(CNN)Rudy Giuliani was ordered by an Atlanta-area judge Tuesday to appear in person on August 17 in front of the special purpose grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies violated the law in their efforts to flip the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Lawyers for Giuliani, who served as an attorney for Trump during the 2020 election, are seeking to delay his appearance -- originally scheduled for Tuesday -- saying he shouldn't fly after he underwent heart stent surgery last month.
"John Madden drove all the way over the country in his big bus from stadium to stadium so one thing we need to explore is whether Mr. Giuliani could get here without jeopardizing his recovery and his health, on a train or on a bus or whatever it would be," McBurney said during the hearing.
Attorney Bill Thomas, who is representing Giuliani, told CNN after the hearing they are going to "explore all the options" for Giuliani's travel, and that they would plan to be "back here" on the 17th.
"If the court orders that he travel by Greyhound to Atlanta, we are going to do what the court orders him to do," Thomas said during the hearing.
It's still not clear if Giuliani is a target in the grand jury investigation. The subject came up briefly at the hearing when Giuliani's lawyer asked, but the judge said that the prosecutors didn't need to immediately respond.
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