Rudy Giuliani, investigated for Donald Trump’s electoral fraud accusations in Georgia – EL ESPAÑOL

The former personal lawyer of Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, is being investigated in the state of Georgia for his involvement in the former US president’s attempts to invalidate the 2020 elections, in which he lost to the current president, Joe Biden. Giuliani, whose conspiracy theories about alleged interference in favor of Democrats in the elections have been the subject of the criminal investigation led by Fulton County Prosecutor Fani Willis, will have to appear before a grand jury in Atlanta, Georgia. ). His lawyer revealed in an interview in The New York Times that the former mayor of New York is being investigated and that he probably will not testify about the conversations he had with Trump.
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Since last May, a special grand jury in Georgia has been examining whether the former president and others committed crimes by pressuring politicians in that state in relation to the results of the 2020 elections. This Monday, a federal judge rejected the attempt. of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham not to appear before the special jury, so he will have to testify on August 23 to answer about two alleged phone calls he made to Georgia election officials.
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In Georgia and other US states, special grand juries cannot issue criminal indictments, but they do have the power to subpoena witnesses and transfer documents, in a process that takes place in secret. At the end of their mission, this type of jury – made up of between 16 and 23 people – issues a report with its conclusions and sometimes recommends one measure or another, but it is up to the prosecutors to decide whether to indict or not, something for which they would need to present evidence. to another grand jury.
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