Fulton County Judge Orders Rudy Giuliani, Lindsey Graham to Testify in 2020 Election Probe
An Atlanta-area grand jury has subpoenaed members of former President Donald Trump’s allies and former legal advisors, including a sitting senator and the former mayor of New York City.
The Fulton County Superior Court of Georgia on Tuesday compelled several of the former president’s affiliates, including former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), to provide witness testimony before a grand jury regarding disputes following the U.S. presidential election in 2020, according to court documents filed on July 5.
The court also requested the testimony of several attornies who worked with the former president during the 2020 election lawsuits, including former law professor John Eastman, Cleta Mitchell, Kenneth Chesebro, and Jenna Ellis. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported the court orders.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, first revealed her office’s probe of the former president’s advisors in February 2021 in a letter addressed to Georgia Governor Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, in which Willis alleged that Trump’s affiliates attempted to interfere with the administration of the 2020 election.
Willis then petitioned in January 2022 that a “special purpose grand jury” be impaneled to investigate the matter. A majority of Fulton County Superior Court judges agreed to Willis’s request, according to Chief Judge Christopher Brasher.
“The Special Purpose Grand Jury is authorized to investigate any and all facts and circumstances relating directly or indirectly to possible attempts to disrupt the lawful administration of the 2020 elections in the State of Georgia,” court documents containing the requests for appearance stated.
Willis said in a letter to Brasher that the grand jury was required because “a significant number of witnesses and prospective witnesses have refused to cooperate with the investigation absent a subpoena requiring their testimony.”
In its request for Giuliani’s appearance, the court stated that “there is evidence”
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