Georgia Judge Fails to Rebuke Daffy Grand-Jury Forewoman in Trump Case

Instead of chastising forewoman Emily Kohrs for her ill-advised media blitz, Judge Robert McBurney has effectively given it his public endorsement.

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Former president Donald Trump takes the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Texas, August 6, 2022.

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When Emily Kohrs, the oddball forewoman of the Georgia special grand jury investigating former president Trumpโ€™s 2020 campaign, had her 15 minutes of fame last week, I was hopeful that the state judge supervising the grand jury had quietly admonished her. These hopes were reasonable, because after the brief flurry of interviews she did for anti-Trump torch-bearers of the mediaโ€“Democrat complex, and the resulting angst of talking heads over her (cluelessly unintentional) undermining of the potential for a Trump prosecution, Kohrs was not heard from again. It seemed like someone must have told her to pipe down โ€” probably someone, such as Judge Robert McBurney, who was also poised to discourage other grand jurors from seeking their own moments in the sun.

But alas, Judge McBurney does not seem like that kind of guy.

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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