
   None were ultimately charged when Georgia prosecutors filed a sweeping   
   criminal case against Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators.   
      
   The special grand jury recommended charges against Graham, a longtime senator   
   who represents South Carolina, as well as Georgia's two U.S. senators at the   
   time, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, the report said. Like Trump, all are   
   Republicans.   
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   Graham's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment but said   
   he would speak later in the day.   
      
   The panel also recommended charges against Trump's former national security   
   adviser Michael Flynn, adviser Boris Epshteyn and lawyers Lin Wood and Cleta   
   Mitchell, the report showed.   
      
   It was unclear why Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opted not to   
   bring charges against the six people, and her office did not immediately   
   respond to a request for comment.   
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   The six were among 39 people the special grand jury recommended charging in   
   its Dec. 15 report, which had been sealed for nine months.   
      
   The special grand jury did not have the power to issue charges, but Willis   
   used the evidence it gathered to seek an indictment of Trump and his 18 co-   
   defendants from a regular grand jury last month.   
      
   Responding to the report's release on Friday, Trump said it showed Willis's   
   case was politically motivated. "They wanted to indict anybody who happened   
   to be breathing at the time," he wrote on social media.   
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   Trump and the other defendants in the case have pleaded not guilty. As with   
   his three other criminal prosecutions, Trump has denied any wrongdoing and   
   said he is the victim of political persecution.   
      
   Graham, a former Trump rival-turned-golf-buddy, asked Georgia officials to   
   examine absentee ballots after the Republican president's defeat. Graham has   
   defended his behavior, saying he was entitled to examine state election   
   activity as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He fought a subpoena   
   ordering him to testify but was ultimately told to do so by the U.S. Supreme   
   Court.   
      
   Loeffler and Perdue, both Trump loyalists, were defeated by Democratic   
   candidates in January 2021 runoff elections. Perdue ran unsuccessfully for   
   governor in 2022. Neither immediately responded to a request for comment.   
      
   Flynn likewise did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Trump's   
   former national security adviser, a prominent figure on the far right, urged   
   Trump to use the military to overturn the 2020 election.   
      
   A longtime Trump political adviser, Epshteyn was involved in efforts to   
   overturn Trump's loss and has since been advising the former president on the   
   legal threats he now faces. An attorney, Epshteyn declined to comment.   
      
   Wood, a conservative lawyer who promoted conspiracy efforts about the   
   election, denied wrongdoing and said he was surprised to find out the special   
   grand jury recommended charges against him. "I'm not quite sure why my name   
   is in it," he told Reuters. He has since retired in the face of disciplinary   
   bar proceedings.   
      
   Mitchell, another conservative lawyer who worked to reverse Trump's defeat,   
   did not immediately respond to a request for comment.   
      
   The special grand jury convened in 2021 at the request of Willis to aid her   
   investigation. Over several months, the jurors subpoenaed testimony from 75   
   witnesses, including Trump allies such as his former attorney Rudy Giuliani,   
   Graham and top Georgia officials such as Governor Brian Kemp.   
      
   The special grand jury did not act unanimously.   
      
   It voted 13-7, 14-6 and 17-4 in favor of indicting Graham, Loeffler and   
   Perdue, respectively. There was one abstention in each of the votes for   
   Graham and Loeffler. The grand jury voted 20-1 in favor of indicting Trump   
   with respect to the national effort to overturn the election.   
      
   The indictment listed 30 unindicted co-conspirators, who have not been   
   charged but allegedly played a role in the scheme.   
      
   Despite his legal troubles, he remains the front-runner for the Republican   
   presidential nomination next year against Biden, the incumbent.   
      
   The special grand jury report remained secret at Willis's request while she   
   determined what charges to bring. With the indictments issued, Fulton County   
   Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled there was no longer any reason to   
   keep it from the public.   
      
   Additional reporting by Andrew Goudsward, Jasper Ward, Sarah N. Lynch, Makini   
   Brice and Joseph Ax; Writing by Andy Sullivan; Editing by Noeleen Walder and   
   Howard Goller   
      
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