Georgia prosecutor seeks testimony from
ex-Trump aides in election probe
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[August 26, 2022]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia
prosecutor investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to
overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election is seeking to compel
testimony from his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and other close
allies, court filings released on Thursday showed. |
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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White
House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Thursday asked a
state judge to order Meadows to appear before a special grand
jury next month to answer questions about Trump's attempts to
reverse his loss in Georgia, a battleground state that helped
propel Democrat Joe Biden to the presidency.
The prosecutor is also seeking testimony from other Trump
allies, including lawyer Sidney Powell, retired Army colonel
James "Phil" Waldron and former Trump campaign adviser Boris
Epshteyn.
The probe, one of several civil and criminal investigations
threatening Trump and his associates, began soon after a January
2021 phone call that was recorded in which Trump urged Georgia's
top election official to "find" enough votes to alter the
outcome.
The investigation has ensnared a number of other Trump allies,
most notably his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who was informed
earlier this month that he is a target of the probe. Giuliani
testified before the grand jury last week.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh, Rami Ayyub and Joseph Ax; Editing
by Leslie Adler and Deepa Babington)
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