Trump legal adviser ordered to testify in Ga. election probe

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Source: WISTV.COM


Published: Aug. 16, 2022 at 4:59 PM CDT|Updated: 3 hours ago

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Colorado on Tuesday ordered a legal adviser for former President Donald Trump’s campaign to travel to Georgia to testify before a special grand jury that’s looking into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.

Judge Gregory Lammons in Fort Collins, Colorado, made the decision after holding a hearing on a request from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to compel testimony from attorney Jenna Ellis. Prosecutors are interested in Ellis’s role in helping to coordinate and plan legislative hearings in Georgia and others states where false allegations of election fraud were pushed, according to testimony in court.

Fulton County prosecutors have purchased plane tickets and made a hotel reservation in preparation for Ellis to testify on Aug. 25.

The investigation, prompted by a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, began early last year. During that call, Trump suggested Raffensperger could “find” the votes to overturn his narrow election loss in the state. It has become clear since the special grand jury was seated in May that the focus of the investigation extends well beyond that call.

Willis last month filed petitions with the judge overseeing the special grand jury seeking to compel testimony from seven Trump associates and advisers, including Ellis, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and former New York mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani. Because they don’t live in Georgia, she had to use a process that involves getting a judge in the state where they’re located to order them to appear before the special grand jury in Atlanta.............................

Read more: https://www.wistv.com/2022/08/16/trump-legal-adviser-ordered-testify-ga-election-probe/

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FILE - Jenna Ellis, a member of then-President Donald Trump's legal team, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington. A judge in Colorado on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, ordered Ellis to travel to Georgia to testify before a special grand jury that's looking into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
By The Associated Press

[BumRushDaShow]

1. This might be the first time she has been forced to account in some venue

I think she has so far blown off the J6 subpoena (whereas Ghouliani and Kracken Powell actually "video interviewed" with them and portions of their responses were featured during several hearings).

[Irish_Dem]

2. Michael Cohen could make some money as a consultant to Trump attorneys heading for jail.

What it is like being in the slammer, etc.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Hahaha Jenna Ellis now billing herself as "America's lawyer"

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