Giuliani Must Testify In GA 2020 Election Probe, Judge Orders

NEW YORK CITY — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be required to testify before a Fulton County grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in Georgia's 2020 general election, a judge ordered Wednesday.

The order by New York Supreme Court Justice Thomas Farber directs Giuliani to make an appearance on Aug. 9.

Giuliani will testify in a case led by District Attorney Fani Willis, who is looking into "any coordinated attempts to unlawfully alter the outcome of the 2020 elections in this state," according to a letter requesting a special grand jury.

Giuliani, a Trump lawyer, vigorously peddled falsehoods about the 2020 election being stolen from former president Trump. In a Georgia hearing, he said election workers produced "suitcases" of unlawful ballots outside of poll watchers — a claim that was quickly debunked by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office.

But Giuliani kept making the claim, according to a petition filed by Willis.

“There is evidence that (Giuliani’s) appearance and testimony at the hearing was part of a multi-state, coordinated plan by the Trump Campaign to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere,” the petition says.

The petition to get Giuliani — as well as other Trump associates such as U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham — to appear had to go through a New York court because he doesn't live in Georgia.

The Associated Press couldn't reach Giuliani's lawyer for comment.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.