While South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham received a reprieve in the ongoing probe by Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis (D), who's investigating former President Donald Trump and his associates for possible criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows found out this morning he's not so lucky.
Meadows has been ordered to testify before a grand jury about controversial efforts to keep Trump in the White House after he lost reelection. (RELATED: Clarence Thomas Pauses Lindsey Graham's Testimony in 2020 Election Probe)
The New York Times has the latest on the legal blow to Meadows:
Mr. Meadows, 63, has been fighting to avoid appearing before a special grand jury that has been investigating election interference in Georgia by Mr. Trump and his allies. The inquiry is being led by Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga.
Mr. Meadows's lawyer, James Bannister, said he would appeal the decision. He is employing a legal strategy that has been used in Texas, the home of three witnesses who were summoned by Fulton County but have not appeared. After a legal challenge by one of the three witnesses, a majority of judges on Texas' Court of Criminal Appeals expressed the view that the Georgia grand jury was not a proper criminal grand jury because it lacked indictment authority, and thus probably lacked standing to compel the appearance of witnesses from Texas.
The strategy could have implications for a number of out-of-state witnesses whose testimony is still being sought by the special grand jury, including Michael Flynn and Newt Gingrich, a native Georgian who now lives in Virginia — not to mention Mr. Trump, if his testimony is sought by Ms. Willis's office. However, the district attorney could elect to conduct depositions of witnesses in their home states if their local courts refuse to produce them.
Mr. Meadows, a South Carolina resident, did not appear at the hearing Wednesday morning. In court, Mr. Bannister tried to persuade Circuit Court Judge Edward W. Miller that the special grand jury in Georgia was not criminal in nature.
Four criminal investigations involving the former president are ongoing, including two federal investigations into Trump's retention of classified documents after leaving the White House and for his alleged role in exacerbating the U.S. Capitol riot.
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Again and again… they investigate republicans and the real criminals like Stacy Abrams in the 2020 elections are getting out of hook. ALL AMERICANS must stand up against our biggest enemy- inside us- the DEMOCRATS, until we still have elections.
Don’t you wish that they would actually root out the REAL voting corruption by mistake. HA
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