‘A big freaking deal’: the grand jury that investigated Trump election pressure

Foreperson Emily Kohrs gives insight into process usually cloaked in secrecy, after portions of grand jury report released last week

They were led down a staircase into a garage beneath a downtown Atlanta courthouse, where officers with big guns were waiting. From there, they were ushered into vans with heavily tinted windows and driven to their cars under police escort.

For Emily Kohrs, these were the moments last May when she realized she wasn’t participating in just any grand jury.