Special Counsel Jack Smith's most recent subpoena shows the investigation into potential efforts by former President Donald Trump to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election will be heard by a new grand jury that is impaneled through March.
The subpoena received by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger earlier this week lists a different grand jury than the one listed in the special counsel's document requests from November, according to Bloomberg.
Lisa Klem, a spokesperson for the federal district court in Washington, told the news outlet that grand jury No. 22-5, which was impaneled May 18 and heard evidence related to the events of Jan. 6, has expired.
The grand jury referenced in the Raffensperger subpoena, No. 22-7, was impaneled on Sept. 15 for six months, according to Klem — meaning that the latest grand jury to consider Jan. 6 evidence will be in place into mid-March.
Appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland on Nov. 18, Smith sent out his first known subpoenas Nov. 22. The Georgia secretary of state's subpoena is dated Dec. 9. State and county officials in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin also received requests for documents from Smith.
The subpoenas make similar requests for communications with Trump and his campaign, as well as 19 conservative lawyers and allies who promoted the former president’s claims of widespread voter fraud, according to Bloomberg.
In addition to Smith's signature, the recent subpoenas also bear the signature of Matthew Burke, a former northern Virginia U.S. attorney's office prosecutor who is named as "assistant special counsel" in the Raffensperger subpoena. According to Bloomberg, he does not have a prior connection to Jan. 6 cases.
Multiple grand juries can be needed over time in long-running investigations and a criminal investigation does not end when a grand jury expires. Prosecutors must then reintroduce any previous evidence they still want to use, which can lead to reading transcripts of witness testimony aloud and reviewing documents with the new jurors.
Smith is also heading the criminal probe of Trump's potential mishandling of government records after his presidency had ended.
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