This is one of those moments when sane people loosen their neckties and grab for tranquilizers, and that’s while they’re dialing their lawyers. Word is just breaking in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that a number of Donald Trump’s closest allies have now been subpoenaed by the special grand jury investigating potential criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections. Headlining what appears to be an all star cast of election deniers are Lindsey Graham and Rudy Giuliani. It’s an all star cast of Trump’s inner circle, in all events.
In addition to Giuliani, among those being summoned are John Eastman, Cleta Mitchell, Kenneth Chesbro and Jenna Ellis, all of whom advised Trump on strategies for overturning Democrat Joe Biden’s wins in Georgia and other swing states.
The grand jury also subpoenaed South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Trump’s top allies in the U.S. Senate, and attorney and podcast host Jacki Pick Deason.
The subpoenas, were filed July 5 and signed off by Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who is overseeing the special grand jury. Unlike subpoenas issued to Georgians, the summons were required to receive McBurney’s blessing since they are for people who reside outside the state.
The 23-person special grand jury has heard testimony in recent weeks from a parade of witnesses, including some who had direct contact with Trump and his associates. But Tuesday’s subpoenas are the closest jurors have gotten to the inner circle of the former president.
Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, testified before Georgia legislators on three separate occasions in late 2020. His comments, which have become a major interest to the special grand jury, were filled with sensationalist claims and conspiracy theories about tens of thousands of people voting illegally and rigged voting machines that were quickly debunked by state authorities or rejected in the courts. He was suspended from practicing law in New York in June 2021 in part because of his testimony in Georgia.
Eastman, a former law professor, was a key architect of the plan to press Vice President Mike Pence to reject the official Democratic electors in Georgia and other swing states and opt for an alternative slate of GOP electors. A federal judge in March argued that “it is more likely than not that President Trump and Dr. Eastman dishonestly conspired to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021.”
Don’t forget, Graham rang up Brad Raffensperger right after the election to chit chat about whether the secretary of state had the power to reject legally cast absentee ballots. Graham subsequently denied the allegation, so this alone should be worth the price of admission, hearing the evidence that Linseed did or did not talk to Raffensperger.
And as you may recall, there was a story recently about recorded testimony with Brian Kemp being obtained by Fulton County. It’s unlikely that Kemp is saying anything in Trump’s favor in that testimony, far more likely that whatever he had to say is damning.
Things are heating up. Trump has a lot of pans on the fire. Yes, Sir, he’s got this one, ready to overflow and then he’s got the ongoing bar-b-que of the January 6 Committee, and then the attorney general of New York still has her case simmering along. Time to leave the kitchen, Trumpty, I don’t think an egg can stand this kind of heat.
Graham was definitely involved with this mess, and should have to tell all while under oath. (It might be the first time since childhood he’s had to be completely truthful.)
Rudy will lie as long as he can, even though everyone else knows he’s lying, because it’s what he does.
Maybe leningrad lindseypoo will have another meltdown like he did cuz people had the audacity to challenge a belligerent drunk/rapist who lied under oath for a permanent seat on the Supreme Court.
The lilac sachet industry is gonna see a huge boom in business when this monster attack of the vapors attacks Miz Lindsey. She and Aunt Pittie will take to their beds for sure un anticipation of this attack of Tara’s revenge for Sherman’s incinerating Atlanta! No barbecue at Twelve Oaks has ever been this hot!