John Eastman, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, stands left as Rudy Giuliani speaks in Washington during a pro-Trump rally.
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John Eastman, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, stands left as Rudy Giuliani speaks in Washington during a pro-Trump rally.
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A special grand jury in Georgia has issued subpoenas to a number of key figures involved in former President Donald Trump’s failed efforts to narrowly reverse the failure of an investigation. wide-ranging investigation into the possibility of ongoing criminal intervention.
Those subpoenaed by the seven subpoenas approved Tuesday include Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal attorney; John Eastman, a former Trump attorney who told Georgia lawmakers they had an “obligation” to submit alternative electors; Cleta Mitchell, who was on the infamous 2021 call with the Secretary of State of Georgia, where Trump wants to “find” votes; and others led efforts to overturn the election results.
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has also been subpoenaed in connection with phone calls he made with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger regarding his refusal to vote absenteeism, according to profile.
A 23-member special grand jury has been meeting since May to determine what, if any, state law was violated in a months-long effort to undo the President’s roughly 12,000-vote victory. Joe Biden before then-President Trump, including potential crime such as “inciting election fraud, making false statements to state and local government agencies, conspiracy, fraud, breach of oath of office” and other acts that disrupt elections.
Recent witness testimony includes Raffensperger, the Democratic attorney general candidate and State Senator Jen Jordan and the Democratic candidate for secretary of state Bee Nguyen.
Tuesday’s court filings shed light on the potential direction of the investigation into crimes related to Trump’s obsession with Georgia in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. That interest is fueled by a variety of figures. gave dubious legal reasons to undo his defeat, including by Giuliani and Eastman.
Giuliani’s lawyer says he has ‘no comment at this time’
Court documents documenting Giuliani’s presentation to state lawmakers in an informal hearing in December 2020 include numerous false claims about Georgia’s election, even after some statements have been exploited by state and local officials.
“Despite this, the Witness has made additional statements, both to the public and in subsequent legislative hearings, alleging that voter fraud is widespread in Georgia,” the subpoena reads. dung.
In a statement to NPR, Giuliani’s attorney Robert Costello said “we have not been served with any subpoenas, so we have no comment at this time.”
Eastman, who promoted a theory that then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the 2020 election results and according to the House committee on January 6 also asked the president to pardon, told reporters. state legislators in a hearing that they can ignore Georgia’s election results and appointments. a group of alternative electors.
Other figures named Tuesday included Jenna Ellis, whose district attorney said the memos were authored citing disputed legal theories to justify a plan to have Pence deny the charges. electors from Georgia and other states, and Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who allegedly worked with the president of the Georgia GOP to have 16 people secretly meet in the state capitol building to act as fake electors.
Court documents say Chesebro drafted two documents to support the plan, provided a sample Microsoft Word document for the fake voter conspiracy and told the party that he was working with Giuliani to implement the plan.
Georgia has played an outsized role in the defeat since the most recent presidential election, including leading up to the January 6, 2021 Capitol uprising. Hearings held by House committees The attack investigation has involved a number of witnesses in Georgia in recent weeks as they try to outline how Trump’s refusal to accept defeat contributed to a violent effort to block the voter’s certification. How is the tribune?
Raffensperger, his highest deputy and a former Fulton County pollster testified about the negative impact of false claims about the election from individuals like Giuliani, including threats of death and disruption.
The Georgia special grand jury cannot convict individuals but will make recommendations to Fulton County Attorney Fani Willis on how to proceed.
