Rudy Giuliani arrives in court in Atlanta on Wednesday to testify before a special grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to overturn the 2020 Georgia election intend to do something.
This weekGiuliani emerged from a limousine with lawyer Bob Costello after being informed that he was a "target"in a criminal investigation. The voice of the former Big Apple mayor climbing the steps of the Fulton County Courthouse.
He said he would not speak of his own testimony.
Costello noted whether Giuliani, a former US attorney in Manhattan, exercised his Fifth Amendment right not to convict himself during his appearance. No, but did not answer questions about Trump.
"You are delusional if you think he will tell you about conversations with clients."Costello told CNN. It depends on the question you ask," he said.
Giuliani, 78, emerged as the best profile An investigation launched by Fulton County District Attorney Fanny Willis in March 2021 targeted 17 other people.
Sen. Lindsay Graham was ordered to testify before a grand jury by afederal judge on Monday, and a South Carolina Republican called Secretary of State Raffensperger in 2020. dismissed claims that it was intended to gather facts about the legitimacy of the 2016 election. Taozhou.
Graham intends to appeal the judgment.
Willis said the voice of a phone call between President Trump and Mr. Ravensperger on January 2, 2021, alleged that the former president had illegally voted for the state's top election commission. It launched an investigation after revealing that it had exerted pressure to tally Defeat President Biden in Georgia.
"That's all I want to do. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more vote for him than us," Trump told him. "Because we won the state."
Raffensperger refused the former president's request.
He was summoned by a judge last Tuesday after being excused from appearing before a grand jury on Sunday.
After Giuliani underwent surgery in New York last month to install her two heart stents, she was unable to fly.
The judge said he must appear to testify unless his attorney can provide a compelling reason why he cannot travel to Georgia. }
Willis said in court documents that Giuliani served as the Trump campaign's lead attorney, in which capacity he appeared before the Georgia Senate in December 2020 and "provided evidence." said. "Allegations" to show electoral fraud in the state.
He also ranted in a video in which Atlanta election officials were "creating 'suitcases' of illegal ballots of unknown origin, out of sight of election poll monitors."
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