Fulton County DA asks witnesses to look earlier than grand jury early this week in election probe

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and journalist George Chidi, who had been beforehand subpoenaed in Fulton County District Lawyer Fani Willis’ investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn the 2020 election ends in Georgia, have been known as to look earlier than a grand jury on Tuesday.

Willis is more likely to start presenting her case to the grand jury subsequent week so the panel can weigh potential costs, sources beforehand informed ABC Information.

Duncan, a Republican, has been a vocal critic of Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 outcomes. Now a CNN contributor, Duncan mentioned Saturday on CNN, “I did simply obtain notification to look on Tuesday morning on the Fulton County grand jury and I actually will probably be there to do my half in recounting the details.”

Chidi posted Saturday on Twitter: “I’ve simply acquired a name from District Lawyer Fani Willis’ workplace. I’ve been requested to come back to courtroom Tuesday for testimony earlier than the grand jury.”

A spokesperson for the district lawyer’s workplace declined to remark to ABC Information.

Chidi beforehand mentioned he was current as a reporter in December 2020 on the Georgia state Capitol, the place a slate of so-called “alternate electors” had been allegedly assembly as a part of a plan that prosecutors have mentioned was meant to maintain Joe Biden from amassing 270 electoral votes when the votes had been licensed on Jan. 6.

“The Republicans threw me out of the room moments after I entered, digicam telephone in hand, going dwell on Fb,” Chidi’s mentioned in an article for The Intercept final month. “After I requested what sort of gathering they had been having, they informed me it was an ‘schooling assembly.'”

Duncan was serving as president of the Georgia Senate in 2020 when Rudy Giuliani — who has beforehand been notified that he’s a goal of the Fulton County probe — appeared throughout a listening to to push false 2020 election fraud claims.

“We watched a sequence of occasions occur right here that had been tragic and untruthful,” Duncan mentioned on Saturday.

The previous lieutenant governor didn’t instantly reply to ABC Information’ request for remark.

“I’ll proceed to share the details as I do know them round this investigation in hopes of determining what actually occurred,” Duncan wrote in a Twitter post final Monday.

Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan was additionally subpoenaed to look earlier than the grand jury, her spokesperson informed ABC Information this week.

Jordan was on the Senate subcommittee to which Giuliani offered his false election fraud claims throughout a listening to in December, 2020.

As of Thursday, Jordan’s spokesperson informed ABC Information she too had not been informed when to report earlier than the grand jury.