A former Georgia official and a journalist appeared Monday before a Fulton County grand jury investigating alleged efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election in that state.
to overturn the state's results. Duncan and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, both Republicans, declined that alleged request.shortly after a recorded phone call that occurred between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Jan. 2, 2021, in which Trump said:"I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have."
It has since expanded into a sweeping probe examining a range of efforts to overturn the state's results after Trump's loss, including an alleged scheme to substitute then-President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college votes from the state with a slate of alternate, or"fake," electors."I've just received a call from District Attorney Fani Willis' office. I have been asked to come to court Tuesday for testimony before the grand jury," Chidi wrote.
Trump has not been charged in the case an has denied wrongdoing. He has accused Willis, a Democrat, of investigating him for political gain. Jennifer Little, an attorney for Trump, said in a Feb. 26 interview that Trump intends to fight a potential indictment. "We absolutely do not believe that our client did anything wrong, and if any indictments were to come down, those are faulty indictments," Little said."We will absolutely fight anything tooth and nail."by federal special counsel Jack Smith in the Justice Department's own investigation into Trump's alleged efforts to interfere with the results of the 2020 election.
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