A New York decide has ordered Rudy Giuliani to testify before the Georgia particular grand jury listening to proof in an investigation into attainable 2020 election interference by former President Donald Trump and others, court docket filings present.
The order got here after Giuliani, who was Trump’s private legal professional, failed to seem at a July 13 listening to before the decide to problem a subpoena for his testimony in the investigation.
Giuliani was subpoenaed earlier this month as a “material witness” by the grand jury known as by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to examine any “coordinated attempts to unlawfully alter the outcome of the 2020 elections.” The subpoena mentioned Giuliani made statements at legislative hearings in Georgia falsely claiming that there had been “widespread voter fraud” in the state.
“There is evidence that [Giuliani’s] appearance and testimony at the hearing was part of a multi-state, coordinated plan by the Trump Campaign to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere,” the subpoena mentioned.
In a submitting in Fulton County Superior Court on Wednesday, Willis mentioned Giuliani has been ordered to seem before the grand jury on August 9 “and on any such other dates as this court may order.”
A lawyer for Giuliani didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. The particular grand jury has additionally subpoenaed different members of Trump’s former authorized staff.
Separately, a Fulton County decide has ordered Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify before the grand jury on Aug. 2 after the senator’s attorneys had indicated he would not adjust to the grand jury’s subpoena for his testimony. The subpoena seeks about telephone calls he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his workers concerning the 2020 election.
Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., a Trump ally who voted to reject the state-certified election results, can also be preventing a subpoena to testify before the grand jury.
Meanwhile, practically a dozen of Georgia’s false presidential electors revealed they’ve been subpoenaed to seem before the grand jury as effectively, in accordance to a court docket submitting. An legal professional for Willis mentioned in a separate submitting that each one 16 of the false electors have been notified they’re targets of her investigation.
