STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
The FBI search of Donald Trump's home is just one of several criminal proceedings involving the former president.
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
The court-authorized search recovered boxes of documents marked classified or top secret. The warrant included possible violations of laws, including the Espionage Act. A different investigation examines one of Trump's many efforts to overturn the 2020 election. A Georgia grand jury is studying his pressure on state officials to, quote, "find extra votes" so he could win by exactly one vote. Now a lawyer for Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani says he is a target of that investigation.
INSKEEP: Stephen Fowler of Georgia Public Broadcasting joins us once again. Stephen, good morning.
STEPHEN FOWLER, BYLINE: Good morning.
INSKEEP: Why would Giuliani be a target of the Georgia investigation?
FOWLER: Well, it's important to remind people that Rudy Giuliani's right there in the middle of Trump's efforts to undo his loss and why the DA's office here notified him he's moved from a witness to a target of their investigation. He's been one of the biggest megaphones for Trump's false claims of voter fraud post-2020 and is being sued by voting machine vendors and poll workers alike for some of those claims. That's where Georgia comes in. After the presidential election, he appeared in front of state lawmakers and made a number of far-fetched claims that officials debunked, including that two Black election workers were manipulating election...
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