Prosecutors person sought Mark Meadows’ grounds astir his engagement successful efforts by erstwhile President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election, including Georgia’s results. | Alex Wong/Getty Images
A justice successful South Carolina ruled Wednesday that erstwhile White House main of unit Mark Meadows indispensable attest successful a probe by Atlanta-area prosecutors of 2020 predetermination subversion efforts, according to a spokesperson for the prosecutors.
Jeff DiSantis, a spokesperson for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is starring the investigation, confirmed Circuit Court Judge Edward W. Miller’s ruling, though helium declined to remark further. James Bannister, who is serving arsenic Meadows’ section attorney, did not instantly instrumentality requests for remark but told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that his lawsuit would entreaty the ruling.
Prosecutors person sought Meadows’ grounds astir his engagement successful efforts by erstwhile President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election, including Georgia’s results.
The erstwhile main of unit texted Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger trying to acceptable up calls with the White House successful the aftermath of the election, and Meadows besides traveled to Georgia successful December 2020 to show an audit of its predetermination results. Meadows besides took portion successful a now-infamous telephone telephone wherever Trump pressured Raffensperger to “find” capable ballots for Trump to triumph the state.
The erstwhile White House main of unit had been litigating the subpoena successful Pickens County, S.C., wherever helium present lives. Willis had sought support from the South Carolina justice to enforce the subpoena nether laws mostly requiring practice from authorities and county-level courts for transgression proceedings.
Meadows’ lawyers person argued Willis’ probe is not genuinely a transgression investigation, which would forestall Willis from compelling his testimony. The subpoena had initially required Meadows to look successful August and acceptable a deposition for Sept. 27, but successful a Tuesday filing to the Pickens County court, Willis lawman John Wooten said a “scheduling conflict” had delayed immoderate enactment connected Meadows’ grounds and projected rescheduling to November. The hold has led Meadows to contend the subpoena was present “moot.”
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