A key Trump ally says a federal grand jury has been empaneled in Florida that will begin meeting in January to investigate what he calls a decade-long conspiracy against President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a series of interviews with conservative podcasters over the last week, conservative attorney Mike Davis — a close friend and informal adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top Trump administration officials — has claimed that the grand jury will consider whether to bring criminal charges against top Democratic figures that Davis claims have colluded over the last decade to impede Trump, beginning with the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election through the criminal cases against the president. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I’ve been publicly calling for this for three years. I’m going to make damn sure that these lawfare Democrats go to prison during the four years of President Trump’s second term,”\u00a0Davis told\u00a0<\/u><\/a>conservative commentator Benny Johnson on Friday.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n While Davis does not hold a government position, court documents<\/u> <\/u><\/a>confirm that a federal judge last month ordered a grand jury to be empaneled in Fort Pierce, Florida, beginning in January at the request of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A representative of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the purpose of the grand jury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A conservative lawyer who helped shepherd Trump’s nominees through the Supreme Court confirmation process, Davis now runs the Article III Project, an organization that describes itself as devoted to helping “fight leftist lawfare to defend the rule of law.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump has recently called for the prosecution of some of the same officials accused by Davis of using lawfare to target him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “They cheated and rigged the 2020 Presidential Election,” Trump wrote on social media Saturday. “These Radical Left Lunatics should be prosecuted for their illegal and highly unethical behavior!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump has not yet commented on Davis’ remarks on the conservative podcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an interview on “The Charlie Kirk Show,” Davis said his “buddy” Jason Qui\u00f1ones — the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida — moved to empanel the grand jury after Davis “pushed very hard” to investigate what he says is a conspiracy against Trump. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Davis has suggested that top officials, including former Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, FBI Director Chris Wray and Special Counsel Jack Smith should be compelled to testify before the grand jury to answer questions about what Davis says is the politicized use of the legal system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Qui\u00f1ones and representatives from the Southern District of Florida did not immediately respond to ABC News’ requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n