By Tierney Sneed, CNN
Rudy Giuliani, who was told by Atlanta prosecutors that he is a target in their probe of former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election subversion schemes, is scheduled to appear for grand jury testimony in the investigation on Wednesday.
The indication that he is a target of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ probe marked an escalation of the investigation and raises questions about Trump’s criminal exposure in the probe. Willis’ office has also informed 16 Trump-supporting operatives who were presented fraudulently as presidential electors in 2020 that they are targets of her investigation, but the focus on Giuliani brings the investigation into Trump’s inner circle.
Bob Costello, an attorney for Giuliani, confirmed to CNN earlier this week that Giuliani will appear Wednesday before the special grand jury convened for the investigation, but Costello indicated that the former New York mayor would not necessarily be responsive to the questions he was asked.
“If they want to play hardball, we know how to play hardball,” Costello said.
Costello declined to say whether Giuliani would invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, but suggested that Giuliani would not answer questions about his communications with Trump.
“If you think he’s going to talk to you about conversations he had with his client, you’re delusional,” Costello said. Everything, he says, “depends on the questions they ask.”
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