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This is a special re-enjury that was requested by the district attorney

or the executive branch that was kind of used for this investigative criminal purpose.

And so, as a result, you know, one consideration that should be taken into account

is the effect that the release of this report would have on the ongoing criminal investigation.

And that effect, the district attorney argued, is that, you know,

there could be potential prejudice to possible future defendants

and they could then, in turn, use that, you know, as a way to potentially make venue transfer emotions.

Or kind of argue that their constitutional rights were in some way violated.

I'm Benjamin Wittes and this is the LawFair podcast January 25th, 2022.

Judge Robert McBerney of the Superior Court of Fulton County held a hearing on Tuesday

to decide whether or not to release the Fulton County Special Grand Juries report

on 2020 election interference in Georgia.

Our own Anna Bauer was in the room live blogging the matter

and I caught up with her from the courthouse right after the hearing to talk it through.

Why did the district attorney argue that the report should continue to be sealed for now?

What were the media organizations' arguments?

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