Comment Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who became President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has been ordered to appear next month before a grand jury investigating possible election interference in the 2020 Georgia election, a court has ruled. Giuliani, who has been one of the most outspoken proponents of false claims that Trump won the election, did not appear before a New York Supreme Court judge on July 11 for a hearing to argue that he should not comply of the grand jury. subpoena. On Wednesday, the judge ordered Giuliani to testify on August 9. Attorneys for Giuliani did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The Fulton County District Attorney’s office did not respond to a request for comment. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) launched her investigation into possible criminal election interference in the early 2021 presidential election shortly after the Washington Post reported a phone call between Trump and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) in which chairman pressured the secretary to “find” enough votes to overturn his election defeat. Fifteen times Trump has escalated tensions that led to the Capitol riot In May, a special judicial commission sat down to take testimony from people who had so far resisted complying with investigators. In addition to Giuliani, the district attorney issued subpoenas to six other out-of-state residents who embraced Trump’s false claims about the election and tried to overturn Biden’s victory. They were Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (RS.C.), attorneys John Eastman and Cleta Mitchell, Trump campaign attorneys Jenna Ellis and Kenneth Chesebro, and conservative commentator Jacki Pick Deason. Because none of the group lives in Georgia, prosecutors had to seek approval from a judge in their home state to make them appear. The subpoenas help define the full scope of the attorney general’s criminal investigation into an ongoing effort by Trump and his associates to challenge the results of Georgia’s election or question the legitimacy of the state’s election administration. On Tuesday, court filings showed that prosecutors have notified 16 Republicans involved in a conspiracy to certify fake electoral college votes for Trump in Georgia that they are now “targets” of the criminal investigation. Willis did not rule out subpoenaing Trump himself if his testimony is of interest to the grand jury. The special jury that sat in early June has identified more than 100 persons of interest so far. Grand juries have already heard testimony from the attorney general, the Georgia secretary of state, state lawmakers and local elections. Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is scheduled to file an affidavit next week.
