WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani is predicted to testify before a grand jury in Atlanta on Wednesday in the felony investigation into doable 2020 election interference, days after being knowledgeable that he’s a “target” of the probe.
Giuliani, Trump’s former private legal professional and the previous mayor of New York City, was ordered by a choose final week to seem in particular person before the particular grand jury dealing with the case. The testimony will happen behind closed doorways.
Lawyers for Giuliani had been advised Monday that he’s a “target” of the probe, legal professional Robert Costello advised NBC News. Initially, as a part of their efforts to compel Giuliani’s testimony, Georgia prosecutors advised New York courts that Giuliani was solely a cloth witness.
The grand jury, referred to as by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, subpoenaed Giuliani in early July as a cloth witness as a part of its investigation into what she alleged was “coordinated attempts to unlawfully alter the outcome of the 2020 elections.” The subpoena alleged Giuliani made statements at legislative hearings in Georgia falsely claiming that there had been “widespread voter fraud” in the state.
A choose initially ordered Giuliani to testify after he failed to seem at a July 13 listening to to problem the subpoena. Asked Tuesday if Giuliani would nonetheless seem before the grand jury, Costello advised NBC News, “We will be there.”