Giuliani Is Told He Is a Target of Trump Election Investigation in Georgia

ATLANTA — Legal professionals for Rudolph W. Giuliani have been instructed that he’s a goal of a felony investigation in Georgia into election interference by Donald J. Trump and his advisers, considered one of Mr. Giuliani’s legal professionals mentioned on Monday.

Mr. Giuliani, who spearheaded efforts to maintain Mr. Trump in energy as his private lawyer, emerged in current weeks as a central determine within the inquiry being performed by Fani T. Willis, the district legal professional of Fulton County, Ga., which encompasses most of Atlanta. Earlier this summer time, prosecutors questioned witnesses earlier than a particular grand jury about Mr. Giuliani’s appearances earlier than state legislative panels in December 2020, when he spent hours peddling false conspiracy theories about secret suitcases of Democratic ballots and corrupted voting machines.

For Mr. Giuliani, the previous mayor of New York, the developments are the newest in a widening swath of hassle, although he bought some excellent news just lately when it emerged that he was unlikely to face costs in a federal felony inquiry into his ties to Ukraine through the 2020 presidential marketing campaign.

Mr. Giuliani is scheduled to seem earlier than the particular grand jury on Monday at a downtown Atlanta courthouse. His lawyer, Robert Costello, disclosed in an interview that prosecutors instructed him Monday that Mr. Giuliani was a goal.

Mr. Costello mentioned Mr. Giuliani would in all probability invoke attorney-client privilege if requested questions on his dealings with Mr. Trump. “If these individuals assume he’s going to speak about conversations between him and President Trump, they’re delusional,” Mr. Costello mentioned.

Additionally on Monday, a Federal District Court docket choose in Atlanta, Leigh Martin Might, rejected efforts by South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham to keep away from showing earlier than the particular grand jury. Mr. Graham is ready to testify on Aug. 23. The choose discovered that prosecutors had proven that there’s “a particular want for Senator Graham’s testimony on points regarding alleged makes an attempt to affect or disrupt the lawful administration of Georgia’s 2022 elections.”