Trump responds to interviews with grand jury foreperson: ‘This Georgia case is ridiculous’

Donald Trump responded to interviews given by the foreperson of the Georgia grand jury which investigated his election subversion attempts by ridiculing the woman and claiming to be the victim of his political enemies.

"This Georgia case is ridiculous," the former president wrote on his Truth Social platform, claiming "a strictly political continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time".

It has been widely reported that lawyers for possible Republican targets in the investigation are preparing to seek dismissal of the case based on the foreperson's comments.

Running for the Republican presidential nomination, Trump remains in wide-ranging legal jeopardy over election subversion including inciting the January 6 attack on Congress, his financial affairs including a hush money payment to a porn star, the retention of classified documents and an accusation of rape, which he denies.

The district attorney of Fulton county, Fani Willis, requested the grand jury to investigate Trump's attempts to overturn his 2020 defeat in Georgia by Joe Biden, the first Republican loss there in a presidential election since 1992.

Portions of the grand jury report have been released but indictments have not yet followed.

The jury foreperson, Emily Kohrs, was authorized to speak to the media but not to discuss deliberations.

Many observers said she went too far, dropping broad hints about indictments and discussing interactions with witnesses.

Speaking to CNN, she said it would be a "good assumption" that more than a dozen people would be indicted.

Kohrs, 30, told the New York Times it was "not rocket science" to work out if Trump indictments were among those recommended.

Speaking to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and told Trump had claimed "total exoneration" through the jury's report, Kohrs "rolled her eyes" and "burst out laughing".

Trump wrote: "Now you have an extremely energetic young woman, the (get this!) 'foreperson' of the racist DA's special grand jury, going around and doing a media tour revealing, incredibly, the grand jury's inner workings and thoughts."