The Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating alleged intererence by Donald Trump in the 2020 general election subpoenaed two witnesses to testify Tuesday.
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and independent journalist George Chidi each confirmed they were summoned to testify before the grand jurors, according to a report from The Atlanta Journal-Consitution.
“I’ve just received a call from District Attoney Fani Willis’ office,” Chidi said in a Saturday X post. “I have been asked to come to court Tuesday for testimony before the grand jury.”
The Peach State’s former lieutenant governor also confirmed his summons to testify with an X post.
“I can confirm that I have been requested to testify before the Fulton County grand jury on Tuesday,” Duncan tweeted. “I look forward to answering their questions around the 2020 election.”
“Republicans should never let honesty be mistaken for weakness.”
Both individuals hold potentially pivotal information regarding the matter.
Duncan has been a notable figure in Georgia politics and has expressed concerns about some of the actions and rhetoric surrounding the 2020 election.
Chidi, a journalist, was present during an event concerning “alternate electors,” further underlining his relevance to the ongoing investigation.
“I went to Georgia’s state Capitol on December 14, 2020, to watch the solemn and usually forgettable ritual casting of electoral votes,” Chidi wrote in a report published by The Intercept.
“As Stacey Abrams led the Democratic delegation upstairs, Republicans sat in a reserved room on the Capitol’s second floor to prepare a competing — and potentially illegal — slate of their own.”
Chidi opined journalists should not be called to testify before grand juries because they are not agents of government. Since grand jury testimony is secret, future sources may worry their identities would be revealed.
“I am reviewing my legal options with retained counsel,” the Atlanta journalist wrote.
“But I expect to testify, as before, after receiving assurances that I will not be compelled to offer information outside of the narrow issue of election interference and my observations on December 14, 2020.”
District Attorney Willis’s investigation, “targets conspiracy, racketeering, and related to state election officials, fake electors, and voting system breaches.”
According to CNN, the expected charges “mark the culmination of a nearly three-year inquiry initiated after Trump’s call to Georgia’s Secretary of State.”
A charging decision is expected to be announced by Willis’s office soon after Tuesday’s testimony, which may add to Trump’s legal issues during his presidential campaign.
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