In the 2020 US election, President Trump is asking Georgia's chief election commissioner to "find" votes for him. The public prosecutor's office is investigating this incident. Trump's attorney Giuliani has now been questioned during the review of an indictment.
Former US President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani has appeared before a Georgia jury on a criminal investigation related to the 2020 election. According to US media reports, he spent more than six hours in an Atlanta courthouse. There he was questioned by a so-called grand jury. A grand jury is called in to review evidence in possible crime cases and decide whether to press charges.
The investigation is about Trump and his camp possibly influencing the 2020 presidential election. Prosecutor Fani Willis in Fulton County, Georgia, launched an investigation last year. The background is a phone call between Trump and Georgia's chief election supervisor, Brad Raffensperger.
Trump had asked Raffensperger in the conversation to "find" the missing votes in order to overturn the narrow election victory of his opponent Joe Biden in the state. Several Trump allies have been asked to testify before a jury that has now been set up. In July, Willis did not rule out summoning ex-President Trump on NBC.
TV pictures now showed how Giuliani arrived in front of the courthouse in the morning (local time). He declined to comment on the investigation when asked. "We won't talk about it until it's over," he said. It was initially unclear what questions the grand jury asked Giuliani and whether he gave answers. Hours later, the 78-year-old left the court in an SUV through a secured underground car park, NBC reported. Giuliani's lawyer had previously made it clear that his client would invoke attorney-client privilege if he was asked questions about his talks with Trump.
