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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will be among those to appear before a special grand jury investigating whether anyone, including former President Donald Trump, should be charged for attempts to influence the results of the 2020 election.

This comes as FOX 5 Atlanta reports that the then-President directly urged Raffensperger to throw out what Trump considered to be fraudulent votes which would give him the electoral victory on a recorded phone call following his election defeat. 

At that time, Trump said he had just wanted to find 11,780 voters—just one more than they had. The former president lost Georgia to Joe Biden by 11,779 votes.

"We followed the law, and we followed the constitution," Raffensperger told FOX 5 Atlanta. "I heard what the President said, and I understand that he has tremendous positional power, but also I know that we followed the law, and we followed the constitution."

Twenty-three grand jurors and three alternates were chosen for the panel back in May, which is being overseen by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, the report states. 

According to the report, Raffensperger is the sixth person from his office to receive a subpoena from the special grand jury probing whether Trump and others from his team illegally tried to meddle in the 2020 election in the state.

The special grand jury has up to a year to complete their investigation and make any recommendations, FOX 5 reports. They will also examine whether anyone, including Trump, broke the law during the days leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.