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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×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. “ is the only president to have more open grand juries than election wins.”AdvertisementKatyal 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. AdvertisementTrump is also . See their full conversation above. Suggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×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. “ is the only president to have more open grand juries than election wins.”AdvertisementKatyal called the grand juries “a very serious prosecutorial step.” And the next step may be even more...

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