Former White Home chief of employees Mark Meadows has appealed an order compelling him to testify earlier than a Georgia grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election there.
Meadows was ordered final month by a decide in South Carolina, the place he lives, to adjust to a subpoena to look earlier than the particular grand jury in Fulton County on Nov. 30. His enchantment seeks to overturn that order.
Of specific curiosity to Fulton County District Lawyer Fani Willis is a Dec. 21, 2020, assembly Meadows attended with Trump, members of Congress, and others “to debate allegations of voter fraud and the certification of electoral school votes from Georgia,” Willis wrote in her August petition in search of his testimony.
Meadows made a shock go to the following day to Georgia, the place he tried to watch a poll signature match audit being performed by the Georgia Secretary of State’s Workplace and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, however was denied entry as a result of the audit was not open to the general public.
Meadows was additionally current on the notorious Jan. 2, 2021 telephone name through which Trump instructed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “to search out 11,780 votes” in order that Trump may falsely declare victory within the state.
Raffensperger refused the order, prompting Trump and his supporters to reply with dying threats and different threats of violence. Regardless of Trump’s efforts to get revenge, Raffensperger handily gained reelection final week.
Willis additionally plans to compel the testimony of Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who phoned Raffensperger after the election, she stated, “to be able to discover the potential of a extra favorable end result for former President Donald Trump.”
The Republican senator exhausted his appeals to keep away from testifying, dead-ending on the Supreme Courtroom. He had been scheduled to look earlier than the grand jury on Thursday, however the date was abruptly postponed till Nov. 22, based on Atlanta station Fox-5.
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