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US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2021 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.could be feeling the heat, legally, from several directions at once. ’s on Monday featured  about  the former president’s attempts to interfere in the 2020 election by pressuring state officials into changing the results. “He certainly is looking at criminal exposure,” former acting Solicitor General told Melber. “Donald Trump is the only president to have more open grand juries than election wins.”Katyal called the grand juries “a very serious prosecutorial step.” And the next step may be even more significant. “It looks like, according to the news reports, that they’re on the verge of using their inquisitive powers to subpoena ― that is, get documents ― from the president,” he explained. Katyal said there were still questions as to why two grand juries were involved instead of just one. “But if you’re Donald Trump right now, it’s not looking good,” he said. Trump lost Georgia by nearly 12,000 votes.Melber also noted that Trump could face a lawsuit from the voting company Dominion, which has filed defamation suits and a number of  and suing Trump himself. Trump is also .  See their full conversation above. Calling all HuffPost superfans!Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapterDo you have information you want to share with HuffPost?Today is National Voter Registration Day!We made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote!

US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2021 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.could be feeling the heat, legally, from several directions at once. ’s on Monday featured  about  the former president’s attempts to interfere in the 2020 election by pressuring state officials into changing the results. “He certainly is looking at criminal exposure,” former acting Solicitor General told Melber. “Donald Trump is the only president to have more open grand juries than election wins.”Katyal...

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